The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-22


10 and seven years constant attendance
Mrs. A. 4. Blood went to South Wind
ham TO attend the centennial celebration
of her old church Tuesday.
Betty Whitney, who has been working
for several months at Mr., Chapman IN
Wmdham, has returned home.
Miss Esther Macdonald has finished her
school in Athens where she has taught
several terms and is now ut home.
Several from this place went to Wind,
ham Tuesday to attend the centennial
celebration Of the Baptist church.
The Valley Grain company of Brattle'
boro delivered carload OF grain IN
Townshend the first of the week.
Nathan Lawrence of West Townshend
is taking the place of Mr.. Marsh in the
blacksmith shop while the latter Is IN
North Hartland.
Robert Lincoln, who was injured in the
railroad accident near the Scott bridge
Jan. |, returned from the Memorial hos
pital in Brattleboro Tuesday evening.
Albert Brown and Daniel McCarty have
been drawing loads of logs measuring 1000
feet each during the past two weeks
The loads looked like small mountains.
The Baptist Ladies Aid society will
serve its annual dinner town meeting day,
March 3, in the church vestry. 1t VIII
also be the annual meeting OF the society
Mr. Purchase and his family, who have
been living in the llescock house near
Eddy's mill, have moved into the Cyrus
Farmer house. now owned by E. b. Batch
elder.
The women will meet next Wednesday
Afternoon at the Congregational parsonage
for the foreign mission study OF the IS
lands of the Pacific. All are cordially
invited to be present.
1t speaks well for the effectiveness OF
the quarantine that all the cases OF scar
let fever in town have been confined to
one family and there is now no fear OF
the spread of the disease.
One Townshend young man will be for
tunate enough to escape the rest OF Yer
mont winter. Bernie Phillips starts soon
to meet his uncle Wesley Phillips, whom
he will accompany to his home IN FLORIDA
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Marsh went to
Brattleboro Wednesday to attend the
wedding of Miss Young and MIR. Bruce,
the bride being a niece OF Mrs. Marsh.
From there they went to North Hartland
to visit their son, Almon Marsh.
Mr.. and Mrs Homer Ambrose enter
tanned party of friends at their home on
the hill last week Thursday evening. The
chief features of the evening were music
and dancing, the music being furnished by
graphophones.
Wesley Phillips and daughter Frances,
who had been spending a few days with
Mrs, Mary Phillips, left last week Friday.
Mr.. Phillips, who had brought his wlie $
body north for burial returned to Florida
Monday.
The annual junior prize oratorical con
test will be held in Seminary hall FRIDAY
evening. March /. a large audience ought
TO be present to prove that the townspeo-
pie are interested in the boys and girls
and in the seminary.
Posters are up announcing that there
will be a Washington birthday social IN
the shape of "A good, old summertime
picnic" in Academy hall the evening OF
Feb. %. According to the bills the
girl are to carry lunch Tor two, each
| box to be sold at auction and knocked
down to the highest bidder. Several peo-
pie who had thought of going are wonder
ing how much elasticity there is IN the
word girls"
Saturday was Herbert Franklin's birth
day so, upon the invitation of neigh,
| Dor, he, or rather his wife, packed a pail
with good things and in company with
| the friend, also carrying pail, repaired
to the woods for a picnic. During the
morning the gentlemen amused them
selves by running cross-cut and at noon
seated themselves near the cheerful bon
fire and opened the pals. A small boy,
who was present came home greatly dis
! tressed saving, Mamma, Mr.. Franklin
had more dinner than papa did Tor ne
had cold tea and cooky and papa didn't
The following members of Blazing Star
lodge attended the Masonic meeting and
banquet at Bellows Falls last week Thurs
day: DR.. Thomas Rice, r, W. Blood, 9.
H. Evans, N. M. Sparks, A. L. Rand, e.
Nj. Holbrook, +. B. Cudworth, +. =.
Eddy, G. T. Gale, n. H. Miles, II. n.
Sherman, L. F. Eddy, II. G. Franklin, F.
A. Blood, w. L. Blood f. L. Willard, Z.
H. Richardson, p. B. Sparks, p. 7.
White F. f. Smith, c. T. Carlton, F, S.
Kimball and A. A. Carpenter. The
members of Blazing Star lodge with one
accord pronounce this one OF the best DIS,
trict meetings they have ever attended
AMI all agree that they were royalty enter
tanned by King Solomon's Temple lodge,
No. 45.
One of Brookline's farmers had a de-
cidedly provoking experience last week. a
few days before, a Townshend man, with
whose reputation he was not acquainted,
came over and agreed to buy his oxen;
the farmer to drive them on gwen day
as far as Herbert Franklin's farm where
the purchaser was to meet him and eX-
change the money for the oxen; Accord
ing to the agreement the Brookline man
trudged up the long hill and over the Two