Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-21

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ricultural show.
The last OF the series OF food sales
by the women of the Baptist society
VIII he held in the Y. NJ. q. A. rooms
tomorrow afternoon at $50.
There was good attendance a,
the dance In Red Men 5 hall Saturday
evening. Another dance will be given
at the same place tomorrow evening.
The annual election Of officers OF
Fort Dummer colony, Pilgrim Fathers
will be held in Red Men s hall Monday
evening Every member Is requested
TO be present.
The i, W. Mcclure house on Will
liston street has been sold through A,
V. Mays agency to James M. Gilbert
OF Townshend, His son, Walter A. Gil
bert, will occupy it as home.
IS, b. Sargent will open his dancing
classes in Odd Fellows hall Wednesday
Oct. 3. The two Afternoon classes at
and $3.50 o o'clock will be for children
and young people. The adult class will
be held in the evening
w. G. Doolittle has finished a four
years lumber job in Vernon and will
begin at once numbering in Marlboro
where he has bought several timber lots
of maple, birch, Eastwood and val.
liable ash and oak comprising 5000, 900
feet.
The Peel's Remedy company of
this town has an expert sign painter
from Saco, Me-, at work painting signs
which will be used during the Valley
fair 10 advertise the company's prod.
ucts and which will later be sent
throughout the country for the same
purpose.
-Brattleboro is the only town in
Brothers, who are to appear at the au-
ditorium the two first nights of the
fair The company comes here from
Albany and will go from here to Wor-
cester and then to New York city for a
six weeks run.
"A man has been attracting the at.
tention of the Canal street residents of
late by his peculiar actions. One
night recently he was discovered at 2 a.
m. looking into window of the house
occupied by d. Frank Shea. He was
also heard passing through another per-
son s yard Perhaps there is some con-
nection between this mysterious person
age and the recent fire.
An unusual spectacle for this town
was observed on lower Main street at
a late hour Tuesday night. A party
consisting of two men and two women,
all in glorious state of intoxication,
were driving up the street in a double
team. The women were reclining in
the arms of their escorts in a way more
picturesque than elegant. Not salts
fed with one exhibition the party felt
constrained to repeat the performance.
A meeting of the lawyers of Wind
ham county is being held in the Brooks
house this morning to discuss bill
drawn by committee of the Vermont
bar association providing for the organ
ization of the courts of the state. Such
bill will be introduced at the coming
session of the legislature, and an effort
will be made to secure united action
on the part of senators and representa-
tives in relation to it. Dinner will be
served after the meeting.
The Snowflake Canning company
closed its plant a week ago yesterday
According to the statement of the man
ayers this season has been as good as
the average although the output would
have been larger had there been more
rain. During its run the factory has
put up between $4,000 and 100000
cans of corn and about $4,000 cans of
succotash. 1t win disburse among
farmers in payment for the green corn
between $4,000 and $1,000.
The dry goods, clothing, hardware,
furniture, shoe, crockery and jewelry
stores will be closed from IL to We'd
nesday and Thursday afternoons but
will be open Wednesday evening. The
drug stores will be closed Wednesday
afternoon only from IL to 4.30. The
grocery stores will be open both We'd
nesday and Thursday but will make
but one delivery on those days. Ar
rangements for these closing hours were
made with the local merchants by the
local trade committee of the board of
trade.
A Few Family Records of the Ed
ward Crosby Branch of the Crosby
Family is the title of booklet issued
from the press of the Vermont Printing
company this week. 1t contains much
information about the Crosby genealogy
including an article by Judge Wheeler
and a sketch of Edward Crosby. The
booklet is illustrated with portraits of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Crosby, E. G.
and C. R. Crosby, Mrs. Fannie Crosby
Western avenue. The booklet was COM
piled by Charles R. Crosby from gen
ealogical data collected by his sister,
Mrs. Fannie G. Rice.
District No. 2, Modern Woodmen
of America, held their annual district
meeting in G. A. R. hall, Bellows Falls,
Tuesday evening, nearly 100 members
being present, including officers and
members from nearly all parts of the
state. A degree team consisting OF 20
foresters from Brattleboro conferred
the degrees upon class of five candi-
dates, after which all enjoyed fine
banquet under the management OF John
Hopkins. Short speeches were made
by the state officers and all report a
fine time.
The body of Isaac N. Spencer, who
died at his home in Keene, N. H., last
Thursday morning, was brought here
for burial in the family lot in Prospect
Hill cemetery Monday afternoon, Rev.
Fl. R. Miles officiating at the commlttai
service. The Keene, N. n, Sentinel
says of Mr.. Spencer: MI spencer
was man who was ready TO heip
those in trouble or affection, whom he
believed to be deserving. For num-
her of years he has been the treasurer
of the invalids' home of this city and
he was member of the Humane So
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