The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

in the town hall.
The regular meeting of the W, O.
4. L. will take place Thursday AFTER
noon at 3 o clock in room q, Emerson
block.
The Ladies Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. Albert Thomas on Estey
street Tuesday afternoon at clock;
Supper will be served from to s. All
are invited.
The next annual meeting of the
Alliance study class will be held IN tine
Unitarian parsonage Monday evening
al 7.30 clock. Subject: Seandina'
Wan Religion.
There was good attendance at the
service in the chapel in Esteyville wed
nesday night. The speaking and music
were good and it is hoped that more
will be present to enjoy them next
week.
DR.. G. r. Anderson will give the
first of his series of six lectures before
the Baptist Young Peoples union at
the chapel next Tuesday evening. Inc
subject will be First Aid to the lnjur'
ed.
The February Mothers meeting
will be held in the Congregational chap
81 next Tuesday afternoon at $50. Dr.
+. G. Pettee will speak upon The Care
of Children s Teeth and DR.. G. X. An
derson upon The Cold Habit and How
to Prevent It.
At the Baptist Bible school next
Sunday especial reference Will be MADE
to the martyr president, Abraham Lam
coin. whose birthday anniversary is feb'
10. Anecdotes will be given, his favor,
ite HYMN will be read and in general
the service will be commemorative.
A meeting of the Vermont Wheei
club was held in the billiard room Tues
day evening and after the business
meeting an auction of the books and
periodicals collected within the past
wear was held. The bidding was not
more than brisk but the magazines
brought fair price.
The members of Sedgwick Women s
Relief corps will have supper and
social in q. A. R. hall Friday evening,
February 15 Supper will be served at
six. Department Commander Sheldon
and Assistant General Spafford will be
present. There will be no sewing meet
ing February IA.
Robert H. Sargent has bought the
Kirby House in West Grafton, Mass,
of the former proprietor L. II. KIRBY
The house contains As rooms and IS
situated eight miles from Worcester,
Mass. The former proprietor has been
running the place for "a years and is
now selling out to retire. Mr.. Sargent
leaves tomorrow to complete the deal
and will move his household to west
Grafton within few weeks.
A party of 16 members of the Po'
cabontas council, No. 4, visited Mime
haha council at Springfield last FIJI
day evening to witness the adoPtion
degree conferred on a class OF ~. AS
soon as the party from here arrived
in Springfield a chicken supper was
served and after the imitation work
was over an oyster supper was served
The party returned to Charlestown, n.
H., on special car and took the owl
train home.
That the weather of the past
month has been unusually cold IS de-
monstrated by the number of MIGRANTS
that have frozen. Within the past
two weeks Chief Engineer H. 7. San,
ders has thawed out 10 hydrants ana
he is planning to make another tour
of inspection tomorrow in order to be
sure that none of them has frozen
again. The hydrants are thawed out
by means of steam and the operation
takes from five to Is minutes.
DIR. Francis H. O'Connor, district
deputy of the second district, knights
of Columbus, and his degree team CON
sistlng of John Calvin, Edward }. How
ard, Edward w. Condor, j. j. Eckeis,
C. f. Mann, j. H. Burke and >. 1:
Kaine of this town, d. ?. Higgins OF
Bellows Falls. John w. Smith of Rut-'
land and DR.. J. B. Duffy of Keene, N.
H., went to Burlington Wednesday to
confer the third degree of knighthood
on a class of nearly 80 candidates at
meeting Of De Goesbriand council OF
that city, Over 500 knights attended
the gathering, delegates being present
from all parts of Vermont as well rs
from Canada. DR.. O'Connor degree
team was given high praise of its ex'
cellent work.
Grace Adelaide MeQuaide, youngest
daughter of Mrs Adelaide McQuaiae,
and Robert Elmer Walker, were quie1iy
married at the Congregational parsonage
in Providence, R. /, Tuesday. Rev.
F.. H. Decker. pastor Of that church per-
formed the single ring service after
which the bride and groom were olven
reception at the home of Mrs. Dorr Tay-
Tor of that city. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Walker are well known in Brattleboro
wher he is employed in the hardware
store of A. V. Cox. Mr.. Walker is a
member of company I, Vermont Nation
al guard and was formerly in the regu-
lar army, being stationed at Fort Ethan
Allen and afterward was sent 10 tne
Philippines Mr. and Mrs. walker VIII
live at her mother IS home at ! Forest
| street.
Miss Elizabeth Boyce, 90, died at
her home at SO South Main street, Sun
day morning after an illness extending
over three years from neuritis. she
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, NOV;
| %, 1858, the daughter of James ana
Janet Boyce and was of family Oh
| five children. When she was young
child her parents moved to this country
and brought all their belongings. They
settled near Lake Muskoka in Canada.
After living there for a few years they
came to Brattleboro while Miss Boyce
was still child of the school age. She
worked for many years in the cigar
store of Leonard & Roess, as a sorter;
About three years ago she was obliged
to give up work on account of failing
health and never regained her strength.