Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-25

-lieginning sunday the services
/ at st. Michael's Roman Catholic
church Will be held nj and 10
o'clock instead OF and 1880.
] twenty-five needy families were
remembered yesterday by donations
, from the young people Of the Con-
gregational church.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
! Methodist church will meet with
Mrs. c. ID. Smith, Cedar street,
, Wednesday afternoon to sew. The
regular business meeting will be
held nj that time and n full attend
anee Is desired.
A chimney In Edward Bushnels
house ON Elliot street took fire about
10 o'clock Tuesday evening and for
time caused considerable excitement
The flames were finally extinguished
by liberal use of water, The dam
age TO the house was slight.
Fifteen carloads of horses be-
longing To the second squadron Of
the 18th United States cavalry
passed through here Monday night
en- route from Fort Meyer, Va, TO
Fort Ethan Allen. The men of the
second squadron went by way of the
West Shore q Rutland railroad. ar
irving there Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Lucius w. Adams
celebrated their 18th wedding ami
versary Monday evening at their
home on Spruce street by inviting a
number of their relatives and friends
to visit them. The occasion was
made enjoyable by games of one
kind and another. and refreshments
of ice-cream and cake were served.
The first of the assemblies was
well attended at the Brooks house
ut
about nine o'clock and was continued
until one. Music was furnished by
| Leitsingers orchestra. The decora-
tions were of the simplest; refresh
ments of sandwiches and punch. The
dancers thoroughly enjoyed them
selves and the series of assemblies Is
now an assured success.
Daniel NJ. Brosnahan and Miss
Mary Tubbert both of this town, |
were married Wednesday evening In
the convent chapel. Rev. Father Car
mody performing the ceremony.
The various societies of st |
Michaers Roman Catholic church
will hold a fair in Festival hall this |
evening. An entertainment will be
provided by the children of the pa
rochial school. followed by dancing.
Two fair-size audiences attend
ed the afternoon and evening per-
formances of The Game Keeper in
the auditorium yesterday. The play /
was laid on similar lines to those
written for Chauncey Olcott and
Andrew Mack, and Thomas j. Smith
was the same sort of comedian al
though not. of course, of such high
rank. His work, however, both in
singing and acting. was very good /
and seemed to give general satisfac-
ton.
States Attorney Schwenk and
Constable Thayer were called to
West Dummerston Tuesday to settle
the hash of three bridge workers
who had become uproariously intox-
icated and attempted to rough house
Rogers Inn. Two of the men, John
O'Donnell and John Holland, were
arrested by officer Thayer upon his
arrival in West Dummerston, but
the third Edward Lawless, skipped
to Brattleboro where he was found
by Chief of Police Hall upon receipt
of telephone message from Mr..
Schwenk All three were fined IS and
costs for intoxication and Lawiess an
additional $40 for disturbance of the
peace.
-Brattleboro's interest in The
Hemlocks hospital was shown by the
crowds of people who took advan-
tage of the opportunity to visit the
institution Monday afternoon and
evening. Indeed there were so
many visitors that passage through
the corridors was extremely difficult.
The guests were shown about the
buildings by the superintendent, DR..
I. r. Brigham, and the members of
the medical board DR.. A, I. Miller,
Dr. C. S. Pratt DR. Henry Tucker
and DR.. G. r. Anderson. The direc-,
tors, Ct. L. Durham, II. r. Miles and
J. G. Estey, We're also present.
Messrs Minot and Bradley. trustees
of the Thompson fund, were expect
ed to attend the opening but they
were unable to do SO.
Miss Jessie s. Goodwin of Wor-
cester Mass, has been appointed as
sistant in mathematics in the high
school, to take the place soon to be
vacated by Miss Henshaw MISS
Goodwin is a graduate of Wellesley
college, where she specialized in
mathematics during her entire four
years course. Since her graduation
in 1908, she has been instructor IN
in the Franklin Falls.
N. H., high school, leaving her pres
ent position to take the one now
offered her. Miss Goodwin's father
is the principal of the Worcester !
classical high school, so that she has
a natural interest in the teachers
and it Is hoped and ex-
pected that she will prove valuable
addition to our present corps OF
teachers.
Manager Fox announces that |
the Dot Karroll company, which IS {
now filling a weeks engagement at ,
the Empire theatre, North Adams,
Mass. will be his offering at the ar- ,
ditorium for three nights and one I
matinee. commencing Monday. The {
press of the larger surrounding cities S
saw many complimentary things ,
about Miss Karroll and her company {
and the local amusement loving pub I
lie will have an opportunity to VII
ness performances of first class {
plays at popular prices. On Mon |
day night the sensational comedy '
A Night in Chinatown. ,
will be the offering. produced with |
all original electrical and scenic eff G
fects carried by the company On t
Tuesday a companion play to The t
Heart of Maryland. The Heart of {
Virginia; on Wednesday. beautiful ]
story depicting life in the mountains
of Kentucky, The Moonshiners; on
Wednesday matinee, the big one
night stand success of last season. A
Titled Outcast. High class special
ties. newest illustrated songs and $
Fosters greatest series of life mo-
ton pictures will be features of ev-
cry performance.
Some of the wonderful POSSIBLE
tiles in the human voice were :
splendidly illustrated in Mary !
Howe's song recital at the opera
house on Thursday evening. says :
the Montpelier Journal of Nov. is.
Fourteen numbers on almost any
might seem a little start