Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-14
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

merston.
The grange sewing society has be.
gun work for the annual fair. There
WI be a meeting every Friday at
orange hall at 2.30 p. m. except the
week of the Valley Fair.
The Central Vermont Railway com.
pany has had a gang of men at work
during the past week, putting in new
r ralis ana Ties on the switch just in
Mrs Mary Stewart is building n
cottage house on Longs lane. Patrick
brosnahan is converting his barn on
Union street into n one.tenement house
Harold Smith viii break ground soon
for new house on Horton place.
During the last month and half
the New England Telephone & Tele.
graph company has put in 60 telephones
on special farmers lines. The new lines
radiate from the local central office 10
Vernon, Dummerston and toward Put.
ney.
Charles A. McRae began his third
year in the clothing business ON Main
street Monday. Mr.. McRae has built
up successful business in the time
that he has been engaged and bids fair
to be doing business for several years
TO come.
"A handsome silver loving.cup, of.
fered by the Hostein- Friesian associa.
ton of America to the Holstein. Fries.
ian COW making the best record in the
dairy test at the Valley Fair, has been
on exhibition in Randall & Clapp S
store this week.
-Akeley 4 Clark shipped two ear
loads of live stock from this station
Monday morning. Two carloads also
came down from Putney All were
consigned to wholesale dealer in
Waterfowl, Mass. In addition to sew
eral beef cattle, the shipment included
a large number of milch COWS, calves
and sheep.
"A new steam dough mixer was es
tablished in Warner S bakery Tuesday.
The machine has capacity of 600
loaves at one mixing. All that is nee
essary is to put in the ingredients for
bread and start the machinery. In
short time the mass is thoroughly mixed
and then is taken out and nodded into
the form of loaves by hand.
"A valuable female Boston terrier
belonging to Frank G. Field of 3S West
ern avenue was run over and killed by
trolley ear Saturday afternoon. The
ear was in charge of new motormon
and he failed to slow up when he saw
al, l.. 10 rba nc.
sumes something the light of tragedy
as the dog was the mother of nine
young puppies.
"A crowd gathered on Main street
Saturday afternoon to watch an agent
demonstrate a new thing in the amuse-
ment line The contrivance consisted
of two sticks, shaped much like double
ended canoe paddles, crossed and fas-
tened in the center. When thrown In
any direction the toy described a per-
feet circle and returned to the starting
point. A large number of them were
sold by the agent in few moments.
George Wellman, Alfred Thompson
and John and Guy Tasker took a trip
up the river in a power canoe Tuesday
evening. The trip was greatly en-
loved by all, but just as the crew
reached the home landing Mr.. Thomp-
son missed his footing in some way as
he was stepping to the dock and an in
slant later was struggling in the wa
ter. With the help of his companions
he at last reached terra frma none the
worse for his wetting.
Among the members of the l9oo
class of the high school who VIII enter
college this fall are Fred II. Harris ana
Harold. f. Washburn, who will enter
Dartmouth; Paul S. Emerson and Don
aid M. Rice. who will enter Norwich
university; Miss Rua Yeaw, who VIII
enter Smith college; Miss Harriet bar,
rows. who will enter the Berkeley school
of domestic science, and Misses Daisy
Miller and Alice Whitney, who will
enter Simmons college, Boston. oscar
Raw. a former student at the hlgh !
school. will also enter Norwich this fall
The street railway track from the
iunction of Main and Depot streets TO
the Valley fair grounds is being put IN
first class condition by the new own
ers of the street railway in ANTICIPATION
Of the large crowds which will have TO
be handled on Fair days. The track mas
received no attention since IL was ue,
cided TO sell the road to the new COM
nanv. and consequently is in sadly
pediected condition. All the earnings
for tbe mast few months have been USED
n reduce outstanding obligations. AS
conn as the fair is over the new owners
will devote large amount OF MONEY W
nutting the road in first-class state ol
repair
A crowd which filed the auditorium
to its capacity was present MONDAY
niobt 70 witness the production OF had
ley's moving pictures. Many peau.ii u; u,
laws were shown, especially those IN
tho illustrated songs. Chafies
bur announced the pictures and Pieaseo
tbe audience in several musical selec-
t;ons The pictures varied from humcr-
o ,un3 70 natbetic. A vivid picture OF san
Francisco after the earthquake tooh 5 1he
beholder all through the devastated ais
trict Another showed the dreams u
man who had over-indulged IN "eisn
rar ebit A film showing gang u
tramns attempting to wreck a train
tho train saved by the engineer VIE
md sr the tramps pursued by locomo,
tive crew and exterminated pleased .he
en11ow S,s Of repertoire. Another film
shaved automobile racing at ormono
Reach Altogether the attraction was
, neT1v worth the price of admission.
The Gage stock company, whicn -
onan Weeks engagement at the
70 d GP; Monday evening, has proven
az sa he one of the leading repertoire
10 , ue now on tour Appearing IN
e CON he leading cities of New England
all tne ,,aars il has estab- |