Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-18


-iirattlehoro sunshine society,
branch |. will hold It's annual meeting
AZ the home of Mrs. II. II. Thompson
on North Main street Friday afternoon
May %, az $3.50 o 'elock.
"A service In memory OF Deacon
Thompson viii be- held in the Congrc'
gational chapel tonight at 40, ~
which DIR. llOlton, G. q, Fits, II. II.
Thompson, l.. =. Adams apd Others are
10 speak.
Tho listers give notice that they
have filed with the town clerk an abb
stract OF the individual lists of Brat
tleboro taxpayers, and will meet in the
listers room Monday 10 hear COM
plants aud make corrections.
Mildred. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. c. Lcitsinger, has been III with diph'
iberia this week at the home of her pa
rents ON School street. The disease
took mild form. however, and quaran'
tine will probably be removed within II
day or two.
The :. A. Smith company has
leased the Hidreth shop on Elm street
for term ~ five years and will use
il rs a store house for its completed
goods. The llildrcih building will be
connected with the main factory build
ing by bridge.
A force Of Is or 20 carpenters
have been at work ON the new Central
Vermont freight house this week and
the framework Of the structure is well
under way. II is expected that the
building will be ready for occupancy
by June |.
The Woman 5 club was pleasant
" entertained "Wednesday afternoon at
n lawn party given NJ the home of Mrs
Charles A. Harris on North street,
orchestra played during
the afternoon and refreshments We're
served at tables on the lawn. The club
will have no further meetings until De-
tober.
Judge II. II. Wheeler and District
Attorney i. l.. Martin have been IN
Windsor this week in attendance upon
the regular session of the United States
district court. Court convened Tuesday
and adjourned yesterday mogiing until
next Monday when several government
eases will be taken up. The case OF
Mrs. Annie Hopkins VS.. the Boston X
Maine Railroad company, which was
set for trial, was continued on account
Of illness of counsel for the defendant
Among the songs that have
achieved an international reputation Is
But Is Heart Was True to Poll. II is
sung in Nv Millincr 3 Bill by Miss
Gretchen Lyons Of David Henderson :
TO appear al the auditorium
Friday and saturday. May % and 20,
and it is a relief to hear a woman sing
A comic song that has not a syllable
in 1t about strolling in the park or
hint about poker, baseball, or moth
er-in.law. There is nothing typical
about Is Heart Was True TO Poll. II
was written by F. c. Burnand OF Lon
Ion Punch and sung by Rosina Nokes
in this very piece with great success.
The Henderson company has been care
FULLY selected and all have been identi'
fed with some of the most noted organ
cations of this country or Europe.
The attractions of Vermont as a
summer resort are ably presented in the
1906 Summer Homes booklet of the
Central Vermont railway company. The
Inducements offered by various portions
If the Green Mountain state are con
presented, and the reading
natter is supplemented by a large num-
,er of fine views of lake and mountain
scenery. One chapter is devoted ex'
to the West River valley,
,alled ''the Switzerland of America y,
md contains an excellent word picture
~ a writer in Outing of the view from
me of the mountains near South Lon
londerry. Chapters are also devoted
o Canadian and Lake Champaign re-
,orts which may be reached by the
Central Vermont route. The booklet
will be mailed from the company's of
ices at st. Adams on receipt of six
.ents in stamps.
-Numismatists from all parts of the
United States gathered at Philadelphia
asst week for the auction sale of rare
oins collected by the late Harlan I.
smith of New York, father of Mrs. +,
\. Starkey Of this town. X. /. Dun
lam. former president of the Chicago
lumismatic society, paid $2,l65 for a
United States So gold piece dated
S22. j. M. Clapp of Washington, u.
J., paid 81 $50 for United States 50
,old piece bearing date of 1915. In
olonial coins, "willow tree shill-
NO. 1862, brought $50; Lord Baltimore
ixpence, $34; Carolina elephant
of 1894, $2s; Rosa Americana
wopence. $2S; New York state cents,
1856. bust of Washington, $40; 1857,
With Indian standing with tomahawk
nd arms of New York, $3.50; 1877, ex-
elsior cent, $50; George Washington
Ialf-dollar in copper, $22.
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont Library association will be held
t Brattleboro May 20 at the Congre-
RATIONAL church Two sessions have
,een arranged at 2:30 and P. m. At
he evening session, to which the pub
ic is invited, Miss Caroline NJ. Hew-
ms. librarian of the public library of
Hartford, Conn, will give an address,
md an informal reception will follow
At the afternoon session there will be
| short business meeting of the asso-
.iation. followed by a Round Table un-
Ter the auspices of the association
md the Vermont library commission.
The program will be entirely informal,
consisting of ten-minute talks to in
reduce the subjects, followed by open
discussion. The following subjects
rave been suggestcd:-(D, Methods of
(2), The Browne and
Newark Charging Systems; 81, Work
With Schools; az, Children Reading.
Edward Haas, the notorious "eye
loctor" whose operations have extend
ID all over this part of New England,
vas landed safely in the county Jail
It Taunton, Mass, Saturday afternoon
~ State Detectives James Mckay OF