The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-13
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Retreat have recently been equipped
with fire escapes,
Protective grange will give It's an
nual sugar SUPPER as soon as new
sugar can be obtained
Mason $. Stone spoke TO the pu'
nils of the ninth grade and the high
school Wednesday morning on the Up
portunities of Boys and Girls IN school,
The Windham County Fish and
Game Protective association has plant
el 81 600 trout in the streams of this
county since its organization, ana mas
been the means of getting many indi'
ylduals TO stock their own brooks,
Miss Blanche Howard, whose knee
cans were fractured last December as
The result of a fall on the lee, Is now
able 10 walk about her room without
assistance and will probably suffer no
permanent i'll effects from the accident.
Patience, Pardon and Peace, Mann'
der's cantata, will be sung by the
Center Congregational choir Sunday
evening as one of the series OF monthly
Sunday night concerts. The regular
choir will be augmented by several
singers.
-ouonektacat tribe of Red Men
worked the warrior s degree ON three
candidates Friday night. Tonight the
chiefs degree will be given TO six can
didates. 1t is hoped that Great Sa'
chem Farr of st. Johnsbury VIII be
present and assist in the work.
AT a special session of the'pro'
bate court Saturday the will Of George
L. Greene was probated and allowed
and Harry L. Greene and Mrs. Addie
+. Greene were appointed executors
Charles II. Pratt and MILFORD ii. Braek,
EFT were appointed commissioners ana
appraisers,
The first meeting of the seleetmen
after their re election was held Satur'
day morning. The selectmen appoint
ed n committee to investigate the
Vernon street project as mentioned
elsewhere. The new road COMMISSION.
er, John p. Nichols, filed his bond OF
$4,000.
An experience party with supper
and social will be given by the women
of the Baptist church at their social
rooms Thursday evening, March 10.
Supper will be served at 6 o'clock and
later in the evening the women VIII
tell how they earned the dollars Tor
church work.
The annual meeting of the Wind
ham County Fish and Game Protective
association will be held in Bellows
Falls Thursday evening, March 20.
Ernest Harold Baynes, well known
naturalist and president of the Amer.
can Bison association, has been secured
to make an address following the ban
duet which will be served in the Wind
ham. Mr.. Baynes is an excellent speak
er and presents his subject In way
to interest all who enjoy outdoor life
The mad dog scare Saturday and
Sunday proved to be sensation with
ont foundation. 1t was said that a dog
belonging to Ebert F. Young of Canal
street had run mad Friday and had
bitten several dogs before 1t was
killed. DIR. II. d. Holton Investigated
the matter Sunday and learned that a
dog belonging to F. f. Young on Cen
tral street was taken sick Thursday,
and Friday was killed. There was no
indication of the rabies and the dog
was kept in the house during Thursday
and Friday.
The new forms and record books
for the use of the probate court ar
rived Monday and there are 1Ol forms
in all. These blanks will be used all
over the state by the probate courts
and county clerks. The feature of the
new forms is uniformity in size and
regularity in subject matter. The
change in the blanks is due to an act
passed by the last legislature to create
q commission to establish system OF
probate and county court forms and
records. Judge A. +. Schwenk was
member of that commission.
Mrs. Harriet T. Stearns, while on
her way to church Sunday morning, fell
near the house of Mrs. Orrel Brown on
Brook street and fractured her right
hip. Mrs. Stearns was assisted from
the sidewalk by Mrs. T. A. Chamber
lain and by Mrs. E. V. Morse. For
tunately DR.. H. l.. Waterman was near
at hand and rendered necessary medl-
cal assistance. Mrs. Stearns was TAX
en- to the Memorial hospital shortly at
ter the accident and she is getting on
as well as could be expected. 1t will
be a long time no doubt before Mrs.
Stearns will be able to leave the hos
pital as she is in her SD year.
The funeral of Mrs. Melissa A.
Nichols was held at the house at 2
o clock, Rev. George B. Lawson otficiat-
ing. A large number of people were
in attendance among whom were dele
cation from the Protective grange,
MANY flowers were contributed includ-
ing pieces from the grange and from
the Carpenter company. The bearers
were Harry W. Spaulding, Henry
Streeter, Warren E. Banks, II. w. Sar-
gent. Among those who were pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Haskins of
Jacksonville, Mrs. Luther Miller OF
Greenfield, Mr.. and Mrs. William Spear
of Springfield. Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Nichols and son of West Gull
ford.
"A race with death took place near
Broad brook Monday afternoon when
the train that reaches here at 2.O5 p.
m. passed that point. Two does were
walking along the track when the tram
whirled into sight at mile minute
pace The deer were frightened at
the approach of the engine and at the
whistle which was sounded to scare
the animals off the track. Instead OF
running to either side of the rails the
deer went straight ahead, increasing
their speed as the onrushing train
closed up the intervening space. For
a time the animals by exerting all their |