Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-26
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

| -Windham County Pomona erang,
will meet with Guilford grange Feb, Z
Friendship circle will meet In /
O. o. II. hall Tuesday afternoon, sup
per will be served as usual.
Handsome prizes will be given fol
the best man and woman waltzer al
the masquerade ball Monday evening.
Gallery seats are now on sale a
Thomas's pharmacy for the MASQUERADE
| bah In Festival hall Monday evening
The Standard Oil company lost
valuable horse this morning, The hors'
was taken sick while at work yester'
day.
The women of the Baptist society
will have a chicken-pi supper In thell
rooms Wednesday evenin" Jan. 81. al
! o'clock.
d. Frank Shea. administrator OF
the Timothy r. Shea estate. sold tht
Shea homestead ON Western avenue
Tuesday to Farley f. Crown.
Dennis G. Bewsey. who is employ
ed in the S. A. Smith factory, and Miss
Eva NJ. Canstine were married Satur-
day evening at the Baptist parsonage
| by Rev. George b. Lawson.
A. w. Nesbitt of New York city
who is supposed 10 be representing the
syndicate which wishes to buy the
Brattleboro street railroad. Is in toWl
today on business connected with the
project.
The annual meeting of the Brattle-
boro branch of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals VIII
be held in the free library Tuesday
evening at 730 o'clock. A full at
tendance is desired.
The next sociable of the sewing
women and girls will be held in Red
Mems hall Wednesday evening IRON
| 7.S0 until 10 o'clock. A program VIII
be furnished and refreshments served
All are cordially invited.
The Grange store was winner IN
! the November contest of the Postum
Cereal company of Battle Creek. Mich.
for Grape Nuts and Postum window
displays, securing one of the 40 prizes
offered for the fourth best display.
According to figures taken from
the report of the state auditor the
largest amount paid any one person by
the state for cattle killed on account OF
| tuberculosis was $1.203.20. This amount
was paid r. NJ, Bradley for 81 cows oil
the Bradley farm herd.
Clifton Kline. who recently came
to Brattleboro to work in the factory
of the Brattleboro Cabinet company
and Miss Mabelle X. Loomis of North
Bennington, were married SATURDAY
| evening at the Baptist parsonage by
Rev. George B. Lawson.
| The officers of st. Michaels court
G, O, F.. were installed in Red Men
hall Tuesday evening by Deputy High
| Chief Ranger ID. W. McGarry Of Proc
| tor. it being the first public lnstaila-
! ton ever held here. The work was fol-
| lowed by a progressive card party.
An extra letter carrier has been as
sisting the regular distributing force
| of the local post office two DAYS eacI
week during the past two weeks, and
by his aid it has been possible to make
the regular morning business delivery
on Main street Mondays and FRIDAYS
| II is possible that this ARRANGEMENT vii
be made permanent
The leading feature of Graham's
| refined vaudeville company which VII
be at the auditorium on Feb. and D
afternoons and evenings Is the FAMOUS
| Osaka troup of Japanese magiclans
acrobats and eduilibrsts who are max
| ing a tour of the world and are one OF
the highest priced vaudeville attrac-
lions now In this country.
The first meeting of the creditors
of the Brattleboro Manufacturing COM
pany. in bankruptcy. took place Ves'er-
day in the office of f. d. f. Stowe ref
cree. A large number of claims were
proved and w. d. Smith was elected
! trustee. C. /. Knapp. Charles Miner
and J. A. Titus We're appointed ap-
praisers of the company property.
The attendance at the Centervillt
1 .i,1ly
and the management are making ar
rangements to have music every night
The afternoon session has been extend
ed from 100 TO 5. giving long AFTER
noon for those wishing to learn
the afternoon attendance continues tt
increase the MANAGEMENT Will fee
guaranteed in furnishing music for ar
ternoons also.
Nine. Anita Rio is one of the great
est lyric sopranos of the age her ca
reer for the past five years has peer
a constant and dazzling success. Brat
tleboro people who attended the mu'
sic festival in Keene. n. H.. a YEA
ago were captivated by her singint
in Aida, She is now on her final toul
of concert and oratorio work. havlnt
decided to devote herself to grant
opera hereafter. Through persona
friendship with n. p. Coffin. conductor
of the Choral union. Nine. Rio Will an
pear as soloist at the concert when Il
booked for Feb. 20 in the auditorium
George N. Stewards festival orchestra
has been engaged at great EXPENSE ~
this musical event.
William II. Corser. executor OF tn
Bracket G. Corser estate. has brougn
suit. through his counsel Clarke Z
Fits. against the Wire Novelty manu-
featuring company of West Haven
Conn. for infringement of the Corse
buckle patent. This is an invention o
the late B. G. Corser and has proven
of great value in the overall manufac
turing business. The Corser buckle !!
manufactured by the West Havei
Buckle company but its use and SAT-
is controlled by the Corser estate. L
is claimed that the infringement on tn
part of the Wire Novelty company ha
been going on for about year I'M
suit will be tried in the United states
court of the state of Connecticut.
Over Niagara Falls comes to thu
auditorium tomorrow afternoon ant
evening. The play and the COMPANY
presenting it are both new in this sec
ton of the country and should attrac
many who dearly love new play. owe
Niagara Falls has been running for tW'
seasons in the east. has had its New
York run and is now being played D.
three companies in America as Will b.
seen by referring to the printed route
in all dramatic papers. and Clarenc
Bruno and an all American compan,
are giving our English cousins an idei
of how a strictly American melodram;
should be played At last accounts the.
were holding forth at the Prince
Wales theater Wolverhampton. Eng
land.
The annual meeting of the Con
gregational Sunday school took plac
last Sunday. A nominating commute
comnosed of T.. F. Adams. Rev. H. r