Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-13

china display at Emerson X Son S.
Hon. j. l.. Martin will lecture be-
fore the Daughters of the American
Revolution and their friends at the
Brooks House Saturday evening at $
o'clock.
An afternoon tea and sale of fancy
articles was held yesterday afternoon
by the ladies aid society of St. Mich
ael's Episcopal church at the home of
Mrs. Anna G.. Cobb on Linden street.
About $50 were realized
The Brattleboro Lodge, No. 1923,
n. +. O. p, will hold its annual meet
ing for the election of officers for the
ensuing year Thursday evening in Red
Mems hall. 1t is very important that
every member should be present.
The congregation at the Unitarian
church was dismissed before the SER
mon Sunday, owing to the insufficient
heating arrangements, one furnace be-
ing out of order. This trouble will be
remedied before next Sundays service.
Engineer c.. II. Wolcott, of Green
field, has been in town this week and
made a survey of the Hemlock prop
erty recently purchased by the Thomp-
son fund, preparatory to rearranglng
the anu tItIlluS Il
for use in contagious cases.
F-Critics pronounce Miss wilkins
"Portion of Labor" one of the most
thoughtful novels of the year, and say
that, but for the sacrifice of probable
ity in the last few pages to secure a
happy ending, it would have been the
very best novel of the year.
According to record kept by DR..
G.. f. Gale, the rainfall during the
past month was II of an inch. OF this
.O2 fell on the first day of the month
and the remainder on the 18th. The
. amount of snow for the month was
three inches, one inch of which fell on
the 10Th and the other two on the oath
Miss Maud Essex was slightly in
jured by being thrown from a sleigh
while driving on Canal street WedneS-
day. The horse became frightened
through being hitched too short in the
thills, so that the sleigh struck him in
travelling. The horse was stopped after
; running short distance, with no in
jury to the team except broken
: whiffletree, 2
. The Vogel Minstrel company,
d, which PLAYED at the Auditorium
, Wednesday evening, gave good en-
, tertainment to large and appreciatire
= audience While some of their feat
ures were only mediocre, yet Others
were genuinely good, especially note
worthy being the acrobatic perform
| ances. hoop rolling, and the work of
, the cycle expert. This company which
: contains about % members, travel ana
1 live in private car which is side
, tracked during their stay in each town.
{ The third in the Y. NJ. c. \. star
%, course of entertainments will be held
: in the Auditorium Thursday evening,
. December 26. when Mr.. F. Hopkinson
q Smith. the artist, author, lecturer and
! storv-teller, will appear in readings
: from his own books. The Charles
: ton News, in speaking of his appear
. ance in that city says: His audience
= was charmed. so entertaining was he
= in his readings from his own artistic
works, and so charming was his act
: inc. for, besides being writer, painter,
bridge builder, and citizen of the
: world, his dramatic bump is also well
e developed. But for the evidence OF
= the ewes, one would have said last
n night that the dog George was Ger
= tainly on the stage with his master,
4 and "Tom Grogan," and the old ne
gro nanny who helped the artist tc
e paint portrait in Cincinnati-lt wa
u all so real, so true TO nature "hlch IL
n the highest art. y
The Brattleboro Woman's club
! will meet with Mrs. kirkland Wednes
y day afternoon at 3 o 'clock, December
;, IS, instead of December 20, as an
!, nounced in the year book, The sub
: iect will be THE Art of Painting.
= Miss Mary Fits will have paper OF
THE italian Painters the tloren
: tines " This will be followed by
. reading and music Last week meet
:, ing was we'll attended and profitable
! A chorus of school children from th'
. 9th and 18th grades sang several selec
- tions very acceptably. \ paper OF
J. how to create and foster good reaulns
: in the home. written by l.. W. Hawley
e was read. in his absence. by Mrs
II Kennev: and a discussion of the sub
~ iect by l.. f. Adams, followed. Prin
: ciDal ii. X. Whitaker's able paper OF
u how to create and foster good reading
in the school, which he read. was fol
lowed by discussion in which Misse
Wardle Gregg, Crowell, Gordon, Patton
Mrs. Whitaker and Mrs. Kenney, tool
part.
The Y. NJ. G.. a. basket ball tear
of this place defeated the 32d separat
N company team at Hoosick Falls, n, I.
TO Saturday evening in a very closely con
g tested game by score of IL to 10. In
: score at the end of the first half wa
N to 6. and the winning bias et wa
he made by Tufts during the last tiv
N seconds of play. 1t was hard, clea
as game. the Brattleboro boys bein
II greatly handicapped by having to pla
es ,97 rules, this being insisted upon b
l. the Hoosick Falls team. The locf
lie team lost a good many points on a(
s count of the baskets being unscreenec
ty The team work of the Brattleboro boy
10 was far superior to that of their OF
as ponents. Ferriter playing the bes
Is game. Line up: :,
lr Brattleboro Hoooslck al
er Cnndiff. rf. | g, Closso
or Earriter. | f. rig, HaynC
to stafford @. c. Carpentt
lie Monroe, rp. f, Rank
lie Tufts, g, /. Ian !
he Goals from field, Monroe ,, Cundi
he 1. Ferriter |. Tufts l, Rankin ?, Clio
Elk son > From fouls, Rankin ,, MonrC
u / Time. Commute halves. Referee
or Gill Umpires, Noble and Carlton.
e, The Greenfield Score Gard Poultl
Vi club which has a membership of l.
"a held its fourth annual exhibition