Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-06

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The Murray club will hold a
meeting In the Universalist church
parlors Thursday evening.
The women OF the Congregation
al church will give an escalloped oys-
ter supper in the chapel this even
ing at o'clock
--Sedgwick post, G 4. r., and w.
X. c. will hold joint installation of
officers Thursday evening, Jan. IL,
Friends are invited.
Figures taken from the local un-
dertakers' records show the number
of deaths during 1904 TO have been
2O2. The total number for 1909 was
1922.
The next regular meeting OF
Brattleboro chapter ID. A. r., will be
held Wednesday afternoon from 8
until o'clock at the home of Mrs. f.
G. Pettee.
The meeting of the Y. p, c. U.
postponed from Tuesday evening
will be held this evening at 1880
o'clock In the Universalist church.
Rev. Pennoyer will be present.
The saith annual meeting OF the
corporators of the Brattleboro saw
ings bank will be held In the banking
rooms Thursday Jan. 10. 1t VIII be
followed by the annual dinner in the
Brooks house
The January mothers meeting
will be held at the Centre Congrega-
tional chapel Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock. Mrs IL. X. Whitaker
will open the discussion upon the
health of the schoolgirl.
L. w. Hawey will lead the Sun
.,t hA
C. A. rooms. taking as his subject,
,rhe Making of Christian. The
meeting Wednesday evening In the
Advent church will be addressed by
Rev II. A. Goodhue.
A small blaze resulted from the
upsetting of large kerosene lamp In
the dressmaking rooms of Mrs Hat
tie Warren Tuesday evening. the
fire was extinguished by Mr.. Warren
without ringing in an alarm, and the
loss, which was slight was settled
through Taylor's agency.
Department Commander J. u.
Eadridge has announced that the next
state encampment of the G. A. X
will be held in Brattleboro Feb. ~.
Seymour II. Wood of st. Adams.
member of the First Vermont caval-
~. is mentioned as Mr.. Eldridge,s
successor. 1t is probable that he VIII
have the support of the veterans
from this part of the state.
The following games have been
PLAYED in the Wheel club tournament
the past week. Three ball billiards.
Childs, 10, Wood. 61 Crane, 90.
Bacon 50; four ball billiards. Miller
go Allen. So; Childs, 1870, ullery' ~
Randall, 65, Howe, 81, Randall win
ming on handicap; Fox. so, Bacon
IS: Dye, 100 De Witt, &c; pool, Ba-
con, so, Young, 81. Bacon. so, Ihonlp-
son. 61: Howe, So, UHery. 40.
The Choral union will give its
first concert Wednesday, Feb. 10, IN
the auditorium. Clarence B. Shirley
of Boston, the leading tenor or tnat
city. win be one Of the soloists
There will be miscellaneous pro-
gram containing some excellent
chorus numbers. II Is hoped that
many new members will join at the
next meeting, which comes Wednes-
dav evening, so as to be In time TO
participate In the concert.
The Congregational club will hold
its next meeting In the BROOKS mouse
Friday evening al $3.50. supper VIII
be served promptly at this hour' anu
will be followed by an address upon
Modern Abdominal Surgery by Dr'
q, l.. Hummer of Baltimore. me
address will be illustrated by surgical
Instruments. DR.. Hummer IS asso-
ciated with DR.. Howard Kelley, one
Of the most noted surgeons in the
country, and is one OF the eoisu'tihs
staff of the Brattleboro hospital.
Fully $50 people attended the an
nuaI New Years reception when
was given in the Y. M. G. A. rooms
Monday evening by the woman
auxiliary of the association. Inc
rooms were handsomely decorated
with pine boughs. The entertain
ment consisted Of violin solo by
Miss Helen Weatherhead, vocal
selection by A. $ Thompson and
readings by Miss Caroline Belle Howe
of Hinsdale, n. Fl. Refreshments OF
coffee and cake followed
A special dispatch from the Of
flee of the Greenfield Recorder re-
ceiyed this morning states that me
annual charity ball OF Republican
inage of Masons held in Ma
sonic building in that city last evening
was largely attended and entlrelE
successful. and that the music which
was furnished by Leitsinger's orches-
ira of ~ pieces was highly satisiac-
tory and much appreciated. a con-
cert was given by the orchestra from
70 Q o'clock and the numbers were
heartily applauded especially a pic
colo solo by Kenneth Blake ana the
string quintet.
Miss Maud Ham, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Ham OF
Springfield, Mass, and Edward
Griffeth. also of that city, were mar
ried at the home of the brides par
ents Wednesday afternoon at lZ:So'
The wedding was very quiet ohiy
few intimate friends ana refatlVes
being present Among the latter
we're Mrs. V. o. Jones' aunt of the
bride, and Glenham and Alice Jones !
OF this town. The ceremony Was
performed by Rev. John Cotton
brooks of Christ church. Mr.. ana |
Mrs Griffith left on the afternoon
train for Chicago where the groom |
viii he employed by the Addresso-
,,,-,nb company The bride was
graduated from Mt. Holyoke coilese
last spring and has been frequent
visitor in Brattleboro.
A hearing has been in progress
=, 10 'connty clerks office before |
A. f. Cudworth OF
londonderry since Monday on the
anneal of Mrs. Mary Blakeslee Plgott
from the allowance in the propa1e
court of the account of DR.. Il: u,
Holton. trustee of her estate from
the death of her father until she be.
came of age. The case came up al
the spring term of windham county
court and was referred to Mr.; Cud-
worth. who will report his finding OF
facts at the next session. me evi
dence which has been brought OUT
this week is practically the same as
that which was introduced at the
hearing in the probate court ana re-