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

| The Ladies' Enterprise socie'y
will meet with Mrs Il. A. Foster on
Organ street Wednesday afternoon al
3 o'clock.
The annual meeting Of the Valley
Fair association has been changed 10
Friday, Jan. 20, when 1t Will take
place In the Brooks house.
"A large number from the Con-
gregational parish attended the re-
ception given by Rev. and Mrs. IL. X
Miles at the parsonage Monday after
noon.
Figures compiled by r. G. Dun
& Co show the failures In Windham
county during the past year to have
been as follows: Failures, ~; liza
bilities, $2O,2S4,62; assets, $1667S.al
Throughout the state there were 1872
failures during the year with liabil-
tiles amounting to $397,2SS.91 and
assets amounting to $19O,952.19.
An alarm OF fire from box 81 was
rung in about $40 this morning on
account of burning chimney in the
Edmund Carey house on Canal street
occupied by Louis Counter. The de-
partment responded promptly but It's
services were not needed as the
chimney burned itself out without
doing any damage.
On account of the severity of the
storm Tuesday evening and the con-
sequent non-attendance of some OF
the appointed officers Bingham chap
ter postponed its installation OF OIL
GERS for two weeks. The program
prepared for Tuesday evening will
be given and the officers installed
Jan. II. Masons and their families
are cordially invited to be present.
/ 80 tha
auditorium is in correspondence with
prominent theatrical agency in an
effort to secure the production in
Brattleboro of Eben Holden, dram
atization of Irving Bachelors book
of that name. If arrangements can
be made the company will be seen
here In February or March, and 1t
| promises to be the theatrical event OF
I the season locally,
| Miss Anna Barrett, for the past
| five years head nurse at the Howard
hospital In Philadelphia, will begin
her duties as head nurse of the
Brattleboro Memorial hospital Tues
day, taking the place of Miss Hynes
who has returned to the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington. As
soon as Miss Barrett can make the
arrangements training school for
with the hospital.
Watch night services were held
in the Baptist and Methodist churches
Saturday evening. At the former the
meeting was divided into half hour
periods which were taken up by DR.
ii. d. Holton, l., w. Hawley, j. r.
Hall, II. B. Chamberlain, Carl Hop
kins and others. At the Methodist
church the speakers were Rev. +. w.
Lewis and Arthur Monroe. Both
meetings were largely attended
Henry Lawrence Southwick, dean
/ of the Emerson college of oratory,
will lecture i'm the Brooks house din
| ing room Tuesday evening under the
auspices of the Brattleboro Woman s
club. A newspaper clipping says of
/ him: Professor Southwick lacks none
/ of the essential qualities of lecturer or
reader, as viewed from the hignest
standard. He graces the stage with a
presence extremely pleasing. his gest-
ures are of perfect naturalness and
ease, while his voice is of wonderful
power and sweetness, and his hand
| some, mobile face denotes the vary
| ing moods of his eloquence. He Is an
artist always, whether he recites an
| amusing skt to create ripple or
merriment or rises to the height OF
eloouence in the Interpretation oil
Shakspere.
Hannah Lillis, 81, widow of George
| Chandler, died at her home on Spring
! street Friday night after a long Ill
ness with Brights disease. MRS.
/ Chandler had been a resident of this
town for many years, her husband
having been engaged in the grocery
business here. She is survived by
four sons, John Chandler of Bedford,
Mass, George of Brattleboro, Fred
and Harry Chandler who are living
in the west, one daughter, one
sister. Mrs. Charles Henkel, and a
brother Michael Lillis Funeral SER
vices we're held Monday morning al
mine o'clock in the Roman Cathoiic
church. and the burial was in the
Catholic cemetery. The bearers We're
William Martin, Frank Hagan. Thorn
rs Long and John Devine.
A new system Of numbering the
locomotives of the Boston X Maine
railroad has been adopted, Following
the plan of other large railroads, the
BOSTON & Maine will have in large
silver letters on the side and ends OF
the tender the number of the engines
These letters will be about 20 lhches
tall. which will give the railroad men
a chance to identify the locomotives
easily. The name of the rallfoau
will appear in smaller letters on the
top. Formerly the name of the ROAD
appeared in large letters on the ten
ders of the engines. The new system
wiH appear gradually as ,ne snsInt SO
On to the repair shops. According to
the terms of the lease of the YER
mont Valley and Sullivan County
railroads the names of these roads
must appear on the engines though
they will doubtless be more neon
spicuous now than formerly.
The annual "gentlemen's night" of
Tho Prattlehoro Woman's club, which
was held in the Brooks house Wed
nesday evening. added one more W
the already large number of dehgnt-
ful occasions which that organization
has provided for its friends OF the
sterner sex. About 100 persons gain
cred in the dining room OF the no'yi
TO enjoy the entertainment winch
had been provided. 1t consisted VI
vocal selections by F. II. Miller r. =.
Adams and A. S. Thompson, music
by an orchestra, and recltai Oh
Charles Reade's two act comedy, reg
Wellington. by Miss Edith Coburn
Moves of the Emerson school of ora
tory. When an elocutionist can alone
portray a play in which II characters
appear without utterly confusing her
audience she has strongly proved her
right to the title of artist. MISS
Moves not only accomplished this but
she gave such distinct individuality
to each that the plot was never OBJ
scured or the interest lacking for
moment. 1t was certainly talented
performance and one that merited the
n ranaiya1 At the close Of
the recital buffet lunch was
tho arlOrS