Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-12-08

pneumonia and Is able to be out Of
doors but does not expect TO be able
to drive the milk team this winter,
There has been more or less COM
plant Of the trains. especially OF the
train which should be here at Lac p.
m. but has been very late In several
Instances,
Jesse Holton, who has recently gone
to Orange To work for the New Home
Sewing Machine company. was mar
ried last week to Miss Eiiie Raymond
of Orange.
William T.. Weeks of Athol was
called last week to the home OF his
brother Mahlon on account OF the
sickness and death of their mother,
Mrs, John Weeks.
\ pleasant social gathering was held
NJ Mt Hermon recently when the
Philomathean Literary society enter
tanned the Forum Literary society of
Mortified seminary.
George Pentecost, son OF Rev. q. f.
| Pentecost, was In town few days
this week experimenting the planting
of some trees and other improvements
on his fathers estate.
| Mrs. Kate Putnam has been spend
iiE the past Wtth WIN ntf MIS-,
+. V. Wood, at the Farms. Mr. Her.
,Vey has been spending few days with
his daughter Mrs. Wood.
Hazel Moore of, Erving, who has
been employed I'm town. Is now at the
Worcester hospital under treatment
for appendicitis and very favorable re-
ports are received of her condition.
In the coming Massachusetts Cream
a,st t.Nt, 10 10. nd NJ -
agricultural department at Mt Her.
mon school, is to read paper on
/ breeding and Feeding Stock Prob
lens.
Warren j. Wright was one of the
town clerks who met with others rep
resenting the towns of the fourth dis
trict Friday and declared Henry S.
Ames elected representative to the
general court.
The Young Peoples society of the
Congregational church were enter
tanned by Herbert Stone at The North
field at their last regular meeting
After the business session was over. a
social was enjoyed.
Miss Lydia Prindle died at the
Brattleboro Home for the Aged last
week, aged 81. She was native of
this town and daughter of Nathan
and Betsey Fowler Prindle. The body
was brought here for interment.
r. M. Torrey and Charles Alexander,
the evangelists. have completed their
three years crusade in Great Britain.
Mr. Torrey and his family sail for
this country on the Baltic and Mr..
Alexander on the Caronia Dec. is.
They say they have made $4,000 con-
verts
Charles Blackmer was called to Tur-
ners Falls Tuesday to attend the flu
neral of his brother Elbridge Black
mer, who died very suddenly Satur-
day from a stroke of apoplexy. Mr..
Blackmer was resident of this town
40 years ago but had lived for many
years in Turner's Falls.
A collision of two buggies occurred
Saturday evening near the Northfield
postotfice but no one was injured. the
occupants We're thrown out and one
man was dragged few rods. One
buggy was somewhat broken but could
be used, while the remains of the 9th
err had to be taken home by one OF
Procter's teams.
Will w. Ward, son of Mrs. Sarah
Lord Ward formerly of this town, has
leased the historic old Herrick tavern |
in New Salem and will refurnish and
open 1t about Dec. /. The building Is
about six miles from Orange and was
recently repaired by r. T. ShumWay |
AS it is in an unusually pleasant loca-
ton. it will doubtless prove an attrac-
tive summer resort.
The officers elected for the Woman's |
Relief corps for the coming year are:
President Mrs. C. C. Stockbrige; SEN
ior vice president. Mrs. Belle Mason
Junior vice president, Mrs. Mary Nye;
conductor. Mrs. Maud Holton; secre-
tary, Mrs. Ella M. Lazelle; treasurer, /
Miss Mary T. Dutton; guard, Mrs.
Mary Bigelow. The installation VIII
take place in the near future.
Among the family gatherings on
Thanksgiving day was one at the old I
homestead of w. d. Alexander when /
90 dined together. There was also /
large family gathering at Fl. II. Ma
sons when the sons and their families
returned Mrs. f. A. Stockwell Of Ger
mantown. Pa. and Mrs. Clarence
Stratton of Mortified Farms were
guests of their sister. Mrs H. 7. Hart
on Thanksgiving week
A very pretty wedding occurred sat
urday at the home of Mr.. and MIS-
F. V. Wood when their sister Bessie
Nav Hervey, was united in marriage
to Robert Webster Mitchell of Brat
tleboro. The house was Handsomely
decorated with chrysanthemums. pot
ted plants and evergreens. Besides
the immediate family, there were sew
eral invited guests and the young peo-
ple were handsomely remembered by
a variety of wedding gifts.
Among the Thanksgiving visitors
were Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lyman from
Athol and Mr.. and Mrs. Purple at A.
e. Lyman's: Mary Grace from New
~ j., at Thomas Grace
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alanson Pettee OF
Bridport. VT, at Kirk E. Nims's; Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. Tolman from Orange
were the guests of his brother. A. f.
Tolman: Frank Kidder from Vermont
was the guest of G. N. Kidder; Ber-
nice Cummings and her grandmother
Mrs Warwick, spent the week at j.
r. Cummings, returning to ther
home Monday: Mr.. and Mrs. Warner
entertained several friends from out
Of town.
The Fortnightly club had fuii
attendance at its meeting Monday az
ternoon. The meeting was in charge
If Mrs. Frances Moody who read
naper on General characteristics OF
Art. Mrs. N. Nj. Wooo
read paper on Lives of the Proml- /,
nent Artists during the Time OF the
Miss Jean Greenough
gave a talk on the cathedrals she nad
visited in England. describing the
style of architecture and ILLUSTRATING
by souvenir postal cards and otner
pictures she had gathered. There was
,iso a loan of pictures from the