Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-07
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mrs hunts millinery rooms WI
open March 10.
The W. G. L. U. will meet at tn
Y. NJ. G. A. parlors next Thursda
afternoon at o'clock
Mrs. D. L. Herrick has purchase
the millinery business of Mrs Mors
and is having a special sale.
A large number of the Junior Er
worth League members enjoyed
sleighride Saturday afternoon.
The fourth in the series of Brattls
boro assemblies will be held at tn
Brooks House Wednesday evening
March IL.
Miss Maud Emerson entertained
the young women of her Sunday schoo
class at her home on Oak street Tues
day afternoon.
The next regular meeting of thu
Ladies Enterprise society will be helC
with Mrs. Colt on Frost Place Thurs
day afternoon and evening.
A special conclave of Beausean
commandery was held Wednesday wher
the Temple and Malta degrees were
conferred on three candidates.
DR. d. p Webster received Mon
day telegram from Senator Proctor
saying that his appointment to the of
nee of postmaster had been confirmed.
A special convocation of Connec
ticut Valley council was held in Ma
sonic hall Monday evening for the pur.
pose of working the K. and s. M.
degrees.
The W. G. T. U. held it's regular
monthly meeting in the Y. NJ. G. A.
rooms Wednesday afternoon and voted
to hold meetings every Thursday dur
ing the coming year.
The meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held with Rev. Mr.. Os-
good 80 High street, Tuesday even
ing at 100 O'Clock. Subject for the
evening, "Jesus, the Son of Sirach. F."
The members of the Y. M. c. A.
and Woman's Auxiliary will give re-
ception to the friends of the associa-
ton Thursday evening from 8 until 10
o'clock Readings will be given by
Miss Caroline Belle Howe of Hinsdale
and there will also be musical pro
gram.
The hotel property in Chesterfield,
n. H., which was sold last week by
Thomas Heaphy to Harry Pratt, has
changed hands again during the past
few days, the present owner being
John S. Henry, a we'll known cattle
dealer. Mr.. Henry will use the farm
for fattening cattle for market. y
Arthur Perry, son of Mrs. Nathan
Mann of Central street, had his right
eye removed Wednesday by Drs. AL
drich and Gorham. The young man
was chopping wood Monday when
piece of steel struck the pupil of the
eye and lacerated the optic SO badly
that its removal was necessary.
The regular monthly meeting of
the directors of the Y. M. G. 4. was
held in the association rooms Monday
evening. The reports of the secretary
and the chairmen of the lecture, finance
and gymnasium committees were read
and accepted, and vote of thanks eX-
tended to G. W. Clapp, III. Fl. Conland
and W. F. Minor for the gift of a par
lor croquet table.
Mrs. Mary J. Taylor, 70, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. B.
Smith, on Elm street Wednesday, af-
ter a weeks illness. She was widow
of the late Hugh Taylor, well known
merchant in Boston, and was resi-
dent of that city for over 40 years.
After the death of her husband six
years ago Mrs Taylor came to Brattle-
boro and had since made her home
with her daughter She was daugh-
tel of William and Bessie Paterson and
was born in st. John, N. b. She is
by two children aside from
Mrs. Smith, j. Henry Taylor of Bos-
on and Fred p. Taylor who lives in
Tennessee. A prayer was offered at
he house this morning by Rev. E. I.
Mathison and the body was taken to
Cambridge, Mass, for burial.
Manager Fox is outdoing himself |
his season in the matter of bringing |
irst class entertainments to the Audi |
orium. His next offering will be the |
veil known play, Her Ladyship, with |
Miss Gertrude Coghlan in the leading
ole. The Burlington Free Press says
# the performance: Miss Gertrude
Joghlan, who was seen in this city
asst year as Becky Sharp in Vanity
'air, appeared at the Howard opera
Iouse last evening as Lady Cecil in
Her Ladyship, which was the last
ramatic effort of her father, the late
SOSnldh. Iht pay ilStlI 10
trong one, being interesting from
tart to finish and somewhat unique in
is construction. 1t is easy to under
tand why Mrs. Langtry made hit
nth it in London. The production
ras finely mounted and costumed aud
-as much enjoyed by the large audi
nee present.
Mrs. E. A. Starkey received a tel !
gram Sunday morning announcing
be death in New York city of her .
ather, Harlan Page Smith. who had
cen a well-known summer resident in
for the past ID years. Mr.. ,
mith's death occurred suddenly Sun
ay morning from heart disease. Fun ,
raj services were held from his home
n West 52d street Wednesday morn
lg. MIR. Smith had been connected
18th the New York Coin & Stamp
ompany for a number of years and
as known as an extensive collector of {
bins, antique furniture and curios. /;
lie also owned a considerable amount {
f property in New York city. He be
an coming to Brattleboro about ID I
ears ago and for a time spent the I
at the Brooks House, after I
ard living with his daughter, Mrs. {
. A. Starkey. He is Survived by a '