The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-08

"A regular meeting of the w. {, T.
lU. will be held in the rooms OF the
society in Emerson block Tuesday AZ
ternoon at 3 clock.
Bingham chapter, o. D. s., initial
ed two candidates Tuesday evening,
The next meeting, March 10, is called
at clock instead of 7.30.
The Ladies Enterprise society VIII
meet with Mrs. A. Il. Thomas on Pleas,
ant street Tuesday afternoon Mt !
o clock. Supper will be served at from
@ to s.
&C, L. Cotton of Brunswick, Me-, is
working at the Brooks House ms night
clerk. Mr.. Cotton was formerly proprie'
tor of the old American House and
also worked at the Brooks House as
chef about 80 years ago,
George w. Cable of Northampton,
Mass, the well known novelist and
philanthropist will be the speaker at
the next meeting of the W0man's club
March 20. The meeting will be held
in the evening and will be open to
the public.
The address by George ID. Cham
berlain of Springfield on Public Play
grounds in the Congregational chapel,
announced for next Tuesday evening,
has been deferred until April, on ac'
count of the conflict in date with the
lecture on Panama.
About 40 from the Brattleboro
lodge. n. +. O. p, went on sleigh
ride to the =. w. Chase farm Wednes-
day evening and passed pleasant
time mt the farm with supper after
which there was a dance. NJ. n. stat
ford furnished music for the dancing
The Daughters of the American
Revolution will hold n fancy bazaar
Wednesday, March 81, from 4 to p
M. at the home of Mrs. Lyman E. HoI'
den. Supper will be served on the Eu'
ropean plan, and home made candy
nuts. fancy articles and Easter novel
ties will be on sale,
The March Mothers meeting in
the Congregational chapel will take
place Wednesday afternoon at $50,
when Mrs. l.. f. Adams will conduct
question box. The meeting is given
this form in order to give opportunity
for discussion of subjects any people
in the audience desire to have brought
lup.
The committee on the revision of
statutes of the New Hampshire legs
lature Wednesday reported Act. No
80 "'to amend an act Incorporating the
Connecticut River Power company
The bill was reported favorably in
new draft. and on motion of Repre-
sentative Benton of Keene 1t was
tabled to be printed.
The carload of horses which has
recently been purchased by G. f. Gil
man in the west arrived Saturday AZ
ternoon and was unloaded immediately
There were several pairs of excellent
heavy draft horses in the lot and also
some driving horses. All the horses
are now on sale at his stable and are
ready for inspection.
Miss Estclic COutremarsh gave
farewell party to several OF het
friends last evening. The beginning OF
the party was held at church sup
per and the close at the home of Miss
Edith Stoltc. Miss Ruth Callahan won
the prize in the neanut hunt, pretty
sofa pillow, and gifts were presented
to all her guests by Miss Coutremarsh'
Enough people to fill % tables
gathered in Masonic hall last Friday
evening at the whist party under the
auspices of Bingham chapter, o. II. D
The prizes were won by Mrs. William
Perry Mrs. \. =. Carpenter, w. Il.
Haskell and Arthur Billings. Mrs. Nil.
ton Eddy and Mrs Walter Hubbard
received the consolation prizes. Owing
to the Iact that there were more won
en- than men present, several women
were obliged to play in the places OF
the men.
-Papers were filed with County
Clerk +. D. E. Stowe Wednesday after
noon bv Carl +. Ward Of Boston bring
inc suit TO recover 5000 which the
plaintiff claims is due him as dividends
on preferred stock in the Rutland
railroad. The plaintiff owns three
shares of stock in the road and CLAIMS
that no dividend has been paid. lie
has owned the stock since 1874 and the
dividend has been accommodating ever
since The suit is returnable at the
ApriI term of the county court Gibson
and Waterman are attorneys for the
railroad and A. p. Carnenter for the
plaintiff.
There is a possibility that the Cen
trail Vermont railroad will erect re-
pair shop at East New London. he
Gently civil engineers employed by the
road were at the big yard and sur
veyed a portion of the road prop
erty near the present engine house FOR
the purpose of drawing plans for a re-
pair shop. The matter is now IN the
hands of the officials of the road. AT
present the road has to forward all
its engines when out Of order to ST
Adams, where the repairs are made.
This causes delay which the road
is anxious to remedy, especially as the
freight business is so great at. pres
emf and will be for a long time to
come. that this delay in securing the
repairs to engines also causes a delay
TO the handling of the freight, much
to the ANNOYANCE and inconvenience of
merchants. If the engines were re.
haired at this end the delays would
be greatly lessened. The proposed plan
is by no means assured, but it is pos
sible
-Leander A. Smith, SO, died sud,
denly of heart failure at his home IN
Athol, Mass, last Thursday. He was
50 years old, was born in Royalston,
Mass, and was the son of Nathan and
Amanda Smith. His lifework had been
, that of a tailor, starting in business
in Gardner and going to Athol in
1870. He purchased his shop there
from W. A. Collar, and first did bust.
ness in Athol Center, but later moved