Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
HINsDALE.

we'll and the quarantine Is OH 'he
house.
The Woman's Relief corps are to FUR,
r;sb supper for the firemen's ball
Friday evening. Jan. 20
The dancing school, taught by MRS;
CHAPMAN of Greenfield, Mass, VIII
rive n reception and dance Thursday
evening.
Mrs Toombs, who lives on the Brat
t,eboro road burned her right hand
ouite badly, Friday, also crushing one
of the bones.
The waltz party given by the clerks
Thursday evening at the town nan was
very pleasant affair.". although only
about 20 couples attended.
The ladies' society of the Congrega..
tional church will hold their annual
meeting at 3 p. M, Wednesday. There
will be social and supper in the even
ing.
The ladies of Calvary Methodist
church served an excellent oyster sup
per at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Bridge on the Chesterfield road Satur
day evening.
Mrs. G. M. Oaks illness took more
serious turn last week and for several
days doubts were entertained as to her
recovery, but at present her condition
is more hopeful.
The Methodist pulpit will be sup
Piled Sunday by j. Waldron Evans of
Chelsea, Mass. His subject in the
morning will be, purifying Power"
In the evening there will be a praise
service at u 30.
Fred Cantlin, the popular clerk at
Hollands store, who has been one OF
the prime movers in securing the new
piano for the town hall, was presented
with musical instrument in the form
of an IL pound boy last week Thursday
The knitting club met with Mrs.
Field Wednesday afternoon. They Will
take up arts and crafts and embroidery
and will meet with Mrs. Charles Hol:
land Friday afternoon. Mrs. Sewall
(mother of Fannie Sewall will teach
the class.
Will Pettee, who has been i'll with
paralysis for several months, will be
removed to the Eliot City hospital at
Keene. Thomas Shannon, who recent
ly froze several toes and was obliged to
have them amputated, will be taken to
the same institution.
The Universalists held their annual
meeting Jan. s. d. L. Fisher was
chosen moderator; John Smith, clerk;
E. H. Burroughs, treasurer; and Mrs.
d. L. Fisher, Mrs. J. r. Holman and
d. w. Stearns, trustees. The society
expect to settle new pastor soon.
The Reformer's Great Quaker Range
voting contest is attracting the atten-
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dications are that there will be full
list of entries in each of the seven dis
tricts This place should be represent
ed in the contest and our people should
see that one of the stoves comes here.
Who will enter the contest from here?
Read the advertisement on the Sth
page of to-day's Reformer.
What might have been much more
serious accident, occurred at the home
of W. G. Booth one evening recently.
His daughter, Modena, had started to
go down stairs with lighted lamp in
skirt and fell down the whole flight.
The lamp was completely demolished
and the carpet, saturated with oil, at
once ignited. Mr.. Booth, however,
was near at hand and succeeded in
getting the lamp out of doors and the
flames extinguished before any great
damage was done. Miss Booth fortu-
nately escaped with slight bruises
A Joint installation of the Grand
Army, Woman's Relief corps and Sons
of Veterans was held Tuesday of last
week Hon. L. F. Liscom, Past Presi-
dent Mrs Addie E. Dix and L. A.
Buckley were the installing officers. A
lunch was served by the Sons of Vet
erans The officers of the camp were
as follows: P G. Stewart, captain; W.
W. King, first lieutenant; P. A. Har-
vey, second lieutenant; l.. A. Buckley,
F. L. Latham and Henry Britton, camp
council; o. P. Packard, chaplain F.
o. Packard, first sergeant John Smith,
quartermaster sergeant; L. A. Buck
ley, sergeant of the guard: John Scott,
principal musician: G. z. Lynch, cor
poral of the guard; Paul McGinnis,
camp guard James King, picket guard.
A telegram was received from Rev. FIR.
Wild and Miss Pare, organlst of the
Ladies' Relief corps, saying they could
not come, much to the regret of the
- ladies
The Brattleboro bridge was open to
the public Wednesday, Jan. 14.-Her
bert Lawrence of Orange, Mass, spent
Sunday at the home of his uncle, Frank
Field. Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Savage
spent Sunday in Winchester. Miss
Grace Whitaker of Brattleboro spent
Sunday at her home here. Nat But
Ter left Hinsdale for Washington last
week. Will Bellville has been quite i'll
with pleurisy for number of days,
but has recovered sufficiently to return
to his studies at the state college. =
Madame Denver, the palm reader who
has occupied rooms in the rink block
for week or more. left town Monday.
Mrs. F. H. Van Buren,, who died at
Martin. Mich, few weeks ago, was
an aunt of Mrs. G. A. Gray of this
place. The High school seniors are to
have sleigh ride to-day, Friday
George A. Robertson and daughter,
Lizzie, go to Washington and Old
Point Comfort, Va. this week, leaving
Hinsdale Wednesday. Hazel Clark,
who has been visiting at Lester Clark's,
returned to her home in South Vernon
Tuesday. Miss Kate Cline went to
Brattleboro last week and had an ope-
ration performed on her throat, which
was very successful Miss Mary Hall
of Shelburne Falls, Mass, visited in
town the past Week.-Mrs. Mary Fetch
returned to her school in Agawam,
Mass, after her holiday vacation
The Rebekah officers will be installed
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Frank A.
Davis has returned from a two weeks
visit in Gardner, Mass.-Mrs. Edda
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