The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-16

N pablo sani~f Ia He'd MeA = n
y Thursday eteaias,
! C {. Turner hss ss.ld oct kis
isfosi ia the hIaiiisbefe lIoase 10 /
; IaHReF, q, u, kilis. the change lakil
u place yesterday
l. The Ladies Aid ~ ihe Mrihadi
!, 0Lnnh eiil bald a stsnriai lsasihg
= nsruiihg "Wednesday aflrHnaon, ncl, 2
9 IL Ihr ehaWh IaIion a. a.au q ~,
Extensive repairs are being mas
"a the reception Ipams ahi Railways !
Tho liIaiiishafa keiIrat, Tile haa
z ar belhs laid Ia the halls and man
Z other improvements Installed,
The Esiey orchestra has T9samr
iis frhrAfsals under the diFrcilon 81
a. Hall, They ate held IN tho pian
: ware Fnams and an Friday Afternoon
fnam four Ia sik clock Instead u /
tho sVohlng As heretofore, The ol
chesira NOW numbers 20 pieces,
The samen af the c.niI. chuIr
WILL hold a sewing meeting fhnfsda
afternoon ~ : o. m, Ia Work fof "a
missionary baG, There Will ais0 4
pufis o. iie, Anyahe having articles q
rlaihing az bed furnishing iaf a iamii
~ ihHe q asked Ia bring them At ihi
time,
Tn. program for the grange meet
ing "Wednesday evening, Oct, ~, Nil
inciudr 4 magical entertainment hy u
d. jordan, the I 'rlark edition ~ ~,
gtnngr hnsbanamAn aud vocal aud in
stfumehial selections Applications ~
membership in the November class mus
be- presented al this meeting.
a delegation IL II from Palcsiin,
canton. FaiFlarrhs Militant. went u
Iferniirld Yesterday ~ guests ~ Davis
canton ni i field day, faifiarrhs Wrr,
present frum Alhany Troy, Worcester
and Springfield and there we're over
80 men ia the parade, The outing
concluded with an excellent shore
dinner
Will. driving down Main street
hill AT a slow rate Of speed this morn
ing. shortly after : clock. horse
owned and driven by l.. l.. whitney.
u Chestnut street, Slipped and fell 10
he pavement, Bysiandcrs helped Mr..
Whitney out Of his difficulties, aud nf,
with no damage but a broken shaft
Mrs. Jennie Il. Powers. agent for
the kecne, D. H., Humane society. has
recently completed a trim through
Cheshire county and a portion Of Yer.
mont for the purpose Of inspecting
barns aud sheds where stock Il kept
To make sure that the animals have
sufficient protection during the winter
Mrs, Powers finds conditions throughout
this section much improved and be
lieves this Improvement il due largely
10 the work she has done during the
past several years.
The Brattlebor0 Woman : club will
observe gentlemen 5 night next week
"Wednesday IN the auditorium. The
customary reception has been given M
and IN It's place will be given lecture /
by John Kcudrick Bangs of New York /
city. Mr.. Bangs is the editor Of the +
magazine Puck and well known /
writer and lecturer. Ills addresses. +
while funny. have much literary dis /
inction aud a basis Of genuine good I
sense. His subject next Wednesday
will be salubrities | Have Met which /
me may translate TO mean Pleasant
People Whom | Have Met. The lee
urc Will be preceded by a musical pro.
ram in charge of the music commit.
ee. Each club member is entitled TO
ne ticket without charge and may pur.
base guest tickets for 80 cents each,
committee will canvass the club and
he seats Will also he on sale at the box
flee Wednesday night.
The concert by Knapp's Million
ire band. which was given in the Au-
itorium Saturday afternoon, was heard
Y rather small but appreciatiye au-
fence of Brattleboro music.loyers The
created very favorable i'm.
ression. both by their ability and their
nbounded liberality in responding TO
ncores. Probably the best selection \
'as the Suite from Henry VIII. and the ,
venture from William Tell which was
heir closing number was also very
God. The program was composed (
ainly of operatie selections and elias.
cal music, but the encores were of the 4
Dpular variety. The selections Of
florence Drake Leroy. the soprano solo. y
{. were favorably received and she
as obliged TO respond twice to en-
res. Uric Gingras on the flute and 4
ecolo also met expectations. as did
ito Misloh on the cornct. The Teddy
ears Picnic and a musical satire on
m Afraid to Go Home in the Dark
ere also good, both being encores. :
Oasis encampment. No. :, !. o. O.
, held its third annual roll call last Z
ening. The gathering was the largest
II call in the history of the organiza
m, fully 100 answering to their names Z
d several more answering by proxy
by letter. Before the roll call the ,
'lden Rule degree was worked.
tests of honor were Grand High Priest Y
W. HARDWOOD of Bennington and Past Z
and Master Taber of Massachusetts
ter an excellent chicken-pie supper ?
ere were exercises at which Chief I
triarch W. j. Cain presided as toast y
ster. Among the speakers were Past
and Patriarch w. Il. Coombs, Grand
don,
lster T. f. Perry and Patriarch
wight Smith of Greenfield. A letter u
s read from l.. ]. Retting telling of
at the Detroit Odd Fellows intended
do for the representatives to the SOW ;
ign grand lodge who passed through
It city on their way to Denver. A u
e train prevented the demonstration
The report of the officers of the u
iod ending June 30, 1908, has been
,lished with other state documents =
contains some facts and figures of
ecial interest to local people. At y
time the report was made there n
e in the institution 3S2 patients.
men and l67 women. During the
nnial period the total number of adj
sions was 2S5 and the total number -
patients treated 663. Of the latter
lber Isl were discharged and ia
|. The receipts for the two years
e $207 ,S6607. OF this amount $1,56O
received from the state for the
port of transient insane, $9o,429.45 =
the care of town patients and
5,S7662 for the care of private pa -
is and other sources. The total ex-
1itures were $2l3,990.07, the deficit
1924 for the two years being due =
Ost wholly to the increased outlay
,ssary to complete the new kitchen
laundry and to erect fire escapes. ~
trustees speak of the need of
piping the institution with fire pro
ion and ask the state for an appro-
tinn Of dc 00O xrb; al - :. o,+,,,o+aJ