Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-12-14
BrafflebOr0 Local

of Springfield, MASS
The w. G. 4. Y. win hold sale OF
Christmas food al its rooms Saturday
afternoon. Dee 90, Orders are solicited
and may be left with Mrs, Henry
Tucker,
Tho next /. o. O, r. soeiable will
be held Tuesday evening IN Odd rel,
lows hall, An Odd Fellows and
friends are cordially invited Dancing
in both halls.
Harold Bailey of Brookheld, Mass,
was killed in Baldwinsville Wednes-
day. The body will be brought to
south Newfane Saturday, where the iu-
neral will be held Sunday.
-Friendship circle will hold its an
nual meeting in |. O. O. +. hall Wed-
nesday afternoon and evening, Sup
ner will be served at 6,l5. There will
he work and all Rebekahs are invited
The dolls left over from the sale
conducted by the woman's auxiliary OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. last week will be on
sale in the association rooms next
Thursday. The sale will open at 93o
n. M. and will continue through the at
ternoon and evening.
Oscar +. Benson has bought Mrs
Cora G. Leonard S place at the corner
Of Oak and Chaplin streets and VIII
take possession Immediately. George
y. Gilman. who has been occupying the
house is moving to one Of George
Selleck & houses on Main street.
"A large delegation from Leo coun-
ell Knights of Columbus, will 90 to
Bellows Falls Sunday afternoon to see
the work of the third degree eXempl-
fed by st. Charles council of that town
special train will leave Brattleboro
Mt o clock and return about midnight
There was comparatively small
audience at the Mothers meeting IN
the Congregational chapel wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Il. Burr Smith gave
an extremely interesting paper on the
subject of reading for children, men,
tioning many books which she had
found helpful in the development OF
the juvenile mind.
The Peel's Food company has re-
Gently received by far the largest order
in the history of the concern. III came
from a large jobbing house in Rock
land. Me, and the goods will be dis
tributed all over the Pine Tree state.
At least three freight ears Will be re-
mlired TO carry the consignment, the
first installmcnt of which will be
shipped within week or two.
"A special and an added feature for
Marks Brothers Dramatic company
which is at the auditorium all next
week will be the giving away of five
dollar gold piece TO some lucky person
in the audience. Every one attending
has chance to secure this com. I'm
Wednesday afternoon a photograph Of
NAV A. Bell Marks will be given to
each woman attending the matinee.
When the team Of DR.. +. II. o.
Conner was being driven from Brown 5
stable TO the residence Of the doctor
Yesterday morning one Of the sleigh
runners caught on the ear track Cd
Main street hill and the sleigh with
its driver W. G, Schatfner, was sud
denly tipped over. The horse refused
TO run away and in few minutes the
sleigh was righted and went on as
well as before.
Camp 1887 Modern Woodmen Of
America. held its regular meeting for
the election of officers Dee. 1 in Red
Mems hall Following are the officers
elected: Counsel, H. II. Hunter; ad-
visor, Harry Dowley; banker, Ashton
TAYLOR; clerk. Charles Cobb; escort, Il.
B. Peasley; manager for three years
Fred Whidden; sentry, Mr.. Lillis;
Waterman, NJ. j. Baker. The installa-
tion of these officers will take place at
Red Mems hall on the evening of the
third Tuesday in January.
The Sedgwick Woman's Relief
corps held it's annual meeting in q. A.
r. hall last evening and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year;
President, Abbie Vim; senior vice
president, Phila Lamson; Junior vice
president, Georgia Stone; treasurer
Emily Allen; chaplain, Helen f. Mill
err: conductor, Nellie Brown; guard
Mabel Hail. delegates to department
convention, Emily Allen, Mary Walk
er, Susan Yearley and Lima Wilkins
alternates, Lettie Bixby, Laura Wash
burn, Mary Young and Helen Wyatt
The canvass of the town by the
INSTRUMENTATION Sunday schoo
workers shows the following number
of people expressing their religious
preference for various Protestant
churches: Christian Science 81, Adven-
fists 40, Swedish Congregational 81
Lutheran 90, Unitarian 1876, Baptist
11O3, Congregational 1870, Episcopal
$50, Methodist 525, Universalist 767
The above is the number of people ex-
pressing a preference for one church
or the other Many expressed no pref
erence and consequently are not num-
bered. The canvassers found l46l
Protestant families and 206 Roman
Catholic families in the districts COW
cred.
A pair of team horses, belonging
to Howard & Yearly and attached to
large bob sled, furnished little excite
ment on Flat street Wednesday after
noon, The sled was being loaded with
sawdust at the S. A. Smith company s
factory and the horses were stand
ing quietly when the factory
boiler blew off steam with a
loud noise. The horses Immediately
started to run and headed toward I'm
ion hill. All went well until one horse
decided that the road on the north
side of a telephone pole pleased him
best while the other horse took lik-
ing to the south side. Each horse
started to pick out his own road. The
pole of the sled struck the telephone
pole and both horses were brought W
with a jerk The sled was badly dam
aged and the harness broken somewhat
but the horses were not badly injured