The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The women Of Protective grange
will give u leap year ball 10 invited
guests Wednesday evening. Feb. 0, In
Grange hall. Wales orchestra will fur
nish music.
-Rraitleboro lodge, y. T., q. T., will
hold a special meeting "Wednesday
night 10 confer degrees ON 10 candi'
dates. The lodge will give a public
dance Feb. IL.
The use Of the ccnteryille rink oy'
cry Tuesday evening is exclusively for
members of the roller skating club.
Members must present their tickets In
order TO gain admitiance.
The annual inspection Of Company
aud headquarters, V. \. a., will take
place In Braiilcboro March IL nj
q clock u. M. In the local armory. The
inspecting officer will be Lieutenant l..
4. |. Chapman, L. ;. A.
George l.. Durham was elected su'
perintendent Of the Congregational Sun
day school Sunday. lie succeeds Henry
y. Jordan who declined 10 serve for
another term. Mr.. Durham gave a short
address 10 the members Of the Sunday
school after his election.
The meeting Of the Alliance Study
class will be held at Rev. 4. q. ;. os'
good Is Monday evening next, Mt 1870
o clock. A paper by Miss Lillian Free
man Clarke on Hospitals. Their Needs
and Dangers, will be read. Members
and friends are cordially invited.
Over 100 people attended the open
ing session of the roller skating club
In the Centervillc rink Tuesday evening
and the occasion proved one of much
endowment. Three physicians were pres
emf hut their services were not re-
auired. Music was furnished by Lett.
singers orchestra of four pieces.
Burt W. ingalls,, who was arrested
in Greenfield last week on the charge
Of defrauding the proprietor OF the Ser.
wick hotel in Rutland, was bound over
TO await the grand jury after hear
ing in Rutland Tuesday. ingalls, plead
ed not guilty. He was placed under
bonds of $500 but was unable to fur
nish bail,
AT the meeting of the Dennis Re.
bekah lodge Tuesday night delegates
were elected to the state convention IN
Rutland in May. These were: First
delegate, Mrs. C. n. Moran; second
delegate, Mrs. Frank A. Cook; first al.
ternate, Mrs. Frances E. Perry; second
alternate, Mrs. Myra Stone. The Re-
bekahs voted to have leap year party
in the near future.
-Swafford's moving pictures will be
shown in the auditorium "Wednesday
evening. These views are said to sur
pass in both quality and quantity any
views ever shown here with the excep-
ton of those of Lyman Howe. There
will be a matinee at 3 o clock at which
handsome pair of skates will be given
to some boy and a big Teddy bear to
some little girl. The seat sale opens
Monday at 8 o clock.
Gladys Grey, the actress, who Sc
cured divorce from her husband, wal
liam A. Tyrell, in Addison county court
Friday, rendered the Lorne Elwyn com
panv banquet in honor of the event
in Burlington Friday evening immedl-
ately after the performance of Sardou $
Divorcons, play in which the heroine
obtains a divorce and then gives a di.
vorce banquet. Miss Grey appeared
here with the Lorne Elwyn company
few weeks ago.
Clerks in the stores on the east
side of Main street took great deal
of interest in young doe that was eat.
ing on the river bank in the rear OF
Granite block Friday. The animal leis-
urely walked to the river, swan across
and lay down ON the opposite bank Of
the river among some underground.
How long the deer would have remain.
ed in sight is a question. Several small
bows took occasion to get nearer view
of the animal and the frightened doe
disappeared on its way toward the
mountain.
Raymond Eames, young son OF
Horton J. Eames of Guilford street,
has a pullet that is making local poul-
try fanciers sit up and take notice. In
deed few breeders Of wide reputation
are able to report such success as this
young poultryman is making. The rec
ord to date is IA eggs in SO days. The
pullet is mixture of various breeds
but shows to a marked degree the
Rhode Island variety. 1t is evident
that it is not the special care or par
ticular kind of feeding that the pullet
is receiving for the other hens that are
laying only an average number of eggs
are receiving the same care.
The following committees have been
chosen to take charge of the high
school fair Feb. 90: Seniors, Hyland
Tasker, James Perry, Howard Brown,
Margaret Barber, Una Rice, Ellen Sher-
man and Ralph Howe; juniors, Robert
Burnham, Russell Kuech, Emma Bar
rows. Lizzie Palmer and Alice Jones;
sophomores, Arthur Dewitt, Wells Mil
Ter, Clarence Merrill, Miriam Howard,
Charlena Hall; freshmen, Helen Ken
ney, Appleton Miles, Onslow Thompson,
Gertrude Hunt and Edith Kendall The
different classes have been assigned the
following booths: Seniors, fancy, grab
and ice-cream; juniors, flower and
candy; sophomores, lemonade and food;
freshmen, apron and postcard.
United States Judge James L. Mar
tin Monday overruled motion to set
aside the verdict in the case Of the es-
tate of Nelson st. Clair of Castleton
against the Cooperative Telephone COM
pany of Rutland county. The case was
tried at the October term Of the United
States court in Rutland and the jury
brought in verdict for the plaintiff
to recover $4,000. st. Clair was a line
man employed by the company and was
killed by coming in contact with an
uninsulated wire owned by the electric
company. the wire being but few feet