Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-07-27
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

An taxes due the late r. Il. Cor
don should be paid immediately AT m,
Office Of II. 4. Taylor 4 Son.
The wsmen Of the Episcopal churcl
VIII serve ice'cream and cake ON IN,
church lawn tomorrow evening from
J 10 . clock.
The Bratteboro medical club en-
; loyed chicken supper at DIR. II. l., Wa
terman s farm on the old Guilford roa,
Monday evening
# W. Childs has bought tw,
cylinder Rambler touring ear this week
j. L. Rogers has bought the Cadilla,
ear which l.. ID. Taylor ran last year.
"A. A. wilkins, chiropodist and man
tourist, formerly located nj Churcl
street, has taken offices with Carl +
Cain, the tailor, at III Main street.
Herbert w. Boyle Tuesday filed 4
petition in bankruptcy through his at
torney, A. G. Spencer His liabilities
are Sl,224 and assets $3.50. There are
no local creditors.
The Unitarian Sunday school will
60 next Wednesday to Lake Chester.
field for its annual picnic. II stormy
Wednesday, the picnic will be post.
poned to the following day.
Martin A. Bailey and Mrs. Emily
c. Goodenough were united in marriage
at Greenfield, Mass, Wednesday by
Rev. +. II. Sherwin. Both the contract.
ing parties are from Brattleboro, Mr..
Bailey being a slater.
Next Sunday will be the last OPP
portunity to hear Rev. w. NJ. Walker,
ID, d., of Epiphany church, Philadel.
phia, who has been supplying the pulpit
at the Baptist church with great ac-
ceptance during July,
Richard, youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles X. Crosby, sustained a
fracture of his right elbow Monday af.
ternoon while playing ON a lumber pile
in the rear of his home. He and sew
eral other children were on teeter-
board when in some way the end Of the
plank flew up and struck his arm.
A handsomely mounted specimen of
brook trout has been on exhibition
at H. NJ. Wood s store this week. The
fish was caught by DR.. A. L. Pettee at
Middledam, Me-, and when taken
weighed four pounds and eight ounces.
1t is mounted ON hard wood panel
and is in the position fish assumes
after having taken a fly.
The Goth anniversary Of Wantasti-
quet lodge, l. o. o. F., will be observed
Friday evening, Aug. 3, at s o clock in
Odd Fellows hall with appropriate ex-
ercises. Ice-cream and cake will be
served and there will be social hour.
All members of the order with their
families and friends are requested to
be present, also members of Dennis Re-
bekah lodge.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Whalen
was held in st. Michael's Roman Cath
Ole church last Saturday morning at y
o clock, Rev. NJ. j. Carmody oiiiciat-
ing. The bearers were John Devine,
Charles McMinnimen, William Martin
and Matthias Sullivan. Burial was IN
the Catholic cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs.
William @. Shea of Keene, y. H., at
tended the funeral.
A force of about 100 men worked
all day Sunday in the heat, spreading
gravel in the freight yard. A tempo
rary track was laid nearly as far north
as the Crosby warehouse and four
train loads of gravel were unloaded
during the day. The work Will be com
pleted next, Sunday. At present the
gravel is very soft and mixed WIN
large stones but two or three rams ana "a
the usual amount of traffic VIII put IL
into better condition.
While driving from Bennington 70
Hancock, n. H., Friday Clarence W.
Reed. salesman for E. Crosby com,
many, noticed peculiar looking opJect
On The Boston & Maine railroad track
I eavino his team Mr.. Reed made a
closer inspection and discovered a PIE
of iron scraps and planks arrangea eVi,
IDENTIFY for the purpose OF derainng a
train. After removing the opstacles
Mr.. Reed continued on his trip ana hoIi,
fad tbe station agent at Hancock ana
bo in turn notified the division superin-
tendent The previous week an az
tempt was made to derail tram near
that point by taking rail from 'he
track. ,h :
-George Harrington of Randolph, a
s+udent in the University OF vermont,
last his right leg Monday evening IN an
a loa; Which occurred on the Spring
field. VT, street railroad. he was iau,
inc bicycle on the track peg"e II
Springfield and Charlestown, ~: -
when a car struck him ana the llo oi,a
tsneLs nassed over his leg near tne
knee Harrington saw the car comln u
nnd was preparing to get OIL the traIh
aI someone called to him ana ne
1onLa I'D around Before he had time "
~ ~ hack again the accident nap,
ioon He had been selling books III
rinrfeld for about 10 days. me cai
SPIN 3 charge of Motorman George
was was IL former resident of Brattleboro
recent meeting of the, New
ENGLAND insurance exchange ~ a'op. OF
q recommendation that the rates oh h;al
classes of risks in New Engianu LOST
hove proved Improbable IN tne pas noe
he advanced 25 per cent, tne a .:u,'s !,
; ~ e,n au, not affecting those risks ~ u
lio" aosted areas which were increase.
s on ner cent. at a previous meeting
~ +he first advance was made puo
~ ~ 40 heal board Of trade TOOK up VI,
~ not sn for the purpose of fnd1ng ta
mattei aoa+ n would have in Brat.fe
Wna' Tho answer was that only a lev y
poIo This town would be affecteo y
rish' av The board of trade mas aia.
any ~oonded with the exchange III -
co, na 70 the second advance anu n no,
gara neS " that Brattleboro rates VIII mo-
! be increased.
c.uonoe D Holt of New Haven
Conn. who is summerng W wl TN s spot fore
lks az will viii give an exhibition % O. MFR Mt
lark, lanJ saturday evening, July 20 20 elm