Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-02
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

''' wv" inviting Mohuhy evening,
The Columbian book club will hold
It's annual meeting at the home of Mrs,
j. T.. Mellen this evening at 7,30.
Tickets for Romeo and Juliet Mt
the auditorium Tuesday, Nov. IL, 20
on sale at Thomas's Pharmacy next
week Saturday morning at clock.
The annual meeting of the Canal
street book club will be held at the
home of Mrs. g. II. Ryder ON South
Main street next Wednesday evening
at O'Clock.
w. j. Metcalf Of East Dover hns
sold his stage route between Williams.
vile and West Dover, to n Mr. Carlton
who formerly ran the stage route from
Townshend to Saxtons River.
The next regular meeting of Fort
Dummer colony, Pilgrim Fathers, will
be at their rooms in the Emerson
block on Elliot street next Tuesday
night instead of at W. II. Mixers.
Romeo and Juliet was secured by
the Congregational club for Tuesday,
Nov -, from the same organization
which furnished The Middleman, which
gave so good satisfaction last year.
George X. Roberts has sold =
house and two lots on Grove street to
NJ j. Moran. Mr.. Moran has bought
tins property for an investment II
was sold through William c. Horton 5
agency.
"A large number Of the sophomore
and freshman classes were present at
the reception by the sophomores to the
freshmen at the High school building
Friday evening. Music was furnished
by Mrs. Frederick Cressy and dancing
was enjoyed by all.
Major +. W. Childs has received
this week beautifully engrossed copy
of resolutions adopted by the Forest
& Stream club in memory of his brother
the late Asaph 7. Childs, who was one
of the founders of the organization
and its first president.
The dramatic attractions present
ed by the Congregational club in the
past have been Of high order and It
is confidently expected bv those who
have secured Romeo and Juliet for
Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the auditorium,
that this play will be quite mp to the
standard
The wires Of the fire alarm system
crossed in some way last night and
the whistle blew several times. The
usual excitement incident to fire was
evident but as soon as it was learned
that the alarm was false the crowd scat
tered. At 1915 O'Clock yesterday
morning a false alarm blew. None OF
the alarms seemed to come from any
particular box.
The First Universalist church of
Franklin, Mass, of which Rev. X. a.
Marvin, formerly of this town, is pas
tor, celebrated its 5Oth anniversary
Sunday with appropriate exercises. In
the morning Mr.. Marvin preached an
eloquent anniversary sermon and IN the
evening there was a mass meeting IN
the church. Mr.. Marvin is the ninth
pastor of the church.
The regular meeting of the Wo-
man s club will be held in the Brooks
house dining room at $50 "Wednesday
The paper on William Morris will be
read by Mrs. Charles Thompson and the
paper on Experiments in Arts and
Crafts by Mrs. John Barrows. The
class for the study of parliamentary
law will meet with Mrs. Warner next
Monday afternoon from $50 until i.
The next meeting of the Brattle.
boro Ministerial union will be held AZ
the Y. Nj. G.. A. rooms on Monday, NOV:
10 at 10 a. m. Rev. j. A. Mitchell Will
preside. The following program VIII be
presented: Address, The Sunday
School, Rev. F. L. Leavitt, Bellows
Fails. book review, Roman Society
rom Nero to Marcus Aurelius, by sam
mel Dill. Rev. d. NJ. Wilson, Mortified;
naper, The Prayer Book as Reference,
Rev. +. T. Mathison, Brattleborc.
The woman's auxiliary of the y
NJ. C. A. will hold their regular meeting
next Tuesday afternoon at three IN the
Y. M. C. A. parlors. Mrs. Z. IL: Burn
ham. president of the auxiliary IN
Springfield. Mass, will be present and
sneak on auxiliary work in Springfield
1t the close of the meeting an auxiliary
tea will be served All friends are In
vited, The executive board will meet
at 2.30
One of the best deer heads brought
here this season is the property OF IRE
A. Stone. The animal was killed py
Mr.. Stone last Friday morning IN Lud
low and weighed over 300 pounds, one
of his horns having eight prongs ana
| the other six. The hunter was put wv,
rods from the deer when he .ffea
Chester Sargent was another fucky
hunter and returned from Dummerston
| with fine buck weighing 25O pounds
and having a good set of antlers' lie
securea his game late last Friday after
| noon near North pond on Dummerston
hill.
The Young people of the Methodist
church have been making strenuous et
forts toward hquiaating the debt IN
Cured last summer in plumbing ano
other work done in the church AT the
| order of the board of health. kecent'S
| Tho Enworth league was divided lht'
two companies, the Reds and the Blues
eacb striving to see which could coltec'
tbo more rubber. The Blues won the
contest and the Reds furnished an en-
tertainment and supper to the winning
company as it had been preVlousiS
onrnea that the losers should entertain
tbe winners. An amount of rubber wa
aalIocted which sold for nearly WV
A. the rummage last week the league
,nada over $57 and at the FOOD sac
last Saturday afternoon at ug S,,a,
store between $40 and $ll was cleared
in trying a somewhat novel expert
mont that of heating a building WIZ
tbe radiators of several automo,bilesSS
Tosenh Martin, chauffeur for A, .
S SI1o and L. D. Taylor, nearly lost his
life ff Wednesday forenoon. He was
working in the private garage Of
Messrs TAYLOR and Clapp when ne de
~ ~ ,,Iooo was too cold for