Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-12-07

evening with a small attendance, only
about a5 couples being present,
"A force Of men have been at work
during the week putting Ia new electric
wires in the Crosby block so that easl
Office may be placed ON separate
meter,
"A large class will be initiated al
the meeting Of the New England Order
of Protection next Wednesday evening
IL Is expected that supreme and grand
officers will be present,
Mrs. Willis ellison Of Brook street
entertained the Canal street hs club
nj her home Wednesday evening. The
full membership Of d were present
After the cards were laid aside lunch
was served,
"A large number Of the high school
pupils were present ut the dance ~
the grange hall Friday evening, There
was an enjoyable program OF dances
TO music furnished by Leitsinger and
Dugan. The event lasted from until
IL o'clock.
The boxes covering the hydrants
of the village were put in place Mon.
day. On this account the iircmen VIII
not have 10 struggle with frozen by
drants at sometime during the winter
while the fire plays with the buildings
unmolested.
The Ladies society of the Baptist
church will hold its annual chicken
pie supper at the grange hall THURSDAY
evening of next week. supper viii
be served at $50. Useful and fancy
articles and home made candy will be
for sale also.
Miss Mary G. Cone will give the
second Of her lectures before the Brat
tleboro Sunday School union in the
Congregational chapel next Wednesday
evening at 100. The subject will be
The Primary and Junior Lesson. The
public are welcome.
The annual meeting of the Sedg
wick Woman Is relief corps for the elect
ion of officers will be held in q. a. Il
hall next Thursday evening. The sew
ing meeting will be held in the after
noon and supper will be served as us
ual.
A watering trough has been placed
on the Hinesburg road near the Goodc'
nough farm. The bottom of the trough
was weighted with several hundred
pounds of cement and stone and con
siderable difficulty was experienced IN
drilling a hole through the bottom to
accommodate feed nipe.
Manager Riley received word yes
terday that Socks Davey, the star
basketball artist of last season, would
be on hand to wear an Athletic uniform
in the game with Turner's Falls next
Tuesday evening. With Davey ana
Boutwell, in addition to the local play
ers Brattleboro should have a strong
team on the floor.
States Attorney X. c. Bacon re-
ceived word last night that a large
deer had been found on the bank Of
West river near Townshend. The deer
had been chased by dogs and was bad
" torn. The fish and game authorities
in Townshend have found out to whom
the dogs belong and it is probable that
an arrest will be made in short time
Robert and Ralph Parsons of STRAIT
ton were arrested Nov 2s by Deputy
Sheriff II. F. Willis of Jamaica for
shooting a deer with horns less than
three inches in length. The Parsons
brothers with their counsel, a. V. d.
Piper. and number of witnesses came
to Brattleboro this morning and the
case will be heard some time during
the day.
A. F. Schwenk, j. II. Merrifield
and John Calvin went to Bellows Falls
Yesterday as commissioners appointed
by the assistant judges of the county
court to hear testimony in a water dis
pute. The village corporation took land
around reservoir and offered GER
tain sum in payment, which the owner
of the land refused to accept. The com
missioners will fix the amount of dam
ages.
A pleasant family gathering took
place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Harris of West Brattleboro
Thanksgiving day when q of their
children and grandchildren gathered to
celebrate the holiday feast. After
the dinner an entertainment was given
at which prizes were won by w. d.
Harris. Mrs. Lora Harris, W. A. Har-
ris and J. f. Harris. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Harris have celebrated every
Thanksgiving for the past 80 years
with the exception of two.
The Ladies association of the Cen
ter Congregational church made its an
nual thank offering for the Vermont
branch of the Woman s Board of For
eign missions in a meeting at the chap
el Yesterday afternoon. Owing to the
bad weather the attendance was not
large, but a most interesting address on
foreign missions was given by Mrs. Z.
NJ. Lamson of Auburndale, Mass, edit
or of Life and Light for Women. Mrs.
Lamson is pleasantly remembered as
having spoken before the Woman s club
last year.
A team belonging to F. c. Clark was
being loaded with boxes in the rear OF
Crosby block Wednesday afternoon
when another team passed in front Of
Mr.. Clark s horse causing the animal
to back against the curbing and jarrlng
several of the boxes off the front of
the wagon. The horse started to run
leaving a trail of boxes in its wake and
when the archway in the rear of the
Brooks House was reached a wheel col
lided with the side of the arch and
the boxes still remaining in the wagon
were thrown in all directions. The
horse then stopped.
The woman S auxiliary of the Y.
NJ. C. A. held a meeting at the associa-
ton parlors Tuesday afternoon with
a good attendance. Mrs. H. A. Good
hue led the devotional exercises and
gave very helpful talk. After the
business meeting musicale was given
in charge of Mrs. W. H. Bond. The
program consisted of two violin solos
bv Maize Calvin, two piano solos by