Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-19
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Don't miss the concert and mas
auerade ball Monday evening, Jan, ~
Branch | of the Sunshine society
will meet with Mrs. Charles A. McRae
81 Canal street, Friday afternoon, jan
20, at o clock.
The meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held at the parsonage ON
Monday evening next at 7:30 o'clock
Subject, The Arian Religion.
The Authority Of n Book is the sub
iect of the second lecture on Authority
in Religion, to be given Mt the univer.
salst church Sunday evening NJ
o clock.
A new and varied line of masks are
on sale mt the Brattlcboro News com
pany 5 store for the masquerade ball To
be held in Festival hall Monday even
ing, Jan. 30.
An addition, 15x20 feet, is being
built on the north end of the local pas
senger station for use by the American
express company ms transfer room, The
brick work is being done by John
q Conner.
There was fair sized audience at
the entertainment furnished in the au'
ditorium last Friday evening by Had
ley's moving pictures. Many of the
views were good but not few were M
distinct and accompanied by consider
able flicker.
-Messrs. Karl A. Beedle and +. Il.
Bopley of Kcene, n. H., have written n
burlesme ON The Nikado, with new
words and somewhat different ar
rangement of music, and propose to pro,
duce it in Keene in April with local
caste.
There is doubt as TO where the next
annual meeting of the Vermont state
Dairvmcn association will be held
Brattleboro, Burlington, Montpelier and
Rutland all being after it. The asso-
citation now numbers over 600 members
and is the largest of its kind in the
country.
+. ID. Waite s Elliot street skating
rink, with its new floor and hurdy
gurdy. was opened last Saturday even
ing. Fully l25 people tried the sport
of roller skating under the changed con
ditions, while many more were on hand
as spectators. The rink has peeh wen
patronized since.
L. ID. TAYLOR was in Montpelier
Tuesday to act as one of the representa-
tives of the policy holders Mt the an
nual meeting of the National Life In
surance company. Following the meet
ing of the policy holders there was a
meeting of the directors at which James
L. Martin of Brattleboro and Judge
George NJ. Powers were chosen directors
to fill vacancies.
The body of Il ullgrown buck was
found on the retreat grounds, near the
tower, Sunday. 1t was at first thought
the animal had been shot, but eXamina-
ton showed that its death was the re-
suit of injuries received from becoming
entanpled in barbed wire fence. 1t
is supposed that the buck was chased
by dogs and ran into the fence in its eff
forts to escape them.
At the annual meeting of the
Grange Block association Monday af-
ternoon the following elections were
made: President, NJ. |. Reed; secre'
tary and treasurer w. F. Goddard; d.
rectors. NJ. I. Reed, w. +. Goddard, IL.
E. Taylor, L. d. Taylor, A. b. Clapp;
auditors. 9. w. Kimball, p. S. Eames
and o. o. Ware. No dividend was de-
cared, it being voted to apply the sur
plus on the debt.
Emory C. Davis, II, senior member
of the firm of Il. G. and e. Il. DAVIS,
civil engineers, died Tuesday at his
home in Florence, Mass, after an illness
of several weeks. Mr. Davis was wide
" known as an engineer and with his
son. Eugene Davis. had been connected
with many important enterprises. they
were employed last summer by the VII
lage water committee in making sur
veys of the various sources available
for use as a public supply.
The annual meeting of the Grange
store was held Monday afternoon when
the following officers were chosen: Di'
rectors, o. r. Ware, W. F. Goddard,
Azor Marshall, c. s. Hopkins, j. G. De-
Witt: auditors, W. H. Bracket, M. l..
Reed. G. E. Crowell. The gross sales
during the past year amounted to 500.
900. The usual five per cent. dividend
was declared on the capital stock and
five per cent. on the sales, while 10 per
cent of the net profits was added to the
reserve fund.
AT the session of the Congregation
al Sunday school last Sunday, Charles
=. Thompson, who was elected superin-
tendent so years previous to that date,
spoke interestingly of the school as it
was at that time, illustrating his talk
with lesson pamphlets which were used
in those DAYS. The election of officers
and other business were postponed until
next Sunday, the present superlntend-
ent, w. A. Gilbert, announcing his de-
termination not to be candidate for
reelection to that office.
The bailiffs held their regular
monthly meeting Friday evening when
the usual bills were approved and sew
eral sewer assessments confirmed. A
small sum was deducted from the bill OF
the Brattleboro Gas Light company on
account of lights which had been re-
ported out during the previous month
At special meeting of the bailiffs Mon
day evening the question OF appointing
counsel for the water board was dls-
cussed, but it was decided that the mat.
ter was one for the water board itself
to settle.
The auditorium management VIII
offer on Saturday afternoon and night
Rowland & Clifford IS ponderous produc-
ton of Jos. LIE Brant's latest melo-
dramatic success, Over Niagara Falls
The play is replete with redundanee OF
startling scenes and thrilling situations
of the kind that the average playgoer
bankers after; the kind that draws the
spectator to his feet and sends series
Of chills chasing up and down his spinal