Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-09

Ing In Masonic hah last evening.
The annual meeting OF the Brat
tleboro East society Will be held III
the Congregational church wednes-
day evening.
About 80 couples attended the
dance given by the Daughters OF Pc.
cahontas Saturday night. There VIII
be another tomorrow evening.
The Choral union held Its rehear-
sal In the Congregational chapel We'd
nesday evening. owing to the con-
vention In the Baptist church.
"A grange win be organized al
Putney Monday evening with about
40 members. Gov. c. j. Bell. master
of the state grange. will be present.
The Ladies' Enterprise society
will meet with Mrs Davis, Estey
street, Wednesday afternoon Mt o.
clock. II is hoped that all members
viii be present,
Mrs. II. w. Sargent entertained
the women of the grange sewing So
ciety Friday afternoon and evening,
serving fine supper In the banquet
hall.
Fort Drummer chapter, Pilgrim
Fathers held social In q. A. X. haal
Tuesday evening. There was a large
attendance of members and friends
and the evening was en1oyably spent
in cards and other amusements.
Three handsome new silent
salesman" show cases have been add
ed to the equipment Of the Leonard
& Roess smokers emporium, making
five of these cases, occupying a totai
floor length OF 3S feet.
The following pensions have been
granted through Hunts agency: Or
iginal, William NJ. White, worcester
Mass; increases, T.. ID. Boyle, Brat
tleboro, William Wilder, Brattleboro;
]. II. Goodrich, Amherst, Mass, r. M
Frink. Canaan, Conn, Samuel A
Whipple. Southern Pines. N. c.
Protective grange held a regular
meeting Wednesday evening, when
the annual reports Of the officers were
received. Mr.. Loveland, lecturer o.
the Cheshire county Pomona grange
was present and made remarks. Ther'
was a piano solo by Miss Gertrude
Barker. reading by Mrs. Charles
Lockwood and a recitation by MIS-
Abbie Bennett of Dummerston.
Rev. r. X. Marvin. pastor Of thu
Universalist church, yesterday sen
his resignation to c. L. Stickney, cleri
of the church trustees, the resigna
ton to take effect Dec, 81. NO ACTOR
will be taken by the trustees unit
Tuesday .evening. Mr.. Marvin WI
accept the call which has been ex
tended by the Universalist church o
Franklin. Mass.
The New York Herald made al
exhaustive inquiry among the re
publican members of the 5Sth congress
with a view to ascertaining the part!
sentiment on revision of the tarifr
| Congressman Haskins is quoted al
SAYING. "Of course there are som'
articles on which the schedules mlgh
be revised but | am not IN faVor o
anything generally ! think IT shoui'
be done by the next congress.
The bi-monthly meeting of tn
Windham County Congregational Min
isters association was held IN I'M
Brooks house Monday morning, ant
attended by a dozen ministers. Rev
7. IT. Stocking of Bellows Falls rea'
a paper on The Deluge Story IN Gen
esis and in the Babylonian lnscrip
tions. Rev. n: C. Fisher of West
minister West reviewed remnant
book on the Source of the DOCTRINE
of the Fall and of the Origin OF SIN
The following officers were elect
ed at the annual meeting OF Bfattle
boro camp, Modern Woodmen OF Am
erica. held Tuesday evening: Consul
Rexford Benson; advisor, Harry Hun
ter: banker, A. E. Taylor: clerk, Z
L, Cobb; escort, C. e. Goodwin
Waterman, Walter Worden; sentry
Fred Gage; manager for one year,
]. Whitcher; manager for two years
S. w. Knight; manager for thre'
years, C. L. Young.
-Four children in the family o
William Betterley who lives on TN
Richardson farm, about a mile souti
of the village, are i'll with scarlet re
yer, and the house is under strlc
quarantine. The eldest SON. Ernest
former employee of E. l.. Hildreth q
Co, came down with the disease OF
Thanksgiving day, and his younge
brother and two sisters nave slnc'
been taken i'll. Health officer Water
man does not expect that the diseas
will spread, as all precautions nav
been taken.
F. D. E. Stowe, justice, A. +
| Schwenk, attorney for the plalnuil
Frank Laughton, attorney for the de
PENDANT, and Victor Mancini inter
prefer were in West Dummerstoi
| Tuesday to participate In the case .
Mrs. L. Zancan against Chas' Dellrio
an action to recover $ll.S5 loaned D.
fine plaintiff to the defendant Tn
case was tried before a jury ana ere
ated much excitement among the ltal
ian employees of the Dummerstol
ouarries. The jury rendered yer
dict for the plaintiff to recover tn
full amount of the bill.
At the Universalist church mex
Thursday evening at p. M ReV. =
X. Marvin will give talk on the III
of Celia Thaxter, the poetess OF TN
Isles of Shoals, with whom ne wa
nersonally acquainted. He WIFE ais
read from her poems. Miss Emm
Gregg will sing Kate Vannak's settln
to music of Mrs. Thaxter's poem
Good bye. Sweet Day. No admissio
will he charged but an offering WI
he taken for the benefit of the kur
uattin homes at Westminster. "A
interested are cordially invited to
present
bingham chapter, o. f. s., gave
aa,;gbtf,,I sociable wednesday even
ing the attendance being limited I
Mosons, members of the Eastern sta
md their families. Leitsingers or
chestra furnished music for the en-
tertajnment and dancing. There wer
readings by Miss zetta Weld and mis-
IIorence Clark. a vocal solo by wal
ter s. stearns and a cornet solo .
carl Leitsinger. Seven or .eign
card tables were filed afterward an
the remainder of those present en-
loved dancing until ~ o'clock In
newt social will be held Jan. o.
The annual meeting Of Sedgwic
most No. s, G. A. R., was held Wea
nesday evening when the following o.
ficers were chosen: Commander, LUX
Ferriter; senior vice commanae
Frank Stockwell; Junior vice CON
WANDER o. Prescott; surgeon, Harr