Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-20

| Il. II. ADAMS VIII speak IN the H.
M. C. A. rooms Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock on How to Win Souls for
Christ.
The international Sunshine So
ciety. branch l. will meet Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Katherine Bur-
chard at the Brooks house.
The meeting Of the Alliance Study
class will be held at the home Of Rev.
Il. Q. s. Osgood Monday evening at
1880. Subject At the Beautiful Gate
-Matus with his great court or
chestra direct from Hungary, Will ap-
pear as the next attraction In the Y.
M. c. A. course Thursday evening. II
the season. Seats can be procured
at the Y. NJ, C. A. rooms.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport
spoke on A New Species Of Fern at
the 10th annual winter meeting OF
the Vermont Botanical club. which
took place In the rooms Of the botan-
ical department OF the University OF
Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday and
yesterday.
The American Express office has
opened branch money order office
In Thomass pharmacy. The main
office will close hereafter at 80
every evening except Monday and
Saturday, but money orders can be
secured at Thomas's or at II. M.
Woods store.
The Royal Hungarian Court or
chestra, which will appear In the au-
ditorium Thursday evening, is scor-
ing a tremendous success on Its tour
through this country. II Is good
thing for Brattleboro that the y. Nj:
IC. A. star course committee engaged
the organization at an early date.
The Y. NJ. C. A. has found 1t de-
sirable to change the time Of its
business mems gymnasium classes
from Monday and Friday afternoons
to Tuesday and Thursday evenings, at
| s o'clock. This will enable more men
to come IL they desire and will show
how much business men are inter-
ested In the gymnasium work.
Louis Mann, the well-known
comedian who is appearing at the
Park theatre this week in The Sec
ond Fiddle, may come to Brattieboro
Feb. 49, Manager Fox has booked
the company for the auditorium on
that date provided he can get the as
surance of sufficient patronage to
warrant the unusual expense that
will be necessary for the production
here.
--latest reports confirm the earlier
statements as to the tremendous re-
ceptions accorded to the Hungarian
Court orchestra this season. There
is no question about their ability
enthusiasm and style. They are set
ting the pace this season and should
not be overlooked at the auditorium
Thursday evening. Mr. Reed at the
to a oil nf
remaining seats.
The local patriotic societies to-
gether are planning the erection OF
monument on the Valley fair grounds
in commemoration of the spot where
so many troops were encamped dur
ing the war of the rebellion. The
fair association has given land for
site and the foundation has already
been built at a point inside the track
The monument will probably be In
the form of a rough stone or bowlder
with a suitable inscription in bronze.
The annual meeting and dinner
of the Brattleboro Savings bank took
place yesterday when officers were
chosen as follows: President, +. l..
Waterman; vice president, F. X. Bar
rows; treasurer, C. A. Harris; assis-
tant treasurer. j. c. Dewitt; trus-
tees, H. H. Wheeler, l.. f. Adams,
f. w. Melendy, J. L. Martin. c. A.
Harris, F. X. Barrows, s. =. Lawton,
Z. l.. Waterman, H. P. Wellman ]. II.
Barrows, E. L. Waterman, c. A. Har-
ris, L. F. Adams. o. NJ. Laughton
was chosen trustee in place of the
late c. w. Wyman, and the following
new corporators were elected: A. +.
Schwenk, j. F. Hooker, T.. L. Hill
dreth, A. p. Simonds.
The stockholders of the grange
store held their annual meeting In
grange hall Saturday afternoon and
elected the following officers: d.
rectors, w. +. Goddard. o. T. Ware,
Azor Marshall, C. s. Hopkins, j. c.
Dewitt: auditors. w. H. Bracket NJ.
|. Reed, George +. Crowell. per
cent dividend was declared on the
capital stock and an additional divi-
dend of per cent on the years trade
which amounted to about $4,000. |
Following this meeting Of the
grange block stockholders was held |
and the officers chosen as follows:
President, NJ. l. Reed of Vernon; |
treasurer, Walter F. Goddard; direc- |
tors, M. I. Reed, W. F. Goddard, p. S.
Games, H. G. Clark and w. E. Banks; |
auditors, w. H. Bracket. L. d. Tay-
lor and S. w. Kimball.
Not only was there an unusually |
large number of members present at
the regular meeting of the Woman's |
club Wednesday afternoon in the /
Brooks house but there were many |
guests, making the gathering stu I
larger. The president, Miss Susan r.
Clark. presided and the program for
the day was carried out under the
direction of the program committee.
The chief feature was contributed by
Clarke C. Fits, who spoke on the
subject, Woman's Rights Under the
Law. He divided his address into
three parts, discussing the personal,
property and political rights of wo-
man. Mrs. w. e. Terrill Of Mont
pelier. a guest of the club recited
The Revolt of Mother, by Mary VIII.
kins- Freeman, and current events
were in charge of Mrs. Herbert Clark.
The annual meeting of the Valley
Fair Kennel club was held Saturday
evening in the office of r. C. Bacon
and the following officers chosen for
the coming year. President. DIR.
George F. Barber; vice presidents,
Frederick L. Houghton and George
w. Pierce; secretary and treasurer,
Howard c. Rice; executive commit
tee. Robert G. Bacon, James +. Fer
ritter, w. ]. Pentland, jr.. H. w. Wey-
mouth of Walpole, N. H., and George
F. Higgins of Marlboro, N. H. c. G.
Hopton of Newark, N. j., was chosen
to represent the club at the regular
meetings of the American Kennel
club in New York city. The reports
of the secretary and treasurer were
read and accepted and plans were
discussed for the show which the
club intends to hold in connection
with the next Valley fair. The club