Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-27

The meeting OF the Alliance Stud
class will be held at the parsonag
Monday. Jan. 80. at 1880 o'clock. Sub
ject, The First Martyr.
IF. c. Gale q company's deliver
sleigh was overturned on the islam
yesterday afternoon. and the horse an
front sled ran from there to Ellio
street. No damage was done.
The Vermont society. Unite
States Daughters OF 1912, will hold
tea and sale Of useful and fancy ar
ticles Tuesday, March IA, from 3 unit
6 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Fred II
Holden, 23 Oak street
The Vermont Wheel club member
are invited to a ladies night" Il
grange hall Wednesday evening.
concert will be given by Leitsinger'
orchestra, and there will be vocal solo
by Fred c. Adams, Mrs. KATHERINE
OConnor Weeks and violin duet b.
c. NJ. and A. J. Dugan. Dancing viii
follow the entertainment.
Three large sleigh loads of Ep
worth leaguers visited Williamsvill'
last Monday evening, partook of al
excellent supper, spent some time so
cially, and returned In the small
hours of the following morning. L
was n merry party, and all the con-
dtions were favorable to the enjoy
ment of an exceptionally pleasant
time.
An alarm of fire from Box 81 was
rung in about 80 o'clock Sunda.
morning on account of a small blaze
in the rear of Floyd Smiths electric
supply shop in Retting block. Ar
employe of the Brooks house barber
shop, who rooms i'm the block smelled
smoke as he was retiring, and inves-
tigation showed that 1t came from
Smiths shop. The department re-
sponded promptly and the contents
of the chemical engine was sufficient
TO extinguish the blaze before any
serious damage was done.
Leon p. Redfield of Grafton failed
to obey the order of Judge James M.
Tyler to appear before him last Friday
and purge himself from contempt of
court by paying $50 to Mrs Redfield,
and the judge has had the files of the
case sent to him at Montpelier Mrs.
Redfield asked for a divorce from her
husband at the spring term Of court,
and during the intervening time the
court ordered Redfield to pay her ali
mony of SIS a month. At the hearing
last week Judge Tyler intimated that
unless Redfield settled on the date
named he would be committed to jail
lit is thought that the man who
broke into the Hildreth cottage week
ago Sunday is George Armour who re-
Gently finished serving a sentence In
states prison for robbing the station at
Dummerston. man resembling Ar
mour was given a lodging by Chief
Hall the first of last week. Further
proof is found In a note which was dis
covered in a package of magazines
which Armour had gathered in the
Hildreth cottage and tied in a bundle
with the evident intention of sending
10 a friend in prison The note was
signed George Armour and placed in
side the cover of one of the maya
zines.
The Brattleboro Woman's club
will hold its next meeting Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the Con-
chapel. The committee on
has prepared the following
program, interspersed with music by
the school children. Results Of Kin
dergarten Training, Miss Olive Shum-
way; Cooperation Between Parents
and Teachers, Mrs. John Barrows;
Children, Mrs. II, r. Miles; Home
Study, Mrs. C. C. Fits; What Society
Has Right to Ask of the Schools,
COD. C. A. Miles; What Does College
Do for the Housekeeper?,
Mrs. II. C. Rice; Education, What Is
IT., H, X. Whitaker.
John Blake, superintendent of
cemetery, was on his way
H. CT, T,Nag los tul
when he stumbled over a ridge of
snow and fell. fracturing the bones of
lis right leg He was unable to move
md was obliged TO lie in the snow for
some time before help came in the
persons of Frank Ryan and James
Riley who were on their way home
rom the basketball game Mr.. Ryan
rave his gloves to the injured man
whose hands were nearly frost bitten
md then went for assistance. Mr..
Blake was taken in an express sleigh
o the home of Patrick Manning and a
physician summoned After the tract
ire was reduced he was taken to his |
Iome near the cemetery.
The fourth quarterly conference
f the Methodist church was held FIJI
ay evening in the Methodist church, |
Elder W. NJ Newton being /
n the chair. Reports from the differ
mt committees were read and ac-
epted, and the following officers
hosen: Stewards, w. r. Geddis, DR..
:. G. Wheeler. A. l.. Blair, H. p. Mat
hews, A. V. May, F. F. Gleason, S. A.
,aniels F. A. Bagg, c. d. Smith, r.
. Crouch, w. N. Betterley, Mrs. Eva
/. Clark: recording steward DR.. G.
l. Wheeler; treasurer. c. D. Smith;
No. tale ttsgn
f appeals, W. r. Geddis. 1t was
oted unanimously to have the pre-
ding elder use his influence at tn"
nnual conference in the spring to
acure the retention of Rev, F. w.
evils as pastor of the local Methodist
lurch.
Poor advertising and the impas- :
Lble condition of the roads combined s
make a small attendance at the {
Getting in grange hall yesterday af- |
rnon and evening under the aus !
ces of the state board of agriculture. I
he afternoon session was attended :
, 20 persons, including the janitor /
the hall, one woman and two L
,wspapermen. George w. Pierce !
we the address of welcome to this
semblage and Professor c. S. Phelps
the Connecticut State Agricultural ;
llege gave an excellent address on a
e dairy COW and her environment. e
ana H. Morse of Randolph, mem e
r of the state board, then talked on {
tato culture and Ernest Hitchcock $
Pittsford spoke on creamery man. o
ement. The evening session was {
ore largely attended. Dr. f. r.
,mpbell of Bellows Falls, a member u
the state tuberculosis commission. p
,tured interestingly on that dis q
Sc. Professor L. r. Jones of the "
diversity of Vermont talked on o
riculture in our public schools and u
. II. ID. Holton discussed the sub b
Il of farm sanitation. $
-Dunham Brothers are moving =,