Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-24

--windham County Pomona grange
will meet with Jacksonville grange
Aug 80.
The engagement Of yern Winches-
ter and Miss Zetta Maude Weld is an
nounced.
ID. A. Guiltinan of Bennington
and John Il. Gale OF Guilford Will
speak at Fusion rally in Putney
Thursday evening.
&C. b. Crowell and Dennison Cowles
of this town are participating in the
national rogue tournament at Norwich,
Conn, this week. Mr., Crowell stands
second in the third division.
Nelson Wendell, who served In
Company X, Ninth Vermont regiment,
has returned 10 Brattleboro after an
absence of 3S years Since the war he
has been engaged in business in San
Francisco but lost all his property in
the recent earthquake.
Hunts circus gave an exhibition
in Guilford yesterday. In addition TO
the usual trapeze performers there
were several trained monkeys, horses
and dogs. The show was fairly good
according to those who attended, the
trapeze performers and ponies deserv'
ing especial notice
Adams & Crosby have awarded
this week the following contracts for
work on their new Main street block:
Steel ceilings, Kinnear & eager of Co.
lumbus, o.; plumbing. W. ]. Pentland,
IT., Brattleboro; steam fitting, p. Elem
ing, Brattleboro; electric wiring, Hor'
ton d. Walker, Brattleboro.
The last Fusion rally of the cam
paign in Brattleboro will be held in
the auditorium next Friday evening
Mayor James E. Burke of Burlington
will be one of the speakers and it is
possible that John II. Senter and Z. NJ.
Melden of Rutland will be present
Music will be furnished by the First
Regiment band.
Yesterday was the hottest day of
the summer in Brattleboro, and many
people called il the hottest day in the
past ten years At o clock yesterday
morning thermometers about town
stood at so degrees and they rose stead
ily during the day. Following the
shower of last evening came a marked
change in the weather, the temperature
this morning early being as low as 90
degrees.
A. n. Nesbitt of New York repre-
senting the syndicate which has
bought the Brattleboro Street Railway
and the Brattleboro Gas Light COM
panies. was in town Tuesday. This
syndicate was to have taken over the
property July l, but owing to lack OF
funds an extension was obtained until
September l when, according to the
statement of Mr.. Nesbitt, the property
will be taken over as agreed.
Fred E. Thompson of Guilford
attended the circus at that place last
night and after the show, started after
his team to return home. The team
was nowhere to be found. This morn
ing the outfit was found in grove on
the Keyes place on the old Brattleboro
road about a mile from where it was
left by Mr.. Thompson. The horse was
hitched to a tree. Someone had evil
IDENTIFY taken it and after driving
around for while had left it to be
found by the owner.
Protective grange conferred the
third and fourth degrees Wednesday
evening. Visitors were present from
Dummerston, Chesterfield, Westmore-
land, Bellows Falls. Rupert, London, n.
H.. and Suffield, Conn. Refreshments
Of cake. ice-cream and lemonade were
served instead of the regular harvest
supper, after which the grange had the
pleasure of listening to remarks by the
visiting members. After the close OF
the meeting there was an hour of dane
ing with music by the grange orches-
ira. The program for the next meet
ing. Sept 5, will be in charge of the
steward and lady assistant steward.
Topic for discussion: Can Agriculture
Be Classed as Profession with an
address on the subject by John E.
Gale. Protective grange now has 405
members and is financially in pros
porous condition.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Field Day association will hold its an
nual field day at Lovell's Park, near
Bellows Falls. Labor day. The First
Regiment band of Brattleboro will
furnish music. The day will be taken
up by dancing, horse-racing and a
baseball game between teams from
Bellows Falls and Brattleboro. A
wheelbarrow race, tug of war and vari-
Gus other attractions will be pulled off.
Dinner will be served on the grounds
at 10 0 clock, the association furnish
ing all the necessaries. Dinner will be
served in the grove. A special train
will leave Brattleboro at 8 o clock IN
the morning and connect with the spe-
cial train which leaves Bellows Falls
for the Park at 10 o clock. The round
trip fare from Bellows Falls to the
Park will be 10 cents. All regular
trains will stop at the Park. A second
special train will leave Bellows Falls
for the Park at 1890. A special train
will leave the Park for the return trip
TO Brattleboro at $50. Should Labor
dav be stormy the event will be held
ON the following day but no special
trains will be run. People will have
an opportunity to vote Tuesday before
taking a regular train.