Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12

The Junior class OF the Bfaltltboro
high school viii go ON sleigh ride TO
south Vernon tonight. The freshman
class will go to Winchester, n. II,
The first meeting of the newly
elected water board will take place to-
morrow evening, Organization will be
perfected at that time and steps taken
toward opening negotiations with Mr..
Crowell.
1t will interest nearly everyone in
| this section to know that the ,leifcrsons
| in The Rivals have been booked for an
engagement in the auditorium later IN
the season. Both Sousa s and Creatore 5
bands will also appear here before the
season closes,
The annual meeting of the Uni,
tartan Congregational society was held
Tuesday evening when the following
officers were elected; Treasures {.
| II. Pratt; clerk and collector, j, X. KY
der; prudential committee, 5. +. Law
ton, l.. d. Taylor, c. \. Boyden.
John Graham, manager Of the Ora
ham Refined Vaudeville companies, was
in Brattleboro yesterday to make ar
| ThnbtNltHlS ipl lH' hlI'"i""'' - "'
organization. which is one of the best
of the season s novelties and consists of
acts from the Keith and Poll circuits.
The Klark Urban company will
! play at the auditorium all next week,
with matinees Wednesday and Satur'
day. The opening play Monday night
will be The Silent Partner, Others be-
| ing Cowslip Farm, Across the Desert,
| Her Mad Marriage, The Way of the
Wicked aud The Web of Fate. There
win be high class specialties between
each act Seats 20 on sale today.
-Brattleboro lodge, No. 37S. of the
New England Order of Protection, had
an oyster supper and installation of Of
! fcers on Wednesday evening, The cere-
monies were conducted by district dep
Iuty and junior past warden w. II. Hay
wood. The supper was excellent and
appealed to the inner man with relish.
The ceremonies were beautiful and i'm
pressive. The latter part Of the even.
ing was spent in dancing
Earle Gleason of Jamaica and Miss
Mabel Yearly, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs,
IL. p. Yearly, were married Wednesday
afternoon about $50 at the Baptist
parsonage by Rev. q. b, Lawson. Af'
ter n short wedding trip they will make
/ their home in Jamaica, where the groom
| is associated with his father in the
management of the hotel. Mrs. Glea'
son has been employed as clerk in
| Houghton & Simonds s store, and Mr.
Gleason formerly worked in Howard 4
Yearly's stable.
The stores and offices on the west
side of Main street were in darkness
for over an hour yesterday Afternoon
ON account of a series of accidents "a
the Brattleboro Gas Light company 8
machinery. To begin with something
happened to an armature at the West
Dummerston power station and it be
came necessary to start one of the en-
gines in the local station. In so doing
the packing of one of the cylinders was
blown out and afterward a bolt was
broken. In the stores and offices where
there was no gas, lamps and candles
were brought into use but the light
which these gave was not bright
enough to facilitate business
Private Edward l.. Hutchinson
18th cavalry of Fort Ethan Allen, {
resident of Brattleboro, has surren
dered himself to the civil authorities
at Bangor, Me-, on a charge of deser
ton and he has been turned over tC
military control at Fort Williams, Me.
where he will be tried by genera
court martial. Hutchinson enlisted las
May and deserted month later. WheI
he enlisted he came to the fort as {
cook, but he made failure of his pc
sition. He put himself in communica
tion with Montreal parties who Offered
him a position as chef and he desert
ed to take this position. He made ;
similar failure in the Canadian city
and wandered into Maine and finally
surrendered himself to the civil an
thorities for Observation-Disclosures
Free Press.
The w. c. T. Z. voted at its las
meeting to discontinue the meeting thu
first Tuesday in each month to accom-
modate members belonging to the Wo
man s auxiliary, as well as the union
Henceforth the regular business meet
ing will be held the second Tuesday il
each month and the educational tn,
fourth with no intervening meeting
Food sales will be held regularly Wed
nesdays and Saturdays from 2 until
p. m. by the W. c. T. U. at its head
quarters in Emerson block, the first sal
to take place next Saturday, Jan. 10
with the following articles offered
Baked beans, brown bread, doughnuts
wheat bread, pies and cake. II is pur
posed to develop this semi-weekly sal
into an exchange where members o
the union and others DESTROYS may sci
on commission. Orders will be take
to fill from week to week according t.
customers wishes.
During the darkness which pre-
vailed for time late yesterday after
noon on account of the accident to tn
electric light service L. F. Adams sus
,, tanned a severe cash in his left wrist
One artery was severed and 10 stitche
were necessary to close the wounC
Mr.. Adams was attempting to leav
| the Brooks House Office by the rea
door when the accident happened. A
he pushed open the inner door the out
, side door swung suddenly inward an
MS nanu went through Inc SldoS PdHt
, One cut over an inch long was made b
: the particles of glass and there wer
! several minor cuts. Realizing the 81
F.. rious nature of the wound Mr.. Adam
/ at once began hunting for some wa
9 to stop the flow of blood. Holding o
, to his wrist, he hurried to his otfic
0 in Crosby block but there were n
lights there and he was obliged to G
into the office of II. f. Taylor & So
! across the hall. There rope was tie
I about his arm and the hemorrhag
checked until the arrival of physician
e Standing room will no doubt be til