Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-31
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP

ITS tall term Tuesday,
The next attraction at the audito
rum will be liadley's moving picture
September 10, fe'"''
The woman 5 auxiliary Of the Y
M. Z, \. is planning to hold n second
hand clothing sale early in October.
The ninth year Of Brattleboro Pri
Vate school opens Wednesday, Sept. )
Mss Park, the principal, returns t,
Brattleboro Monday.
The postofiice will be open unti
noon Monday aud the local carriers viii
make only one delivery The rura
carriers will make no delivery
Albert W, Rockwell has begun ok
cavations for his new house ON the Ian,
which formerly belonged to the jacob
Estey estate ON Canal street.
The board of civil authority will
meet tomorrow afternoon al 3 o clock
IN the selectmen' Is rooms to revise the
check list which will be used at til,
state election next Tuesday.
The women of the Unitarian so
ciety will hold their annual fair in Fes
tiyal hall Thursday, Sept. 6. Doors
will open at 1 o clock and supper will
be served from 6 to 5, followed by a
concert and dance.
Adams 4 Crosby have decided to
call their new Main street block The
American. They will install com
plete heating equipment for both
buildings in the rear block and may
possibly put in an eleetric-lighting
plant.
The last service on the Common
for this season will be held on Sunday
at 5 0 clock. There will be special mu.
sic. All the local pastors are expected
to give brief word 1t is hoped to
make this one of the most interesting
meetings of the series.
The three-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. L. Smith of Prospect
street died Monday after a brief illness
with cholera infantum. Funeral ser
vices were Tuesday afternoon at 2
clock, Rev G. b. Lawson officiating
and the body was taken to Putney for
burial.
III. II. -. Ilblthi dlltuhtu lHt
meeting of the British Medical asso.
citation in Toronto last week and read
paper before the association on water
supplies which was published in the
Toronto papers with editorials The
Montreal Gazette also had an editorial
ON the subject.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest j. Waterman
have the sympathy of the community in
the death of their three-months-old son,
Richard Mather, which took place sud
denly Monday afternoon at the Colon
ial. Brief funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at o clock and bur
ial took place in Morningside.
The great increase in automobile
tourists has made business at the
Brooks House better this summer than
for Is years. There has been hardly q
night when the hotel was not filed
with guests. Every day brings one or
more automobile parties to town, and
most of the tourists seem to make 1t
point to arrange their itinerary so as
to be in Brattleboro over night.
Vermont s open season on wood
cock and partridge begins tomorrow.
MANY local nimrods are planning to
get into the woods for the first shoot.
ing and it is likely that many good
bags will be brought in tomorrow night.
The season, however, does not promise
unusually fine sport. 1t is claimed that
the past summer has not been a good
one for the growth of young birds
Susan Kelly, 25, wife of Anthony
Clarity, died Saturday at the retreat
after long illness with tuberculosis;
She was born in Ireland but had lived
in this country since a young girl. Be
sides her husband she is survived by
one daughter. Funeral services were
held in St Michael S Roman Catholic
church Monday morning at 5 o clock,
Rev. NJ. J. Carmody officiating, Burlal
was in the Catholic cemetery
A large delegation from this town Q,
win attend the field day of the oda rel
lows and Rebekahs Field Day assoc ~,
tion at Lowell park, Bellows rams,
Monday A special train Will ieaVe
hero III a. M. and returning Will leave
tba mark at $50 p. m. Members are
roouested to remember to wear thelr
tictats feature of the celebration
will he baseball game between teams
from Brattleboro and Bellows rails.
The dedication Of the marker on
fine fair grounds by the soldiers OF YER
r,on+ n fhe Civil war, who were mus
tarad in and out of the national service,
u,ilI take place September IL. MI,
uasl,ins il TO deliver the address ana
Tiers will speak The governor ana
his staff will be here and TINS VIII oe ",
n connection with the annual reui In
of The Windham county veterans. u
tber particulars with program heA'
week.
The funeral of Herbert j. Knight
was held from his late nome on ,a iilG
street Saturday afternoon at ? o. 9 c ,oan
Row A. II. Webb officiating. Inc 49,. pea,
ars we're A. B. Ashley, Roscoe rlshel
= r Streeter and J. M. Joy OF 5gug-
.,;ol, most q. A. R. Mrs. W. Z. hup-
ND " and Mrs. w. II. Bond sang Two
ID Burial was in Locust ridge
so,u Among the out-of town peo-
cehhe.o H. fnneral were Mr.. and MIS-
+ = Wellington of Chelsea, Mass,'
n Mrs. : 4 p Prentiss and son OF Orange ran IS
N ME-, . and Mrs. Oscar Hall of Care
mont, n. H.
Extensive alterations have oeg 81
- y tbe basement of the ). \.
m nfarn drv goods store on Main street lset
s.n;no The summer with the result tn s5
during aso ,ne e one of the best arranged
tlis m 0,o commodious on the street ~.
ana an ina,reut has been enlarged to the
same size as the man moor ,,; rn" of
has been provided by an eqIl ,sn ,rbicb
windows fitted with prism gas; cb y FOR for
@iues the maximum amount OF n Ign' the the
s NV least window space and MAKES max ao onr