Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-12-07

Mass, TO W. u, Cheney OF Brandon,
The annual meeting for the elee.
ton Of officers OF 81. Michacl's court,
Catholic Order Of Forresters, will be
held In Red Mems hall Tuesday eve,
ming,
The next mothers meeting will
be held in the Congregation al chapel
Wednesday afternoon, Dee. IL, AT $3.50
o clock. The subject Of the address
by Mrs, +. Il, Smith will be The Ii.
brary Table-Children' Reading
The womans auxiliary of the Y.
NJ. G. 4, opened three days doll sale
yesterday afternoon at the association
rooms with u large collection of dolls
Of all shapes, sizes, kinds and styles,
The sale will be continued during 10.
morrow afternoon and evening,
w. X, Geddis advertises discount
Of from 10 10 20 per cent on all holi.
day goods purchased from Dee. to
! is, inclusive. This will stimulate early
Christmas Shopping among those who
have any object in saving money. After
Dee. Is regular prices will prevail.
The Brattleboro branch Of the Wo.
man s Alliance will give chatting dish
supper at Wells hall next Tuesday eve.
ming ut geo o'clock Such supper
was given last April which was much
enjoyed and IL is hoped there will be
good attendance on this occasion.
4 sale of fancy articles will precede
the supper. The doors being opened
at o clock.
Union hill has been the scene IF
activity during the past week while
the gang of Crosby & Parker has been
engaged in putting in the l0inch water
main. A large part of the trench
has been dug but it will be necessary
to do large amount of blasting before
the ditch is ready for the reception Of
| the pipe. Work had to be stopped yes
terday owing TO the sleet storm.
The report that Carl Pierson, re.
Gently released from the Brattleboro
Retreat, had been recommitted to that
| institution, was absolutely false. After
an alteration with his brother.in.law
| in his own home last week, Pierson was
examined by DIR. Lynch and DR.. Al.
/ drich, who testified that they could
not hold that he was insane; he was
then arrested on a charge of breach of
the peace and put on probation, for
! one month, by continuing the ease.
There is no evidence of returning mania.
The firm of Danyew 4 Boyce which
/ has conducted the fish market on Eli
OF street. filed petition in bankruptcy
Yesterday morning The liabilities are
[ 1897 with assets of 1886. The per-
! sonal schedules of the members of the
company, George II. Danyew and Will
| lam Boyce, show the liabilities of Mr..
| Danvew to be S2i6l with assets Il
S2374 and the liabilities of Mr.. Boyce
to be nothing with assets of $500.
! The first meeting of the creditors has
not vet been set. There are but few
| local creditors.
Carloads of Christmas trees are
/ to be seen daily going south at the To-
cal station to supply the trade of the
/ big cities. In one freight train We'd
nesday nine carloads of small ever
greens were counted. 1t would seem
| as if provident person would be able
to see that the trees would be worth
a great deal more if left standing II
few years longer until they were big
enough for timber. The Christmas trees
evil is one of the problems that the
National Forestry Bureau has to face.
Thousands of acres are devastated an
nually of their covering of young
spruces.
The annual meeting of the Brat
tleboro East society is called for next
Wednesday evening at 40 o'clock
in the vestry of the Congregational
church. The purposes for which the
meeting is called are: To choose a
clerk for the ensuing year; to hear and
act upon the reports of trustees and
treasurer: to elect officers for the en-.
suing year; to see if the society Will
elect a musical committee; to make APP
propriations for the expenses of the
society for the ensuing year, and to
transact any other business that may
legally come before the meeting. The
call is signed by clerk W. y. Gilbert
The annual rental of pews will be held
the same evening at o clock.
The water main on lower Main
| street burst at about 3 o clock tues
dav evening and about half an hour
later water began pouring into the Brat,
/ tleboro House basement in large sized
stream. The cellar was quickly Hooded
and the fires put out. Fire engine No
3 was secured to pump out the cellar
soon after midnight but owing to the
water being full of dirt and ashes from
the cellar bottom the engine soon be-
came clogged and refused to work, Since
| the top of the ground was frozen, the
water was unable to rise and IN con-
sequence worked along underground I'M
| til it reached the cellar. large
amount of damage was done to the base
ment as well as to the two furnaces
before the water could be turned OH
The SanFrancisco Call of Nov. %
contained the following item about the
Pacific mail steamer San Juan on which
Miss Susan n. Kellogg of Westminster
and Miss Margaret Gatty of this town
made the trip from Ancon, Panama, TO
San Francisco "On the way up the
coast the weather was exceptionally
good until Monday when the San Juan
encountered a heavy storm from the
northwest She was ~ days making
the run from Ancon. On Nov. Z the
alighting of the stork on board was
the occasion of celebration. The baby
was named Elizabeth Maria Nehlsen.
Her father is one of the big coffee plant
ers and merchants of Guatemala. With
his wife he was on his return from
trip to Germany. Capt. Urry of the
San Juan stood as godfather to the new
arrival.
A horse owned by Arad Hunt and
attached to a milk wagon caused a
ripple of excitement on lower Main
street at about o clock Wednesday
evening. The horse was near Hall $
.I. ,,-Lo, +ba idoa pnnped into