Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-09

home Of Mrs. q. {. Winchester We'd
ncsday evening
An auction sale OF personal prop
erty will be held At the residence OF the
late W. II, Childs Tuesday afternoon
NJ o 'elock.-adv.
-. Harry Estey aud Charles W,
nunham have ordered stevens'Duryea
touring ears Of the 1906 model for use
the coming season.
The women of the Methodist
church will hold social at the home
OF Mrs. Charles ID, Smith ON Cedar
street Monday evening. There will be
q musical program, and cake and lee
cream will be sold.
An X.ray specialist from Boston
took u picture Of +. Y. Dickinson : hip
Saturday and the result showed u slight
fracture OF the thigh bone where II
enters the hip joint,
The 30th annual meeting of the
Vermont state dental society will be
held in the Brooks House, Brattleboro,
Nav 10, IL and Is, the first session
taking place Wednesday evening, May
10, at 100 o'clock.
Miss Adelaide +. True, preccptress
AT Vermont academy, was the guest OF
the Young Peoples union at the Bap'
tist church ON Tuesday night Miss
True made an address of exceptional
beantv and force. The attendance was
large.
Plans are being made ny the WON
an : auxiliary Of the y. NJ. c. \. to
hold this year two sales Of secondhand
clothing. the first early in April, the
second early in October. All persons
having second. Inland clothing laidaside
are urged 10 contribute to these sales.
II. O. Presbrey of Burlington, state
agent of the Columbian National in
surance company. says there is no
truth To the statement that Charles
II. Thompson has a position with the
Mr. Presbrey has a letter
from the home Office stating that Mr..
Thompson is not employed by the com
pany. and has not been at any time.
The mothers meeting in the free
rooms Tuesday evening |
was well attended Miss Fleming, one
If the nurses at the Brattleboro hos |
nitnl. was prevented by illness from
on the care Of children, In
her absence Ms. George f. Warner,
who was for several years principal OF /
the Oral school at Mystic, Conn, gave /
an extremely interesting paper on
.eaching deaf mutes to read the lips |
md 20 speak.
The W. i. Goodnow syndicate,
lomg business in Brattleboro under |
he name of Goodnow, Pearson 4 Hunt,
has purchased the clothing store of ;;
". Fletcher of Nashua, \. H., and VIII
operate il under the name Of Goodnow |
( Beverstoek. with II. l.. Beverstock |
as resident manager This store is an |
Did one with an established reputation
and makes the tenth clothing store
now owned by the Goodnow firms. IL
viii be conducted along the same mod
nrn lines as the others.
The fourth entertainment in the
Y. NJ. c. A. course will take place IN
the auditorium next Thursday evening
when Laurant. the magician, will APP !
pear. This attraction carries over
ton of baggage, consisting OF SPECIAL
scenery. oriental hangings, and magi'
elan 5 parapheTnalia, and the enter
tainment is said to be replete with
mystical creations. The program
which Laurant gives includes the great
illusion called the Witch OF Flame,
conceded to be the greatest novelty OF
it's kind ever presented on any stage |
There will be q bazaar for the
benef, of patriotic work on Wednes-
lav. March II, al the residence of Mrs.
II. f. Bond, corner of Chase and Inn
den streets, from 3 to g, Beside the
sale of handsome silk bags, handker-
chiefs. aprons and confectionery, coffee
viii be served and fne musical pro-
gram with readings rs expected The
Vermont society of United States
Daughters Of 1872 wishes very mnch
that all WIZ can win make an effort to
attend. II win be pleasant M spend
the entire Afternoon with the hostess,
but failing to do That, try te be pre-
sent for little wkale.
The body of Lydia S. Wheelock,
%. who died in Lawrence, Mass, Mon
day was brought to Brattleboro We'd
nesdav for burial in the family lot IN
Prospect hill cemetery. Rev. II. H.
Miles dfiiciated at the committal ser
vice after which Dennis Rebekah lodge
read It's ritual. Mrs. Wheelock was
widow of Oscar Wheelvek, for many
years a stage driver between here and
who hung hlmself in the
basement of Randall & Clapps store
a number Of years age. She is sur
yivs5l by one daughter, Mrs. G. ID. Bar
retf Of Lawrence. Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
rett and son accompanied sthe body to
Bratfleboro Mrs. Wheeipck was one
of the Oldest members Of the Center
Congregational church.
A meeting of the Brattiebore
Professional club was held at the
Brooks House ,on Monday evening. Al
ter the supper, Rev. I'll. A. Goodhue
presented very able and instructive
paper on the subject Of Railway Kane
Regulation. He treated with equal
fairness all sides and phases of the
question. He reviewed the remarkable
development and magnitude of the rall-
way interests, and referred at length
to tine inequalities in freight rates and
the Injustice done the American PEG
pie Through rate discrimination and the
rebate system The various plans for
government control and rate regulation
now before congress and the public
were described in detail, and sugges
lions made in regard to the require
merits of present conditions. The dis
cussion following the paper was led
by f. f. Reynolds, who suggested some
ideas along the line of government
ownership of railways. Others who
participated in the discussion were
Judge Wheeler. Rev. L. NJ. Keneston,
Rev. III. R. Miles, F. E. Barber, and
II nounnpnr.