Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-26

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agency OF Cadillac automobile TO MS
brothers, Louis III. and walter lienkel'
Mrs. Bertha S. Goddard has bought
| ID, Il. Shea's restaurant on Elliot street
taking possession Tuesday, Mrs. God
dard has been cook at the restaurant
! for some time.
Mrs. Frank d. Waite fell while
skating at the Elliot street roller RINK
Saturday afternoon and fractured her
right arm above the elbow,
The meeting of the Alliance study
| class will be held ut the parsonage on
| Monday evening next at 1.SO O'Clock
Subject, The Hindu Religion. All are
| invited,
| Mrs. Nellie NJ Norris. collector OF
Fort Drummer colony. Pilgrim Fathers,
was winner of n first prize OF $50 IN
the collector contest OF 1905 for the
smallest percentage of suspensions IN
the order of 1873 colonies.
The next mammoth soclable VIII
be held in L. q. O. +. hall "Wednesday
evening. Jan. 81. TO which all odd Eel
| lows, Rebekahs and their friends are
cordially invited. Dancing will take
place In both halls.
Those who attended the lecture of
sylvester A. Long I'm the auditorium
Tuesday evening were well repaid. The
speaker proved to be gifted with excel
lent oratorical powers and an abllitV
to clothe his thoughts In CONVINCING
language,
Capt. G.. w. Kirkpatrick of the 10Th
cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen who has
been detailed to make the annual gov
eminent inspection of the Vermont ma
uonal guard. will inspect regimental
Headquarters and Company | at Brat
tleboro March %,
The kindergarten committee of the
Woman's club are planning social
for the mothers of the Kindergarten
children to be held in the hndergarien
rooms Thursday evening, Feb. !. nj
40 o'clock. All mothers and friends
are invited to be present.
The hearing on the araeal of J. S
Henry from the decision in the case of
Henry against the estate of George ii
Phillips, which was TO have begun
Wednesday before f. A. Bolles of Bel
lows Falls. was postponed one week at
the request of a. +. Schwenk. Mr..
Henry's counsel.
MIR. Elliot, a representative of the
SturteVant Blower company OF Bos-
ton, was in town Monday TO inspect
the auditorium and estimate on the cost
of equipping 1t with an adequate sys-
TEN of ventilation. Mr.. Elliot stated
to Selectman James +, Hooker that II
would be extremely difficult and eX-
pensive to install the ventilating sys-
tenn on account OF the peculiar con-
struction of the building. but that he
would figure on the cost and submit
his estimate within few davs.
Col. Estey. commanding the YER
mont National Guard. issued an order
Tuesday in reference to rifle practice.
The season of 1906 will be from MAY !
to October 81 and all reports for quail
fications and decorations must be IN
the hands of the regimental ordnance
officer not later than the 10th. An
other order states that the gallery
practice season will be from Jan. l
to April 80 and from Nov. to Dec.
81, and at least one drill during jan
uary, February March and Aprll 10
be devoted to sighting. aiming. gallery
practice and estimating distance drlll'
Rev. Frank L. Phalen, formerly
pastor of the Unitarian church of this
town. was installed pastor of the Uni
tartan Memorial church in FairhaVen.
Mass. Monday evening. The church
edifice was recently given to the Fair
haven parish by Henry II. Rogers OF
Standard oil fame, md Is one OF the
finest of its kind in the world. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rogers assisted Rev. and Mrs.
Phalen in receiving at the reception
which followed the installation cere-
monies. Rev. Robert Collyer of the
Church of the Messiah. New York city
delivered the address 10 the parish. and
the sermon was preached by Rev. VIII
liam Wallace Fem. professor of the
ology at Harvard university
Members of the Brattleboro Drl-
vate school with Miss Christa Park.
the principal. and a few invited friends,
enjoyed a sleighride. in spite of the UNI
favorable weather conditions. to Hall
fax Monday afternoon. The party,
which numbered about 20 was con-
veyed by one of GilInan's four-horse
teams and entertained at Grove by
Mrs A. F. Prouty as guests of her
daughter, Miss Clara, one of the pupils.
! A delicious chicken pie supper was
| served and the company were also
! treated to maple sugar on snow. Games
were played, a flash-light picture of
the party taken and the return trip
| safely accomplished at about 2 a. m.
| Tuesday.
Nelson w. Goddard. IS. who died
| at the home of his niece In Guilford
| Tuesday. was for many wears resi-
| dent of this town. He was born In
Windham. son of Enoch and Esther
! Bliss Goddard and removed to Brattle-
boro when a comparatively young man.
| For a long time he was employed BY
| the Estey Organ company. although
he had not engaged In active work In
recent years. Mr. Goddard was a
member of the Center Congregational
church and many years ago sang In
| its choir. His wife died on Spruce
street in September. 1904, and since
that time Mr.. Goddard had made his
home in Guilford, where the funeral
will take place this afternoon, Rev u
r. Miles officiating Burial will be In
Prospect Hill cemetery.
1t is conceded that vaudeville
show affords richer entertainment
than any form of theatrical offering.
Often the theatergoers of smaller cities
have to endure two hours of mediocre
performance in order to enjoy a few
minutes of vaudeville around which the
| great number of farce and musical
| comedies of the present day are con-
structed with the ex-vaudeville team
or star as the attraction of the pro-
duction The assertions from vaude-
vile for this purpose are numberless.
An opportunity to enjoy vaudeville
show such as is only seen at the big
variety theaters of Boston and New
York will be presented at the audi
forum on Feb 5 and 6. afternoon and
evening when Graham's refined vaude-
vile company will be the attraction.
The annual meeting of the asso-
ciated charities of the churches was
held at Mrs. J. M Tyler's Monday af-
ternoon. The report showed that dur
ing the year 23 families had been as
sisted. the greater number being
widows with children: $133.13 had been
spent for fuel $3.50 for provisions
s44.35 for aid in sickness. S1.92 mis-
cellaneous expenses and S0.91 for
clothing. Many old garments had also
| Tha q ives