Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-04

Holton. The sisters were together In
the AFTERNOON and In the evening the
husbands Joined the party, The lawn
was made attractive with easy chairs
Japanese lanterns and other decora-
lions.
The funeral OF Nelson Il. whitney
was held In Orange. Mass, from the
home OF III. w. whitney OF Mechanic
street Saturday. Mr.. Whitney lived
here for several years during the
eighties as foreman on the Prlndls
farm and afterwards removed Ia
Orange where most OF his later years
We're spent His death occurred In
Ludlow. VI.
The general conference begins tv-
day. August I, and viii continue to
August 20. As large attendance Is
expected, ample accommodation has
been made AT the hotels and various
boarding places. During the few
days Intervening between the confer
ences. Rev. q, Campbell Morgan has
spoken each evening In the Congrega-
tional church. which Is filled with WIS.,
itors.
The two religious conferences In
East Mortified, which have been In
session at the same time. closed Sum
day. There have been about 12 differ
ent meetings and classes each day
during the conference. The attend
ance has been very large. Many of
the prominent missionaries in the
country were here as speakers. among
them being J. Campbell White of In
dia. Rev. c. r. Watson of Egypt. and
DR.. Halsey of the Presbyterian board
of foreign missions.
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his first convention In Mortified has
been used during the month of July In
the north part of Heath. 1T Is proposed
to move the tent to East Mortified
for the convenience of some who may
desire to use IL during the August
convention. II was so used success
fully last year. BY dividing II into
compartments. individuals and fam
lilies found accommodations for Lode
ing. No charge will be made for the
use of the tent except small proper
tionate part OF the expense of trans
porting il to Mortified. Bedding and
other furnishings can be had at the
seminary. so this historical tent Will
again be useful.
| One of our sober minded citizens set
out to see II motor cycle was as easy
to ride as bicycle; and all too soon
| he found it was. for In some way the
power was turned on and he was rap
idly travelling towards New Hamp-
shire with no way of stopping. MT
BARBER. seeing his predicament
started in pursuit on another wheel
shouting out directions for stopping
the vehicle. which. of course. were
wholly lost by the noise OF the motor
The luckless rider tried IN seNera
ways to stop the wheel, but speed Wa
only increased so he jumped of WIN
out injury. leaving the machine to spin
ITSELF into the grass while Mr.. Barber
quickly turned off the power.
The town fathers have finally made
rules restricting autos and exciuuins
them from the following streets:
pine Meadow road from corner near
In q. billiards to intersect win
Millers Falls road near Northheld
EARNS. South Mountain road from
No schoolhouse to Erving town hne'
plain road running northerly from NO;
| 2 schoolhouse to Maple street. Gun
road from Plain street to Erving town
| line: East street from Maple street u
school street. Beirs street from war
wick avenue to winchester street.
warwick avenue road from BEERS
street to warwick town line. This ex,
clusion applies to motor cycles as WEI
and the speed is restricted TO nine
miles per hour on Main street anu
ali intersecting streets and to IL miles
on other streets. Northfield Is only
fol,owine the example of other towns
in making these rules and these regu-
iations are subject to the requirements
of the law before they become iegal
They have to be advertised 10 days
and If a sufficient number OF taHpas
ers nrotest, hearing will be neid mere