Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-22


ing meeting In connection with us
regular meeting at the home of Mrs
eugene Clark Wednesday afternoon
The members OF Bingham chapter
O. e. S., and large number OF their
friends were pleasantly entertained
Tuesday evening I'm Masonic han by
w. II. whedon Of the New York school
of oratory.
There was good attendance al
the ladies night given In the vermont
wheel club rooms Tuesday evening
Dancing and cards furnished the even
ing's entertainment. The club rooms
were prettily trimmed with cut fiow-
ers.
Next Monday the Epworth League
will give musical evening at the
home of Miss Hattie Smith, No. Cedar
street. Home made candies VIII be on
sale In the course of the evening a
general and cordial invitation Is ex-
tended
The regular monthly business
meeting of the Epworth league Will be
held at the parlors of the Methodist
cnuTtn 1HuTSudf tNtiiiIb az " " N'N~,''
It will be preceded by the meeting OF
the Cabinet, which is to occur at 7.SO.
A general and prompt attendance is
desired.
A. E. Wood will open his new hard
ware store in Marshall block on sat
urday of next week. The quarters
have been thoroughly renovated and
H. xVnnA has laid in
a large stock of hardware of all sorts
Particulars can be found in his ad-
vertisement
An audience of nearly 100 In addi-
ton to the members of the Choral union
were present at its rehearsal In the
Baptist chapel Wednesday evening
Mrs. Calvert and Mrs. f. G. bort of
the Keene, N. H., choral CLUB We're
present and sang several selections
which were warmly received.
The fourth quarterly conference OF
the local Methodist Episcopal church
Is to be held I'm the vestry OF that
church Saturday evening OF next week
This is the most important business
meeting of the year and every official
member should attend The Rev. w.
NJ. Newton presiding elder Of the dis
trict, will occupy the chair.
The annual meeting of the Brat
tleboro gas light company was held
Monday when the following officers
were elected: President, DR.. II. d. Hol-
ton: clerk and treasurer c. F. Thomp-
son: directors, DIR. II, y. Holton G. G.
Ayerill c. II. Thompson, and r p.
Gordon. The next semi-annual divi-
dend win be paid February 20.
"A. f. schwenk, administrator Of
the Robert Gordon Hardie estate, Is
receiving sealed bids for the Hardie
property on Canal street. 1t is under
stood that nine different people have
made offers for the house. The bids
will be opened Monday. The furni-
ture in the house IS also attracting
much attention among buyers.
Hattie Horton, wife of A. T. Cobb,
died in Providence, r. l., Sunday as
the result of an operation which she
underwent in one of the hospitals OF
that CITY, Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb lived
in Rrattleboro until about two years
ago when they moved to Providence,
Mrs. Cobb's former home. Mr.. Cobb
was proprietor of the Brooks House
livery stable.
--Brattleboro chapter, Daughters OF
the American Revolution, met at the
Chaplin street home of Mrs. j. r. Han
Monday afternoon and chose the fol-
lowing delegates to the Continental
Congress in Washington Regent, Mrs
f. w. Weeks; regents alternates. Mrs
Il. A. Starkey Mrs. w. F. Severance,
Mrs. Nettie Starr Clement and Mrs.
Fred l.. Smith; delegate, Mrs A. u
Cobb. alternates. Mrs. c. f. r. JENNIE,
Mrs. J. f. Hail. Mrs G. H. Morse and
Miss Lucy J. Daniels. The chapter
voted to give 800 toward Con-
tinental Hall 1t is requested that
members having mite boxes to send
them to the treasurer. Mrs. G. r.
Barber, High street as soon as pos
sible.
An editorial in the Wesleyan (Col-
lege) Argus condemns in the strongest
terms the action of the faculty of that
institution in suspending six sopho-
mores for hazing one of whom is Ar
thur ]. Monroe of Brattleboro, as re-
ported in last weeks Reformer. The
students In the college paper "denounce
the action as unfair and unjust to botn
the men punished and to the college
body itself. In this trouble there
were concerned, directly or indirectly
fully one hundred men from the three
upper classes, yet the faculty have
suspended six sophomores. Wherein
lies the justice of this sort of punish
ment? -. The undergraduates find
justification for their position in the
fact that there is no ruling which says
that hazing is punishable by suspen-
SION
The annual meeting and dinner OF
the corporators of the Brattleboro Saw
ings bank were held yesterday. The
meeting took place in the banking
rooms in the morning and dinner was
served at 2 o'clock at the Brooks
House. The following officers were
chosen; President, +. L. Waterman;
vice president, F. X, Barrows; treas
urer, c. A. Harris, assistant treasurer
J. C. Dewitt; trustees, H. II, Wheeler
I. f. Adams. f. w. Melendy c. w.
wyman, ]. L. Martin, C. A. Harris r.
X. Barrows, s. f. Lawton, f. L. Water
man II. p. Wellman. j. II. Estey'
board of investment F. K. Barrows'
E.. L. Waterman. c. A. Harris, l.. r.
Adams C. w. Wyman: new corpora
tors. George F. Barber A. ]. Miller, IL.
T. Emerson NJ. J. Moran, C. c. Fits.
d. p. Dewitt, o. NJ. Laughton, O. L.
French.
A number of local automobile en-
thusiasts held meeting Saturday ev-
ening the result of which was the for
nation of the Brattleboro Automobile
club. the first local organization OF THIS
kind to be formed in the state. Charles