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


NEE, Thursday afternoon, March ~,
-i'osAhoatas council ~ill give ruh-
lie dance in Red Men's hall Thursday
evening, March ~, All invited,
I'll. Ladies' u. q. club meets with
Mrs. !. D. Mack this afternoon. sup
per will be- served and the evening
spent socially.
Ill =. Merrill and Il. l., Greene
have taken the agency for the Max
+ we'll automobiles aud will receive u
carload Of These machines this month.
The next meeting Of bingham
Chapter will be March IL. After the
meeting the Masonic slee club will
sing for the entertainment 81 the
chapter.
The meeting Of the Alliance study
class will be- held in the parsonage an
Monday evening next nj $50 o 'clock.
The paper will be on The Salvation
Army. Members aud friends are
cordially invited.
Charles T.. Beach of Burlington,
commander Of the department Of Yer
mont of the Grand Army, has made
his STAFF appointments, Edwin II, Put
nam Of Bratileboro Il department in
spector aud II. !. Bangs Of Braiilcboro
is member Of the staff
Miss Lillian. BenkeT Of the Con
grega,ional Sunday School aud Pub
| fishing society, whose work Is in Ne.
braska, will speak 60 the women OF
the Center church in the chapel Mon
day afternoon at half past three
O clock. Tea will be served nj the
close OF Miss Bcnker's address.
! March 10 will be children s night
nj Grange hall. supper will Ice served
at O clock followed by social and
entertainment consisting OF music
recitations aud short farce. Parents
are requested 10 take pains TO bring
out the children that they may have
good time.
Rev. u. T.. Trout will begin n Sc
ries of Lenten sermons in the Univer'
salist church Sunday, his subject being
Jesus the Friend OF Man. The dates
and subjects of the other lectures are
as follows: March 90. Jesus the Teach
er With Authority; March 20, Jesus
the Man of Prayer; April ., Jesus the
Saviour-His Conception or Himselfi
April 10. Jesus 5 Last Week Of Seem
ing Defeat: April 10, Jesus's Resur'
reeton or Triumph.
Referee 4. l.. Cudworth was in
town Monday 10 hear petition
brought by Baxter ID. Whitney 4 Son
of Winehendon, Mass, asking that Ger
20
in the possession of the W. A. Choate
company of Wilmington be returned
or that the trustees of that company
be directed TO pay fair price for the
property. The parties Of the petition
did not appear and' the date was not
fixed for another hearing.
This evening the second in series
of Lenten lectures will be given in 81
Michael's Episcopal church at 100
The subject will be The Bible, Where
Did We Get and How should II be
Read 4 solo will be sung by A. ,.
Thompson entitled, / Heard the Voice
of Jesus Say. On Sunday Bashop Hall
will preach both morning and evening
The bishop will administer the right
of confirmation at 1890. He will also
give an address TO the Sunday school
The regular meeting of the Brat.
! fleboro Woman s club will he held
Wednesday afternoon in Grange hall.
Professor Williston Walker of the
Yale divinity school will speak on Ger
man University Life. Dr. Walker
talk will be an account of his HE
as student in Germany and of ms
visit there last year. DR.. Walker Is
n well known summer resident of tins
town where he has many friends. The
meeting will be open to the public up
on payment of small fee,
After the regular meeting of the
Brattleboro lodge, \. T. o. L. Wednes'
day night in Red Men's hall leap
year box party was given by the wo'
men of the order Each man brought
a box of food which was sold AT auc-
ton to the women. Mrs. Harry Dow
ley was the auctioneer. The lodge
will give Poverty party April l IN
Red Men s hall, and all those who at
tend are requested to be dressed IN
old clothes. On April 10 the famous
Canadian Jubilee Singers in combina-
ton with Imperial orchestra will give
concert in Grange hall under the
auspices of the lodge.
The trustees of the kurn Hattin
Homes decided at meeting held last
week to make alterations in the Jennie
Ball Cottage on the grounds and in
the Warner Home at Saxtons River,
so as to afford temporary accommoda-
ton for boys and to proceed at once
to raise money for rebuilding of the
main building. About $4,000 will be
required for this. Some of the IN
surance money will necessarily be used
for fitting up present buildings to
house the bows. Mrs. Frederick Bill
hngs of Woodstock has heartened the
trustees in their endeavor to raise the
money needed by gift of $4,000. With
this start the rest should come.
Chase & Daley will act as counsel
for Lewis Risatti in his civil suit
against the Ramage Paper company
of Monroe, Mass, in which he asks
for $4,000 damages for injuries re-
ceived September, 1905, while employed
in the paper mill of the company. The
case is returnable March 90 before the
superior court of Franklin county.
Risatti, it is said, was instructed to
clear out unground pulp from por-
ton of the bed of the grinder by using
an iron bar. Risatti attempted to re-
move the pulp when the bar caught
in the wheels of the grinder and as
the bar moved around it struck Ris-
atti in the head, fracturing his skull
and necessitating a long period of con-
valescence in the North Adams hos