Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02

Brooks House Wednesday evening. -ad
: AT the Christmas service of Beat
9 seant Commandery, Knights Templal
y it was presented with large pictur
of DR.. ID. p. Webster, right eminen
: grand commander. The gift was &C
cepted in behalf of the commander
by Eminent Commander f. II. Holden
The body of Mrs. Honora Kane, 81
who died in Hartford, Conn, las
Thursday was brought here Saturda
and buried in the Roman Catholi
cemetery. Mrs. Kane was native O
Ireland but had been resident of thi
country siuce young girl. She wa
an aunt of p. Fleming.
There was very good attendance
at the New Years prayer meeting which
was held yesterday morning at o. clocl
in the Congregational church. On &C
count of the scarcity of coal the Bap
fist and Congregational societies viii
hold a union prayer meeting in tn,
Baptist vestry this evening.
--Brattleboro chapter, ID. A. r., viii
place in the reading room of the Free
library the American Monthly which
is the official magazine of the organ
ization. 1t is hoped that everyone will
take the opportunity to read the maya
zine and thus become informed con
corning the work of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution.
AT the skim election of Quo
nectakat tribe of Red Men held last
Friday evening the following officers
were chosen: Sachem, G. T. Spencer
senior sycamore, A. G. Winchester
junior sycamore, II. A. Miller; proph-
et II. f. Harris; chief of records, X.
X. Kinkead assistant chief of records,
r. II. Baker; keeper of wampum, J.
f. Mellen; trustee for three years, j.
+. Mellen.
The national society of U. S.
Daughters of 1912 of which Mrs. Will
liam Gerry Slade is president, hold
their annual meeting in New York Jan.
7, 8, 8 and TO- The headquarters of
the society will be at the Empire Hotel.
Mrs. &. +. r. Jenne, state president
and national treasurer will attend also
Mrs. Nellie W. Prouty, Mrs. II. f.
Bond and Mrs. Georgia Morse Love of
South Newfane.
Among those who made application
last week for the reward which was of
fered by the First National bank of
New York for information tending tow
ard the capture of Cornelius l.. Alvord,
its absconding teller, were j. II. At
wood, for one season manager of the
Pine Grove Springs hotel at Lake Spot
ford, and A. S. Tooke, who spent sew
eral months at the Brooks House year
or two ago in the interests of Colo
RADIO gold mine.
j. L. Harbour, the popular story
writer, has lately varied his field of
labor by taking TO the platform and
will appear in the Brooks House
evening under the.auspices
Of the Woman's club. Several years
experience as teacher and newspaper /
reporter in the mining camps of the
West combined with editorial work
lave given Mr.. Harbour variety of
material for his lecture, the
subject of which is blessed be HUI
nor. -
On Thursday, JAN 8, John W. Vo
,el's Big Minstrels will be seen at the
auditorium. The company is half
hundred strong and boasts of roster
econd to none. Manager Vogel's rep
ltation for being standard bearer is
nongh to satisfy anyone that the per-
ormance will be in keeping with the
eralding. The O'Brien troupe of ac-
obats, which is said to be one of the
most sensational novelties of the cen
ury. will be one of the features of the
performance.
States Attorney Schwenk and a
orps of deputy sheriffs went to West
immersion last Wednesday 'or the
purpose of raiding some places which
,ere supposed to be selling intoxicat-
ng liquors. The raids were made but ,
hey were fruitless. Not a drop of ,
tmulant was seen anywhere. Mr..
chwenk and Sheriff Hall visited an
Italians house on the East side of the
liver, Sheriffs Thayer and Wellman
ooked in upon Joseph Lamont and
heritfs Thayer and Melendy casually :
allied upon the occupant of a shanty !
ear the West River dam.
The annual meeting of the Inter :
ational Sunshine society, branch .. |
ccurred at the Home for the Aged !
lst Friday afternoon. A short bust :
ess session resulted in the election of /
he old board of officers and committees, !
nd following that an informal tea was 7
ED from 3 until 5 O'Clock. Miss Mary
lowe gave great pleasure to all by i.
nging a generous number of songs,
osing with the beautiful Last Rose =
I Summer. =" Mrs. c. II. Davenport,
[rs. E. ID. Whitney and Mrs. Bemis ! !
ave readings suitable to the day. and
le mandolin club played at intervals
DON after 6 O'Clock the aged ladies :
I'D gentlemen who reside at the Home. !,
gain assembled in the parlor, and !.
ere made happy by receiving gifts }
ON the heavily laden tree. May they !.
! live to enjoy another Christmas .
me in 1903. !,
The general athletic committee, h
hich has in charge the local basket
all league, has admitted the Y. Nj. c. i
team and will begin the league 5
it'll five teams instead of four, as o
iginally planned. If any team loses n
each of its opponents successfully q
will be dropped from the race. The h
,ening night will be Wednesday, Jan. a
when the Vermont Wheel club team I,
i'll line up against the Hildreth & Co. n
.inters and the Catholic Union will i,
ay the High school team. The games r,
i'll begin promptly at 8 O'Clock and
e gallery will be reserved for ladies i,
one or accompanied by gentlemen. "
is the purpose of the committee to Z,
I'VE the league games played one r
ght each week, Wednesday if pos n
BILE. All the teams have been prac-
sing steadily for the past few weeks !.
id will be in good form for the open :,
g of the league series. +