Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-06-27

dinner at Silyerdale hotel June 20.
adv.
The young ladies society of tn
Episcopal church will give lawn PAL
ty Wednesday evening on the churc
lawn from 7 until 8 o'clock.
The Keene Sentinel in its report o
the Christy drowning accident at Spot
ford lake says that the young man
T death was lue either to apoplexy o
heart disease
The ladies' aid society Of the Meth
odist church will hold a lawn part,
Wednesday evening from . to 8 o'clocl
on the grounds of A. II. Hines OF
Green street.
The w. C. T. U. held its regula
meeting in the Y. M. G. A. parlors yes
terday afternoon. The next meeting vii
be held Thursday in the association
rooms when report of the convention
will be read.
Members of the Audubon society
who wish to go to the old cemetery
Orchard street-to hear the hermit
thrush sing will take the car that
leaves Prospect Hill at o'clock Tues
day afternoon. Plans for junior
meeting will be announced later.
The women of the Congregational
church served ice cream on the lawn of
George II. Clapp Wednesday evening
during the band concert. The yard was
lighted with an electric light and many
people took advantage of securing a
good place to hear the concert.
Landlord Pullen of the Silverdale
hotel, Chesterfield, was obliged to
postpone his opening dance for the
second time last Saturday. He will
hold both the opening dance and the
opening dinner on Saturday night and
Sunday respectively. See his adver-
tisement in the amusement column.
The Fessenden Helping Hand So
ciety of the Congregational church
/ held sale of laces in the church par
/ lors Tuesday afternoon from until 6
O'Clock, the goods being in charge of
young woman from Tripoli who is
studying in the Mortified seminary.
Tea was served during the afternoon.
A veranda tea is to be given to
/ the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. Brattleboro chapter. by Mrs. c.
F. h. Jenne at her home on Oak street
Friday afternoon, July 4, at o clock.
There will be a Revolutionary alpha
bet contest and it is hoped that every
member of the chapter will be present.
II J. Heaphy has issued neat
card giving the new time tables on the
Boston Il Maine and Central Vermont
railroads and also the schedule of the
electric road. An important change is
the time of the early train on the Cen
trail Vermont road which formerly left
lN,,t ln.
7.25.
Thomas Vim, who is employed in
Holden d Martins shop, was the vic
tim of a painful accident yesterday
morning when a sharp piece of hard
wood flooring was driven through the
palm of his left hand by circular saw.
The force of the blow was so great that
the end of the board projected several
inches from the back of his hand.
Roscoe Fisher has been granted an
increase f pension of - Der month /
over IS per month which ne has been /
receiving, He enlisted in 1861 in com /
pany F, 4th Vt regiment. He was in /
~ battles and taken prisoner at We'll
don railroad June %, 1864. He re-
manned prisoner in Andersonville /,
prison from that time until the close
of the war
st. Ceclia's altar society held .
lawn party on the grounds of the Pa .
rochial school tuesday evening and in +
spite of the shower which occurred .
just before dark the event was well at
tended. The grounds were illuminat-
ed with an arc light and numbers of
japanese lanterns. Lemonade was sold
from a booth in charge of Mrs. Chas.
Cook and Miss Ellen Leahy and ice
cream was dispensed by Mrs. Thomas
Ryan and Mrs. John T. Kaine.
A meeting of the Young Mem Re
publican club was held in Grange hall
evening for the purpose of
electing committees to arrange for the
and entertainment of Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the occasion of his
visit to Brattleboro in August. Let
tiers from Senator Proctor were read,
indicating the presidents acceptance
Of the clubs invitation and outlining
his itinerary. 1t was voted to present
to the citizens of Brattleboro at their
special town meeting to be held July ,
an invitation to cooperate with the
club in making arrangements for the
coming of the president by electing a
committee of citizens to act in con
junction with the committee of ar
of the club.
The ninth grade of the Brattle- {
ooro High school held its closing exer-
Uses in the High school room last FRI !
lay afternoon before the parents and .
friends of the % pupils who received !
The school room was at ,
5ractively decorated with laurel and )
Dotted plants. The program included
IN instrumental duet by Ellen Hunt
md Florence Howe, singing by the
chool chorus, brief address by the Y
PRESIDENT of the class, Lawrence Bar
,er, the story of the Merchant of /
Venice by Elizabeth Cattanach, the
Broomstick Train by Rosetta God t
lard, song by girls chorus, THE Life
# L. S. Grant by Ray Green, selec-
ions by Alice Johnston, and the class c
prophecy by Bertha Thomas The pre-
entation of the certificates by Charles T
/. Thompson, chairman of the school
,oard, was followed by the singing of .
he class hymn and the benediction.
he class motto was Work to VIM II
7hich was wrought in white roses, the L
lass flower.
Another canoe accident occurred p
t Spofford lake Sunday when Harry
Bingham, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. g
Bingham, was plunged into the water
v the capsiZing of the craft in which h
e was padding. and was obliged to il
limo To the hottom of the canoe for