Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-18

ON the Common "Wednesday evening
May 80, Memorial day
Canton Palestine No. ) will hold
one mammoth social AZ ]. q. q. !. hal
Thursday evening, May "a, To which
lall Odd Fellows, Rebokahs and friends
are invited. Dancing will be held In
both halls. Canton members are to APP
pear in full uniform for grand march.
A special meeting OF Company |,
lV. y, e., will bo held In the company 4
rooms Friday evening, May %, for the
lpurpose of choosing n successor 10 See
Iend Lieutenant George 4. Mosher, who
resigned last week. Louis Ill. Henkel
has been mentioned ~ a candidate for
the position.
The Ladies' Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. \. 4. blanchard ON
Estey street next Wednesday after
noon at I o clock. II will be the an
nual meeting and election of officers
which was postponed from week ago,
and II is hoped every member will make
an effort TO he present
The first annual report Of the Brat
tleboro Memorial hospital has been is
sued in the form of an attractive book
let, copies Of which may be- had ON APP
plication 10 the superintendent of the
! hospital. The booklet contains the
charter Of the corporation, list of the
Officers aud medical boards and various
annual reports. II is illustrated with
view Of the interior Of the institution.
w. II. Wherry of New York city,
counsel for the National Heat, Light
! a Power company, was In town Tues
dav and Wednesday for the purpose
of aseeriaining facts about the legal
status of the Brattleboro Street Rail.
way and Brat,leboro Gas Light com
panies. Mr. Wherry made tour OF
inspection over the street railway line
10 see that il eonformed 10 the pro.
visions of the charter and also visited
the West DummerstOn power station OF
the gas company.
Protective grange held a regular
meeting Wednesday evening. Il. NJ.
Goodenough furnished the program for
the lecturer 5 hour which included songs
bv +. NJ. Goodenough and Guy Thayer,
paper written by j. +. Lawrence and
read bv Mrs. W. +. Mixer, a recitation
by Carrie Stone, an impromptu speech
bv A. T.. Miller. An orange race, con-
tested by Guy Thayer, Louis Thayer
and Frederick Pierce was won by Louis
Thayer. II was voted TO hold the next
meeting Thursday, May "a, instead of
Nav %. as advertised. The third and
fourth degrees will be worked followed
bv the harvest supper 10 which all are
reouested 10 contribute without solici-
tation.
On Wednesday afternoon the body
OF Mrs. +. b. Carpenter Of MENDOZA,
H.. was brought here by her son.in-
law. George Denison of that city. Mrs.
Carpenter will be remembered by some
local people. she with her husband, the
late +. b. Carpenter, having lived ut
the Brooks House for three or four
wears about - years ago. Mr.. Carpen.
Ter was also one of the pioneers of the
reed organ industry at Brattleboro hav-
ing at one time been associated with
the original Mr.. Jones under the firm
name of Jones, Carpenter X Wood HIS
son, L. Z. Carpenter, established the
Carpenter organ works and the father
was associated with him during his
short residence here Most of his life,
however, had been spent in MENDOZA.
Claude Taylor who was sentenced
at Springfield, Mass, Monday to serve
a term of II years in the state s prison
at Boston, is the same youth who was
arrested in Rockingham Jan. 10. 1908,
by Chief Thompson and sentenced to
Is months in Jail at Worcester, Mass,
for assault upon a Petersham woman.
1t is supposed that he worked for
George Nelson in Guilford in Decem-
Der. 1904, taking a rifle when he left
there. TAYLOR was released from the
Worcester Jail in March of this year
and Immediately began a campaign OF
highway robberies in eastern Hampden
county towns. He was finally captured
in Palmer, Mass, after an exciting
chase. He is % years old and has been
of rowing disposition the greater part
of his life.
In an attractive folder the Boston
& Maine railroad announces the re-
sumption of through train service be-
tween New York and various summer
resorts. The night express between
New York and Quebec will begin max
ing trips June 20 and continue until
Sept. 80. The north-bound train
passes through Brattleboro at 2.33 a.
M, leaving New York at 8 a. m, while
the south. bound train reaches here at
/ % a. M, and arrives in New York at
100. The White Mountain express will
be put on June % and continue its
trips until Oct. 8. 1t will pass through
Brattleboro, going north, at 30 p. m,
and going south at las p. M. A din
ing car will run on this train from
Springfield, Mass, to Bellows Falls
from June % to Aug. 20, and from
White River Junction to Springfield
from Aug. 81 until the close of the sea
son.
Next Sunday Rev. Sumner r. Vim
ton of Rangoon, Burmah, will occupy
the pulpit of the Baptist church, morn
ing and evening. Mr.. Vinton will be
remembered by many in Brattleboro as
being student in our public schools
about a dozen years ago Mrs. Vinton,
his mother with three sons, resided
here for several years. Mr.. Vinton s
father and mother were both born IN
Burmah, their parents having been
missionaries before them. He comes,
therefore, of missionary stock and is
exceptionally well informed regarding
all affairs in that country. At the
evening service large number of very
fine stereopticon views of Burmah,
showing the life of the missionaries,
etc, will be thrown on the screen and
accompanied by very interesting adj
dress by Mr.. Vinton. There will be an
offertory at the close as Mr. Vinton is
endeavoring to raise funds so that he
can present to the missionary society
with which he is associated, his COM
plete set of slides before leaving for