Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
Very stylish spring millinery at


!. Mrs. Hunts.
Twelve members of Miss Stewart
S Sunday school class held their annuf
s supper Wednesday evening at the HON
of Miss Hortense Hall.
r Next regular meeting of Etha
$ Allen lodge, N. E. O. p, will be he'll
in Red Mems hall Monday followe
C by sugar supper and dance.
i Mrs. ID. l.. Herrick and Mrs f
II. Morse have returned from marke
and now have large assortment o
5 Easter millinery on hand.
f There was large attendance a
9 the sugar supper given in the Congre
gational chapel Wednesday evening by
, the women of the society.
: The Brattleboro letter in the Sun
day Globe contained an interview with
f. G. Crosby concerning his acguain.
, lance with the late General Estey.
) The Ladies' Aid society of the
Methodist church will hold its annual
business meeting in the church vestry
next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mary Howe, assisted by the MAIN
string quartet of the Boston Symphony
orchestra, will give concert in Or
ange, Mass, March "A and in Green
field the following evening
The house and lot No. Walnut
street, belonging to the estate of p
Barrows, will be sold at public auction
on the premises Wednesday, March %.
at go p. M, as advertised in another
column.
Mrs. Harriet Hosford, 81, who
4 died in Greenfield, Mass, last week,
was at one time a resident of West
/ Brattleboro where she and her hus-
band conducted the Glenwood classical
seminary.
An exhibition game of basket ball
will be played in the Retreat gymna-
stun tomorrow evening between the
first and second teams of the Y. M. G.
I a. There will also be some gymna-
stun work
i The annual supper of j. E. Halls
/ Sunday school class was held Wednes-
day evening in the church parlors of
! the Baptist church, 81 members being
/ present. After the repast a social time
was enjoyed.
The High school closed Wednes-
day for a two weeks vacation on ac
count of illness among the teachers.
The grammar and primary schools will
close today for the regular spring re
cess of two weeks.
The old railroad water house in
the rear of Ullery building has been
torn down this week, Up to the build
ing of the present tank engines had
been filled here nearly ever since the
railroad was built,
Rev r. +. Lowe addressed the
union meeting which was held in the
Congregational church Sunday even
ing his subject being The Last In
vitation on the Bible - There will be
two more of these meetings.
The regular guests of the Brooks
House held another enjoyable enter
tainment Saturday evening. the men
acting as hosts this time. The first ,
of the evening was spent in playing |
pillow dex, and a sugar supper was
served afterwatd. j. r. Plummer ca
tered.
The fourth in the series of assem-
blies was held in the Brooks House
Tuesday evening, about 30 couples at
tending. The evening was spent in
dancing and card playing, music be-
ing furnished by Leitsinger'S orches-
ira. The last in this series will be
held April 5.
Miss Lucy Perry, whom the trus-
tees of the Free library recently hired
as librarian, was obliged to return TO
her home in Salem Mass, the latter
part of last week on account of the
critical illness of one Of her family. 1t 4
is not known whether she will return
to Brattleboro.
o. F. Abbott, the new proprietor
Of Richardson 5 meat market, was in
town the first of the week but did not
take possession on account of the
amount of work which is taking his ,
time in White River Junction. He
probably will come to Brattlehoro the
first of next week to take active
charge.
Mrs Mary Wilkins Freeman was
guest of honor at recent reception
given by the Twelfth club of New York +
,ity and il is said that she preferred !
ioughnuts TO all other refreshments
The doughnuts were made by +. +.
iidder, the playwright, in an effort to
'emind Mrs. Freeman of her New Eng A
and home. f
A regular conclave of Beausednt
Knights Templar, was t
leld in Masonic hall Wednesday even
ng for the purpose of comforting the "
rider of the Red Cross. a special |
Meeting will be held this evening to =,
fork the order of the temple on one II
andidate. Charles II. Williams, grand
'arder. will be present. ii
In the coming of spring the local ,
offers are beginning to look forward nj
0 playing the ancient and royal game, N
nd already few friends have. been
zen on the course. Previous to the bl
uriy of Wednesday the grounds were :"
lmost wholly devoid of snow, and it 4,
i'll be but few weeks with favorable d,
Onditions before work on the course
an be begun The annual meeting of te
lie Golf club comes April ,. he
The Boston Herald of Wednesday
ontains three column half tone of IL
he Harvard debating team Which is n
meet Princeton. One of the mem
nrs is John Kirkland Clark. who has ra
cen frequent summer visitor in town an
I'd is the fance of Miss Margaret :"
olbrook. Mr.. Clark is third year tb
w man and was prominent in debat- be
e at Yale where he graduated pre- &c
Gus to entering the law school. =,
The Vaughan & Sargent electric N,
has dissolved partnership this ~,
eek, Leon c. White selling his share mis-
John r. Tones, who will conduct isi
lie business hereafter. The Office of the
a cpmpapy will ba ,noya5 from the