The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

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aud the evening spent socially,
The secisl committee " ihe grange
have arranged TO give leap year party
next Wednesday evening 10 memb.Fs 81
the order aud their invited friends,
Fort Dammer colony, Pilgrim Ia
theirs. have several candidates 10 lni'
tate at It's regular meeting Tuesday
evening which will be held In the rest
room.
Mrs. George Hall, 81, who died In
nedham, Mass, Saturday was known
10 a number Of Brattlebofo people, her
husband being a nephew Of Mrs. Charles
A. Trip Of this town.
Town Clerk W. \. Newton has been
occupying the sclectmen rooms this
week while repairs have been going on
In his Office, A new steel ceiling has
been put up aud the walls tinted.
The monthly musical service In the
Congregational church Sunday even
ing at o clock will open with 10 min
uies Of organ music, TO be followed by
vocal pieces by double quarie,ie,
male auarieite, and a mixed qnari.tie.
The soloisis will be Miss Gertrude Mat
ihews aud y. q. Adams,
The womans auxiliary Of the y.
N. q. A. will hold its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday next AT $3.50 I. m. ~
the rest room when Louis Heb, state
secretary Of the Y. NJ. e. A., will ad'
dress the meeting on How the Young
Mems Christian Association Benefits
the Bows OF Our Country. As the time
is drawing near for the annual reports,
IL is hoped that all the members VIII
be present and that those who have not
turned in their summer earnings viii
do so nj this meeting.
The cold weather which made its
appearance yesterday morning will no
doubt be welcomed by local coal deal
crs. A member of one local coal hfm
stated Wednesday that only about
three fourihs as much coal had been
sold In the town thus far this winter
ms was sold up 10 this time last year.
The principal reason for the difference
is OF course the milder weather but II
is also due TO the fact that people out
Of employment this winter have bought
their coal in smaller lots and in this
way have made the supply last longer.
Coal is % cents a ton higher this winter
than il was last.
The National Society OF the Unit.
ed States Daughters of 1872, state OF
Vermont. cordially invites its friends
TO attend the sixth annual bazaar 10
he given at the home Of Mrs. george
$. Dowley, el North Main street, on
the afternoon Of Tuesday, Feb. 4, from
3 10 6 o clock. There will be on sale
fancy articles from India, China and
Japan and curious antique coins from
these countries contributed by one OF
the members. There will also be tables
of other fancy articles, aprons and
home. made candies. Leitsinger's or
chestra will be in attendance and re
freshments will be served,
The program at the meeting of
Protective grange Wednesday evening
was in charge of the lecturer. who pre-
sented the following: Piano solo, Miss
Eloine Franklin; The Grange Husband
man, edited and read by Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip f. Franklin; reading, Mrs. Nav
erette Fisher; topic for discussion, Re.
solved, That the Farmer Needs as Good
an Education as Any Other Glass of
Men-speakers, State Master G. w.
Pierce. Mr.. Frisbee of Connecticut. +.
E. Franklin and Mr.. Wilson Of Dunn
merston. Seven candidates were bal.
loted upon and IL applications received.
The first and second degrees will be
I. 4 /. 10 inn n
Three petitions for divorce have
been filed in the county clerk 8 office
recently. Josephine NJ. Cook Of Brat
tleboro has filed a petition against Jo-
seph NJ. Cook, now of Wardsboro, on
the ground of intolerable severity and
statutory charge. Lizzie A. Lover of
Jamaica asks for divorce from Wal
ter Lover. whom she says is out of the
state, on the ground of intolerable Sc
verify and desertion. She also asks for
the custody of the fourth of her five
minor children. Madeline, girl of 8
years. The children range in age from
to 10 years. Harriet E. French Of
Vernon seeks divorce from Dexter
w. French, now of Northampton, Mass,
on the ground of desertion and refusal
to support.
Postmaster Taylor desires to call
attention to the practice of some pa
irons of rural delivery Of placing loose
coins in their boxes each time they de-
sire to dispatch letters instead of sup
plying themselves with postage in ad
vance of their needs. This practice i'm
poses undue hardship on rural carriers
in removing loose coins from boxes and
delays them on the service of their
routes. The postmaster, therefore, ur-
gently requests that patrons of rural
delivery provide themselves and keep
on hand a supply of stamps consistent
with and in advance Of their needs. 1t
is also very desirable that rural pa
irons place in their mail boxes small
detachable cups of wood or tin in which
to place coins, when necessary, in pur-
chasing supplies of stamps.
The Brattleboro society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals held
its annual melting in the free library
building Tuesday night. The officers
reports included that of the agent,
Henry J. Allen, who succeeded Mrs
Jennie B. Powers. Mr.. Allen visits the
freight yard each week when live stock
is loaded. His report showed conditions
there and elsewhere continue to i'm
prove and that much work has been
done in a quiet way. These officers
were elected: President, Charles H.
Pratt; secretary and treasurer, Rev. E.
@. s. Osgood; agent, Henry J. Allen.
DR.. Henry D. Holton was elected a
vice president to succeed the late DR..
George F. Gale. New members Of the