The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19


DIR. George y. Roberts is convert
ing his residence ON Main street into
"a private hospital to accommodate his
patients,
The Ladies Enterprise society
will meet with Mrs. A. II. Foster l
Organ street, Wednesday afternoon at
4 o clock.
There will be IA special meeting of
the n. h, o, 7, tonight to vote upon Il
large class which will be initiated at
the meeting of the grand lodge next
Monday evening.
"A fairsiZed audience attended the
performance of The Choir Singer in
! the auditorium Monday evening. The
play was rather melOdramatic in nature
but it gave general satisfaction.
-pclmar w, Trout preached in the
Universalist church Sunday and will
preach there from time to time as his
studies permit until the last of June,
at which time he will move here to
take up the work of the pulpit in earn
est.
1t is stated on good authority that
the property at the corner of Main and
Flat streets occupied by ii. Il. Brown S
| livery stable, is now owned by Herbert
! q. and Frank L. Barber. This prop
crty was formerly owned by the late
John L. Ray and after his death it
went to his son. Later a niece Of Mr..
Ray became the owner and few
months ago, it is said, the Barber
brothers bought the land and the build
ing thereon. Whether they intend to
erect new block thereon is not
known.
-Herod, which is Stephen Phillips 5
greatest bit of fiction, will be read
by Prof. Henry l.. Southwick in the
Brooks House parlors Monday evening,
April %. The play is rapid in action
and full of imagery; its dialogue dra-
matte and clean cut. To see and hear
this play read as Mr. Southwick reads
it is to store away another "forever
livabe memory Tickets may be OBJ
tanned of the ways and means com
mittee of the Woman S club of which
Mrs. j. c. Dewitt is chairman, or at
the door Monday evening
The Congregational club held its
last meeting in the Brooks House Tues
dav evening, about 90 members being
present A light luncheon was served
in the dining room at 7.4j and at its
close the gathering adjourned to the
parlor where Charles 7. Grilley of Bos
ton, well-knOwn humOrist, gave an
entertainment of an hour or more. Mr..
Grlley proved himself to be one of
the best fun-provokers who has ever
appeared here. His program was va
ried. requiring the mastery of all kinds
of dialects and portraying various bits
of humOr. lie was at his best perhaps
in the numbers done in the twang of
rural New England.
AT the close of the service in the
Methodist church Sunday morning c.
d. Smith, treasurer, gave his annual
report, the occasion being the last Sun
day in the conference year. The re-
port was extremely satisfactory, show
ing that all obligations have been met
and that the church is free from all
Indebtedness Notwithstanding the fact
that considerable has been expended
during the year for repairs and other
unusual expenses. The benevolences of
the church are somewhat in advance of
last year, and in addition to these a
very good amount has been con
tributed toward the endowment fund
for Montpelier SEMINAR.
Many who witnessed the Amherst
college dramatics in The Private Sec
rotary here two years ago and in The
School for Scandal three years ago
will be pleased to learn that on May
| Shakespeare s Twelfth Night will be
presented by caste which is pro
nounced the best that has ever repre-
scnted Amherst. Robert O. jenkins of
New York city, who staged Viola Al
len in the same play, has been IN
charge of the college production during
the entire winter. The play received
very fattcring notices on its Easter
trip Just completed and all lovers OF
Shakespeare will see really artistic
and finished performance
Traffic on the Connecticut river di-
vision of the Boston & Maine was com
petely blocked at Bernardston about
10 clock Wednesday morning by the
wreck of nine or 10 ears of freight
train. One ear near the middle of
northbound freight broke down about
a mile and half above Bernardston
station and ditched nine or 10 cars,
tearing up the roadbed and piling up
the wreckage in such manner as to
completely block the line. The south
bound express had passed few min
utes before the accident, but the north
bound which leaves Springfield at go
a. M, was blocked and was sent around
over the Fitchburg and Central Yer
mont by way of Millers Falls to South
Vernon. No one was injured in the
wreck.
The annual meeting of the grand
lodge of Vermont, New England Or
der of Protection, will be held in
Brattleboro Monday and Tuesday.
About 100 delegates are expected to
be present. Brattleboro lodge will hold
reception in Grange hall Monday
night. There will be a chicken pie sup
per at 6.30 followed by the working
of the degree on 20 candidates by the
Brattleboro lodge degree team. At
1890 Tuesday morning will be held a
grand lodge meeting followed by the
election of officers for the ensuing year
The headquarters OIL STanu ohceIs anu
delegates will be at the Brooks House
during the convention. The order has
shown a growth of between 200 and 300 !
in the state during the past year and
is now in fourishing condition.
Rev. John Snyder, for many years
-27 or more-pastor of the Church of
Messiah in st. Louis, has just become
an interesting figure in the world of
theatricals, as a play written by him,
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