The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-18


will be God i Confidence In Man,
Fort Dummer colony, Pilgrim
Fathers, held regular meeting Tues
day night. The matter OF changing
quarters was discussed but not deiin'
iiely settled.
The grange dramatic club will pre-
sent Foxy Grandpa's Social this even
ing In grange hall. The play is pan,
tomime and screamingly funny. Al
members are invited.
AT a meeting Of the Grange block
association held Monday morning the
following directors were chosen; NJ. !,
Reed, W. r. Goddard, II. b. Taylor
A. h. clapp aud L. d. Taylor Mr..
Reed was made president and Mr.. Tod
dard secretary and treasurer
George W, Clapp of New York
city, son of q, II, Clapp Of this town,
has recently secured patent on what
is called the Always Clear pipe which
will be manufactured by the Wilder,
Henry company. The stem Of this pipe
contains two openings and is so arrang'
ed that when one becomes clogged the
other can be put in use simply by turn,
ing the niouthpieee.
The funeral OF William W. Suth-
crlnnd was held in the Adventist
church in Esteyville Saturday after
noon. Rev. l.. +. Baker formerly n
pastor of the church. officiating. Miss
Mary Baker, daughter of Rev. Mr..
Baker. sang The bearers were l., W.
Lord, W. G. Collier, Lucius Bingham
and Fred johnson. The body was plac-
ed in the Morningside mausolenm TO
await burial.
A meeting of the Prospect Hill
Cemetery association was held in the
Office of Town Clerk W. $, Newton,
Monday evening. The report Of the
treasurer showed that the association
was in a good condition financially.
The following officers were elected;
President. DIR. George +. Gale; clerk,
W. $. Newton; trustees, George 4.
Greene, George A. Hines, Charles A..
Bovden. William IL. Vinton, j. Gray
Estey and c. A. Harris collector,
George 4. Hines.
The Earl and the Girl, one Of the
most elaborate of all the Shubert pro
ductions, which comes to the audlto-
rum next week Friday evening with
Eddie Foy in the leading role, prom
ises 10 be one of the most delightful
entertainments of the season. Foy is
beyond doubt the peer of American
musical comedy fun makers, and his
part in The Earl and the Girl is one
Of the best he has ever played. The
east includes many metropolitan favor
ties and the chorus numbers more than
80 beautiful show girls.
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers, the keene
Humane soeicty's agent and inspector,
investigated 399 eases during 1906,
which was one Of the busiest years IN
the history of the organization. She
made II arrests, had one grand jury
and one probate ease, all of which were
decided in her favor She shot 30
horses. FIVE dogs and five cats and took
10 horses from their work. There
were 81 eases of cruelty or neglect
to children investigated and attended
to by her-Cheshire Republican, Jan.
IL.
A meeting Of the stockholders in
the Grange store was held in Grange
hall Monday forenoon to hear the re-
ports of the officers and elect the
directors for the ensuing year. The
reports showed that the store had done
business to the amount of S59,592 an
increase of $500 over last year. 4
dividend of per cent on the stock was
declared and ) per cent on the members
trade which amounted to S27 600. The
following directors were elected: Q. A.
Ware, c. s. Hopkins, w. T. Goddard, h.
l.. Hildreth and p. S. Eames; auditors,
W. II. Bracket, NJ. |. Reed, and G. Il.
Crowell.
The White Star line of steamships
will inaugurate a Channel service with
the advent of its new mammoth twin
screw steamer, Adriatic, which will
sail May from Liverpool to New
York via Queenstown and May % from
New York to Southampton via Ply
mouth and Cherbourg The Adriatic
will be followed regularly by other
vessels which will maintain what. is
known as the United States and Royal
Mail service, calling at Plymouth and
Cherbourg en- route for Southampton
and at Cherbourg and Queenstown en-
route for New York. David 5. Carey
is local agent for the White Star line
The Brattleboro Trust company s
banking rooms are rapidly getting into
readiness to start business and if all
goes well the bank will be opened next
Saturday. The vault is being put in
place and will be all ready for the recep.
ton of valuables by that time. With
but little difficulty the vault door
weighing IL or IA tons was moved
from the freight yard Friday afternoon.
Five pairs of horses owned by G. Z. Gil
man did the work. The interior is be-
ing finished with a, counter and a quar-
tered oak railing with Ionic col
umns. When the whole is done there
will not be bank in town any better
in finish and general convenience.
Charles Henry Allen and Miss
Mary Frances Stockwell were married
in the Baptist parsonage Tuesday eve
ming at o clock by Rev. George b.
Lawson. The bride wore dark blue
travelling dress with hat to match. Mr..
and Mrs. Allen left on the early train
Wednesday morning for a brief trip
to Springfield, Mass, and on their re-
turn will have rooms on Whipple street.
Mr.. Allen is employed in the store of
Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt. He for
merly worked for the American Elk
press company and the Brattleboro
Beef company. Mrs. Allen is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Frank Stockwell
of South Main street and is employed
in the store of Houghton & Simonds.
The annual meeting of the Congre-
pational church was held in the chapel