The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24
L0CAL
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
I',,tney.

The Delta Lodge of Knights of Hon
or of Putney installed its officers 10
the year '96 at the Masonic hall las
Friday evening IN the presence OF IN
vited guests and they who were 81
fortunate as to be guests were enter
tanned in n royal manner. Before Thu
company. which had gathered in thu
upper hail, were taken below to the
supper, which the knights had pre-
pared, "A mixed quartctte sang in IN en-
joyable manner Leslie's Wake to the
Song of the Birds" In fact the entire
musical part of the program was very
good. Again the company assembled
after supper and male quartette con
sisting of W. \. Gilbert, +. e. Gilbert,
Arthur Parker and II. l.. Bailey, sang
Longfellow's "Stars of the Summer
Night After the knights in office
had surrendered their badges the
officers elect were installed, many of
them being those who had served in
the same Offices during the past year.
W. W. Wing il the Past Dictator and
D. j.. Graves is now the Dictator; E.
+. Patterson, V. d. M. G. Williams,
A. V. D. j. J. Knight, reporter; g.
W. Kimball. +. r. j. W. Stowell,
Treas. M. II. Pember, Chap. Louis
Gorham, G.: N. l. Gale, guardian; S.
S.Philips. sentinel. After these were
installed and Arthur Parker had sung
"a solo, Mr.. Kimpall was called upon
for remarks and he responded by say
ing that Mr.. Chase from Brattleboro
was present and he would therefore
call upon Bro. Chase and every one
knew what was coming as Mr.. Chase
has made remarks before in our X. of
H., installations. Bradley G. Newell, a
brother Knight from jacksonville.
was next called up and although he
only said he was no speaker in public,
the audience would have been more
interested in him II they had been
acquainted with some facts in regard
to him. Mr.. Newell is blacksmith
in Jacksonville ana claims the power
to heal by a touch or by making a few
passes with his hand near the afflicted
part. Charles Bailey, who was in.
iured il short time ago by being tossed |
about by his Jersey bull, was present
at the installation. He had his left
hand, which was injured, bandaged
it tight In the anteroom before
his power on Mr.. Bailey's hand and
soon able 10 close. but like Moses, Mr.
Newell was not an orator. Mr.. orion
of Brattleboro, the next speaker spoke
of the "possible declne'' of the
Knights Of Honor and lit was owing
to the fact that its members were not
posted SO as to meet the arguments of
those for whose benefit it is to argue
against the orders. aaAn Italian solo
u rlp
DIR. Munger next. spoke briefly. Mr..
gave few facts about the
order. 1T has witnessed % years of
growth from II to l2l, 900 members s
and during these years 5000 fra
ternal pledges have been faithfully
kept, and sll. 000 600 have been paid I
for the care of the sick and distressed !
members and their families. - Mr.. I
3towel was called upon and he re- s
marked that the proceedings were too I
formal for him and so he would sug. /
yest that they close the meeting and t
De more social which they did after /
The male quartette sang the Good V
Night song. The installations of our Y
Delta lodge are recognized as very :
pleasant annual occurrence and the I
me this year was made especially so
~ the splendid music. The duets by b
". A. Gilbert and Helen Robertson G
icing especially noticed. a
An old resider in Putney reports V
hat 40 people from district No. 3 have d
eft for the west during the past 30 t
ears.
Chandler Putfrrs' team took short !
un Tuesday evening while Jewett j
Knight was delivering the milk. No o
amage was done save to exhaust =
he supply of milk to such an extent !,
hat it was necessary to return to the y
arm for new supply. II
a robin red breast made ITS appear 7
nee Wednesday morning to the men ~
Pierce's mill. Wednesday morning $,
'as cold one, tou. New England is g.
pretty good place 70 be in but We +,
dvise the birds to be patient for a -
eason. The transfers report that some II
'ees in the woods have begun to bud. -
ie hope the maple trees will hold -
ack until after "sugaring. :,
The class for musical advancement a,
hich Rev. Mr.. Parker and brother -,
ay evening was attended by 10 T,
lusicians composed Of singers, violin q
ats and cornetists. Here is a chance
"a ~ S9'hhtio tAtI out VIZ 10 IN
nterested to learn to sing is invited ~
Newtons' eteam mill which is located h.
the forest on the hill overlooking ~
lie Putney meadows, began work last 90
eek Thursday having placed in it @,
ew boiler in place of an old one which 4
as condemned as unsafe. Most of the -,
lmber this mill gets out. we are .,s
i'd, goes to Athol, Mass. 4 switch b.
Id side track have been built at n
'nvenient place on the upper meadow -
,d "A car can be left there aud filled N
ON the mill with much more con. D. D.
'nience than at the East Putney h,
,pot. "a
The special meetings which were IN
'nducted in the Baptist church last w.
eek by Mr.. Gull of Brattleboro have
zen continued every night this week.
Though Mr.. Mitchell conducted the
Getting Monday night, as Mr. Gull IS
I'D been called to the northern part of 10
to dedicate church there.
o was here Tuesday evening however ne