Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-02
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

! IL, II. HUN rs HuNlnR u new lui
mace installed in his lunch room.
The annual pew rental of the
Congregational church will be held
in the church Wednesday evening.
-Brattleboro lodge, +. & A. NJ.
held a special communication We'd
nesday evening to work the Master
Mason degree.
"A. " Mays agency has sold for
M. G. Ransom his farm in West
Jamaica, containing over 400 acres
to r. G. Benson of Springfield
Mass.
&C. Il. GRAHAM, proprietor of the
Brooks house pharmacy, has Install
ed three extremely handsome silent
salesman" show cases In his store
this week.
The women of the Methodist
church will hold their annual sale
of aprons and other useful articles In
Retting block Wednesday and
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Raymond & Co. Greenfield, Mass,
directory publishers and printers,
joining towns for subscriptions and
advertisements for a directory to be
ready March l, 1905.
secured an original pension for Betsy
d. Boyden of Jamaica and increases
for Joel Flagg of Guilford, George
w. Johnson of Vernon and Thomas
w. Betterley of West Brattleboro.
Bingham chapter o. r.. S., will
give a sociable for Masons and their
families Wednesday evening, Dec. 4,
in Masonic hall Dancing and cards
will furnish the entertainment in
addition to a short musical program.
A regular meeting of Fort Dunn
iner colony Pilgrim Fathers, will be
held in G. A. R. hall Tuesday evening.
Refreshments will be served and
cards will furnish the amusement.
All members and their friends are
cordially invited.
Brink & Washers new brick
machine shop on Flat street, which
is being built by John c. Pellet of
Worcester, Mass, is rapidly nearing
completion and will be ready for
occupancy for the firm about the
first of the new year.
The candidates for the high
school basketball team are practice
ing regularly in the Retreat gymna-
stun, and there is every prospect of
an exceedingly strong team Man
with Vermont Academy at Saxtons
River Dec. II.
The annual sale of the Fessen-
den Helping Hand society will take
place in the Congregational chapel
Thursday from 8 until 9 o'clock p.
m. Aprons fancy articles cake and
candy will be dispensed, and the
society has made special arrange
ments for taking new subscriptions
and renewals to the Woman's Home
Companion.
A regular rehearsal of the Cho-
raj union was held Wednesday even
ing in the Baptist chapel. In ac-
cordance with amendments to the
constitution, offered by w. A. Gill
bert, a finance committee consisting
of l.. F. Adams. A. L. Maynard ana
Miss Louise Coates was chosen. The
next regular meeting of the organ
ization will be held in the Congre-
gational chapel Wednesday evening,
The body Of Miss Marion Good
hue Holbrook, who died in New York
City last !. week Wednesday, was
brought to Brattleboro Friday, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kirkland Clark, Chalmers HolbrooK,
DR.. Thomas Chalmers, Mrs. Marion
Fisk Miner, F. E. Brown and several
Young women who were college
mates of Miss Holbrook. A brief
service was held Saturday morning
at the home of Ex-Governor Hol-
brook on Walnut street, Rev. H. H.
Miles officiating, and the body was
hurled in the family dot in Prospect
hill cemetery.
Dot Karroll and her repertoire
company held sway at the auditorium
the first half of the week. giving per-
for.mances Monday Tuesday ana
Wednesday evenings and "Wednesday
afternoon. The company was fully
IN 10 the standard of the other rep
ertoire aggregations that have VS.
tied Brattleboro and their work was
we'll received Some of the special
ties were unusually good. on Mon
dav night the play was A Night IN
chinatown, on Tuesday evening, The
Heart of Virginia, on "Wednesday
evening The Moonshiners and on
Wednesday afternoon A Titled out
cast.
Protective grange conferred the
third and fourth degrees "Wednesday
waning on a class of IA. Visitors
were present from Warwick, Gull
ford. Wardsboro, Halifax. Chester,
field and Dummerston. A speclal
train from winchester brought oo
members, II of whom were from
Warwick. A harvest supper was
served to about 300 after which sew
araI visitors responded to an invi-
tation to make remarks, among them
being David Stearns, G. c. DAVIS,
David SAWYER and J. Scott of Ar
iington grange, Winchester, A. }.
Hastings, Charles Bass and Charles
Williams of Warwick and Mr.. Cook
Of Halifax. After the close of the
meeting there was an hour OF dane
ing.
william S. Newton, Brattle-
horo,s veteran town clerk, saw the
Vermont legislature at work Weu-
nesdav for the first time in his long
life He went to Montpelier Tues-
dav afternoon and spent the follow
inc day at the capital, returning
home Yesterday afternoon very
tired but exceedingly happy man.
ct was the best time 4 ever hau IL,
NV life" said the judge. wnen
,m slad about the trip, land if am
shared nv health until two years
sron, now I shall not be contenteo
,,,,ass can go again" Judge
Wawton was warm in his praise OF
~ onnaarance of the men VINO
make m the legislature, but he dld
NOT hesitate to say that vernione
has not the brainy men that she
msed to possess. When asked the
reason the Judge smiled and sald.
Ware We're not so particular about
,oed;ng men as we are about
breeding horses nowadays"
Tucker Reed. workman en- T.
n,oved on the new building when rs
being erected in the rear OF fU Wad,
block. was severely injured We So
Diocn' morning by fall from. the
inclined elevator which is used ~ ~
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