Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-04
vERMONT's CHRISTIAN
ENDEAvORERs

| Will he I'm BratteborO Next Week iI
Attendance on the Annual State Con.
vention-Program for tho Different Sss.
sions and a List OF speakers-About 2O(
Delegatss Expected.
The Christian Endeavor societies
in this village and West Brattleborc
are making preparations for about 20(
delegates VINO are expected to be il
attendance upon the annual corven
tion Of the State Christian Endeavo,
societies which begins in Brattlehoro
next Tuesday evening and continues
until Thursday evening. Special ef-
fort has been made to secure the
most able speakers it was possible to
Obtain, and the committee which has
that it has done SO. Looking unto
veption motto.
the Baptist chi rch and will consist OF
a praise service conducted by L W
Hawley, a devotional service led by
Rev + e Marble and an address by
Rev W S Ament Of Pekin, China.
| The SEES sion Wednesday morning be-
gins with quiet hour" after whic
there will he 4 short praise service
Greetings will then be given in behalf
of the town by l. W Hawley, in behalf
of the committee BY A L Maynard, in
behalf of the pastors by Rev l. M
Keneston of West BrGttleboro and 10
behalf of the Y NJ G by General
Secretary George e Wilson. These will
be followed by preliminary reports
from the officers and the local unions.
The address of the morning will be
delivered by W Sault of st JOINS,
bury, ex-uresident of the state society
| On Wedtesday afternoon the dele
gates will take an excursion to North
| field where a brief service will prob
ablJ be conducted by Rev G SEQ
field. Wednesdays evening address
will be made by Rev e | Scofield on
1.-The Humanity of the Bible and at
| the close of the services reception
will be held in the Brooks House.
The sessions of Thursday will be
| held in the Congregational church
| beginning with quiet hour" after
which MRS g II Peck of North Ben
nington will read paper on Jun
ior Worn, Rev Duffee of Burlington
will speak on Temperance, and
| Rev w Harris of Jamaica will also
make an address. Other speakers will
I've Rev @ II Peck of North BenniuR
| ten who will give report of the
| Cincinnati convention and Rev Mr.
| Kilburn. Arrangements for the after.
noon and evening sessions of Thursday
| have not been fully completed but the
| businss meeting will take place in the
! afternoon and there will be discussions
| in regard to junior work.
A Complaint About the Fair Management.
On Goats, apparently disappointed
exhibitor at the Valley Fair, has a very
bitter complaint to make through the
columns of the Springfield Republican
regarding the way the hprse department
was managed and the method of judging
the driving classes. He charges that the
conditions governing entries 10 the gen
tlemen's driving class" were ignored, that
the merits of various horses entered in
this class were sadly misjudged and over
looked, II one is to estimate those merits
according to the usual standards, that
there was too much noise liz the judging,
and he adds:
One was not driven by the its owner as the
ules require, and, in the language OF the
street. there seemed TO be "too much John
son." | know of no reason for giving prizes
in ''gentlemen's driving class simply be-
cause the horses so honored are sired by a
stallion owned by an interested party, even
though the party be the superintendent of the
horse department.
Something also should be said about the
starter of the races a man whose name is the
familiar one of Smith. His treatment of the
drivers was unreasonable and il-mannercd.
He ordered the drivers about rs though they
were poor thrash. There is surely no justice
in starting a race off with the pole horse I'M
der a dead break and in another heat Starter
Smith after the horses had scored but three
times, told the driver of the pole horse that
he must look out for himself on the next trial
The horse department bids fair to become a
more and more important feature Of the fairs,
and only fair treatment Is needed 10 gain the
interest and support of many horsemen in
New England, 1t will surely be an order to
make some changes at Brattleboro before the
fair next year"
There is PROFESSIONALLY some truth in
the letter as far as concerns the work of
Starter Smith this season and there has
also been some complaint locally regard
ing the awards in the driving classes.
There is no doubt, however that Mr.
Goats has allowed his disappointment
to temper his statement or facts.