Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-18

rummage sale In Retting block the
last week of this month.
Everybody In going to see Our
New Minister at the auditorium on
Tuesday, Dec. q, 4o-st
The different societies OF the
Catholic church will hold n fair In
Festival hall next Friday evening.
Bingham chapter, o. IL, S., initi-
ated one candidate at n stated COM
municaton Tuesday evening In Ma
sonic hall
The annual meeting of Column
bian book club will be held with the
president, Mrs. Maverette Fisher, this
evening ut 1880.
The loss ON r., e. Gales property
I'm North Hinsdale, n, H., has been
adjusted nj $4,000 through the insur-
ance agencies of Taylor a Son and c.
IT, Il. JENNIE.
The Crystalplex Carnival compa-
ny will hold special childrens matt
nee tomorrow afternoon at o'clock,
at Grange hall, preceded by free
band concert.
The Daughters of Pocahontas
pnve another of their dances last
saturday evening mt Red Mems hall,
n sarge party attending. There will
be another dance tomorrow night.
The Brattleboro postoffice will be
omen until noon Thanksgiving day.
| The regular carriers will make only
the early morning delivery and the
rural carriers win make no delivery.
The body Of Loren T.. Adams. who
died In Readheld, Me- week ago
Sunday. was brought to Bratteboro
Saturday. burial taking place In
Mornlngside cemetery. The body was
accompanied from Maine by l.. f.
Adams.
The national society of the Unit
ed States Daughters of 1872 is holding
its annual meeting i'm New York city
this week. Mrs. C. +. r. Jenne, ma
tional treasurer of the society, went
to New York Monday to attend the
entire session.
Hereafter the Office of the Amer
lean Express company wiH close at
! $3.50 every evening except Monday
and Saturday. Money orders can be
obtained at the store of IL. Nj. WOOD,
who has taken branch agency for
! their sale
George e. Fox will hold a
Thanksgiving dance in Festival nan
Wednesday evening. The hall will be
deliberately decorated, there Will be
specal features. and the music viii
be furnished by Leitsinger's orchestra
of eight pieces.
| A large number of students from
the Brattleboro high school went %
! Montpelier this morning on the spec
ial excursion which is being conducted
under the direction of the Boston
Maine railroad. The special train ar
rived at Montpelier at 10:30 this
morning and will leave there at 4:3a
this afternoon. giving the pupils plen-
tv of time to see the Legislature IN
session.
The annual meeting of district
No. 10 will be held at odd Fellows
hall Monday evening. Exempllhca-
ton of initiatory degree by Bellows
Falls lodge, No. 20, followed by ex-
qualification of first degree by wan
! tastiauet lodge, No. 5, and instruction
| in second and third degrees by +. b.
| Morton, grand master of st. Albans,
after which a banquet will be served
at G. A. r. hall with post prandlal'
All members of the order are coruiahy
invited to be present.
The Thanksgiving flower and FOOD
sale at the Congregational chapel VIII
omen Monday noon and continue dur
ing the afternoon and evening and all
day Tuesday. An entertainment Will
he given on the chapel stage at
o'clock Tuesday evening, consisting OF
music followed by the bright and new
comedy. Mrs. Tubbs's Telegram rms
comedy will be repeated at chill
dren's Thanksgiving entertainment IN
! the chapel Friday afternoon at
o'clock.
The first of the mothers meetings
for the winter was held at the chapei
aerut
Yesterday afternoon at half after
three o'clock The meeting was IN
charge of Mrs H. r. Miles. who with
Mrs Fitts's assistance, has arranged
the programs for the series OF meet
jngs. The subject, The Home In It's
| Relation to the Prevention of DIS
ease. was most thoroughly and inter-
estinsly treated by Mrs. Miles and
could not have failed to instruct ana
crafty the very large audience OF
women short paper on the care Oh
hohies with a view to keeping them
well and strong was read by Mrs, H.
d. Mastin.
The International Council of Wo-
men, of which Helen Gould is vice
president, and the national w. c. T.
lin have combined forces in an anti
polygamy campaign. They are repre-
scented on the lecture platform by Mrs.
Maria Weed of Chicago who has MADE
a study of Mormonism in its strong
hold, Salt Lake City, and speaks from
a thorough knowledge of facts Whlch
are alarming to every lover of liberty,
country and home. Women should
arise to their opportunity to work
against this enemy of the. purity Oh
marriage and unitedly work to over
throw the evil. Mrs. Weed will speak
to women alone in the Baptist church
next Tuesday afternoon at 3:o0 1ol-
Lowing a public meeting in the same
place Monday evening at 7:45 TO
which everyone is invited.
-Ex-Gov. Frederick Holbrook ct
Brattleboro was announced to give
some "reminiscences of the civil war
at the annual meeting of the Vermont
society, Sons of the American Revo-
hutton, at Montpelier, Wednesday, but
he was unable to be present and his
paper was read by Ex-Gov. S. q. Pm
gree of Hartford at the request of the
Venerable author. The paper was
rich with "reminiscences of Governor
Holbrook's administration, beginning
with the time he was inaugurated in
1881. After the session of the legis-
lature of that year he successfully ne
gotiated the loan of million ana d
half dollars worth of bonds w1thih
fortnight's time at a handsome pre-
MUM, The raising and equipplng OF
the Vermont regiments was toucheu
upon. showing that Vermont always
kent ahead of the quota of troops re-
| nuired. a record not exceeded by any
state. Quotations from Governor Hol-
brooks stirring message to the next
legislature were given and the sue
cessful attempt of the war governor TO
have the sick and wounded Vermont
soldiers sent to hospitals in thelr
home state. which the governor had
provided for them, was told with pc
coming modesty. AT the close OF IN.