Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17

III Friendship circle VIII meet III
l. odd Fellows hall Tuesday afternoon
supper will be served as usual.
s. -Brattleboro lodge. n. Il. O. r., viii
IL initiate large class at Its next
regular meeting Tuesday evening In
n Grand Army hall The meeting will
Il be called at 1880 sharp and at its
close there will be an entertainment
:, followed by social with refresh
y ments 10 which friends of members
=" are invited.
The Murray club held a peanut
. party last evening, the event being
well attended. After a short business
=, session Mrs. r. l. Swift gave very
y Interesting paper on Mary wilkins
; Freeman, Mrs. Flagg and Miss Zetta
Weld read two of Mrs. Freeman's
short stories and Mrs. Francis Weeks
\ gave a vocal selection. Refreshments
, We're served at the close of the pro-
I gram
Mrs. jeremiah Dugan, so, moth
: er of John NJ Dugan of this town,
died Sunday at her home in Monta
que. Mass. She had been an invalid
for a great many years living with
2 her son, William. She also leaves a
third son. j. W.. also of Montague
: Funeral services were held Tuesday
Afternoon from her late home and
burial took place In Locust Ridge
cemetery.
"A special meeting of the National
Novelty company was held In New
York city Tuesday when II was voted /
unanimously to transfer the corpora /
ton from New Jersey to New York (
About % per cent Of the total amount /
of stock was represented at the meet .
ing. This change was made i'm order
to take advantage of the New York I
corporation tax laws and IL will mean .
saving of about $4,000 a year to the
company In taxes alone, 1t viii also
allow the company to dispose OF its
bonds. +. l.. Hunt Of this town was
present at the meeting. II
A quiet wedding took place We'd
nesday evening at the home Of the
bride on Elm street when Herbert
Walter Cottrell of Louisville, Ky,
and Miss Margaret COrenne Niles
were united in marriage by Rev. r.,
@ S. Osgood The bride was gowned
in brown and carried white carna-
lions. None but the family We're
present. Mr. Cottrell was a member
of troop b, Second United States cav !
airy, which was at the Valley Fair )
grounds two years ago and has re- !
Gently returned from the Philippines.
The bride was formerly employed at :
Hairs restaurant
Rev. E. T. Mathison has sent f
word to the All Saints church in
Meriden Conn, TO which he recently
received a call, that he has decided
to remain permanently in Brattleboro. {
Mr. Mathison handed his resignation
to the vestrymen Of St. MichaePs
church Sunday evening, but at a
meeting Wednesday they unanimous q
~ voted not TO accept it, and strong u
ly urged Mr.. Mathison to remain G
here on the grounds that the welfare j
of the church demands II. In view "
of these facts he has decided to abide
by their wishes. His decision win be s.
good news TO many local people out y
side as we'll as In his parish. a.
Reciprocity day was observed by
the Brattleboro Woman's club We'd -,
nesday afternoon when meeting =
was held at the home OF the presi
dent. Miss Susan +. Clark, in West 10
The guest of the occa-
sion was Mrs Walter p. Smith of Sc
st, Johnsbury who gave an excep-
ionally interesting paper upon her W
work as secretary of the travelling
ibraries. Mrs Charles A. Boyden
gave a paper on Current Events and u. ~
were served. Among 81
he out of town guests present at the
Meeting were Mrs. T. S Hazen of St O.
secretary of the state fed Al
ration, and Mrs. T. A. Davis of Rut-
and tic
About 200 people attended the u"
thletic exhibition given in the audi
orium last evening by the gymna III
ium classes of the Y. NJ. C. A. The no
lrogram consisted of springboard
work by the juniors, high diving, In Sa
Ian club drill vaulting horse, adj ca
anced horse work. clog dancing by
Vifred Deyo, a wand drill mat drill, co
aralel bar work. fancy club swing do
ne, high jumping. dumb bell drill,
yramids, baton swinging. maze run =,
nd phantom drill Staffords work ~
n the parallel bars, Woodward's fan III
v club swinging and the double baton
winging by Woodward and Crosier La
'ere among the features that drew da
luch applause. The exhibition was
! charge of Eldridge Cundff who co,
as acted as physical director OF the att
during the past winter, wo
nd reflected credit upon his teach ,
lg. lao
Eugene Frost died this morning to
his rooms in the Frost block after the
protracted illness with a compica-
on of diseases. He was born in this fin,
,wn 81 years ago last November son boz
{ James and Elizabeth Stewart of
rost. and had always made his home c
this town. For a number of years =.
; managed his fathers farm. which no
as situated on Frost street, and IN ~,
as afterward in the ice business ''o'
it'll Enos White. selling out about n
We years ago to Staples e. Shumway car
Or the past several years Mr.. Frost slci
I'd been confined to his rooms with her
He was shrewd bust 7
,ss man, strictly honorable in his gla
alings. and had accumulated a con- He
ierahle amount of property. He is nah
rvived by large number of for
phews and nieces. those in this town Y
inc Wells and Edward G. and Miss sta,
izabeth Frost. The funeral will err
obahly be held Monday. con
John F. Bigelow was arraigned rem
fore Justice Newton this morning stat
answer to the charge of assault NJ
ION his wife. He was ar and
sted yesterday afternoon by ell
lief of Police Hall upon COM plea
amt of Mrs. Bigelow, who testified Mr..
is morning that she had been struck afte
d kicked by her husband until she M
rs in fear of her life, to say nothing wifi
being called vile names and par
reatened with more punishment. Mas
:. Bigelow, who was defended by Ere,
F.. Barber, stated that he might nriv
We been vexed and used bad Ian =,
age but that he committed no vio !
,daf rIao 70 tba affoot That tbe al trail
90 ion ,,os notbiny hut family, retu
= ~ s.,oth;ne ,,,ora ,ban occurs oil Mrs
ar town Justice Newton renl;ed ShiI
1t if such things did occur all over iid
vn he did not hear of them and M