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

The w. C. T. U. will hold II
next annual meeting Thursday. Feb
: 2, at the usual place,
9 The weather bureau report is oc
4 casional light snow and warmer Fri
i day night. Saturday, fair.
I The Delphi basketball team o
Hartford will play the independents
q Tuesday evening instead of Saturday.
The officers OF Fort Drummer
! chapter, Pilgrim Fathers, are request
: ed to meet In G. A, r, hall Tuesday
. evening at 1880 p. m.
: The local branch OF the Catholic
, order of Foresters begins rehearsals
| for Its minstrel show to be held Feb
! 2S, next Monday evening In Retting
, block.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Methodist church held a supper and
social mt the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. c.
D. Smith on Cedar street Wednesday
evening
p b. Crafts Of Greenfield has
taken possession of the new Brattle-
boro public market this week, H. G.
Clark, the former proprietor, having
left town.
Arthur s. Leland & Co, 20 Broad
street, New York. will send their
pocket manual of dividends for the
year 1904 to any reader of The Re-
former upon application.
George H. Harris has received the
news of the death In Maquaketa, Ia,
of Mr.. Sutherland. husband of Mrs.
Laura Field Sutherland, who is a sis
ter of the late Henry Field.
AT the request Of the state labor
atory DR.. Henry Tucker last week
sent specimens OF water from the
reservoir and the southern source of
the Chestnut Hill aqueduct associa-
ton. He has not yet heard any re
ports from them.
Principal Whitaker and Rev. e.
Q. S. Osgood will speak at the Congre
gational chapel this evening at 100 up
on The work of church and school in
their common task of character buiid-
ing. and the help that they may render
each other in this work All are in
vited to attend the meeting
The annual meeting of the Car
penter company was held Wednesday
when the following directors were
/ chosen: George f.. Crowell. Martin
/ Austin, jr., and b. II. Mitchell. These
officers were then elected Presi-
/ dent. George +. Crowell: treasurer and
general manager, Martin Austin, jr.;
superintendent John II. Morse.
A II. Brasor and L. H. Miller
have won their classes in three bah
billiards at the Wheel club tourna-
ment with Childs and Ellis tied in the
third division and the fourth lying
between Ullery Aldrich and Seaverns.
w. Fl. Childs. DR. C. r. Aldrich and
C. II. Stolte are class winners In four
BAH billiards and there is a tie be-
tween Barber, Dye and Moynahan
with two remaining classes unsettled.
In pool A. II. Brasor and c. II. Fox
won their classes.
-Matus and his Royal Hungarian
court orchestra were the attractions
at the auditorium last evening, and a
large audience was in attendance TO
hear this well known musical organ
ization. The orchestra consisted OF
10 men. all accomplished players and
well qualified by talent and ability To
render their parts satisfactorily
They played class of music that has
peculiar charm about it, and nearly |
every number was encored. The solos
We're particularly good.
The Indictment weather interfered |
with the attendance at the meeting Of
the Professional club in the Brooks I
house Wednesday evening, but those !
who went had the opportunity to
hear an unusually fine paper by Rev |
George r. Lawson on The Ethical |
Principles of Tolstoi and the POSSIBLE,
ity of their Practical Application. Mr.. /
Lawson handled his subject In a mas
terly manner and his discourse
showed that he had given It much |
study and thought. The discussion
was ably led by Rev. f. w. Lewis,
pastor Of the Methodist church. sew
eral other members participating.
d Frank Shea will open his din
ing and lunch rooms on Elliot street
tomorrow noon with a hot turkey
dinner. Mr. Shea has thoroughly
renovated the quarters. formerly oc- /
cupied by Mrs. c. |. Stafford and in
tends to cater to the best trade MAX
ing speciality of sea foods and other
delicacies. Small tables capable of
seating two people. have been placed
in the main dining room, and the
lunch room win be fitted with Balti
more lunch chairs. On the second
floor are two private dining rooms.
The kitchen in the basement has been ;
and improved and will be
In charge of Cecil c. Turner. who has
had years of experience as chef.
The annual convocation of the
Royal Arch Masons of Vermont dis
trict No. took place yesterday af-
ternoon and evening in Masonic hall :
With delegates present from Bellows
Fails, Ludlow, Windsor and White
River Junction. There was an unus- :
iaaly small attendance owing to the !
Weather. at the afternoon session :
when Fort Drummer chapter, f. T. !
Nathison. excellent high priest, con-
erred the Mark Master degree AT
!: 80 o'clock a chicken-pi supper was q
erved to about so and at the evening
ession the Royal Arch degree was d
by Okemo chapter of .
ludlow. DR.. w. n. Bryant, excellent q
Ugh priest Among the grand officers a
resent were Daniel Payson of Wind II
or. grand high priest David A. FL .
ot of White River Junction, grand !,
ecturer, and c. w Black of Bellows y
'alls, grand senior deacon. .
The Boston Herald says of The F
econd Fiddle, in which Louis Mann S
ppeared at the Park theatre Monday C
vening: "The play makes capital in
entertainment. 1t permits m
ne popular Louis Mann to really s
nine IN two great ana dlstlnct siues cl
{ his art, the humorous and the pa la
letic. He provoked peal upon peal f
( laughter and as finely and surely "
,uched the sympathetic chords OF OF
athos and set them vibrating. In Ia
his Mr. Mann showed his advance sc
tent and his liking for a firmer grin is
n higher character comedy work than 70
any other role in which he has
cen seen in this city. He is capitally
Imported Messrs. Percy Lyndal.
dward See and Charles Dade eX- ~,