The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-13

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give a public whist party March ~,
Protective grange will give mas
unrradc ball March 10 Ia members of
the order and their invited friends,
"A large party attended the waltz.
ing PARTY Monday night Ia AEmoty hall
given under the auspices Of Company l.
The local council. Daughters Of
Poeahontas, will give dance In Red
Men = hall March ~. All are invited,
Ill. :. Merrill aud II, l., Greene
sold a $3.50, model u, Maxwell at the
Boston auto show this week 10 Harry
l., Emerson,
Rev. u. T.. Trout will conduct the
service Sunday afternoon AZ J o o'clock
al the Home for the Aged and the
church choir will furnish music.
There viii be concert In the Yer
mont Wheel club rooms Sunday AFTER
noon al I o clock. Selections viii be
given by Victor vietrola and Mrs.
Francis Weeks will sing several solos.
The ease Of d. Blair Irving Of
Greenfield. Mass, against John Man
lev OF this town was called up AZ the
superior court In Franklin county, Mon.
day. The absence Of the plainiih
caused the case To be non'suiied,
The grangors will bold social
and masquerade dance in Grange hall
Thursday evening, March ~. All
those who have cards for the previous
socials can use them for invitations
TO this event. II is desired that all
guests appear in costume.
Richard Smith was arrested Sunday
night ON Elliot street by Chief of Po'
lice J. II. Evans. Smith had INDUCED
too freely in the juice Of the forbidden
fruit aud ON this account was escort.
ed TO the police station. lie pleaded
guilty 10 the charge Of intoxicaiion and
was fined - aud costs amounting TO
SLIGO.
Roswell l.. Frost, county fish and
game commissioner, was notified Mon
day by Deputy Sheriff Clifford Mann
of West Dover that buck had been
caught there which had been chewed
by some animal and was in a helpless
condition. Mr.. Frost ordered the buck
killed and the carcass buried. IL Is
believed that the buck was attacked
by bob eat.
Mason A. Stone and Frank l..
Greene made brief visit at the Mag
net club rooms in Esteyville Wednes'
day night. The boys went through
their regular business routine and al.
terward gave an exhibition dumb bell
drill. Both Mr.. Mason and Mr.. Greene
spent sometime in personally meeting
the boys and in saying a few words
of commendation TO them.
"A number of women attended the
meeting in the rest room Saturday to
consider the organization of Woman :
exchange. \ constitution and bylaws
was adopted and the meeting ad'
iourned until 3 clock tomorrow at
ternoon when officers will be chosen
and organization perfected. All inter
ested in the exchange are invited to
attend tomorrow's meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of
the directors of the Brattleboro board
of trade was held in the board Of trade
rooms Tuesday evening. This was the
last meeting previous TO the annual
meeting which takes place the second
Tuesday in April, and reports OF the
chairmen of the different committees
were presented. A special committee
composed of c. r. Crosby, II. c. Rice
and NJ. C. Houghton was appointed to
prepare list of nominations to he
voted upon at the annual meeting.
Thomas r. Betterly lost control
of his horse Tuesday afternoon on
Williams street. After the animal had
run for some distance Mr.. Betterly
Jumped out of the sleigh to save him.
self from injury. The horse continued
to C. NJ. Winslow s house in West Brat
tleboro where it was caught. Several
bags of grain were left at different
points along the road. An hour later
Mr.. Betterly recovered his team and
later the bags of grain. Neither the
horse nor the driver were hurt. The
horse became frightened at the break
ing of the strap that secured the hold
back
The first annual banquet of the
Exchange club took place Friday even
ing ar the Brooks House. The mem
beers of the club gathered in the parl-
ors of the hotel at 7.30 and at s sat
down to a sumptuous repast. Remarks
were made after the dinner. II. f..
Whitney was chosen toast master and
among those who responded were Hal
March. Dan Stolte, r. l.. Greene,
George A. Wellman and Raymond M.
Frost. An informal discussion took
place during the latter part of the
evening relative to the future work
of the club and the plans to be adopt
ed in developing the aim of the club.
The classes of the Young People IS
Union, with the exception of Mr..
Hawley's class and Mr.. Swift's will
finish their winters work next Tues
day evening. All who have been mem
bers of the basketry class are urged
to make a special effort to be present
and bring for exhibition purposes the
baskets they have made. Miss Flor
ence Goodenough will speak briefly of
grasses and grass baskets. Any of the
basketry material which is left will
be sold to those who desire it. During
the remainder of the season it is hoped
to have several talks of general in
terest which will be open to the pub
lie.
Burton c. Alexander, 35, died at
his home in Montpelier Tuesday even
ing after a long illness from tubercu.
losis. He was a native of Berlin. At
the outbreak of the Spanish war in
1898 Mr.. Alexander, who had previ-
ously been a member of the Vermont
national guard, re-enlisted in Company
H and was appointed corporal When
he returned from Chickamauga he was