Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-07

an informal gathering. The company passed
the evening pleasantly with games and q
| peanut race mo feed was advertised on
the bills Of invitation, but Miss Brigham
surprised them all by bringing in delicious
lemonade cookies and nuts at the appro'
pirate time IL is needless to say tha'
every one had good time.
The Dorcas guild met at Miss Booths cot
tage Wednesday afternoon. Twenty'six
climbed over the interesting stile and en-
tered the famous door which was once IN
Governor Clintons mansion, and admired
the cosey cottage, with its daintily stained
walls and floor, its artistic furnishings ana
its many well planned cubby -holes, to say
| nothing OF the chief attraction OF all, the
| great fireplace. After the usual business mad
| been attended to the company took walk
TO Roaring brook and admired its picturesque
| beauty II was successful meeting anu
one which the guild will long remember.
Nellie Ford endeayored to commit suicide
| Wednesday afternoon by hanging. She had
slip collar around her neck. which was
| fastened by q long strap to some substantial
object in an upper chamber, from the WINDOW
of which she jumped Had not Mr.. Reed
heard her struggles she would have been
dead in q minute. He rushed to the room
and released her before notifying the family.
Nellie is a full-booded puppy, but still
puppy, and will doubtless know better upon
her return TO TownsheDd. She started
Thursday with her master for South Caro-
lima, where she will learn all the lore con-
nected with birdhunting
In South Carolina the blackberries grow
upon low bushes and along level roads and
ripen in the early summer. As the Dales
and Folletts had company from the above
mentioned state, TO say nothing of Pennsyi-
wanna. IL was deemed wise to show them
little of Vermont roads and Vermont black
berries. SO last Friday several teams went up
hill and, alas for the peace of the guests
down HILL until they arrived at the black
berry thickets. There while some picked
berries for dinner, others built fire and
boiled corn and eggs in Mrs. Dale's best
water pail. Then the lunch boxes were
opened and all enjoyed the next half'hour.
After dinner the more industrious entered
the thicket, to emerge two or three hours
later well laden with luscious berries anq
well covered with scratches. On the way
home a halt was made by Fred watson
pasture that those so disposed might CLIMB
the rocks and get a most magnificent view ior
very little trouble. As for the berries, they
were made into jam, jelly and shrub
There was nothing at the republican rally
Friday that was in accord with the posters.
In the first place, it was planned without
consulting the town committee, who deemed
another rally unnecessary and had SO told
the committee for the county. Senator Dill
ineham missed his train at White River
Junction and was unable to come. Hon. Kit
tredge Haskins and Judge Waterman came IN
place of J. L. Martin and State Auditor ID.
F. Graham, and the music was furnished by
the Grafton band instead Of the First hegi-
ment band of Brattleboro, as advertised. Inc
substitutes. however, were able men, and tine
people enjoyed hearing them discuss the
issues of the day. The seats from the baii
grounds were moved to one corner OF the
Common and platform erected for the
speakers. The day could not have been bet
ter The fusionists also failed to carry out
their program at the rally in the town hall
Saturday evening. Frank s. Pratt OF Brattie'
boro spoke as advertised, but Thomas Dunn
of Rutland failed to appear. Miss Esther
Dale took the place of the band, and II she
did not make so much noise, she furnished
much better music,