Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-01

supper tue sccohu week IN June,
The women of the Unifersalist
church will serve their annual straw,
berry supper next Thursday evening
at 6.l5.
The members of Company | ap.
peared In their new dress uniforms for
the first time Wednesday and presented
an excellent appearance,
-Brattleboro commandery, No. 352,
U. o, G. G., will meet with Mrs. Hattie
II, Mcclure, 10 Williston street, Thurs
day evening at $ o clock.
The annual meeting of the Wind.
ham aud Bennington Association of
universalists will be held in the Yer.
non universalist church, ON Tuesday,
June II.
The Ladies circle of the Univer
salist church will hold regular bust
ness meeting next Thursday afternoon
IN the church parlors followed by n
strawberry supper at 6.l5.
The following pensions have been
issued lately through Hunt 5 agency;
Originals, Bert o, Ware, Brattleboro
(war with SPAIN; Mary \. Wdrdcn,
South Newfane; increase, Charles d.
Brown, Putney
The table of insurance disburse,
ments compiled by the Insurance Press
shows the amount paid in Brattleboro
in 1905 to have been S75, 493, the larg.
est single policy, Sl3, 1889, being paid to
the estate of c, f. X. JENNIE. Burling-
ton received the largest amount during
no al
st. Adams above the $4,000 mark.
The last meeting of the Brattleboro
Professional club will be held in the
Brooks House Monday evening, the DC.
casi0n taking the form of "ladies
night y \ paper on Education for Ser
vice will be read by +. Burr Smith,
principal Of the high school and the dis,
cussion will be led by Col. c. \. Miles.
An election of officers for the ensuing
year will take place at this meeting.
AT meeting of the New England
insurance exchange in Boston Saturday,
President Gayle 4. Forbush, who is also
chairman of the special committee ON
advancing rates, announced that an adj !
vance in rates throughout exchange
territory was certain, although no def |
mite action will bc taken until after a |
conference with the boards Of under
writers in Boston and Providence. 1T |
is possible, however, that Brattleboro |
may not be affected by the advance.
-Quonektacat tribe of Red Men re-
,eived an official visit last Friday even.
ng from Past Great lncohonee Andrew /
Patton of Denver, Col, and Great /
Sachem G.. Frank Conner of Lynn,
Mass. The chief degree was worked
'or the benefit of the visitors, and the /
exercises were followed by corn and
,enison. j. r. Mellen and Charles
3rockington went to White River June
ion Saturday evening to attend the
Meeting held for the purpose of making
,lans for organizing the great council
# Vermont. 1t was decided TO organize
1t meeting in st. Johnsbury, Aug.
Mary P. Pettis, 50, widow of Ches-
er Sargent, died at the Home for the
aged Tuesday night after an illness of
everal weeks. She was born in Brat
leboro, daughter of Holland and Eliza
Knight Pettis, and had been a resident
f this town all her life. She is sur
lived by two sisters, Mrs. Helen Lane
nd Mrs. Caroline J. Cook, both of
Mrs. Sargent had been a
nember of.the Congregational church
or many years and was true Chris
ian woman. Funeral services were
eld from the Home this morning at
0 clock, Rev. II. X. Miles officiating.
burial was in Locust Ridge cemetery.
There was an unusually small at
enhance at the regular meeting of
grange Wednesday evening.
he lecturer presented an interesting ,
rogram which included piano solo ny !
liss Eloine Franklin, a paper ON Me
lorial Day in the Grange by Mrs. Lucy !
Y. Sargent, discussion on Why Should )
he Grange Observe Memorial Day., !
ID by Mrs. A. A. C. Ware and partici !
ated in by H. W. Sargent, Mrs. Alma !
lies, Mrs. Lucy Sargent, Mrs Ellen
Mrs. w. II. Mixer, A. J.
urrier, O. T. Ware, Philip Franklin, f
Frs. W. E. Banks, H. W. Spaulding; t
by Mrs. Nellie Norris and a q
elect reading by Mrs. NJ. A. Fisher. $
AT the regular session of the pro- !
ate court Saturday the will of Ornan \
rescott was probated and allowed, and Z
odema A. Prescott appointed execu- I
tx; license granted Clark Chandler 7
{ Wilmington to sell real estate of :
sa Green estate of Nottingham; will 7
{ Mary S. Barney probated and allow :
/; license granted W. d. Canedy to sell T
,al estate of d. S. Howe estate of /
Mark A. Twitchell, exeeu Z
II of C. M. C. Twitchell estate, given /
ave to sell real estate; William \. h
rocks, administrator of Charles Fl. 7
elsey estate, Newfane, granted license =
sell real estate; f., D. e. Stowe, =
ranted license to sell real estate of =
ane E. Atwater estate will of Azor
-arshall probated and allowed; Susan
arrity ordered removed to Brattleboro
etreat and supported at expense of the
ate. 4
John Fredette was arrested for in h
Monday afternoon by Night e
ratchman w. B. Warren, who found b
m asleep on a bed in Mrs. Bushnell S a
dying house on Elliot street. Fredette
tempted to get away from Mr.. War .
n when on his way to the lookup but !.
as promptly sat upon by the officer T
e was arraigned before Justice w. S, !,
ewton Tuesday morning and pleaded a
lilty to one second offense for which !,
was fined $15 and costs, amounting "
$2106. Later in the day his fine
as paid by G. E. Gilman by whom he lie
employed Fredette disclosed that n
got his liquor of George Cox, who a
ID a jug of rum in his room. Previous W
Fredettes arraignment William il
icks of Rowe, Mass, who was arrested Ell
the depot Monday evening by Off s
+ E. R. Thayer, was fined So and costs b.