The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
THE REFoRMER: BRATTLEBoRo w. FRIDAY JUNE 2e, 1885,

The f Fl II s at their meeting last
week voted TO give up their annua
lawn party this year, but each member
instead pledged 81 toward the support
OF scholarship at Hampden institute.
The Congregational ladies for the
first time in seven years didn't have a
rain for their annua fair and festival
in the chapel and parlors last evening.
An excellent supper was served from c
to O'Clock after which the comp any
was given an entertainment in the
church, consisting OF an interesting
talk on the Hawaiian islands by Mrs
Il A Shelton and musical including
selections on the organ by Lucien
Howe, who played as he always does,
most acceptably "a piano solo by Belle
Ienney and several selections by Miss
McDonald,a lady harplst from Boston.
The booths were exceedingly pretty
as were also the decorations on the
lawn, which consisted of strings ofJap.
anese lanterns and the lemonade booth
which is made of pink and white and
which was presided over by Mrs l. F.
Holden and Edith Emerson. In the
vestibule were the candy booth of pink
and green and the flower booth of yell
low and green. They we're joined in
the centre making pretty canopy, the
large light being in the centre. Mabel
Houghton and Ella Waite had charge
OF the former and Mrs G H Thompson
and Mrs j A Pullen of the latter.
The fancy booth was decked with
maiden hair ferns and daisies with
Mrs l. 3 Greene, Ruth Hawley and
Mary Fits in charge. The apron ia.
BILE contained the usual amount of
useful articles which were disposed of
by Mr. G G Averill and Jessie Gregg.
The art table contained choice lot
of hand painted china which had been
painted by Helen Emerson and was
made of green and white. Miss En-
erson assisted by Marion Fisk were in
waiting here. The receipts for the
evening were nearly $500.
. Mrs John Cain pleasantly enter
tanned party of friends at her Birge
street home last evening.
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Maj W ChiIds and James f
Hanker with A p Childs of Bennington
and the Healer Newell leave tomorrow
afternoon for Boston whence they will
sal Monday in the CuEarder Server
with the Ancients and Honorables for
thel European trip. The Server will
remain at Liverpool while the party
is doing Britain and the continent
and will bring them back early in
August. The embarkation will be ac-
companied with considerable eclat
Gov Wolcott has arranged to have a
military escort to the wharf after pre-
senting stand of col ors at the state
house and the stay at homes of the |
company numbering about 400 will !
act as an extra escort while the ousi
ness men of the city have engaged
steamer to accompany the Serves
down the harbor. The local members
of the party will take along camera
for snap shots at Yale Henley
which they will be guests Of tine
Prince of Wales. The excursion is to
do Paris in coachse, will run up the
chime, climb the Alps and do as much
sight seeming as possible in the time
nave a great celcbation on ship board
with dance in the evening and 100
aides present. There are to be com
oanes of the Ancients and Honorables
he exclusion and Maj Childs has the
.OuUdIu vi lut LuITu. luOuSu cleCteu
o the fourth. Capt. Henry Walker,
he we'll known lawyer of Boston will
command the whole. All will wear
lew uniforms as well as the Cadet '
,and of Salem which accompanies i
hem .al
We have been SO busy repairing
,ur store that we have neglected our
ID. for the past week or two but We !
till have all the fruit and vegetables .
# the season and greater facilities for
howing our goods than ever. Give us !!
call. Fuller 4 Whitney.
Shepard, the Cushing academy I
10Y is the pitcher for Bellows Falls in :
he game with the Brattleboros on the 2
Fourth. and several college boys will I
ON up fro Nortbfield to help put !
attlers. d
The second of the Barnum adj T.
ance advertising cars is here and the I
bird will be along later.
Rev c bay led the Christian Endeayor meet \
~ at the Congregational church in the evening
unday. ,