Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-27


day evening at 100 in the Methods
church, All are invited
The women of the Baptist churcl
held n prayer meeting AT the home o
Mrs, l., IL. Dearborn on Western ave
nue. yesterday afternoon.
A special meeting of Dennis Re
bekah lodge, will be held Tuesday
evening at 7,30 o'clock for the
purpose of comforting the degree. All
officers are requested to meet for drill
this evening at 100 o'clock.
There was pleasant Christmas
gathering held at the home of l.. \.
Howard and his mother, Mrs. l.. A.
Whitney, at 6 Spruce street enjoyed
by party of nine. Mr.. and Mrs. Dana
Howard of Guilford were among those
present.
The Epworth League of the Meth
odist church have issued a very pretty
souvenir calendar for 1902 bearing
pictures of the interior and exterior of
the church, photograph of the pas
tor, Rev. Il. f. Lowe, and the order
of Sunday and weekly meetings.
About 30 of the townspeople ate
their Christmas dinners at the Brooks
House, a new feature was introduced
with pleasing effect, by closing the
blinds and having the lights turned on
during the dinner hour, greatly en-
HANGING the beauty of the decorations
Mrs. Jennie Higley gave a delight.
full musicale at Grange hall Saturday
afternoon in which her - pupils in
playing and singing took part, and
gave proof to the large aSSemblage of
parents and friends present of the
good work she has done with her class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stearns of
| Canal street had large family party
Christmas day including his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Stearns of this
village: her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
PearsonS of Putncy; her sister, Mrs.
Aplin of Putney and child; and her
aunt and child from Ohio.
Mrs. Maude Mccormick, daughter
of joaquin Miller, known on the stage
as Maude Miller, died in San Francisco
Tuesday. Ten years ago she married
against her fathers wishes, but rec
onciliation was afterwards effected.
Mrs. Mccormick was well known to
Brattleboreans, having appeared here
as leading lady with Rice comedians
during the season of ~ '9S.
Mrs. f.. IL. McLachlin. fl, Il resi-
dent here for a few years some dozen
wears ago while her husband was prin-
cipal of the High school, the first sue
ceeding the "Old schOOlmaStcr, - b. F.
Bingham, died Tuesday at Bath, Me,
where Mr.. Mcl.achlin had been super
intendent of schools since last Septem-
Der. Mrs. McLachlin was native of
" IL i,I a
short time before coming here. Besides
her husband she is survived by two
Young children. The cause of her
death was typhoid fever,
There will be general local regret
to Learn that n. T. Ryan has prac-
tically decided to move to Greenfield
next spring His business, slate-roof-
ing. is nearly all there and below and
with the affairs of his late brother
now keeps him there most of the time.
Mr.. Ryan, whose home has been here
ever since he started in business, who
has served on the board of bailltfS and
been active and prominent among the
local Democratic leaders and a man of
thorough integrity and reliability, IS
one who will be missed.
The Catholic Order of Foresters
held their annual meeting Sunday at
tcrnoon in Red Mems hall. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Chief
ranger. NJ. J, Moran; vice chief rang
err. J. NJ Ferriter; recording secre-
tary, T. \. Austin; financial secre-
tary. ID. S. Carey; treasurer, II, Is.
Haus: spiritual director. 7. Cunning
ham; court physician, +. Il. Lynch;
trustees. Job Long, John I. Grady,
George Danyeaw, David o keefe
senior conductor; Charles Allaire, Jun
ior conductor Thomas Long, inside
sentinel NJ J. Doyle, outside sentinel.
The belief that the trouble in the
new High school heating apparatus
had been overcome proves to have been
delusive. The company has sent
new engineer here and he has ordered
the radiators all taken out, besides
some changes in the piping, and is re
placing them with the Gould Pin ra-
diators. The work will doubtless be
completed during this Christmas vaca-
ton As stated before in these col
umns the whole trouble was in the CIR
culation. The radiators first put in
were air bound and it was impossible
TO get the air out so the heated air
could be circulated through them.
The results of the pool and bill
lizard games played at the Vermont
Wheel club for the past week are as
follows: Three ball billiards, Putnam
63-DeWitt 20, Putnam winning,
Childs 13O-Corser %. Perry S0-Allen
3S. Williamson 75-ChildS us, Will
hanson winning. Pettee S0-Munger
90. Pettee winning, Stolte 55-Wood
90. Stolte winning; 4-ball billiards,
Jones 55-Miner A, Hubbard 20
Munger 1913, Hubbard winning; pool,
Converse Harris. Converse winning
bv default, Young 60-Hooker 90,
Young winning, Robertson % Perry
60. Thompson 60-Foster 43, Wood 80
Shaw IL.
The young peoples Christian IN
ion of the Uniyersalist church gave
sock social at the church last week
Thursday evening which was a pleas
ing affair, both socially and financially,
about Sl3 being realized. The invita-
tions. which were in verse, were ac-
companied by a tiny muslin SOCK IN
which the guest was to
.Place therein, in any coin,
Nor hold us in suspense,
lust twice the number that you wear
we hope they are immense.
4 fine entertainment consisting OF an
operetta entitled, "A Day in the
Woods" was given by children of the
iunior union, in charge of Miss Ella
Newman. The parts were all well taken
and rendered.