Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-09


the fuel shortage.
Read the advert isement on another
page explaining our great quaker
Grand Range contest.
The annual fair of the Universalistt
society will be held in Festival hall
Thursday, January 20.
The High school basket ball team
goes to Townshend tonight to play
against the Leland g. Gray seminary
quintet
The annual meeting of the Unita-
rian society will be held Tuesday eve
ming at Wells hall. Supper will be
served at 6.30
S. W. Edgett e. Co. have sold for
e. G. Crosby and S. S. Hunt build
ing lot on Pine street to Mrs. Charles
Akley of West Brattleboro.
Horace Prefountain, who has open
ed a meat market in the milestone
block makes his opening announce
ment through his adv. in this ISSUE
The W. G. T. U. is arranging to
have union services held in the Baptist
church Sunday evening, Jan. IL, Mrs.
Katherine Lente Stevenson to be the
speaker.
The illustrated lecture on Pales-
tine by Prof. James McConnaughy OF
Mt, Hermon has been postponed until
Jan. 30 when it will be given in the
Methodist church.
Miss Ada May Coates, reader, VIII
appear here with the Harvard quartet
Jan. q and 90 at the ladies night OF
the Congregational club and the spec
ial session of Brattleboro lodge, +. ~
A. M.
The committee on authorized IN
surance has given to the Insurance.
department of Vermont list of about
100 companies which are found to be
wholly worthless or are not reported IN
Best's reports. 1t will be well for ev-
eryone to secure this list and know
what companies to avoid.
The Carpenter Organ Company mas
issued cards to it's agents announcing
that in 1902, more organs were shipped
than in any other year of the company 5
corporate existence. The company $
business has been growing steadily OF
late years and bids fair to increase SUN
more under its efficient management.
The w. c. T. U. held its regular
meeting yesterday afternoon 10 the :.
IN. C. A, parlors. The meeting neNe
week will be held with Mrs. Ethan
Reed, Canal street. 1t Will be ron
call and all members are requested ell
Their to be there or send response TO
their names Supper will be served al
ter the meeting. Each member Is re-
ouested to contribute toward the sup
7 per.
Among the performers in Quinlan
A. Wallis MINISTRIES which are booked
at the Auditorium for February ~ is
| Carl Sanderson who will be lemem-
bered 10 Brattleboro as having spent
the winter of 1918 at the home OF
John Calvin. Mr.. Sanderson has
achieved no little fame as trick play
er and local people who have seen MN
in this act say that he is unusually
clever.
The second brace of games in the
local basket ball league series VIII
take place Wednesday evening in Ees
tival hall, beginning at O'Clock. Inc
Hildreth team which won from the
Wheel club Wednesday will go against
the strong Y. Nj. C. A. and the Wheel
club will meet the High school team
which defeated the Catholic Union IN
the fist game. The teams will appear
in their new uniforms.
On account of the extreme cold
weather the United Construction 20.
has decided to do no more work on the
new Connecticut river bridge until
next spring. The old bridge will be
opeped for travel next week. This de-
cision means that the new structure
will not be put in place until sometime
next summer. The east abutment Is
only partially finished and nothing has
vet been done on the west abutment.
Ernest Whitcher, a lad of about II
wears, had a narrow escape from In
iury Saturday while catching rides.
He Jumped from the rear of one of the
express company's delivery teams ano
landed directly in front of DR.. j. H.
Rathbone's team which was moving
RAPIDLY. The boy was first caught by
the shaft and then dragged some dis
lance by one runner before the hors'
could be brought to a standstill. he
was not badly hurt although more o
less frightened.
The Cecilia string quartet, one o
the best musical organizations OF II
kind in New England, and the Pierces
entertainers, will furnish the enter
tainment Tuesday evening in the Az
ditorium under the auspices of the \
NJ. c.. A. Mr.. Pierce is humorist
rare ability and Mrs Pierce is an un
usually gifted dramatic reader The,
: comedy duos are novel and intensel
, amusing. The Cecilia quartet include
Miss Blanche Percival and Miss Waldo
violips, Miss Florence Nichols, viola
and Miss Helen VIM, cello. This com
bination of talent will TO doubt CIV
an evening of rare enjoyment.
i, An audience which filled the Con
. pregational church greeted the Els
Jubilee singers Tuesday evening, an
the concert proved one OF unusui
, merit. The company is composed
!, five women and four men all OF whoi
9 possess trained voices and the facult
of singing negro folk songs with tn
i, true southern swing Their chorust
were all plantation melodies althoug
j the male quartet sang an eXtremel
:, pretty lullaby and several comic song
,, a lbert Greenlaw rendered solo whic
= showed his heavy bass voice to GOO
advantage and Miss Jeal,ette Washing
ton, the soprano soloist, was well r.
d ceived also. James E. Meyer recite
It three of Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poem
i in negro dialect, all of his Selection
: being cordially received. The ente
n tainment was given under the auspic'
n of the Fessenden Helping Hand s.
d ciety.
r Sophia L. Norcross, 81, wife
n Thomas w. Bruce, died at her Gree
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