The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07

r.. G. Wardner will finish work for
j. T.. Mann next Saturday night and
90 to New York whore he will take
course in "ad" writing, show'card
writing and window trimming in the
Bond institute. He will be occupied
about three months.
The household goods of Rev. W.
J. Hamilton of Delaware City, Del,
the new rector of st. Michael Is Epis-
copal church, have arrived in Brattle.
boro this week and Mr.. Hamilton and
his family are expected today lie
will begin his passionate Sunday.
The local postoilice employees
have received orders from the head
quarters of the department TO weigh
all mail of every class which they
send out, beginning with July l for
the rest of the year. Similar orders
have been sent to all the postoflices IN
order that it may be known just how
much mail is carried throughout the
country during the six months.
Bert II. Bastian and Miss Lulu
Belle Goodrich were married at WI
Evansville Wednesday evening by Rev.
W. C. Newton. They returned last
night from short wedding trip and
will live at I Thomas street The
bride was the ward of the late J. II.
Mortified and has been living at his
home in Williamsville for the past
several years. Mr.. Bastian is clerk
in +. II. Holden's pharmacy.
William Peirce Brown, son of the
late Commdr. 4. d. Brown of Brattle-
boro. ranks fourth in the fourth class
of the United States naval academy,
having a mark of GAL out of a pos
sible so. There are 2l7 members IN
the fourth class of the academy and
young Brown is one Of nine who VIII
be entitled to wear stars on their col
lars in recognition of their scholar
ship. Midshipman Brown formerly
attended Norwich university of which
his father was president
Wells Miller, Irving Miller En-
nest Miller, Ernest Arnold and Harry
Knight left Wednesday morning for
New York city in Dr. a. !. Miller 5
Winton touring ear The party
reached Hartford, Conn, the same
evening and stayed there for the
night. Harry Knight left the party
there and returned arriving here yes
terday morning. The rest of the par
Nv continued to New York where they
will be met by Dr. Miller, who has
been in Atlantic City.
Five large lake trout and one
landlocked salmon were displayed in
the window of II. II. Thompson S store
Wednesday, The fish were caught By
the party consisting of \. S. Thomp'
son. Guy and John Tasker, George
Wellman and Charles Stolte at the
Averill lakes. The trout weighed
about 3lk pounds apiece and the sal
mon weighed four pounds. The party
have been having excellent luck at the
lakes and made large catches nearly
every day. Several friends in town
have received fish from different mem
bers of the party.
A new musical organization has
been formed in Brattleboro recently
among the employees of the Estey Or
gan company. 1t is known as the Es-
tev orchestra and is conducted by
Edward C. Hall, designer in the pipe
organ department of the factory. Mr.
Hall is a talented violinist, being a
former member of the Pittsburg sym
phonv orchestra The new organlza.
( ton is not for a commercial purpose
but more to stimulate an interest IN
music among the employees of the com
pany. At present the orchestra num-
bers about - pieces and rehearsals
are held weekly,
Several local fishermen were ex-
cited last week by an article that ap'
peared in several papers stating that
certain fishermen from Walpole, n. H.,
/ visited brooks in the vicinity of Brat
tleboro and returned with fish weigh
| ing fabulous weights, \ little gum
shoe work on the part of local fisher
men revealed the fact that the visit
/ ing fishermen had been customers of
! Johnson 5 and Richardson's ponds
and had taken their fish from the
ponds which are private preserves.
/ They paid for the fish at the rate OF
Isl a pound or thereabouts and then
went home. If there are any other
fishermen in the vicinity who wish to
return home to be admired as lucky
and successful Messrs. Richardson or
johnson will be glad to accommodate
them with trout at the usual price.
David Cooley of this town will
be tried this afternoon in Townshend,
charged with taking one short trout
the day that the season opened. 1t
seems that the day in question Mr..
Cooley was fishing in Townshend and
among a large string of good sized
fish had one that measured a small
fraction of an inch less than the pre-
scribed length. Two men who were
not wardens measured the fish and
then informed a warden who lodged
a complaint against Mr.. Cooley with
grand Juror. A writ was issued and
Mr.. Cooley was arrested yesterday. 1t
is well known fact that fish shrink
considerably after they are taken out
of the water and it is quite probable
that the fish was of the legal length
when taken. Ernest j. Waterman of
this town will defend Mr.. Cooley this
afternoon.
The annual meeting of Brattle-
boro branch No. l, International Sun
shine society, was held Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Levi X.
Fuller. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President,
Mrs. J. C. Dewitt; vice president,
Mrs. E. A. Starkey; secretary, Mrs. A.
S. Thompson; treasurer, Mrs. A. W.
Rockwell. The annual report of the
society, submitted by Emily S. Ed
wards, secretary, was as follows; 'Ihe
society has had a busy year and many
'shut-ins' in home and hospitals
hava been remembered. More than 81