Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-02-16

Supper will be served rs usual.
Leon Parsons has hired store In
Emerson s block ON Elliot street and
will open Il pool room there within
short time.
The Green street book club held
its annual sale and supper nj the home
of Dr. George II. Barber ON High street
Wednesday evening.
The woman's foreign missionary
society of the Methodist church will
meet with Mrs. Maria Allen, School
street. next Thursday nj o o'clock.
The meeting of the Alliance study
club will be held at the parsonage Mon
day evening next at $50 o clock. sub,
iect; The Religion of the Parsees. All
are invited,
Next Tuesday, Washington S birth
day, the postoiliee will he open from
I TO II and from To 6. The local ear
riers will make the morning delivery
only, and there will be no delivery by
the rural carriers.
The Ladies Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. John llenkel, Estey
street, Wednesday afternoon ut !
clock. Supper win be served from
$50 TO 100 and a social evening VIII
follow.
j. Willard Cobb has been appoint
ed battalion quartermaster, with tine
rank of second lieutenant, in the Yer
mont National guard in place of George
II. Thompson, who was elected captain
of Company Il of Bellows Falls last
week.
-Brattleboro chapter, d. \. K, will
be entertained by Mrs. l.. X. Fuller
Thursday. Feb. %, at three o clock in
the afternoon. Mrs. Pierce will read u
paper on the life and character of
Washington and Mrs. Higley will fur
nish piano music.
The annual banquet of the Hydro
fountain club was held in the Brattle.
boro House Saturday evening, about
$50 members being in attendance.
Among the speakers were Bailiifs John
Calvin and George Il. Gilman, Cher
Engineer II. w. Sanders and other mem
beers of the fire department.
20. NJ. Barber of Bennington, spe-
cial master in the Davenport-Crowell
ease. has filed with the county clerk his
report, together with special findings
on several points brought up by the
plaintiff On the principal point AT
issue, viz, the question of Mr. Crowell 5
liability ON certain notes by virtue of
an alleged contract with Davenport, the
master finds that no such contract eX-
isted.
Miss Caroline T. Veitch, II, died
last Saturday night at the home of her
nephew, II. d. Dimes, on Clark street.
She was born in Belfast, Ireland, April,
1928. but for many years had been
resident of this country. having lived
in Brattleboro since 1894 She is sur
yived by one sister, Mrs William Dimes
of Worcester, Mass Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon at 80
clock. Rev. A. II. Webb officiating,
and the body was taken TO Holden,
Mass. for burial,
The Woman S club will meet at the
Brooks House next Wednesday after
noon with the education committee IN
charge. The general subject will be
Problems in School Training and the
speaker will be Mrs. Walter Stokes
Irons of Providence, r. l., who will
speak on Reading. Mrs. Irons is
fluent speaker and has wide range OF
subjects and will be heard here with
much pleasure. She is welcome visit
or in our large New England cities and
has spoken very aeceptably IN TINS
state The music will be furnished by
school children and all teachers are IN.
vited to attend the meeting.
Preparations are in progress for
the "Kia-Kat, which will be held
under the auspices of the Vermont So
ciety of the United States Daughters
of 1912 about March 10 at the home of
one of its members. "Kia-Kat' is
the Indian name for bazaar and the
proceeds will be devoted to patriotic
work. A feature of the kia-kat
will be the handkerchiefs coming from
MANY states of the union. There will
also be useful and fancy articles and
confectionery for sale by women of the
society During the afternoon fine
musical program will be given and the
public is invited to be present and en-
iov the occasion with the 1872 Daugh-
tiers.
Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Banks invited
number of relatives to spend the
afternoon and evening with them at
their home last week Thursday, osten-
sibIy to celebrate Mr. Banks s birth
dav. which occurred the day before,
but really to give Mr., and Mrs w. j.
Spear surprise, it having been %
years since they were married at the
Banks home by Rev. George B. Cow A
fine supper was served during the even
ing and a handsome sum of money IN
silver was presented to Mr.. and Mrs.
Spear. Other friends called in the
evening to the congratulate them and
the occasion was in every way very en-
ioyable to all present. Mr.. and Mrs.
Spear have lived in Brattleboro since
their marriage, Mr.. Spear being EN-
ployed by J. Edgar Mellen. Mrs.
Spear is a niece of Mrs. Banks.
Rev. F. H. Mathison of Shelton,
Conn. brother of Rev. Edward l..
Mathison. rector Of st. Michael s Epis-
copal church, gave a very interesting
stereopticon lecture at the Congrega-
tional chapel Tuesday evening on A
Trip Up the Nile, which he took about
a wear ago. The lecture was under the
auspices of the woman's auxiliary OF
| st. Michael s church Rev. Edward l..
Mathison humorously introduced the
sneaker in few well turned remarks,
saving among other things that he felt
in a way responsible for this lecture
as he taught the speaker to walk and
it was an evident fact that he could
not have gone up the Nile without hav-
ing acquired this accomplishment. The
lecture, which was devoted principally
to the ancient history of Egypt and to
the two cities of Memphis and Thebes,
was very interesting and instructive,