The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-09-13
BruttIebOrO Local

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Fathers, will meet in their rooms II
The Emerson block at 1880 Tuesda.
evening,
The mission circle of the univer
salist church will meet in the parlor
Thursday afternoon at O'CLOCK
Watchword; Peace.
The Grange Sewing society vii
meet Friday afternoon, All member
are invited to come and help ON Tho
work for the annual grange fair
New England order of Protection
will meet next Monday night at he'
Men, hall. This will take the place
of the meeting called for Sept 20
There will be a poverty party and
corn roast in Dummerston Center Fri
day evening, Sept 90 Everybody is
invited TO come dressed in old clothes
The decorating committee of the
Valley fair would like to have all the
peoplc in town who have flags put
them out for the three days of the
fair so as to give the town ms festive
an appearance as possible.
-Houghton q Simonds will have a
formal opening of their remodelled
and modernized store in Springfield,
VT, next Wednesday, Sept Is, with a
general public reception from to
$50 p. m. A "ready to wear de-
partmcnt has been housed in the base
ment of the store.
Canton Palestine, Patriarchs Mill
tant, will give an exhibition drlll at
the Valley fair grounds the last day.
C. II. Ross the decorator, has taken an
Office in Emerson block and is ready
TO furnish decorations for the fair. lie
wishes orders sent in as early as pos
sible in order to avoid the rush of the
last few days.
Pine Grove Springs hotel will
close about the Goth of this month.
About hundred guests are still there.
The season from a financial point of
view has not been as successful as
that of former years owing to the
cold spring and late summer which
kept many people from leaving the
city until the middle of the summer.
Protective grange postponed the
literary program Wednesday evening
to the next meeting on account of the
small attendance. 1t was voted TO
change the date of next meeting from
Sept. % to Oct. 2. Protective grange
will visit Fall Mountain grange in Bel
lows Falls Sept. IS and give the pro
gram. Several will attend the grange
fair at Londonderry Sept 10.
Seven local teamsters have agreed
to advance the price charged for teams
from 40 to so cents an hour, beginning
Sept. 16. They are G. E. Gilman, the
March Trucking company, the Crystal
Springs Ice company, H. G. Clark, G.
Il. Herrick and A. J. Hildreth. The
reason given for this advance is the
increased price of grain and the fact
that horses have practically doubled in
value recently.
The song recital given by Mary
Porter Mitchell in the Brooks House
Friday evening was greatly enjoyed.
The attendance was not large. Her Sc
lections varied widely in character.
She showed much taste in choosing
what would please an audience of DIFF
ferent desires. Her voice is rich and
vibrant, and full of that soft, sweet
quality which is seldom found in big
contralto voices. She was at an adj
vantage in emotional songs but seemed
to show the most cultivation in those
of the ponderous, heavier character.
Miss Harriet NJ Holden accompanied
her with much sympathy, and gave
her a support that assisted MISS
Mitchell materially.
Rev. W. J. Hamilton began active
work Sunday as rector of st. Michael s
Episcopal church. He has been under
treatment in Montreal for two weeks
for throat difficulty and the rapid
Improvement warrants him in believ-
ing that only short time will elapse
before complete recovery will be made.
The direct cause of his trouble was
the active work he put forth in con
nection with the celebration to be held
in October at jamestown, Va, in com
memoration of the 800 years of Chris
tian teaching on this continent. Mr..
Hamilton was engaged in raising
men s thank offering in Delaware to
be donated at the celebration for mis-
sion work. He is a graduate of the
theological department of McGill uni
versity and after spending year
abroad he accepted a call at Delaware
CITY, Delaware, in 1900 and has re-
NAMED there until he was called to
this parish. He succeeded in raising
the church there from a small mission
to large and self-supporting parish.
Tn 1904 he was appointed deputy to
represent the diocese in Delaware at
the general conference held in Boston.
Mr.. Hamilton is particularly active in
Masonic work, holding the position as
master of the lodge in Delaware City.
He was married in 1897. His wife and
four children are expected in about
week.
The Brattleboro tennis team has
PLAYED two matches with Charlestown,
N. H., this week and won each of
them by score Of to 2. The local
racquet-wielders went to Charlestown
Tuesday when the scores resulted as
follows: Greene beat Perry, Ga, GO;
Brooks beat Harris, Ga, SO; A. S.
Thompson beat Wood, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1;
Hunt beat G. H. Thompson, rs, 1-6,
60: Greene and Harris beat Perry
and Brooks, OF, 6-3; Thompson and
Thompson beat Hunt and Wood, Ga,
SO. The scores in the second match,
which was played here yesterday af-
ternoon. were as follows: Greene beat
Perry, ca, SO, 6-3; Harris beat
Brooks, rs, 6-3; Hunt beat G. H.
Thompson, Ga, SO, Ga; Wood beat
A. s Thomson. 6-3. 4-6. rs; Greene