Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-12-21

DIR, Charles G. Wheeler Of this
town has been appointed by Governor
Proctor n member OF the state board
of osteopathy for three years
Joseph Garrcau has been barbering
for a few days at the shop at the
brooks House In Brattleboro. lie IS
talking of opening barber shop IN
MISUNDERSTANDING Sitter,
The grange childrcns annual
Christmas entertainment will be held
next Thursday evening with supper at
$50. All members OF the grange are
invited 10 be present, Contributions
OF cake aud sandwiches are solicited
There will be no meeting of the
W, 4. G. u. next Tuesday ON account
of Christmas, The next meeting will
be held in the union s rooms in Emor-
son block Jan. $, at the usual hour,
There will be food sale tomorrow nf-
tcrnoon in Emerson block,
Protective grange held its regular
meeting "Wednesday evening The an
nual reports of the officers were rcnd
and Mrs, II, W. Sargent gave IN inter-
csting account OF the state grange
meeting. Remarks were made by visi-
] tors from Dummcrston aud Rcadsboro.
The annual meeting for the election of
officers will be held Dee. 90.
"A hearing was held before Justice
j. II. Mcrrifcld Saturday in the ease
Of Henry Moore against 4. V. Moore
both of lirattleboro. The plaintiff
brought suit to recover SIG, for board
ing the defendant s horse. The dcfcn-
dant presented bill of 80 to offset
! the account. Justice Merriticld decid-
ed that the plaintiff should collect the
/ 81 and costs, the whole amounting to
/ 1883. f. ID. 4. Stone appeared for
the plaintiff and \. +. Sehwenk for the
! defendant.
Rev. George II, Howes of Marble
/ head, Mass. preached at the univer-
salist church Sunday. Rev. Mr.. HowcS
I is candidate for the pulpit made va
cant by the resignation of Rev. +. l..
! Masseck. He was heard in the same
pulpit two years ago when he was q
student in Tufts. The annual meeting
of the trustees would have been Rcld
/ this week under ordinary circumstances
/ but the meeting has been postponed
until several candidates have been
heard. Then the trustees will act upon
the matter of calling a minister
The law allowing women 10 take
out commissions as notaries public ap-
parently is not regarded very generally
as necessity in this part of the state,
1 The only woman in Brattleboro to hold
! the Office the past year was Miss Pearl
( 6. Gibson, and the only woman in the
county to hold the position this year Is
| Mrs. Abbie Kerr Gale of Guilford. Mrs
/ Gale is the wife of John n. Gale,
I When the law was enacted the legis'
/ lators acted under the impression that
many women would take advantage OF
ft.-Brattleboro letter in Boston sun
day Globe.
A delegation of 40 from the Leo
council, Knights of Columbus, embark
ed for Bellows Falls Sunday Afternoon
at ) o clock on special train to wit
ness the exemplification of the third
degree by st. Charles council OF
Bellows Falls upon n large class u
candidates Delegations were present
from Rutland, keene, n. H., ano
Brattleboro. District Deputy Dr. james
b. Duffy of Keene, N. H., and staff
exemplifed the degree assisted by De
puty DIR. +. II. O'Connor of Leo council
of Brattleboro. Luncheon was served
both before and after the iniation
There were about 800 present from the
various councils.
Assistant Judges Frank Worden
of Halifax and Fred b. Pier of Rawson-
Vile were in Brattleboro Monday al
ternoon to discuss plans for establish
ing new office for the probate court
Probably they will engage the office
now occupied by the telephone eN-
change in the Crosby building and build
a vault there for the use of Judge A. r.
Schwenk and County clerk j. Ii. Mer-
rifeld for storing old files and records
The assistant judges have ordered q
ksteel filing case for the county clerk
office to replace the antiquated wooden
eases now in use. Judge Schwenk VIII
maintain his present law office in addl-
ton to the probate Office
-Omer l.. Gauthier well-known
barber of Greenfield took Is grains II
morphine Saturday evening and was
found in an unconscious condition. hls
life was saved through the eiiiclenl
services of DR.. Donahue, in Pond s new
block on Main street, with the assist
ance of Chief Of Police Manning, who
worked over the apparently htelesS
form from clock Saturday evening
until ) clock Sunday morning Gautn-
Ter was then taken to the Franklin
Comfy hospital. He has worked very
little at his trade for some time past
and has served time in the county jail
as a result of his drinking habit
Gauthier was employed in the Bisette
barber shop on Elliot street few
wears ago and is well-known i'll Brat
tleboro.
Lieut.. Thomas +. Ryan, the officer
in charge of the army recruiting service
in Western Massachusetts, has received
notice from the war department that
instead of enlisting men and conducting
branch stations in Western Massachu-
setts only, he may now branch out iptC
Vermont and in other sections, so long
ne he does not locate station more
than halfway from this city to 9TH
er cities where head stations are loca
ted In consequence, beginning Janu-
ary |, station will be opened 7
Brattleboro, Vt. That part OF the
country has not been worked for ions
time, and Lieut.. Ryan believes thai
many recruits may be secured there
The station which is now being con-
Quoted at North Adams will be discon-
tinued January l, and Private Rich,
mond Driscoll who is in charge, vii
take charge of the branch station t
be opened in Brattleboro.- Springfield
Republican.
A meeting was held in Red Men
hall Monday evening to form cour,