The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

, The grange marching staff wi
hold Iiall0we EN- party In grange ha
next Wednesday evening.
w. q. Horton has this week place
, on the market the phono"raph attael
ments on which he recently procure
latent.
The members Of the saphom0i
class of the Brattleboro high school wi
hold their first dance Of the season /
Odd Fellows hall. Friday evening
Oct, 30.
-Porahontas council served suppe
10 about 200 people last night IN Re
Men : hall. The council will hold
dance Thursday evening, Oct. y
Everybody IL invited,
Mrs. &. 4. II. Jenne " this tow
was elected third vice,presdent of tn
National society of Colonial Danes u
America in the state of Vermont nj tn
annual meeting which was held u
Montpelier Tuesday.
The largest train ever sent out o.
the local station over the West rive
branch was despatched Sunday. whei
| Engineer William Curtin and Conduc
tor Thomas Rouse pulled out Of Brat
tleboro with engine ~ and II ears,
The New York Life Insurance com
pany has recently paid s2,531,ss on tive
: | 900 policies. Ia the administrator oi
the estate Of the late Henry II. Willis
of Meriden, Conn, who died July II, M
the home Of his brother in.law, George
II. Harris. 80 Western avenue,
The annual meeting of the Freme
circle will be held al the home Of Mrs,
q. II. RYDER Tuesday afternoon az :
A. sualUsla sla
report Of the treasurer. election of oil.
GERS. disposal Of funds at hand and
arrangements for The winter work. \
full attendance is desired.
The First Baptist church Of Hyde
Park. Mass, of which Rev. Guy G..
Lamson. formerly Of BrattleborO, Is
evening. the loss being about $4,000.
Mr.. Lamson went 10 Hyde Park from
MONTPELIER about three years ago and
has been doing excellent work there
ever since.
The annual meeting of the Frost
street book club was held Tuesday
Staples. High street. Officers elected
were Mrs. Erie Landry, president; Mrs.
Austin Miller. viee.president; Miss
Mary Croker, secretary and treasurer;
book committee, these officers and Mrs.
Bert Sargent.
AT special meeting of Fort DUN.
mcr colony, Pilgrim Fathers, TO be
held next Tuesday evening at G.. \. II.
hall. the officers will be installed by
Walter 4. Davis, deputy supreme gov
ernor. of Fitchburg, Mass. II is ex-
pected that members of Riverside col
Dny of Hinsdale will be present. Re.
frcshments and a social hour will fol-
low the installation services. All mem
Ders are requested to be present.
Dana X. Perry, GO, died Monday |
light of apoplexy at his home in Mead |
Vile. Pa. Mr.. Perry was formerly a |
'esident of Brattleboro. being employed |
n the iron room of the Estey organ
'actory and in Tyler & Newman S ma.
hine shops previous to going to Mead.
lille, about 30 years ago. He had
,een employed since that time by the
erie railroad. Mr.. Perry is survived
" two brothers. w. Dorr Perry of
and Charles Perry of
Conn, and sister, Miss
Ielen A. Perry, who lives in Brattle-
orc.
In A Knight for a Day. due here
Ionday evening. at the auditorium. a
mall town expressman by mistake de-
vers a case of champagne to a self
ppointed steward he encounters on
he grounds of the young ladies' board
~ school. The confidence man in his
agerness to bear away his sparkling I
rize, accidentally drops the wine
own well, where the bottles break
nd the nectar changes the water. \ '
nipple slavey attached to the college
,,,,I. ba 1,. aud
course becomes intoxicated. The .
lebriation scene is said to be one of /
ie most delicate vet convincing mani 6
stations of feminine exhilaration yet ]
fered on the stage. Reports say that |
ldiences in Chicago, New York and
oston have laughed immoderately for |
lree or four minutes steadily over the '
aid IS plight. G
There will be a meeting of the !
iris club next Wednesday evening, !
7.30 o clock, in the rest room. 1t is !
e plan of the club to take up several :
w lines of work during the coming '
ason, The object of the meeting is !
arrange for classes in shirt.waist !,
aking, English, painting and cooking. I
is hoped that classes may be formed |,
embroidery, drawing and physical Z
lture also. The services of competent T
structors will be provided and it is
sired that large number avail a
emselves of the opportunities afford II
in the several classes. Anyone
shing to join the club or interested
its welfare is cordially invited to at
nd this meeting. A course of enter S,
inments and social evenings will be t.
9 classes. Anyone who is hesitant II
out joining the club on account of k
, fee necessary is invited to have II
rsonal talk with the president, Mrs. az
j. Currier. Ell
The Greenfield police have been ac. o. .,
g in the vicinity of Brattleboro dur a
, the past week, following the sup NJ
,ed trail of two horse thieves who APP is
stable of Fred l.. Whitmore of 20
nth Sunderland, Mass, Monday even. -
:. The thieves drove to the Whit
re stable in a single team, and
wing that, took the family surrey
| harness from the stable, leaving
If single team in its place, and pair
up the horses, drove northward
ough Sunderland village across the
18th Deerfeld bridge, through Deer
d and Greenfield. At the latter
mt an automobile was taken by the
GERS, and the trip was made north
ough Massachusetts into Vermont.
, authorities made inquiries all along
route. At Bernardston and North \
it was believed that the
m had been driven through at a 1
d rate of speed early Tuesday morn \
and following these clues the trip p
continued as far north as Brattle-
o, where the trail was so vague thav
vas finally abandoned.
William Quinlan Shea, we'll
wn resident of Keene, N. H., for
r 40 years and previous to that time
esident of this town, died suddenly
l.