The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-04

Richard smith Ia Harvard Medical schou
|. and Elizabeth Alexander 10 the Boston
Conservatory Of music Monday morning
! Martin james, local manager Of the tel
cphOno exchange, is visiting IN Orange
lie was expecting to return 10 his worl
Monday but he had not sufficiently 10
eoyered his strength
The ice was reported u inches thick oil
Doane's pond aud +, w, Doane, lee deal
er and Others had begun the usual har
vest until stopped hy the rains and warm
weather Of this week.
II Is said that Chief Pidgn Of the
census bureau has sent small lcailet
to Lorenzo Griswold showing that IN lete
Mortified produced nearly 100000 more
on her farms than IN 1873,
Howard Doane was taken to North
ampton Tuesday aud placed in the Deaf
and Dumb school. \ severe illness two
years ago affected his hearing So he Is
unable to attend the public schools.
The new railroad rates on the Boston
a Maine railroad that ac 10 be IN use
Feb, | will be interesting Ia many Of our
Itownspeople. The Central Vermont rail.
road has lately issued 800 mileage book
for two cents a mile. which can he pro.
cucd at various stations
The Womans Relief corps are TO give
La dinner today To the III. IL. johnson
post and this afternoon the otlicersclect
are TO be installed, the public being in.
vited TO the exercises. Mrs, Ellen Pot
ter Of Greenfield is 10 he the installing
officer.
/ Mrs. Charles Stebhins entertained over
| Christmas her son Fred Crane and Mrs
/ Crane. Of Waterbury, Conn, and Mr.. and
I Mr. Harry Gates of Orange, Miss Ruth
/ Crane OF Windsor VT, Miss Bessie
Whceland Of Orange and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Maynard Of this town.
The imp Of the inkbottlc took broad
| lump in last weeks issue and an
nounced a dinner and roll call in the
Congregational church New Years day,
all of which was news TO the correspond.
ent and church attendants. \ mixture OF
town names over the telephone was prob
ably the cause OF the mistake.
A dance was held in the town hall Mon
day evening after the lecture under the
management of the Mortified brass band.
There was not large attendance on
account of the stormy weather and bad
travelling but socially the affair was very
successful, Several of the members of the
band with the assistance of outside tai
ent composed the orchestra of 10 pieces
and dancing was continued until late
hour
The grangers had an enjoyable Christ.
mas celebration in Floral hall last Fri.
day evening. There were Rotations and
songs by the children and distribution of
presents from a well laden tree, II was
voted To have the installation OF officers
in the near future the date depending
upon the convenience OF the state master,
who is to be invited to install the officers.
There are to be a few invited guests.
The choir of the Unitarian church win /
give l5-cent supper in the church par
lors the evening OF Friday, Jan. IL. Al
ter the supper a miscellaneous program
will Re rendered, The proceeds will be
used for purchasing new music and 1t is
hoped the choir will he favored with a
full house, for the supper viii be good, |
the entertainment will be what the pat
rons think OF it--tgood, of course) and |
the object is good anyway.
Misses Madeline and Fanny Clutter
are receiving the congratulations of their |
friends for capturing the first and third /
prizes offered by the Y NJ. c. A. of /
New Bedford for the best designed cal I
endars. There were over 700 competitors
and the committee OF five was composed /
of prominent people in thae educational
world. Its decision is considered a high |
to the prize winners. The
first prize was awarded for its beauty and
the third for the artistic arrangement I
Of paper, views and quotations. As may
be imagined. the Mortified Calendar"
is very much in demand
The Boston representative of the New
England Telephone company is in town
getting new subscribers. There are about
l25 patrons in the different parts of the
nj a,,,h haY Oh
/ yearly contract are to have three
months free service. Also at slight adj.
vance Of rental there is an arrangement
80 that only two residences are on the
same line and still another with only
| single residence. Mr.. Lucas reports
rood addition of new names and by this
means the company can employ more
ocal help and give better service in all
iarts of the town with an improved ar
angement of the old and new patrons,
Mrs. Ellen Green Quinlan, wife of
'ho.las Quinlan, died last week Thurs
lay evening, the result Of kidney trouble.
hrs. Quinlan had been in poor health for &
ONE time but the news of her death
anne, as a surprise to many as she had v
ot been considered seriously i'll until
ltely. She was 6S years of age and was (
native of Ireland, county of Cork, had :,
wed in this country nearly 30 years and v
early all of that time had been spent in
his town. Besides her husband she leaves a
our sons, David and Laurence. who are t
larIied and live in New Jersey, Thomas
nd James. Also Mary, and Mrs Eliza
ampbell of Haverhill, and there are six
The funeral was by
oecial dispensation on Sunday from the s.
atholic church. requiem high mass be
lg sung. Rev. FIR. Neligan officiated and n
ne burial was in st. Marys cemetery.