Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-04-20
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


police court Monday morning.
George Townshend of Putne,
bought the well.known Sholes farm a
auction last Saturday, the price pal,
being 1880.
Auction Of household goods ant
furniture at the Brattleboro house var,
Saturday, April 2l--tomorrow. i
stormy, postponement till Monday.
Thomas Walsh, who has recently
sold his farm on the Gulf road in Ches
terfield, N. H., will sell all his persona
property at public auction Thursday
April 20, at 10 a. m.
e. Matt, who is employed in tn,
Carpenter Organ factory, caught hi
arm in the gate of the elevator Wed
nesday morning, and sustained a frac
ture of the right wrist.
The regular sale of tickets for the
First Regiment band minstrel show
opens tomorrow morning at the box
office. Plenty of good seats are left
for both nights although the advance
sale has been large.
There was comparatively small
attendance at the masquerade ball held
in Festival hall Tuesday evening under
the auspices of Brattleboro camp OF
Modern Woodmen. Music was furnished
by Leitsinger' s orchestra of five pieces
AT meeting of Sedgwick post, G.
A. r., Wednesday evening suitable
resolutions were passed on the deaths
of Ornan Prescott and Charles o. Col
I'm latn i
and A. w. Crouch, late associate men,
bers.
The band minstrel show parade
Tuesday and Wednesday will start at
noon, the route being Main street to
Wells fountain, down Main street. out
Elliot street, down Elm street to Canal
street, and down Canal street to Main
street again.
IS. w. Edgett & company have
sold the four-tenement brick house on
Central street owned by Thomas A.
Pellet of Worcester, Mass, to Arthur
ID. Wyatt. who will thoroughly reno
vate the building and equip the tene.
ments with modern Improvements.
William Callahan, an employee Of
the Brattleboro Cabinet company, was
arrested Saturday night by Officer W..
b. Warren for intoxication. He was ar
raigned Monday morning before JUS
tice w. S. Newton and fined SO and
costs amounting to $1209. Being UNI
able to pay he was taken to Newfane
for sojourn of 10 days.
Mrs. Ruth c. French, 81, died Sat
urday evening at the home of Mrs. L.
A. Chamberlain on the Newfane road
where she had been visiting for two
weeks. Her home was in Tunbridge,
and she is survived by daughter in
that. town. She also leaves one son in
Northboro. Mass, and another in
Greenfield. The body was taken to
Greenfield Monday for burial.
| The body of John C. Wells. who
died in st. Paul, Mimi, last fall, was
brought to Brattleboro and buried in
Prospect Hill cemetery last Saturday
afternoon. Rev. E. @. S. Osgood OH
ciating at the committal service. Mr..
Wells was formerly resident OF this
town. living ON High street in the house
now owned and occupied by r. n.
Vaughan. The body was brought east
by Eben F. Wells, a brother.
A painting by the late Robert
Gordon Hardie has been on exhibition
in Clapp & Jones S window this week
for the purpose of identifying, if pos
sible the location of the buildings
which the scene depicts. The painting
is of a group of old farm buildings,
with a mountain, evidently Wantastl'
ouet in the distance. A. ID. Wyatt,
Who owns the painting, does not know
where the buildings shown ara located
and is anxious to find out.
The following elective and ap-
nointive officers of Columbian lodge, A.
+ & A. NJ, were installed Monday
evening: Worshipful master, 9. b.
Crowell; senior warden, d. J. Stolte;
iunior warden, J. A. Hoadley; treas
nrer, F. B. Putnam; secretary, ). b.
Randoll; senior deacon, r. 9. Bacon;
iunior deacon, S. A. Daniels; chaplain,
4. V. D. Piper; marshal. W. 4. Hup-
hard: senior steward, T. f. Crown; Jun
ior steward A. L, Billings; tyler, ). A.
Taylor.
The funeral of Ornan Prescott was
hold Saturday afternoon at 10Y IN inc
rentre Congregational church, Rev. IL.
R. Miles officiating. MISS hlnina =.
Gregg and Mrs W. Fl. Bond sang TWO
selections. Delegations were present
from Sedgwick post, G. A. H., and wan
tastiouet lodge, I. o. 0. 7. The bear
arc were II. E. Taylor, J. ?. Elmer, y.
IT, piner John Dugan, George Harms,
and r r Reed Burial took place IN
tbe family lot in Prospect Hill GENE
terv Bugler Carl Leitsinger sounding
tons in accordance with the Grand
Army ritual.
Considerable troubleis caused at tne
local postoffice on account Oh soueen :4
80, 80 ards which are mailed with writ
inr in addition to the address on tne
est .ms side Cards which are mailed III
tb;s manner are subject to letter post
sge and the postoffice authorizes are
MT TO the trouble frequently OIL notl
go tho persons to whom the caros
~ addressed. and of collecting an ao-
a;t;onaI one cent from them Inc rea-
enn whv so many cards are written Oh
. .In 'front.' side is because in European
snun+ries this is allowable, ana many
c GO th :, foreign cards sold in this coun-
t.u have lines for writing on the front
in in addition to the address
Lester F. Wilbur of New Haven'
conn was arrested last Friday by Con.
s.ohle Tbaver on the charge OF oelng
an absconding debtor, the writ penny sua an
favor of C. G. Miller. me case Mao
heard Friday afternoon before yns,lce
w s Newton, who discharged Wi soa,
on the ground that he was exe n.Ppen nrUm,
orrest on mesne process while attending
aiio u:ILnr having come here to ap'