The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-29

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} labels for their syrup cans.
Miss Pearl Thayer has returned to her
work at Miss Harriet Fletchers after a
vacation of three weeks at her home
The thank offering meeting of the Wom'
ans Home Missionary union was held IN
the Congregational parsonage this alter
noon.
Earl Martin, who has been working at
| Charles Gays, has gone to his home IN
| Jacksonville and Claude Vincent takes his
lace,
Miss Florence Toilette went "Wednesday
| o Weston to take part in The Rivals,
which will be repeated there Saturday
evening.
Nal Bemis of Athens was in town
| Monday and took home with him pair
i of steers belonging to ii. o. Gale, which
| he is to break.
Frank Potwine OF Brooklne has rented
Thomas Cranes sugar lot for the season.
The naples in this lot are of unusual size
and probably cannot be rivaled in town.
Mr.. Burwell is fitting up the barn
which he bought of Mrs Mary Phillips
for a livery stable. Stalls have been put
in on one side for the entire length OF
the barn and an addition is being built.
Many of the cases of whooping cough
might have been avoided had there been
/ more rigid quarantine. Some who had
/ have gone about spreading the disease
broadcast with no hindTance placed IN
their path.
Carl $. Hopkins of Bratteboro and l..
II. ARlcy of Vernon were in town last
week trying to induce the farmers to raise
sweet corn for Snowflake canning factory.
they offered Sl3 per ton for the corn de-
lvered at the station.
Mrs. l.. O. Reed made a short stay in
town last week to remove her household
goods from Harrison Eddy's tenement and
to store them. She left Friday morning
for Schenectady, n. Y, where she will
make her home for the present.
Russell Aldrich has been confined to the .
house many weeks with severe cough |
He says that he doesn't know as it is .
the whoOping cough but "he never had /
anything like it before" We are glad .
to note that he has so far recovered as
to be out for the first time this week.
Herbert Kidder's auction last Tuesday
was well attended, many from out of town
all the goods went high. J. II. Ware was
auctioneer. 1t is said that some of those
who attended the auction from out of
town were well provided with liquid re-
Leon Truesdell is spending his Easter
vacation with his parents in Townshend.
Mr.. Truesdell will graduate next June
from Brown university. During his
course he has taken several prizes for
scholarship and honorable mention has
been made of him in the newspapers of
Providence.
Mrs. Corser will teach the West Towns
bend school, Rev. $. l.. Vincent will re-
turn to district No 3 and Mrs. Merle
Willis will again teach in No. s. Both
Mr.. Vincent and Mrs. Willis have been
liked in their districts and will be vel
,omed back by the parents as well as by
The boys and girls
Oxen are evidently coming into style
again. Once upon a time as the good
bid stories begin, the Townshend black
smith used to shoe as many as 100 diff
eIent pair during the course of az win d
er but, of late, horses seem to have tax
N their place. This winter, however, the t
eacton has set in and Roscoe Marsh has i
hod 80 different pair of oxen during J.
he season.
The Wardsboro notes in last weeks d
Phoenix state that II of the Vermont t
range were present and that The Towns /
end bretheren furnished an excellent sup
er. We are glad that the visitors en- $
Dyed the refreshments but fear that they u
ave too much credit to "the bretheren" i
or. although they undoubtedly paid for
he -four and sugar and other Ingredients l.
+ the repast, it was the sisters who did T.,
he cooking, u
The senior class of Leland and Gray 81
eminary Tuesday evening gave the sup
er and social which had been postponed ,,
ecause of the evangelistic meetings. A y
can supper was served. For once the -
hort people had the advantage since all :
no stayed to the social were charged two
ents for every foot of height and one r,
mt for every additional inch. Edwin Il
ulver read, Hazel Jones gave a recta- III
on, Blanche Corser sang and all march n