Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-31


There will be meeting of the w
Z; I. Y. Tuesday afternoon at ;
o clock. A full attendance is desired.
The S. A. Smith company will be
gin next week to pay It's help week
y instead of monthly as il has been
doing in the past,
The tennis team of the Wantasti
quet golf club will play ut Charles
town, n. H., next Thursday afternoon
ON the local courts,
Warren H. Barrett of Guilfora and
Emma l.. White Of Brattleboro were
married Mt the Baptist parsonage We'd
nesday by Rev. George b, Lawson.
The steam drilling machine has
been moved from the vicinity of West
river and is now engaged in sinking a
shaft AZ the east end of the Connecticut
river bridge.
There will be an important meet.
ing of the Brattleboro branch of the
United Irish League at the parochial
school hall Immediately after the last
mass next Sunday. 1t is of vital impor-
lance that every member be present,
Repairs are being made on the Ad,
vent church in Esteyvillc this week.
Rev. +. L. Brooks of Fairhaven, Mass,
will preach in the church Sunday Mt 3
and p. m. There will be prayer
meeting next Thursday evening Mt 730.
"A. p. Simonds and DIR. Leslie Ed
wards went to Boston Friday and re.
turned Saturday with Mr.. Simonds S
Stanley automobile which has been nm
dergoing repairs made necessary by
the machine 5 taking fire a short time
ago.
The High school faculty will he the
ton. Miss Mary D. Henshaw will take
the place of Imogene 5. Farnum as
teacher of mathematics aud Greek.
Schools in district No, begin Tuesday,
Sept H.
The next meeting of the Brattle-
boro Ministerial union will be held
Monday Sept 10. One of the interest
ing features of the meeting will be an
address by Prof. Lewis b. Panton of the
Theological seminary, Hartford, Conn,
on The Present Status of Old Testa-
ment Criticism
The Windham County Good Roads
association will meet in the Brooks
house next week Saturday at 10 a. m,
for the purpose of completing its or
ganization, adopting bylaws, electing a
committee on membership and consid-
ering such plans as may be in the inter
est of good roads.
M. j. Moran is in New York for a
few days. He left Tuesday night and
was member of the reception commit
tee from Vermont to welcome William
J. Bryan on his return to this country
from his long trip through Europe and
the Orient. Mr. Moran was present at
the brilliant reception last night.
A horse belonging to Guy Doolittle
was found dead in the ditch in front of
George E. Phillips 5 house on Cedar
street early Wednesday morning. 1t is
thought that the horse escaped from
the barn during the night although
Doolittle claims that the animal was IN
the barn at a. m, and fed at that
time.
A valuable trotting horse belong
ing to Frank Davis of Newfane dropped
dead on the track at the fair grounds
Tuesday afternoon. AS the horse was
being worked out in preparation for a
practice heat he suddenly fell and ex-
PRED. The horse was valued at $500.
lie was being prepared for the races at
the Valley Fair.
The Spofford Lake Fish & Game
league will hold its annual meeting at
the Pine Grove Springs hotel next
Thursday. A business meeting will be
held at 1890, and at 2 clock the hotel
viii serve a dinner Membership in the
league consists of attending the meet
ing and dinner, which is the only ex-
pense entailed in membership. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all who
are interested in Spofford lake. Edgar
Burr Smith, president of the league,
will preside at the meeting.
Examinations for those High school
pupils who were conditioned last June
will be held in the High school room
next Saturday morning at 8 O'Clock.
Principal Smith will have office hours
in the High school room in the after
noon next Friday and Saturday from
3 until ) 0 clock and during the follow
ing Monday morning from $50 until
11.30. Several applications have been
received by Principal Smith from girls
in the nearby towns who wish to attend
the High school and work for their
board either wholly or in part.
The final transfer of the Brattle-
boro Street railway and the Brattleboro
Gaslight companies will take place to-
morrow to the Twin State Gas and
Electric Light company. The Iwln
State company is organized under the
laws of Maine and is backed by New
York capitalists. This company will
control the electric light plants in the
towns of Dover, Rochester, Somers-
worth and Salmon Falls, n. H., ana
Berwick. North Berwick, South Der
wick and Lebanon, Me- Altogether
the company controls the lighting
nlants in ten towns in three states. In
This town the two electric plants Will
he consolidated and all the electricity
nsed will be manufactured at the Gas
Iiqbt company's plant. The matter
az the reduction of fares from six to
6ve cents has not been discussed by the
new company. The National Light,
Heat and Power company OF New YORK
controls the Twin State company. A.
w. Nesbitt of New York city has been
IN town this week to make arrange
ments for the transfer.
The Mining Investor, published IN
Colorado Strings, in its issue OF Aug.
% has the following item about the
Dores- Montgomery claims in the Bull,
frog district, Nevada: A party OF
Dores Montgomery people arrived tins
week to look over the company 8 hold
inps The party was made up of H.
w Peck. secretary, and B. f. Day,