The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-24
BRATTLEBORO SOCIETY.

| Next FRIDAY evening G. Baxter Ree,
gives his closing dance at the Verno
house.
Miss Lucy Simonds entertained til
clerks of BarrOws' store last evening a
her home on Thomas street.
Mrs. +. G. Platts entertained nun
ber of her lady friends at her Cen ira
street home Saturday evening. Card
were played and confectionery wa
served.
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Hough wer
given reception Monday evening a
the Methodist parsonage in honor 0
their continuing to remain here. !
was complete surprise to the paste
and wife and showed the appreciation
Of kind friends.
The Ever Faithful Circle of tn,
Kings Daughters will hold their regu
lar monthly meeting at the Congrega
tional chapel Sunday afternoon, Apr
2G, at 5 o'clock. The subject for the
meeting is 1.-THE Duties OF the King's
Daughters. - 4 full attendance is de
sired as this is the beginning of a new
year.
Wantastiquet Lodge /. O. o. +.
will give their annual anniversar,
entertainment at Festival hall next
Monday evening to which large
number of invitations have beer sent
ont. The order hope to make this one
of the most interesting ana profitable
meetings III many day and the mem
bers and their families will be ont in
full force.
One of the many pleasant surprises OF
the season was the one given to Luther
Dustin and wife, by about 80 of their
neighbors and friends at their home in
Dist. No. 6 Saturday evening. The
surprise was one Of the most complete
ever held and was in honor of their fifth
wedding anniversary. The company
presented Mr. and Mrs. Dustin with
many and useful presents. Friends
from Hinsdale were up for the occasion
which was right merry one. Refresh
ments were served and the evening
which was spent with cards ana various
amusing games, concluded with mock
marriage. when Mr.. and Mrs. Dustin
renewed the pledges Of good faith and
fellowship.
An interesting paper on the weather
was given by Mai. F. W. Childs be
fore the Fortnightly club in the Con-
gregational chapel Wednesday night.
he gave an explanation of the meth
ods employed in making up the fore
casts, the observations being made in
various sections of the country at a.
M, and s p. m., daily and telegraphed
to Washington in cipher where one
man makes up the forecasts and sends
them broadcast over the land predict
ing the weather for "A hours in ad-
vance. The per cent of failures is but
10, and it is the purpose of the wealth
er bureau soon to forecast 4S hours in
advance. Maj. Childs also explained
the process OF making up the weather
cards af this postoffice, over 60 of which
are sent out every morning to all the
stations in the county some going
across the river into New Hampshire.
Tho several instruments for taking the
were mentioned as we'll as
the manner OF making the weather
maps which have become of 80 much
interest and which present an outline
of the storms as they pass across the
country. The heavy storm of March
10th to Goth was shown on the maps
and the course of the storm followed
from its start in the Rockies to the
coast of Maine. Besides. Mr.. Childs
showed the Pilot charts which gave
the course of the storms after leaving
the mainland and put out to sea. The
system by which these storms are traced
is most ingenious and the audience was
deeply interested in TIE descriptions.
An interesting feature was the tracing
IF wrecked vessel off the coast of
hatteras for three years during which
time it drifted thousands of miles to
sea and back, taking very circuitous
cute aud finally going down not far
rom the point where it started. This
was traced through this long period by
mariners who located the position of
he wreck on their charts.
\ Gorgeous Entertainment.
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