Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-16

There will be u children Is enter
tainment in grange hall tomorrow after
noon at $50 by Professor Delmar, tn
magician.
&C. A. Boyden has been appointe,
trustee of Ellen 3. Butler and Caroline
II. Little under the will Of Roxanni
J. Davenport, a position formerly hell
by w. II. Childs.
Company / will be inspected mex
Thursday evening by Capt. George w
Fitzpatrick Of the 10th United Statel
cavalry. The headquarters of the frs
infantry, V. n. g., will be inspected OF
the same day.
The following promotions have
been made in Company !: Corporali
Robert l.. Walker and Rupert G. Ward
ner to the rank of sergeant; Privates
Adm II. Houghton, Charles II. Webster
and William Schorling TO the rank OF
corporal.
The annual sugar supper Of Protee
tive grange will take place next Thurs
day evening in grange hall. The man
agemcnt has secured some of the best
sugar that can be manufactured and
the event promises to reach the high
standard set in former years.
The praise service in the congre'
gational church Sunday evening is 10
be an Interpretation of medieval
Christianity through music. chorus
will assist the choir in the rendering
of the anthems and hymns whose words
have come to us from the early church
and the middle ages.
Dispositions were taken yesterday
in the probate office in the case of the
Peerless Gas Engine company VS.. the
Richford Foundry company. Among
those who testified were X. G. Washer,
Chester r. Clark, John o 'Hearn, Homer
Bemis. and j. II. Brink. The attorneys
present were L. IL. Ashland of st. Al.
bans and r. s. Boright of Alburgh.
The W. c. 4. u. will hold but one
food sale each week hereafter. This
will be on Saturday afternoon regular
lv nj . o clock The noon meals in the
dining room in Emerson block are
discontinued for the present, owing to
the illness of Mrs. Harriet Tucker and
lack of cOnveniences as warmer wealth
or approaches. Patrons please take
notice. The next regular meeting of
the union will be held at the usual
hour and place, March 81.
Sixteen ministers attended the
meeting of the Brattleboro Ministerial
union, which took place Monday in the
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms. Rev. II. r. Miles
presided, and the program consisted
of book review, Bacon s Story of
Paul, by Rev. X. W. Roundy of Lud-
low, and an address ON The Religious
Side of Y. NJ. C. A. Work by Charles
+. w. Cunningham, secretary of the
local association. After the meeting
the ministers took dinner at Hall s
restaurant
The spring term of Windham coun-
" court will convene Wednesday,
April IL. at Newfane with Judge
James NJ Tyler presiding, The docket
shows 1872 common law eases, 80 di-
vorce cases, 26 chancery cases, and
criminal cases. Although the docket
is about the usual size the number of
criminal cases is much smaller than
usual, the most important ones being
those of the state against Charles Grout
of Bellows and John Holleran, formerly
of this town. for keeping bucket shops.
One of the most pleasing plays in
the repertoire of the famous Bennett
Moulton company, coming to Brattle-
boro for week commencing Monday,
is the strong drama, Welded Yet No
Wife, play that has never failed to
draw big audiences wherever it has
been seen, and has proved to be one
of the greatest hits with the Bennett
company. There is wealth of
romance in the piece and some very
strong emotional scenes. story OF
fuve and revenge, courage and adven-
ture, has been charmingly woven by
the author This season s list of plays
is the best ever offered by this ever
popular company.
AT a recent meeting of the Hyde
Park, Mass, Baptist church it was
voted to increase the salary of the
pastor. Rev. Guy G. Lamson, 800 be-
March |. Mr.. Lamson went
to HYDE Park December !, 1905, and
since that time 50 new members have
Joined the church, while several more
are awaiting baptism. Last week Mr..
Lamson received letter from the
deacons of the North Orange, n. j.,
Baptist church of which DIR. William
Lawrence is pastor, asking him to
preach there August 10 and 26, and as
these dates come in Mr.. Lamson 5 va
cation he will accept. The North Or
ange church is one of the largest Bap-
fist churches in the country.
The ever popular Bennett Moulton
will inaugurate weeks en-
gagement at the auditorium next Mon
day night. Although it has been in ex-
istence for the last 26 years, the man
agement believes in keeping up with
the times. Their motto is, always
lead, never follow This season it
has added new scenery, costumes, cleo
tric plant in fact, everything that is
necessary to give metropolitan pro-
auctions. Monday night a scenic pro-
duction of the great play, A Daughter
of the People, will be presented, to be
by repertoire of number
of new plays, and several of last sea-
son S successes. The acting company
is specially selected one, and play
goers can rest assured that the stand
ard this company has established will
be maintained Ladies night Mon
day Tickets limited to $50. Seats on
sale at box office Friday at 5 a. m.
George E. Crowell sent to the vii
age water board Saturday brief re-
fusal of its offer of $250,000 for the
Chestnut Hill and Sunset Lake systems
On Monday night the board held a
meeting and authorized the preparation
of maps of the streams and water
sheds west of Brattleboro, as required
by the state board of health, and also
plans and estimates for reservoir on
Halliday brook including the cost of