Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-16

ing,
The next !. o. o. y. sociable will
be held Wednesday evening. There
will be dancing in both halls,
Friendship circle will hold meet
ing In Odd Fellows hall Tuesday af'
ternoon. Supper will be served as
usual.
The Rebekahs will hold n mas
querade ball April In |. q. q. hall.
An Rehekahs and Odd Fellows are in
vited TO come and bring a friend
The schedule of the Bellows Falls
baseball team contains two games
with the Brattleboro high school team,
one In this town May II and the see
ond in Bellows Falls June ..
Jerry Crowley, IS, died suddenly
Mt the Brattlcboro Retreat Tuesday of
apoplexy. lie had been patient there
for number of years, and was well
known 10 many residents of the town.
The body was sent TO Poultncy. his
former home, for burial Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the visiting
committee of the Home for Aged and
Disabled was held Wednesday after
noon when the following officers were
chosen: President, Mrs. q. II. Ryder;
vice president, Miss Susan T.. Clark;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. q. +.
Barber
Rev. DIR. j. L. Cummings, mis-.
sionary recently returned from Hen.
zada, Burma, where he has made a
record for splendid service, will oc'
cupy the pulpit of the Baptist church
on Sunday. DIR. Cummings is well
known as fine speaker, and will bo
heard here with a great interest.
Several women friends of Mrs.
MARGIN W. Harvey gave her surprise
visit at her home ON South Main street
Monday, in recognition of her birth.
day anniversary. Five clock tea was
served by the visitors, and a pleasant
social time enjoyed. Substantial tokens
of esteem in the way of gifts were left
by the visitors.
Word has been received here of
the death from heart trouble Feb. 20
of Frederick William, son of William
and Mary Newton Ward, who was born
in West Brattleboro, January 8, 1901,
educated in district school and left
here some 80 years ago. He was a me,
chanic by trade, and at the time of his
death he was proprietor of lodging
house in Lynn, Mass. He leaves four
sisters and one brother.
"A party of % members of Protec.
tive grange went to Guilford Monday
evening to extend congratulations to
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Franklin. They
took possession of the charming new
home, which was inspected from cellar
to attic. Sugar ON snow was served, ]
games were played (the game OF hearts |
taking precedence), and II. ". Sar-
gent presented Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin /
1 picture, the gift of the guests.
Frank A. White of Jamaica, who
is employed in the $. \. Smith factory,
was arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sher.
III +. l.. Wellman of Guilford on has
tardy complaint of Annis III. Wealth I
,rhead and Merton a. Thomas, over.
seer of the poor for the town of Guil.
ford. White was arraigned before jus
ice r. c. Bacon, John +. Gale appear
ng for the compliments. Bail was
ordered in the sum of $500 and fur
iished by II. G.. Barber, counsel for the
defendant. The matter will be heard
It the April term of county court I'M
ess settled before that time.
Anthony Clarity, -. died Tuesday
It his home on Vernon street after
ong illness with consumption. He
vas born in County Glare, Ireland, but
.ame to this country when a young
nan For number of years he had
,een in the employ of the Central Yer. 1
mont railroad company. Mr.. Clarity
$ survived by widow and two chill.
lren. also two brothers. John and Pat
lex Clarity, both of this town. Flu
leral services were held yesterday
from st. Michael s Roman
Iatholic church, and burial was in the
1athoic cemetery.
The Bellows Falls Times, in its
ccount of last Thursday game be
ween Brattleboro and Bellows Falls
basketball team, says: "The Athletics
ave yet to play Co. d, and there may
,e their Waterloo. To defeat Co. D,
3rattleboro has got to play a better
,ame than they did Thursday
light. Perhaps they can do it, at any
ate time will tell, for the last game
between these two teams has been set
or March 2l at White River Junction.
{ they can defeat Co. d, all will bow
Town before them and acknowledge
hem to be the champion basket ball
layers of Vermont.
-Brattleboro chapter, d. A. r. was
entertained Tuesday evening at the
rome of Mrs. l.. E. Holden on Oak
treet, Mrs. Holden and Mrs. W. f.
Root being the hostesses. The program
consisted of an interesting paper, A
Tour of the Continent, by Miss Maria
stedman, very acceptably read by
Mss Susan +. Clark, and illustrated
" fine collection of photographs
Mrs. w. f. Hubbard sang charming
title love song, and Mrs. A. z. Car
,enter favored the chapter with we'll
endered piano solo. Miss Holden fur
,ished music for the social hour dur
ng which refreshments were served:
The following is taken from the
Jorthfeld correspondence of the
Springfield Union, under date of March
3: The trolley scheme is by no
means settled, but now appears In a
lilferent form, still vigorous and ac- {
i've. 1t is asserted that there are two
Jew York companies who are fight Z
no to build road from Brattleboro !
o Greenfield, through Mortified, one
o 90 through Hinsdale. One company
wants to go over the Benefits mead
w bridge, to cross the river, and the
ther via Gill station. In this latter
cute the company proposes to 60 di-
ectly south through the Upper Farms,
lnder the railroad track and cross the
liver, by building bridge. This
would accommodate one-half of the cit
zens living at the Farms, also resi-