Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-02

1t ls expected that n lousc OF ilhH
will be organized in Brattleboro with
in few weeks,
The W. c. T. Y. vii hold u social
and entertainment In It's rooms the
evening of November IL.
The Ladies' Enterprise society viii
meet with Mrs, G., J.. Sargent ON Cherry
street Wednesday afternoon at clock
instead of I o clock.
There will be a regular meeting OF
the Sedgwiek Woman s Relief corps
next Thursday evening. Sewing meet
ing Thursday afternoon.
james =. Hooker Of this town was
chosen vice.president OF the Vermont
Fish 4 Game league at It's annual meet
ing in Montpelier yesterday.
Another sociable will be held in |.
O. O. +. hall Tuesday evening, There
will be dancing in both halls and all
Odd Fellows and their friends are in
vited,
"A pit has been dug near the store
house of the Swift Beef company at
the railroad station in which will be
placed the scales belonging TO H. u,
bnrrows and now located AT the top OF
Hudson street hill.
Yesterday morning, Nov !, was the
first time this season that frost has no.
ticeably enerusted the ground. Sew
eral county towns report more or less
snow Monday night and few flakes
were noticed in this village.
The recently.announced decision of
/ -. A. A
tickets ut the rate of two cents mile
will put an end to the local mileage
book business. 7. j. IIcaphy and Root
4 Moran will not deal in books after
January ].
The Young People s union of the
Baptist church held Hallowe EN- social
in the church parlors Tuesday evening.
The rooms were attractively decorated
with large yellow pumpkins, black
witches, eats, etc. All present enjoyed
| the occasion.
AT the third biennial reunion of
the Vermont Legislative association OF
1900 in Montpelier Wednesday after
noon Eli II Porter of Wilmington was
reelected vice.president. Mr.. Porter
and Judge f. L. Waterman of this
town were among the speakers.
III. II. Bowman and J. Frank Drake,
president and secretary respectively OF
| the Springfield, Mass, board of trade,
wal be in Brattleboro Wednesday Nov.
| H. to address a general meeting OF the
Brattlcboro board of trade on matters
nertaining TO the work of the organiza'
ton.
s.. F. Peavy Of Washington, d. G.,
! is at the county clerk S office compiling
divorce statistics of Windham county
/ for the past 20 years. About 10 DAYS
will be occupied in the labor. Mr..
Peavy is the special agent for the de.
rArtcmnt of commerce and labor and
was in Putnam. Conn, doing similar
work before coming here.
-.. ohm W. Titcomb of the Unit I'd
States bureau of fisheries came to
Brattleboro on the 906 train this
morning and left at once in an automo'
bile in company with G. W. Pierce ami
r. G. Bacon, president and secretary
of the Windham County Fish and Game
Protective association, to inspect the
fish hatchery of l.. j. Johnson in West
! Brattleboro for the purpose of ascer'
tanning if it would be suitable for q
government station. 1t is understood
| that Mr.. Johnson is willing to sell his
plant and it is hoped that commissioner
| Titcomb will be so impressed with its
advantages that he will decide upon il
as an auxiliary fish cultural station for
Vermont.
Arthur Tucker. 20, one of the old
est and most highly respected citizens
of Lakeport, n. H., died Monday af
ter a long illness. Mr.. Tucker was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Tucker and
was born in Laconia in 1886. He was
educated in the public schools of the
town and was connected with the gro
cerv business at Lakeport for over "
wears. retiring from active business q
few years ago. He was an ardent re
publican and represented the town OF
Clifford. before it was annexed to La
COMA. in the legislature for two terms
He was a member of Mount Lebanon
lodge. A. F. & A. NJ, and Chocoruf
lodge. |. o. o. F. He is survived by
widow and two daughters and one
brother, DIR. Henry Tucker of TINS
town, who was in Lakeport yesterday
TO attend the funeral
Three very funny German come
dams Emil Huesel, Nat Bernard an'
Harry Hooper, saved Hoity Toity from
sinking TO the level of mediocrity Tues
dav evening The piece was labeled
giddv little skit and the tagging wa'
correct. There was no plot, the stag
setting was not elaborate and the eos
tunes not gorgeous. Some of the .prln
cirals were none too clever and th'
chorus on the whole not extremely tai
ented. In spite of these drawbacks
however. Hoity Toity furnished al
evening of amusement, and while Sauer
braten, Kaffekuchen and Semitic
were on the stage there was more
laughter than has been heard in TIT
auditorium for some time. The best o.
the musical numbers were The Dea'
Old Farm by J. L, Mcclure and chorus
and Take a Ride With Me by an deter
A large audience heard the recita
last evening by s. Archer Gibson, or
ganist. and Edward p. johnson, tenor
of the Brick Presbyterian church Of
New York, Both men are favorltes II
Brattleboro. Mr. Gibson having played
this same organ when it was first pu'
into the Baptist church, and Mr.. John
son having sung here at choral un
ion concert The magnificent organ
gift to the church of j. Il. and >. II
Fstey. was a wonderful demonstration
of the skill of the makers, and a fttin&
vehicle for the expression o. the music
of Mendelssohn, Biget, and Wagner, al
interpreted by an artist. The Mendels
sohn sonata in F minor, which headed
the program, showed the scope OF th'
instrument and the versatility of thu
PLAYER. Not breath was heard durlns
its rendition, lasting some 10 minutes
II would he hard to select a number OF