The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

~ AnriN couples aitrhuNu INV nAhNN
ia Red Men : hail Saturday evening,
Pocahontas council, No. I, worked
the adoption degree upon one candidate
last nighi,
The ice which has formed over the
rocks al tho Milestone falls presents
an unusually attractive spectacle THIS
week.
The rest room board Of managers
are preparing 10 give an exhibition OF
trained teddy bears On the Afternoon
VI March -.
The usual monthly food sale will
he held Ia the rest room tomorrow AT
,,rpoon from > until o clock; the pro.
cced. TO be used toward the support Of
the rest room.
About IS members Of the Ladies
Enterprise society enjoyed slcighride
10 Norihield last saturday afternoon
supper was served them there and the
evening spent In games aud music.
During the month Of March the
services nj the Home for the Aged ON
Western avenue will be conducted by
Rev. ID. +. Trout Of the uniyersalist
church, These services are Mt clock
Sunday afternoon.
The Alliance study class will meet
AT Rev. L. q. 5. osgood S Tuesday
evening next al 7.3O clock. \ paper
will be read ON The Religion OF Man
MS Expressed in His Architecture. Mem
bers aud friends are invited.
Arthur ogilvie sustained lacerat.
ed lin Saturday at the storehouse oil
Crosby 4 company when hook he
was using 10 move a crate Of rolled oats
slipped and struck him just below the
mouth. The point of the hook pierced
the lip making an ugly wound. Medleai
attention was needed in dressing the
wound.
Mrs. Florence Sears Ware of Wor'
eester. Mass, state secretary OF eie'
mentary work in the Sunday schools,
will speak in the Congregational chapel
next week Friday evening at :
o clock. All teachers of children Il
and under are urged TO hear Mrs. ware.
She will speak on Supplemental ana
Hand Work in the Sunday School
Those who have heard Mrs. Ware in
Mortified believe that Brattleboro Is
fortunate in securing her TO address the
local teachers.
The December number Of the Yer
monter. issued this week, contains an
interesting article on professional
school supervision in Vermont by Har'
vev Burbank of Danville. The article
is illustrated with portraits OF the an
ferent supervisors in the state, among
them Wesley Z. Minis, superintendent
of the Brattleboro, Dummerston, uuii,
ford. Halifax and Vernon district, and
p. L. HAYNES, superintendent of the
district comprising Readsboro, STAN
ford Nottingham and Wilmington.
The most successful ladies night
ever given by Leo council, Knights OF
Columbus. took place in Grange nan
Monday evening. The program ar
ranged proved to be an enJoyabie al,
| fair Several selections were played
bv Leitsinger's orchestra, solos were
SING by John O'Hearn of the Nicolet
theatre and Alcide Marion, and violin
and piano duets were rendered by the
Misses Calvin. Dancing followed
About rs couples attended. Refresh
ments were served by Halls restau'
rant.
Warren L. Hyde sustained pain
ful injury Saturday afternoon in the
cigar box factory in Harmony block.
His hand was caught in printing
nress and was crushed in frightful
manner The bones in the back OF the
hand were so badly broken that they
had to be wired together. The large
muscle below the thumb was displaced
and the decorations necessitated 5O
stitches. Hyde was operating the press
used in printing on box covers Inc
cover slipped to one side and IN en-.
deavoring to straighten it his hand was
caught. He was Immediately taken TO
the Memorial hospital where the hand
was dressed. Hyde is 20 years old and
is the son of Hiram Hyde Of SO Wash
ington street.
The following is taken from the
Worcester Telegram of Feb. S: Mrs.
Jennie S. (Stearns), wife of j. Wesley
Norton, 234 Chandler street, died at
city hospital yesterday morning at $40
o clock of myorcarditis. She was ad-
mitted to the hospital Jan. %. Mrs.
Norton was 81 years old. She lived IN
Worcester 81 years, coming from Yer
mont. She was born in Marlboro, Vt,
daughter of Cyrus and Sarah (Hill)
Stearns. Mrs. Norton married J. Wes-
lev Norton in Worcester in 1882. She
was a member of Blake temple, T. s.,
and Old South church. Besides her
husband. she leaves four children-Ed-
win F., Ernest W., Ralph s., and Flor
ence H. Norton, all living at 234 Chan
dler street. There are three sisters
Mrs. Horace Edgerton, Salem, N. T.,
Mrs. O. L. Moore, wife of F. L.. Moore,
Worcester, and Miss Hattie Stearns,
Brattleboro. VT, and brother, Henry
Stearns, Bellows Falls, VT, and half
brother, George Brown, Providence.
About $50 attended the reception
in the rest room Wednesday night CIV
en- bv the Episcopal church to the
members of the choir. The rooms were
prettily decorated. A program that
gave much enjoyment was arranged
It consisted of trio for violin, piano
and cello by A. H. Brasor, Guy Jones
and Mrs. Eta s. Sherwin, solo by
Charlena Hall, piano selection by
Miss Perry, reading by M. ?. Davis
and duets by Mrs. W. E. Hubbard and
Mrs. R. C. Bacon. The choir sang sew,
eral selections. Gifts were presented
TO each member of the choir by the
rector, Rev. W. J. Hamilton. In par.
ticular he expressed the appreciation OF
the church for the efforts of the direc-
tor. Mrs. Sherwin, in enlNging the
work. increasing the number and rails