Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-03

titlons and must have been burnin,
some time as II had spread along tn,
timbers In all directions. Holes ma,
10 be chopped through the floors ant
partitions and II was long tim,
before the fire was entirely subdued
In addition the smoke was very
dense so that the damages to the
house are estimated ut $1,000. There
was an insurance
A long letter has been received
from Herbert Brigham OF Orlando
fla, In which he gives a very inter-
esting account OF his journey south
and the country of central Florida.
He finds the cities are filled with
handsome brick, marble or stone
| buildings with wide, well-payed
streets, frlnged with palms, live oak
and shrnbbery. At present there are
many tourists In the south and the
northern push Is to be seen every
where. There are gardens of lettuce,
celery, etc, and Strawberries retail
for SO cents a quart Early in the
morning II is cool, from 40 to 60 de-
grees, and up to so and 10 degrees
in the middle of the day. The orange
groves are fun of luscious fruit and
pineapples, bananas, figs, Japanese
plums. grape fruit, etc, are raised In
abundance.
The annual meeting of the Wo-
mans Home Missionary society was
held Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. A. l., Day. The follow
ing were the principal officers chosen
for the coming year: President. Miss
Cynthia 7. Barber; vice presidents,
Mrs. Leonard Smith. Mrs. Roberts:
secretary. Mrs. F. b. Caldwell; treas
urer Miss Merriman: secretary of
literature, Mrs. E. +, Howard; assis-
tant secretary of literature, Mrs.
Higgins. Reports were read by differ
ent members OF the past years work
and the society was shown to be in a
condition. Previous to the
business part of the meeting, inter
esting papers were read by the MEM
bers concerning the life and condition |
of Japan. At the close of the work |
Mrs. A. l.. Day served luncheon to I
the ladies present.
Is Mortified the banner town for i
societies? We can boast of AZ differ
ant societies, associations and clubs.
Of these 16 are divided among the
-hree religious societies represented
md there are two political clubs. AT
he Farms there are at least six diff
erent societies and the remaining II
ire social affairs in or near the CEN
er and are as follows: Quanatock
Tub, Saturday Afternoon club, Fort
lightly club. Sons of Veterans and
auxiliary, G. A. R.. Henry Johnson
,ost w. r. c., Red Men, Harmony
odge. order of Eastern Star, grange,
lntre Nous, Boys club. two glee
lubs. Rod and Gun club. To these
nay be added the Creamery associa-
ion. Cemetery association, Lecture
at Ia a /
Jorthfield Whist club, Village In
rovement society and perhaps others. !
Notwithstanding the bad travelling i
he Unitarian fair last week was a
uccess socially and financially, the !
ct proceeds being about $3.50 on !
evening, besides the usual !
fractions, the rendering of the play. a
~ Turn Next, deserves special men I
on. While all the parts were well I
aken, the trials of the distressed
pothecary as acted by Benjamin F. r
ield, kept the audience convulsed /
18th laughter. Several prizes were h
lken. one a pastel painting, Pegasus a
n Flying Horse, by Marjorie Wilson f.
Ding to Mrs. Charles c. Stearns. h
red Wright guessed exactly the
nd for his good Judgment received :
silkoline puff quilt. Mrs. j. T. a
cummings was another lucky winner n
handsome quilt, as was also Mrs d
H. Newton of Vernon, VT. An W
her silk quilt was sold at auction, 81
citing s255 The music Friday even n
& was excellent and a large party =
lioyed the dancing, which brought 81
e fair to a close The hall was we'll "
led both evenings, IL coming from al
-inchester, n. H. A party was in n
nding to come from Warwick but ii
ere prevented on account of the
ID travelling and extremely cold