The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-01
NUMBER IA. !.
BRArrLEBoRo SOCIETY.

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The annual meeting Of the society
for prevention of cruelty to animals
is to be held at the Brooks House
next Monday.
Mrs. Downs celebrated her SD
birthday last week Tuesday, ut the
Esteyville home of her daughter. Mrs.
Frank Davis. A number of her friends
called and spent pleasant afternoon.
A most delightful evening twas spent
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Young Tuesday evening, with progress
sive euchre followed sby refreshments
and social time.
A jolly party of scholars from North
street school went to West Chesterfield
Friday evening, where they were enter
tanned at corn husking by Perley
Richardson, one of their number.
The marriage of Charles:A lbert Brack-
ett and Miss Ella Binie Ellis takes
place Wednesday afternoon November
Ii at 2 o'clock at the home of the
BRIDES parents on So. Main Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Colt enter
tanned a party of 20 invited guests at
their Church street home Wednesday
evening. A nice supper was served,
after which games and music We're the
order OF the evening.
The Junior Murray club has elected
these officers for the coming season:
President, Harry Wales: vice pres
ident, Nan Houghton secretary,
Florence Farr: treasurer, Louis
Knight. New by laws were adopted
The attendance was large.
The annual meeting Of the Brattie
boro Woman's Indian association will
be held at Mrs. j. M. Tyler's, Sattr
day afternoon, Nov. I'd. at 3 O'Clock.
Business, election of officers and ar
rangements for Christmas work. 4
full attendance is desired.
Miss S. b. Salisbury quietly cale
brated her 90th birthday last Friday
and received numerous remembrances
by gifts of flowers and letters of
congra tulation from various parts of
the country. Miss Salisbury was born
in Brattleboro and is probably the
Oldest native born inhabitant residing
here
The annual meeting of the Branch
Alliance of the Unitarian Congrega
tional church Of Brattleboro, Vermont,
will be held in Wells hall Monday,
Nov. 4th, at 3 p. M, for the election
Of officers and any other business tfat
may come before said meeting. Af@f
is earnestly desired. Steija
P. Dalton, Sec'y.
The Frost Street book club held
their annual meeting at the home Of
Mrs. Henry Brown Tuesday evening
and elected the following officers:
President, A. E. Atwood: Vice Pres,
Mrs. Albert Rockwell; Secretary and
Treasurer, Mrs Willis ellison, Book
H. w. Sargent and Miss
Brazor in addition to the other
officers. After the election. social
hour was enjoyed and refreshments
we're served.
meeting Wednesday even ing at Linden
new officers chosen arc: President,
Miss Esther Crowell: secretar. Mrs.
Alice Wilder; treasurer, Miss Minnie
Brasor collectors. Misses Jennie Rose.
Carrie Huntley. Nettie Harris, Mabel
Freeman and Alice Phillips literary
Misses Louise Raweon,
Gillian Newton. Mrs. Alice Wilder,
Nettie Phillips and Kate Wheeler
The author for the evening was Jean
.ngelow.
Rev. N. +. Kron. of Harlem. n Y,
ormerly pastor of the Swedish Luth
ran church here. and Miss Esther
Tikberg of South Manchester. Conn.
we're quietly married Monay at the
alters home. They arrived in town
Wednesday and IN the evening the
swedish Lutheran society rendered
hem n reception in the church which
vas largely attended. A handsome
liver water set was presented them as
slight token of the high esteem in
shich they are held. While here they
re the guests of Mr.. ana Mrs. John
/. Strand.
About 75 of the friends of Mr. and
frs. A. W. Childs assembled at the
ONE of Postmaster Childs Monday
sening, from which place they re-
aired to the formers home Oh Linden
treet to remind them of their tim
and from the unstinted
lpply of said tin that was left, the re-
lainder cannot help but prove effect
al. Mr.. and Mrs. Childs were taken
by surprise and the evening
as pleasantly spent with cards and
potato game in which the best time
as made by f. W. Putnam, Mrs. w.
|. Carpenter coming in second.
bundant refreshments were furnished
Y the invaders and the evening is one
pg TO be remembered.
The council for the boys battalion
as finally succeeded in securing Mrs.
lizabeth B. Custer. widow of the
allant Gen. Custer for one of her
nique readings here some time the
st of this month, the date not hav
'g been fully determined on as Mrs.
uster has two or three Boston en-
about that time. She is
larming woman whose readings or
llks are most interesting, to those
ho have followed the general through
is campaigns on the frontier and on
e battle fields. Her readings on
ain life are not selections from her
,oks. but are narratives which are
lrtly told and partly read. No woman
is had more experience on the from
err than Mrs. Custer. and her stories
tent life are full of thrilling inter
t. 1t is hoped that during her stay
re she may be able TO meet some of
Q boys who fought with Custer.
rs. Custer is soon to go TO Egypt for
lite long stay.
NJ. Taylor and wife leave next week
r Washington, ID. c., after spending
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