Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-29

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Bert o. Ware went 10 New Haven,
Conn, Monday aud returned with a -
horse power Buick touring ear which he
will use as a public conveyance. Mr..
Ware aud llenkcl Brothers have the
agency for this manufacture of ma
chine.
--Sedgwiek Woman s Relief corps
will have their memorial exercises
Thursday afternoon. They will meet at
q. A. H. hall at clock TO arrange
flowers and will then take the ear that
leaves West Brattleboro at $50 for
the cemetery.
AT the open air meeting on the
common at p. m. Sunday the First
Regiment band will give n sacred con
cert for half IN hour, and Mrs. +. W.
Weeks will sing. The service will be
of patriotic nature, Rev. +. q. ). os'
good being the speaker.
Next Sunday in connection with
the morning service will be held the an.
nual installation of the newly elected
officers and teachers of the First Bap-
fist Bible school, with appropriate ser
vices, 1t is hoped that every member
of the school will be present.
"A number of local piscatorians will
go to Spoilord lake day after tomorrow
to take advantage of the opening OF
the black bass season there. Last sea-
son the bass fishing at the lake was
poor but indications point 10 an Inn
provement in this sport this year.
Rapid progress is now being made
on the blocks which Adams 4 Crosby
are building. The south wall of the
Main street block has been laid rs far
as the first story and a large force OF
are now at work ON the
other walls. The foundation for the
north wall of the rear building is near
ly completed.
The Brattleboro delegation TO the
convention at burlington
was made up as follows: W. II. Jacobs,
L. NJ. Angler, c. ). Stockwell, \. e.
Spencer, G. II. Danyew, II. G. Pratt,
c. l.. Kaye, j. Ii. Wilson, l.. Il. Whit
new, Charles f. Guild, r. l.. White, I.
o. Park, II. H. Barden, T. j. Sawyer,
Charles Brownell and j. A. Larrow.
w. f. Root has been in Burlington
this week to attend meeting of the
state board of pharmacy before whom
nine candidates for registration took
examination Monday. The board is
making plans to come before the next
session of the legislature with bill m
creasing the board S power in regard
to investigating reported violations Of
the pharmacy law,
John and Guy Tasker received
Tuesday an Emerson motor canoe which
they have purchased for use on the Com
uecticut river. The canoe is is feet
long and has two horsepower motor.
1t is capable of carrying seven or
eight people and when loaded draws
only about 10 inches of water. If the
craft proves well adapted TO the river
several other people are intending 10
purchase canoes of similar design.
The Guilford license commissioners
held a hearing Saturday afternoon on
the application of Orlen III. Ellis for a
first class license to sell liquor in the
Broad Brook House. There was no op-
position to the application of Mr.. FL
lis. and after short consultation the
decided TO grant the IL
cense. The Broad Brook House began
doing business Tuesday, and the road
between Brattleboro and Guilford has
been getting a large amount OF traVei
since then.
Over 200 members of the Congre-
gational Sunday school attended the
picnic at Central Park, Vernon, Tues
day. leaving here on the 9.OI tram IN
the morning and returning at $50 P. m.
The morning was devoted to informal
games for the amusement of the young
err children and dinner was served at
1880 followed by phonograph con
cert. In the afternoon there was a
whiting contest for girls, won by
Alice Spencer, n button-sewing contest
for bows, won by Julius Kuech, and a
number of other events in which both
young people and grown-ups took part;
The afternoon program concluded
with "scrub baseball game.
Harold Biddle's rubber-tired sur
rev was demolished in mix-up that
took place at the local station late yes
terday afternoon. A number of public
were lined up at the cage
of the depot platform, Mr.. Biddle s
team being behind that of A. r. Ihom-
as, which stood just back of u. Ii: Chat-
field s rig. In backing his horse farther
away from the first team Mr. Thorn
as accidentally struck Mr. Biddle s
horse with the rear of his carriage. The
animal took fright at once and turned
sharplv. overturning the surrey and
dashing down the depot yard at high
rate of speed Before the horse could
he stopped the surrey was smashed to
pieces.
At a hearing in the United States
court Monday afternoon Judge ii. II.
Whaeler reduced the bail of Lee DE
forest, the wireless telegraph inven'
tor. who is held for his appearance IN
New York, from $4,000 to $4,000 on
that the bail be furnished
within twenty days. An action was
brought against De Forest some time
AGO by the American Wireless Iele-
graph company for alleged infringe
ment of a patent, and the hearing was
held in Brattleboro. An injunction or
der was issued restraining De Forest
from continuing the use Of the appara-
tns in question. Subsequently DE For
est was charged with violating the IN
junction order and was placed under
bonds in the sum of $4,000 for his ap.,
nearance in New York on contempt OF
court proceedings. He petitioned tor
a reduction of bail and was represented
before Judge Wheeler Monday by Law
ysrs Francis x. Butler and William F.
Kissing of New York. De Forest is IN
Canada
John Long Stewart, bookkeeper
for the Hooker, Corser e. Mitchell over
al company. and Miss Cornelia Weedenn,
,htar If Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Z.