Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-23
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

close Monday for week s Thanksgiy.
ing vacation. II win reopen Monday,
Dee g.
The dance in Odd Fellows hall
Tuesday evening was largely attended,
there being about 100 couples present.
Leitsinger aud Dugan furnished music,
In response TO petition of Mont.
pelier lawyers Judge James l.. Martin
will hold a session of the United States
district court in Montpelier tomorrow.
1t will be the first session held in that
city for six years,
"A trolley ear ran over a switch at
the Centerville ear barn and went
of the track Saturday night. Another
ear which happened TO be there was
fastened to the dcrailcd ear which was
pulled back on the track after delay
Of some % minutes.
The Vermont supreme court Satur-
day handed down decision in the
Windham county ease of the Jamaica
Savings bank VS. Edgar NJ. Butler, ad.
ministrator, and others. The Judgment
of the county court is reversed and the
case rcmandod for trial
About so couples attended the
"lades night given by the Vermont
Wheel club last Friday evening. Dane
ing was enjoyed in Grange hall TO music
furnished by Leitsinger's orchestra of
five pieces, and the pool and billiard
tables in the club rooms We're freely
patronizcd.
1t has been decided by the pastors
of the churches to return to Thanks
giving Day morning for the union ser
vice. II win this year be held Mt the
Baptist church Thursday morning at
1890, the sermon to be preached by
Mr. Lawson The offering viii be de
voted to the work of the Associated
Charities.
The foreclosure case of +. II. Day
export against c. H. Davenport was
continued Saturday before Special Mas
ter c. H. Williams of Bellows Falls,
the hearing being held in the probate
Office. The defendant stated his side
Of the case and Special Master Williams
will report his findings 70 the county
court next April.
"A delegation Of % Red Men from
Ouonektacat tribe took the trail for
TIinsdale Tuesday evening to witness
the adoption degree which was confer
ed in a very able manner by the de-
gree team of the Hinsdale lodge. After
the initiation corn and venison were
served. The evening was spent IN
general goodtime.
Mr.. Gibson of Brattleboro made
stirring patriotic speech Yesterday
morning on the appropriation for the
jamestown exposition. lie referred to
the glorious history and traditions OF
the state in a way that brought hearty
applause from the house, that, by the
way. was not checked by the speaker.
Legislative note in Montpelier Jour
nal.
Calvin B. Hall, 81, died at his
home in Westmoreland, \. H., Friday
morning. Mr.. Hall was born in Surry,
but resided in Westmoreland nearly all
his life. He is survived by wife and
Eve sons, Ernest Hall of Brattleboro; ).
]. Hall of Northampton, Mass; Leon
+. Hall of Fitchburg, Mass; Albert =;
Hall of Brattleboro; and Roy Hall OF
Westmoreland, and five daughters, Mrs.
Fannie Lester of Sherbrook, Can; Mrs.
Ida Lester of st. Johnsbury, Vt; Mrs.
Abbie Outflow of Keene, n. H.; MIS-
Lillian Chickering of Turner's Fails,
Mass; and Mrs. Don Scovell of Brat
tleboTo.
A former inhabitant of Brattleboro
attracted considerable attention at the
local station for few minutes during
tbe stop of the 4.23 train Tuesday after
noon The man was Carl f. Sweeney,
formerly telegraph operator at the sta
ton. His raiment consisted Oh iohs
linen buster and an antique straw hat;
On back of the coat was large placarq
on which was printed the legend i
Don t Know Where I'm Going, But
I'm on Nv Way. A Panamaniac. FOL
lowing the Flag 1t seems that MI.
Sweeney is one of the most expert
onerators in the country and has secnr-
ed position as operator at fanaiha.
He took this somewhat unique way OF
Iet+ing his friends know his future
destination.
Gen. Lewis A. Grant was in Brattle-
boro Monday on his way from bellows
Falls. where he spent few days as tae
guest of L. M. Hayes, to his nome III
MINNEAPOLIS. He called briefly on con
gressman Haskins and then went ~
tbe county clerk s Office to look up the
rooord of his admission to the par;
According to the record in possession OF
CIork Mortified General Grant was al
nittod TO the bar in Windham county
in Scptember 1856. He says, however,
This IS an error as he was actually
admitted in Woodstock in May lo29'
General Grant enlisted in the hfth
Vermont regiment in Rockingham, was
major lieutenant colonel, colonel anu
brigadier general, afterward oelnS sav
en- the brevet rank of major general l?i
meritorious service. lie has oeeh III
tbe state as its special guest IN response
10 A resolution passed by the legislature
"A dog case which attracted tno
attention of everyone in WILLIAMSBURG
was tried before J. E. Morse IN tie
school house in Newfane Monday altei'
noon and evening. The plaintlh was
r II Shepardson and the detendan'
Dorr Derby both of ', lhiamsville. IpC
nlaintifr claimed that the oeleno ,.l.I
had trespassed upon his premises an
shot a valuable collie dog Inc SUI,
was brought to collect damages o. FL
which the plaintiff claimed was the
value of the dog. The defendan1, cianh,
ed that he shot the dog in self delense
and that he had been attacked on nun 7pia
erous occasions by the animal WI W.
nesses were introduced to prove ta f
i t6e doc bore bad reputation for
u vH and was in the habit OF
attacking passersby OWNS, to 9TH. the
fact that every one in WILLIAMSBURG
had taken sides in the case It was