The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-04
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

holders of Grange Store will be helt
in grange hall Monday Jan. IA, at l'S'
=. M.
. The next regular meeting of Protec,
4 tive grange will be Thursday evening
: when the officers for the ensuing year
1 win be installed.
| The Brattleboro w. c. 7. U. will
hold its next regular meeting Tuesday
! afternoon at the usual hour in the
| rooms on Eliot street.
The annual meeting Of the Unitar'
ian society will be held in Wells hall
next Tuesday evening supper Will be
served to members of the parish at 8
clock
A kitchen dance was held at the
home of Peter Pellerin on Dickinson
street beginning early Monday even
ing and lasting until the following
morning. James Blake furnished music
for the dancing
The new state railroad commission
will give hearing in Brattleboro Jan.
10 upon the death of Frank +. Clough.
At meeting of the commission IN
Montpelier last Friday morning Rufus
w. Spear of Newport was appointed
clerk
The United States army has open
ed recruiting office in the Brattle-
boro House under the charge of Private
Richard IL. Driscoll of the general re-
cruiting service. The district is under
the command of First Lieut. Thomas
+. Ryan.
/ The chemical was called out sun
day night to put out small fire in the
chimney Of the house of Mrs. Charles
Van Doom on Elliot street. The com
pany was soon on the spot and the
blaze was extinguished in short order.
No damage was done.
Two insurance adjusters from Bos-
ton. w. II. Smith and J. j. Downey,
were in town Tuesday and placed the
loss on the stock of the Peel's Remedy
company at $3.50. Five different in
surance companies win share the loss, /
which was settled through the agency /
of II. +. Taylor & Son.
The weather during December was /
the worst that the photographers have /
encountered in years. During the month
there were not more than five days \
when pictures could be printed with
anything like expedition, and the con
dition delayed both local studios in
getting out their holiday work.
The Twin State Gas 4 Electric
company has been giving its l25 horse
power Corliss engine at the Arch street
plant thorough overhauling this week
Within two weeks the old incandes-
cent street lights will be replaced by
new and larger bulbs of about four
times the candle power of those being
used at present.
-Quonektecat tribe of Red Men met
at its hall last Friday evening and elee-
ted the following officers: Prophet, Ii.
f. Harris; sachem, John Wilson; senior
sycamore, Z. j. Lavelle; junior saga
more, 4. Z. Taylor; chief of records,
A. C. Winchester assistant chief of re-
cords. r. H. Baker; keeper of wampum,
f. l.. Parker; trustee for three years,
d. H. White. !
Rev. S. J. Willis of Tufts college
will occupy the pulpit of the univer-
salist church next Sunday. The annual
parish meeting will be held next Tues
day evening at 7.30 o'clock, in the
church parlors 1t is expected that the q
parish will take action in calling min :
ster from the candidates who have !
been heard within the past few weeks !
md large attendance is desired.
A meeting of the Universalist :
,hurch Sunday school was held Sun
Law and the following officers elected.
Frank +. Barber; as n
stant superintendent, Miss May Ed y
wards and Mrs. Sarah Sturgis; secre- Il
airy, Miss Alta Bishop; treasurer, Fred +
J. Sargent; executive board, Frank E. p
Barber. Mrs. Henry r. Brown and Mrs. a
g. f. Flagg; librarians, Miss Margar- o
t Barber and Miss Ruth Brown. a
A meeting of Wantastiquet lodge o
f Odd Fellows was held in |. o. o. f. u
all Monday night for the election of II
Ulcers. Following is list of the Off n
ers elected: Noble grand M. r. Mi ~
Oft; vice grand, G. A. Metcalf; perma- u
ent secretary, A. J. Currier; financial u
ecretary, C. L. Cobb; treasurer, G. +. u
turgis; representatives to the grand ei
,dge, w. J. Cain and W. E. Coombs is
he installation of these officers will
Ike place Monday night. tie
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers wishes to DC
nd homes for two young children IN
hich have been placed in her charge az
scently One is a girl baby two DC
eeks old and weighing just four pe
FUNDS The other is also a girl and w
i'll be year old next month. Both is
hildren are now in Keene, N. H. on
RS. Powers was called from Keene TO
Marlboro, VT, Saturday to kill Tn
,rse belonging to a Frenehman by on
e name of Lacrosse. The animal an
as in terrible condition. In
The last car to West Brattleboro Tn
st Thursday night encountered three id,
,er standing on the track near the dr.
igley place in West Brattleboro. The wi
+ was stopped to allow a passenger to be
It off and as Motorman Johnson was is
out to start the car again he saw
rec animals standing on the track.
lie appeared to be large buck but VI :,
G horns could not be distinguished in rr
e dim light The other two were sh'
ubtless does After watching the car wa
r several minutes the deer stepped go
the track and vanished in the dark %
S. The tracks showed that the deer WI
mt away in leisurely manner. am
The shortage in coal which has I'll
en- felt in many towns in this section tin
es not affect BrattIeporo. Both Bar or,
VS. G. company and L. B. Yauvey have A.
hand good supplies and find no Wa
uble in getting their orders filed Blu;
omptly Even if they should not on
able to get any further supply for two the
nths local consumers would not be VIII