Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-21

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a house there Immediately.
The w. @. t. U. will have its next
regular meeting Saturday afternoon. II
vii serve lunch at its rooms in Emerson
block the three days of the fair.
--Sedwick W. X. G. will serve din
ner in G, A. X. hall next Monday for
Company b, 18th Vermont regiment,
and Company X, 9th Vermont regiment
reunions.
A meeting of district No. o, W. r.
C., will be held with Sedgwick corps
Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 2. The next
regular meeting of the corps will be
held Sept. 81.
Assistant Attorney General Charles
II. Robb has been offered place on
the court of appeals of the District OF
Columbia by President Roosevelt this
week. The vacancy has recently been
created by the resignation Of Charles
II. Duell. The judgeship is for life
and pays $1,000 year, but despatch
to the Boston Herald says: cat present
Mr.. Robb is not disposed 10 accept the
offer"
The local water question has been
the subject of no little discussion dur.
ing the past week. The water board
held protracted session Tuesday even
ing but nothing about its deliberations
has been made public officially except
that the resignation Of ID. p. Dewitt,
treasurer, was accepted. IL is rumored,
however, that another village meeting
may be the result of the gathering
Tuesday evening.
The docket of the United States
circuit and district courts, district of
Vermont, for the October term, which
is TO be opened October 2 in Rutland,
contains "A cases. The circuit court
law docket contains 10 cases of which
one, that of Eugene Gagne VS.. the Deer
field River company, is marked for trial
by plaintiff. The chancery docket con-
tains 80 eases and the district court
law docket 10 cases.
During the three days of the Val
ley Fair, during which $4,000 in purses
will be given to racing alone not to
mention large amounts for premiums in
the various departments and great at.
fractions in vaudeville, the Central
Vermont railroad will run special trains
on all its lines. The price of fares for
the round trip will be about the price
usually paid for one way. A special
train will leave this station at o
o clock in the afternoon Sept. 20, 20
and q for Palmer, Mass, and inter
mediate stations and at the same hour
every day train will leave for South
Londonderry. Tickets good on all reg
ular trains and specials. Not good to
return after September 2s.
--Neighbors night at Protective
grange Wednesday evening was an in
teresting and enjoyable meeting Sew
enteen members of Newfane grange
were present aud gave an excellent
program in charge of Mrs. Micott. 1t
included the following numbers: Piano
solo, Miss Davidson; reading, Mrs.
Winchester; song in costume, A Bird
in the Hand, Bessie Hamlin, Ida
Maher and Mrs. h. A. Dewitt; recita'
ton, Mrs. A. II. Farnum; violin solo,
Wilson Winchester; songs, A. Ii. Far
mum; recitations, F. A. DeWittj song
Mrs Whitaker: dialogue, Coin Some
where. Mrs. Farnum, William Bruce and
Others; song. Mrs. Davidson. After
the program supper was served in the
banquet hall followed by remarks by
the visiting members and dance with
music furnished by Protective grange
orchestra.
An incident which took the breath
of the few spectators happened at the
railroad station last night as the 800
train from New London was putting VI
for the night. A couple of soldiers
wearing the United States uniform
landed from the train so much under
the influence of liquor that they could
with difficulty negotiate the descent to
the platform. As the train was start
ing up preparatory to going on the sid
ing for the night, one of the men sud.
denly started to board it. He missed
his footing and rolled down the car
steps. Two baggagemen who happened
to be standing Just right made grab
at him and pulled him from under the
car.wheels just as the car struck his
clothing. A fraction of an inch more
and he would have been dead man.
The soldier was too drunk to realize
the narrowness of his escape.
Mrs. Lucy NJ. Torrey died We'd
nesday afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George NJ. Hall, at %
Clark street in the Saith year of her
age. Death was due to a complication
of diseases incident to advanced age.
Mrs. Torrey was the daughter of
lothian Warren and was born in Gull
ford February 20, 1923. She was mar
ried three times, first to Amos May,
next to William May, her first hus.
band Is brother, and last to Dexter
Torrey, who died about IL years ago. She
is survived by a sister, Mrs. Cynthia
Clark of West Brattleboro, half sister,
Mrs. Luke Blood Of Putney, daugh-
ter, Mrs. George NJ. Hall of this town,
and three sons-Austin May of Union
City. Conn. Herbert May of Seymour,
Conn, and Sidney May of Springfield,
Mass. Since the death of her last hus-
band she had resided with her sons In
Connecticut and with her daughter of
! this town. She was a neighbor in the
truest sense of the word and was al
ways busy in helping those not so for
tunate as herself. She was of quiet
disposition and beloved by all with
whom she came in contact The fu-
neral will be held at the house this af-
ternoon at $50. Rev. F. L. Masseck
will officiate and burial will be in
Wardsboro.
All this week the Gage stock COM
pany has been playing at the audito,
rum to well-filled houses. The largest
crowd turned out Monday to witness
The Parish Priest. The house was
packed and standing room was at a
premium. Taken altogether the cast is
an excellent one and each member of
the company is capable artist Rita