Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-16

the tables and about $40 being III
proceeds for the w. r. c.
on account OF the absence of III
teacher, Miss Evans. the primar
, school In district No. was close
Wednesday and Thursday of las
week and was In session Saturday
: The mothers meeting met AT Mr.,
Blew's Wednesday afternoon. In re
Spouse to the Invitation given o.
sunday there was Il good attendance
Miss Silverthorne gave Bible read
Ing
The public schools close to-day TO
the usual recess during the holidays
In several of the schools Christ
mas tree and appropriate exercises
Will he enjoyed by the pupils this af'
tornoon.
There will be n concert by the Mt
Hermon Glee and Mandolin clubs al
Stone hall Saturday evening. Dec
H. for the benefit of Mortified SEM
mary and Mt. Hermon schools. Con-
cert begins nj 7:i5.
The Sons of Veterans auxiliary
Will hold an oyster supper and
Christmas sale of quilts, dolls and
fancy articles in the Sons of Veter-
ans hall this evening followed by a
play entitled. The Lost Letter
The ladies of the Unitarian society
held the usual sewing society
Thursday afternoon and gave sup
per at $3.50, This was followed by an
enjoyable entertainment given under
the direction of Miss Clara Ward.
The dates of the Unitarian fair have
been placed one week later and are
now planned for Jan. 26-27. The
best players in Leitsnger's orchestra
of Bratteboro have been engaged to
furnish music for the evening of Dec.
q.
Christmas exercises will be given
In both churches Sunday evening by
the Sunday schools and Monday
evening there will be suppers in the
parlors. after which there will be
distribution of presents should Santa
Claus choose to come.
T.. +. Thomas, the manager of the
interests of the Orange. Erving and
Mortified electric railway, considers
everything settled satisfactorily to
the promoters and will proceed with
the arrangements for beginning the
work of construction with the first
opening of spring.
Mrs. Anna Preston, formerly of
40 loNH lON Vi tIdliSt, Is tADtCl-
ing visit from her son, Charles L.
Preston. during the holidays. Mr.. !
Preston is an expert in buying leath- |
sr and is resident buyer in Russia |
where he represents a large firm To- I
,ated in Boston.
II is reported that DR.. A. j. Pier
son will return to Mortified in jan
lary and occupy the pulpit of the
church for one
month previous to his trip to Eng
and in March. He Will also lecture
before the training school during
lis stay in town.
Miss c. b. Barber, the buyer for
he seminary, is having a vacation
f one year and is at present in
outhern California where she has
cen visiting the Crowells and other
riends in, the vicinity Miss Barber
oes not expect to return to North
ED until later in the winter. !
BY reason of the recent cold snap.
ne water pipes burst in the East
Fortified schoolhouse so the floors {
the entry and basement were con- c
erted into miniature skating Kinks !
ringing gee to the small boy and
ismay to the janitor, as consider 9
ole work had TO be done to restore i
lings to the usual good order. /
The annual meeting of the Rollin C.
ard S. Of V. camp was held Tuesday $
,ening, Dec. 6, and the following +
fcers were elected Commander. a
rank Maynard; S. V. commander,
L. Proctor; camp council, f. A. =
gelow, F. l.. Proctor and F. W. =
oane; delegate to the state en- .
F. A. Bigelow; alternate,
III. Irish. lc
Mary's Garden and How 1t Grew is ~ ~
e title of a new juvenile book re- &c
ntly added to the library by the
lstees. This will be of special in "a
'est to Mortified people as the az
thor, Miss Frances Duncan, spent NJ
,st of her childhood here, being the
lighter of Capt. c. c. Duncan. Miss CT
means work in nursery near We
w York city has helped to develop nj
: ideas of which the title is sug tn
stive.
rhe Fortnightly club met in the IL br
Try hall Monday afternoon and en-
tened to papers read by Mrs. f. u. M
en-, Mrs. F. j. Stockbridge, Sarah e. ga
Minot and Mrs. E. F. Howard. One
" member was admitted. 1t was bu
ed that the next meeting should VIZ
held Wednesday, Dec. 2S, at o. m,
ok, which is a change of both day 81
hour. Subsequent meetings will
held at $3.50 p. m. until further clc
ice. The club also voted to pur- Mi
Use a desk for which $50 was given M,
m by the late Mrs. A. NJ. D. Alex tel
Ter.
he town hall was filled last week ele
ursday evening and the audience M.
5 much pleased with the enter Ha
lment furnished by Curtis Morse, sis
and C. III. Wilson, ma lai
ian, who came under the auspices r.
the Northfield Lecture Course Ha
lmittee. Supt. z. F. Howard an Ma
need that the next number of the
ures would be given in the town
Friday evening, Dec. 20, by Prof.
erson of Amherst college; sub '
4. Formation of the Connecticut ism
lev This would be an illustrated r
ure but not with a stereopticon. oh,
ev. N Fay Smith is expected to pal
lpy the pulpit of the Congrega- V
al church Sunday morning. Last of
day morning Paul Moody gave reg
7 helpful and instructive talk T,
ng the xix Psalm as subject SIN
Estey chorus, consisting of 33 hro
es, under the direction of Prof. MOI,
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