Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-22

simmons Is the instructor I'm drawing
and ii. $, Stowe Is the instructor in
music.
Mr., and Mrs A. * WOODBURY. are
taking q vacation for month and
are visiting In Brockton. their former
home
The New Organ Completed.
The new organ placed in the audi.
forum is an electric one and repre-
sents the only one of its kind in
America. II was built by Robert
Hope Jones and II Is said of II that
In proportion to its size there is no
other organ In America as powerful,
and yet retaining sweetness and
quality of tone, The action is cleo
tro- pneumatic and the organ Is sup
piled with wind by means of rotary
fan known as Orgo Bio, located In the
basement of the building and operat-
ed by gasoline engine, The open
ing recital was given Wednesday
evening with G. Warning Stebbins of
Brooklyn, n. Y, as organist There
was good sized audience present.
c. w. Mattoon's Birthday Party.
The birthday party of Charles w.
Mattoon was attended by over 10
friends last Friday evening, the oc-
casion being the 6lst anniversary of
Mr.. Mattoons birth. The house
was handsomely decorated with ferns,
hydrangeas, asters and potted plants,
also flags and bunting. Rev. d. Nj.
Wilson made some apt remarks In
which he congratulated Mr.. Nation
especially on events which were likely
to brighten his home in the future,
and closed with the reading of an
appropriate poem. Mrs. Wilson read
an original poem and songs were
sung, after which refreshments were
served. Mr.. Nation was member
of Company c, 14th New Hampshire
regiment, and is the youngest mem
Der of the local G. A. r. post.
Death of Thomas Alexander.
The death of Thomas Alexander
occurred very suddenly at Lake
exander was born SIS years ago in
this town and was the son of Henry
Alexander He was well connected
with the leading families in town
Most of his life was spent in North
field but for the last several years he
has passed a good share of the year
at Lake Pleasant, where he owned
cottage which he used for renting pur-
poses. Mr.. Alexander possessed an
excellent memory and was well post
ed on the events of past history con-
nected with the town. He is survived
by two sons-Frank of Worcester ana
Fred who lives in New York CITY,
where Mr. Alexander has often spent
his winters of late years.
Mortified Boy Married in Iowa.
In a recent issue of the Shenandoah
Gowa) Post there is a lengthy ac-
count of the marriage of Edison X.
Sunderland of Ann Arbor and MISS
Dell Read of Shenandoah. The mar
rage service was read by the groom's
father, Rev. j. T. Sunderland, pastor
of the First Unitarian church OF
Toronto, Can. Edison Sunderland was
born in Mortified at the Thatcher
place and the family are very pleas
antly remembered during the pastor
ate of Rev. J. T. Sutherland at tne
Unitarian church. Young Mr.. sun
derland is an assistant professor III
the law department of the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor. lie grau
mated from the literary department
of the university in 1896 and the
next year the university gave him
higher degree in philosophy. He mas
pursued special studies in the univer-
sity of Berlin. Ger. and in the UNI
yersitv of California and later re-
ceiyed degree in law from the
school to whose faculty he now be-
longs and in which he has received
ranid promotion. The lady he mar
ried received the degree of \. b. from
tho University of Ann Arbor IN l9oi
ana later has pursued special work at
the Chicago university, besides a year
spent in study and travel ABROAD.