Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-04

!. --Windham county Pomona granl
will meet with Vernon grange Mare
10Th. Round trip tickets from Brat
r teboro viii be sold for 25 cents.
"A hearing on several claims n
galnst the Walter M, Ware bankruptc
: estate wis held before Referee r. !
. T., stowe in his office Saturday morn
ing.
Patrons of Y, NJ. G.. 4. star cours
viii be admitted TO dramatic portraya
Of Abraham Lincoln at the auditorium
Thursday evening. March II. on Dun
bar tickets.
Rev. II. Il. Mathison of the Epis
copal church will give a talk to tn
w. c. Il. U. and all interested Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock In the Y. M
c. A. parlors.
"A number from Bingham chapter
attended the district meeting In Lud.
low Thursday afternoon and evening
and the district meeting at Rutland
Friday afternoon and evening.
Miss Sadie Ford's sleigh was ov-
erturned near the Unitarian church
Saturday afternoon the sleigh runner
catching in the electric car track. Miss
| Ford and a basket containing several
dozen eggs were thrown out. but luck
! lily only two of the eggs We're broken,
Miss Ford was not hurt.
Il. j. Fenton & Co have made ar
rangements to add complete stock
of mems, youths and boys shoes to
their other stock. Reliable makes of
the different grades will be carried, n
speciality being made of one of the
best known shoes In the country.
The stock win arrive In Il few days
The funeral of Miss Edna Downs
Is, who died last Friday at the home
of her parents In Dummerston was
held Sunday afternoon AT 2.30, Rev.
w F. jackson officiating. Miss Downs
was pupil in the High school
here for a part of this year living in
the family of W, +, Root on Canal
street.
The funeral of Mrs Mercy Church
Day who died in Springfield, Mass,
last Tuesday afternoon. was held Fri
day afternoon from the home of her
nephews. H. G. and Don Wilcutt on
Clark street Friday afternoon at $50,
Rev. T.. Q. S Osgood officiating. The
body was placed in the tomb at Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
Bishop a. c. A. Hall gave a de-
cidedly helpful and interesting talk at
Y. VI, n.
noon upon Religion and Manliness."
cial purity and told of the III effects
that came from the neglect of this vir- /
tue' Music was furnished by the I
male quartet
The grand officers made their am I
nual visitation to Bingham chapter 1
0. E. S. Tuesday evening. A ban /
luet was served at $50 and the initia-
ion ceremony was exemplified. Re-
marks were made by Mrs. Elma NJ.
Miller grand lecturer Mrs. Hattie S.
Taylor grand matrou, DR.. F. @. Pettee
grand sentinel also Mrs Nellie M.
Wood worthy matron and Miss May
'olton conductor of Mortified chap
er, Mortified. Mass.
Rev U. Grant Houston who
'laims to have been baptized in the
liver Jordan by T. Dewitt Talmage,
ectured in the Baptist chapel Tues
lay evening under the auspices of the
BAPTIST Christian Endeavor society. 4
lis subject being The Land of Mos
8" Mr.. Houston Is native OF Kan {
as and looked more like a cowboy
han a minister. His lecture seemed
0 be devoted more to Moses than to
he land of the prophet. Mr. Houston 5
as undoubtedly travelled extensively I
trough Palestine but lacked the fac {
lty of vivid description without ,
'hich n well Travelled man Is no bet |
er qualified to lecture than one who 7
as never been beyond the limits Of {
Is native village
Several of the Boston and New
ork papers have been having fun y
lis week with the report of the Put c
ay school superintendent which APP u
cared in the annual report of that o
wn, issued last week. In orthogra- j
ny and spelling Superintendent u
lodgett certainly does have rules OF y
s own, the principal one being TO ,
pitalize the first letter of every q
ord beginning with S. As far as .
cas- are concerned, however, Mr.. j.
me excellent principles relative to o.
ucation. If his proof reader had u
liked common sense with judgment q
r. Bodgett's report would not have ~
fered from many others that have N
peared. p'
Between 100 and $50 members OF
e Baptist Sunday school gathered %
the parlors last evening to cale- -,
ate the victory of the Reds over the ~
ues in the annual membership con ~
ST. The program was prepared by cc
9 defeated side and opened with an A,
lusing song by a number of the or
ildren in which they lamentei their
feat and made predictions for the -,
ming year Mrs l.. X. Fuller spoke ~,
efy upon The Ideal Superintend- \,
t." p. S. Chase upon The Ideal a.,
acher" and l.. w Hawley upon 81,
he Ideal Pupil Rev George .. r.,
wson also made a few remarks. AZ a.
I,a f.kt 4
d a social hour enjoyed, refresh 49,;
nts were served by the Blues. 70
The Deerfield massacre, of which all
200th anniversary was celebrated loi
'nday, is of local interest from the gu
t that Jean Baptiste Rouville and DIV
band of 200 French and Indians ar
ssed through here on their way to be
doomed village. The party left
ir dogs and sleds and heavy ac- 10
ltrements at the mouth of the West Inc
er and then proceeded to Deerfield, &c
ssacring about 100 settlers and ,,,t
ing as many more captive. on their 700
urn the marauders and their pris- an,
RS passed through Leyden, Bern he,
ston and Vernon to the point oh,
ere their sledges were left and then he,
tinued north to Chambly on the ma
helieu river. Formerly signs sup pr,
ed TO be MADE Dy the INDIANS Oh Ra
party. were visible on the rocks DC
r the West river mouth. for
George T. Cutler. a brotherin- ant
of Henry Goodenough of West TOW
ttleboro was burned to death last Pro
* in fire in his opera house at OF
enwood. Neb Mr.. Cutler spent his thi
" life in Greenfield and Bernard Ma
l. Twenty-Five years ago he went ne
Nebraska and settled in Green ter
I'd. where he has lived ever since Bu
has been n leading and useful citi- ter,
He tried farming for time but
neighbors soon discovered his ma Lin
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