Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-03
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

- W. knight lost his valuable
driving mare last week.
About ISIS people from here won,
day. " ''"'"''
Johnson 4 Hallgren have nearly
hnished painting the Connecticut river
bridge. " W.
~ he bailiiis viii hold their regular
monthly meeting next week Friday
evening.
The board of trade will hold its
regular meeting the second Tuesday of
each month. -
Frank Mancini has bought the
boot backing establishment of Charles
DE Angels at the corner of Main and
Flat streets.
Fred II. Harris, son of c. A. Hor'
ris, was winner of canoe race at the
water carnival at Pine Grove Springs
last Saturday.
"A son of Andrew johnson, who
lives on West street. has been taken
Ill with scarlet fever this week. The
house has been quarantjned and a
spread of the disease is not expected.
There viii be an independent eau
Gus in Grange hall this evening to
choose delegates to the independent
county convention which is called for
the same place tomorrow morning at
II o clock.
Arthur Cain fractured his right
arm below the elbow Wednesday after
noon by fall while playing in the Y.
Nj. G. A. rooms. He was taken 10
Greene s drug store where the fracture
was reduced by DR.. F. II. O'Connor.
The annual union camp meeting of
the Montpelier and Manchester dis.
tricts of the Methodist church will be
held in Claremont, n. H., Aug. 10 to
90. Rev. A. H. Webb of this town
will be one Of the preachers Friday,
Aug "a.
e. D. Whitney returned Friday
from Springfield with his new Stevens.
Duryea touring ear, The machine has
a 20 horse power engine, a 90-inch
wheel base and is guaranteed TO attain
a speed of As miles per hour under, ia
vorable conditions.
DR.. H. d. Holton and Rev. George
B. Lawson of this town and Rev. Guy
|C. Lamson of Hyde Park. Mass, for
mer Brattleboro boy, are included in
the lists of speakers at the Vermont
Baptist anniversaries which will be
held in Montpelier Sept. "a to 26,
John and Guy Tasker and Daniel
and Charles Stolte made a trip to Put
ney Sunday in their power canoe.
They intended TO go to Walpole, N.
H., but were obliged to turn back on
account of the shower. They made the
trip from Putney ferry to West river
in slightly less thar an hour.
Ernest D. Crosier. 81, who died at
his home in New York city Tuesday,
was son of Mr.. and Mrs. d. l.. Crosier
of Guilford and brother of A. +. Gro
sier of this town. He was a native of
Dummerston but since 1890 had lived
in Bellows Falls until last September
when he went to New York to become
manager of a bakery. He is survived
by widow. two sons, six sisters and
two brothers besides his parents. tu-
neral services will be held in Bellows
Falls today.
The bailiffs have issued call for
special village meeting to be held IN
Festival hall Friday, Aug. II, from
until 9 o clock for the purpose OF |
electing tax-collector and a baillff,
both vacancies having been caused by
the death of R. f. Gordon. The Aus
tralian system of balloting will be
used. A petition has been circulated
this week asking that the names OF
Walter S. Stearns for bailitf and WI
liam A. Subway for tax collector De
placed in nomination on the Citizens
ticket.
g W. Armstrong of Richford, hign
chief ranger of the state court mae.
nondant order of Foresters, mas peeh
r Rrattleboro this week making ar
rangements to organize a local branch
of tbe order. A meeting will be neid
within two weeks probably and ~ y
exnected that the local court Will start
with at least 80 members. lnforhati 1I
can be secured of W. b. Casey OF .. ~:
Allen. ir. The Independent order 81
Foresters has SO courts IN vernon, |
WITH a membership of $500. The total
m membership of the order is 239,ooo,
and ON July ! had over $l0,oooooo IN
its reserve fund.
The New England telephone com
many will open new farmers line from
here toVernon in the near future. ELEVEN
a,,Isar,hers have already Been secured
and the telephones will be lns .snns
cd saaN as the wires can oe -, r ahs
Two new lines, one to Dumi ps.sssas
~ one to Guilford, are under eoa''n
amst and doubtless will seen oe'
n a The subscription price 70 res
5pn4s living whiting six Inales o. '4 -
den.s ofiee and within from three 70
cen'r snndred feet of the already es1ao-
l.seaa Urn trunk lines is s1s per year reo
nle are coming to reaii. H. telenbone
mo more the usefulness OF the !ei areased
o. ;s shown BY the greatly in1 in
business of all telephone companies
tbe last few years.
r>e last excursion of the season ~
e mn and Block Island over the
central mat1a Vermont railway will be w g in
o oe Saturday August II, and v WIN nj
oiuda not only the Centrai "a Rel-
sta a between Brattieporoo, % an poston
s,a.i .awr Mass, but also the DoSeUn
ehe Ma;ne stations between bra.. .o.;ons
W. W;ndsor The fare from sta'. -
ana Bellows Falls for the rounu , UP
above " BE Bei9 ADMITS and 81 for children r
From Bellows Falls ana tens Brattle-
on cents. From statloh. web