Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-10

| Leo council, knights OF Columbus
will hold Its meetings hereafter In
Grange hall instead of G, A. X. hail
The w, c. II. U. meeting next
Thursday will take the form of a
memorial for Miss Frances Il. Will
lard. An appropriate program has
been arranged.
The will of Clarence q. Stoddard,
late of Brattleboro was allowed In the
probate court at Greenfield, Mass,
Tuesday. and Mary N. Stoddard of
Ibis town appointed executrix.
The chiefs OF Brattleboro council,
Daughters of Pocahontas. were raised
last evening by Mrs. Gertrude Man
ming, district deputy and Miss Luz
rena Gerry, both of Greenfield,
Durham Brothers school for
statesmen closed last Friday evening
with a sociable and dance In the
Brooks house. The local employees OF
the firm as well as the statesmen at
tended the event which was enjoyable
10 all.
Harry X. Hamilton of Marlboro
bought the timber lot belonging TO the
Stockwel estate, which was sold by
auction Saturday afternoon. The VAL
ley Fair stock was bought by j. A.
Taylor, O. NJ. Lawton, +. Il. Barber
and Il. A. Worden of Hinsdale, n. III.
The Ashuelot correspondent of
the New Hampshire Sentinel says:
THE whist party AT the Misses Balls
Friday evening for the benefit of the
County Humane society was a finan-
cal success IL is expected that ar
rangements will soon be made to have
Mrs. Powers of the society address
the residents of these villages"
Every seat in the auditorium was
taken last Friday evening at the per-
Torrance given by the Hadley moving
picture company. which appeared
under the auspices of the odd Fellows.
The views were unusually clear and
there was variety enough to satisfy
everyone. The pictures showing the
life of the inhabitants of the Arctic
circle We're especially instructive.
About so members of the Hydro
fountain club assembled In the Ameri-
can house Saturday evening to partake
of the annual banquet. An excellent
supper was served and the post prand-
ial exercises consisted of brief speech
es by Bailiffs c. r. Crosby and r. c.
Bacon, Chief Engineer Saunders and
Assistants Don Miller and A. A, Smith,
C. F. r. Jenne, l.. ID. Taylor and +, NJ
Applin,
Alexander T.. whitley, who has
been manager of the Richards Brad
ley greenhouses for the past year
will finish work in that capacity
March l. Mr.. whitley has not yet
decided whether he will accept a po-
sition which has been offered him in
Greenwich. Conn, or return to Bos-
ton. He has been very successful
during his stay here, having made
numerous improvements in the green
houses which have been in his charge,
Willis r. Hotchkiss. who has had
long experience as missionary in At
RIGA, spoke in the Congregational
church Tuesday evening under the
auspices of the student volunteer
movement. His address consisted
mainly of experiences among the UNI
civilized tribes of the dark continent
and his wide experience made IL
possible for him to picture the life of
these people in an unusually inter-
esting manner. Mr.. Hotchkiss Is at
home from missionary work on fur
Tough and was one of the speakers
at the Mortified conference last sum-
mer.
-Lucius G. Pratt, so. died at his
home in West Newton. Mass, Mon
day He was native of Brattleboro
and the Oldest son of Rufus ana
Maria Estabrook Pratt, who lived
for many years on the well-known
Pratt farm at the foot of Ames hill.
Mr. Pratt spent his early life In this
town but removed many years ago to
West Newton where he was one of
the influential men of that city, Be
sides a widow and five children he Is
survived by two brothers, d, S. and
nf funeral
took place from his late home yester-
day afternoon.
Rev. H. r. Miles entertained the
members of the Windham County
Congregational association at the
Congregational parsonage on Mon
day, 1t being the bi-monthly meeting
of the association. Notwithstanding
the storm 10 ministers were present
including Mr. Osgood and Mr. Math-
ison of Brattleboro who were invited
by the association to share in the eX-
ercises of the day. The program con
sisted of an essay on +. w. Robertson
by Rev. r. W. Roundy of Ludlow, one
on Phillips Brooks by Rev W. r
Jackson of Dummerston, a paper upon
The Fourth Gospel by Rev \. {.
Ferrin of Springfield, and review OF
Harnack's Die Mission und Ausbrei-
tung des Christentums by Mr.. Miles
Rev. e. C. Fisher of Guilford was
chosen as the representative of the
association to attend the Easter
school for ministers at Andover semi
nary.
The work of placing the wires of
the local telephone exchange under
ground will begin next summer. The
plan is to begin at the railroad cross
No W
eral wires in conduit or tube, thus
removing all of the lines which now
disfigure Main street from their poles
going up as far as Linden street where |
the wires will branch off to the vari
Gus other streets. This will be de-
cided Improvement over the present I
system of network which has grown I
more complicated in the past few /
years, until to-day it Is difficult 10 /
find a building to which wire attach
ments have not been made. the teie-
phone exchange is one of the largest
for the size of the town in the country.
and is constantly growing so that the I
system is the only one
calculated to protect the company
from serious loss in heavy storms.
lated to protect the company from
serious loss in heavy storms.
The final arguments in the case
of Mrs. Mary Blakeslee Pigott against
Dir. III. D. Holton. trustee, were made
before Special Master A. f. Cudworth
in the county clerks office Monday
afternoon. Gilbert A. Davis of Wind
sor and II. G.. Barber spoke In behalf
If Mrs. Pigott and Clarke c. Fits and
], L. Martin for DR.. Holton The suit
was brought against Dr. Holton for an
accounting of his trusteeship of the
Rlakeslee estate. While no misappro-
priation of funds has been claimed
For Ayrc pipott claimed in I