The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-01

hauled this week aud new shelves have
been put in along the entire length,
The fire department has been kept
busy during the past week thawing
out hydrants. The steamer was out
Wednesday evening and also most OF
the day Sunday,
The dancing class Of :, II, Sargent
gave a reception last evening in grange
! hall 10 parents and friends. The pu'
pills entered the hall dancing pretty
| payotte and several other fancy
dances showed their accomplishments
The annual meeting and dinner Of
] the Windham County Fish and Game
| Protective association will be held IN
the Brooks House March II. NJ, H.
/ RAY of Fellows Falls was in town Wed
ncsday in conference with Robert q,
/ Bacon in reference to the meeting.
Hon. c. II. Dowley will deliver n
[ lecture on the Panama Canal the even
! ing of March IL. Mr.. Dowley is an
! interesting lecturer and IL is expected
that he will give his address either in
the BAPTIST church or in the audito'
rum. The lecture will be given under
the auspices of the Baptist Young Peo'
| pie 5 union.
Protective grange conferred the
third and fourth degrees on class of
[ II candidates Wednesday evening. Wis
/ itorg were present from Dummerston,
/ Halifax. Vernon, WestmOTcland and
/ Chesterfield. After the initiation a
I harvest supper was served TO about 200
/ including members and guests. An
hour of dancing followed the harvest
supper.
The annual inspection Of Beau
scant commandcry, knights Templar,
was held in Masonic hall Wednesday
evening. Eminent Grand Commander
/ Elihu h. Taft of Burlington and Dep
I uiv Eminent Commander DIR. Jackson
of Barre were present A supper was
served at $50 and afterwards the TEN
( ple and Malta degrees were conferred.
Several guests were present from Lynn,
/ Mass.
Mary Mannering. under the direc-
ton of the Shubcrts. in Glorious Betsy,
the Rida johnson Young four act ro'
mantle comedy. in which this charming
actress will appear at the auditorium
next Friday evening is said to have
found in this new play the greatest
success of her entire career. There -
no doubt but that this management VIII
prove TO be the notable society event
Of the year.
-Brattlcboro Aerie, No. 1912, Fra
ternal Order Of Eagles, will give IT'S
first annual concert and ball in Festi'
val hall the evening of Easter Monday,
! ApriI /. Leitsingcr s orchestra of sew
/ en- pieces will furnish music. The con
cert will be from until clock at.
TOR which there will be dancing until ,
a o'clock. A. II. Hines will prompt. The
committee in charge will endeavor TO
make this one Of the most enjoyable
events of the season.
Miss Zetta Weld entertained the
clerks of the store Of Houghton y 81
monds at her home last Friday even
ing with a Martha Washington party.
The rooms were decorated with ma
tiopaI flags. miniature hatchets and
cherries. Games appropriate TO the oc-
casion were played. Later the guests
were invited to the dining room where
they found fortunes and favors await
inc them. aye olde TYNE ladies de
paTted at late hour declaring that
they had spent most enjoyable even
ing.
The beautiful moonlight nights of
the past week have caused number
of the Young people of the town to take
sleigh rides to the surrounding towns
in quest of enjoyment. The church so
cieties of the outlying towns have been
holding suppers and have been hoef.
ally patronized by people from TINS
town. About 80 couples went TO Mari
boro Wednesday evening, and another
Marty went TO Vernon Tuesday even
inc TO attend the fair and supper given
nv the Universalist society of that
town. Another party went to Gullford
Center last evening to attend dance
A delegation from the Sedgwick
w r. c. left Monday morning for kut-
land to attend the meeting of the state
society. The delegation included Calista
II. Bangs, president Of the state de-
nortment: Helen Newman, state secre'
tarv; Georgiana Converse, state treas
urer: and the following delegates: Ab-
HE VIM. Emily Allen, Mary Walker,
Susan Yearley, Lima Wilkin, Ida
Goodenough, Adelia Parks, Mabel Hall
and Pbila Lamson, Col H. E. Taylor.
Department President Calista II. Bangs
was on the reception committee with
Governor Proctor and others at the re-
ception held in the Bardwell House
Monday evening A report of the con,
vention and list of officers elected Will
be found among the items in the YER
mont News.
The Isle of Spice, with company in
tact and all the scenic costumes, me
chanical and electrical effects that went
TO make the great success of the long
run recently brought to close at the
Majestic theatre, New York city, will
he on view in the auditorium Wednes-
day. March IS. Things out of the or
binary are: The Goo Goo Man, Peggy
Brady. The Broomstick Witches, You
and /. Uncle Sam s Marines, and How
Can You Tell Till You Try, and those
who like musical comedy for its froth,
spice, lightness and melody will be
charmed No attraction has been bet
ter equipped with scenery, costumes,
electric effects and all that goes to
please the eye and ear, while feminine
Ioveliness runs riot in the Isle of Spice.
The piece has record runs in Chicago,
New York and Boston.
Music, luncheon, delightful pro
gram and striking decorations made the
observance of Washington s birthday
by Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, notewor.
thy occasion. The meeting was held
l in the Brooks House Friday afternoon