The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09


a he repeated the last ~ this m0nih.
n -i'Taieeiiye grange will ,isi, nfaa
liTook grange this evening" aud give III
y program, The teams viii leave grang
i hall al d.au,
] The Woman Relief ORE vii
church will hold a rammaee sale II
4 Emerson block Oct, 90, - and 20. III
+ change IN dates should be noled
The annual meeting Of the Braiile
horo Mutual Aid association will b,
p held Monday az $40 'elock at ihi
. home Of Miss Mary II, Cabot,
; The Girls club will hold it, quar-
ierly business meeting Tuesday evenin,
!, In the rest room. After the meeting
b there will he a musical IN charge ol
: Miss Ethel Randall
Annual fair Of Protective gTangs
will be Oct ~, with the usual atiTar
lions, which include n rhicken,ple sup
! l,af and AN opera In two acts entitled
The Seven Old Ladies' Of Lavender
! Town.
-knapps Millionaire band. com
passed OF ~ soloists, will be at the an,
diioTium tomorrow afternoon for a
matinee only, All those attending will
surely have a musical treat, Tickets
are now selling,
The odd Fellows have arranged for
series Of sociablcs "a be held during
the coming season: the first one will
be held Friday evening. Oct. -. Both
halls will be open and music will hc
furnished by Leiisinger : orchestra aud
| Wales orchestra.
The marriage Of Miss Maude Eve,
| lyh Ramsey, daughter ~ Mr.. and Mrs,
Orrin II. Ramsey Of Orange, Mass, Go
/ a a. .
home Of her parents in Orange Medncs,
day. Miss Ramsey is n native Of this
place and lived here until n few wears
ago when she and her family moved Ia
Orange.
The funeral of Mrs. John NJ. JOY
was held Friday afternoon AZ ESQ AZ
her home on Elliot street. Rev. A. III.
Webb officiating. Miss Gertrude Mat
thews sang. Burial was in the family
lot in Prospect Hill cemetery. the bear.
ers being Col. II. +. TAYLOR. Job Long. |
Patrick Fenton. q. II. Bond, A. II. Ash |
ley aud W. +, Forbush.
-Brattleboro chapter. u. 4. r.. will
hold Colonial sewing party with Mrs. |
w. II. Bigelow M her home in West /
Brattleboro. Tuesday afternoon at 2.3O
q clock. Members are invited Ia wear
Colonial dresses and take their sewing.
Anyone having samples of Colonial
work is asked 10 take them for exhibit
tion. Please notice the change In time.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins
has nominated Howard \. Brown of
Brattleboro for examination for ap.
pointment as midshipmnn in the United
States naval academy nj Annapolis, and
he has nominated Philip e. Ransom of
Woodstock and Rufus Ellcry Percy of
Newport as alternates. They will take
at Montpelier in April. I
Mr.. Brown was graduated from the
high school last June, and
was president of his class. II
The woman s auxiliary of the Y.
NJ. c. 4. with its friends was delight !
fully entertained Tuesday evening in
he rest room, when Miss Shea gave an !
Illustrated lecture on different places q
The visited while abroad. She gave a =
concise and interesting description of
he views ms they were thrown upon =
he screen. supplementing many per T!
onal experiences. At the close many j
arried to meet Miss Shea. 7
The Brattleboro Woman s club will !
lold its first regular meeting Wednes :
Law. Oct. II. in the chapel of the Con- :,
.regational church. This will take the !;
orm of an informal reception with mu r
ic and a tea. with business meeting i;
nd reports of committees. We have :,
aimed enthusiasm by the meeting of n
" attending this meeting of our own ;,
Tub. 1t is hoped large attendance V
'il. be present at this first meeting. y;
-Kilian Van Rensselaer, Lansingh, il
4, died Monday at his home in Pasa- il
ena. Cal, after "A long illness with a al
duplication of diseases. Mr.. Ian o,
nigh was native of Albany. n. V, II
nd his body will be taken there for 81
urial beside that Of his wife He Ii
'aves two daughters, Mrs. 7. 5. Wiles in
f Albany, n. y, and Mrs. w. S. Free. n,
ian of Chicago and one son, Van III
ensselaer Lansingh of New York and ra
ne sister, Mrs. A. l. Tichenor, who has
ade her home with Mr.. Lansingh. Mr..
ansingh had been frequent visitor in
rattleboro and had many acquaint
lces here. al
A handsome monument was erected
the Catholic cemetery last week to 4,
ark the grave of Michael Sears. The va
onument is the gift of ex-senator
lillian E. Whiting of Holyoke, by tn
HON Mr.. Sears was employed as
achman for many years. The stone w
of unique design, three sides of it be-
q of rough granite. The front of the N,
one is smooth with Corinthian col.
nm cut in its surface at one. side and |.
g other side of rough granite which De
ps over the corner. of the stone like :.
apery. The inscription is as follows: vii
Erected by William +. Whiting in
emory of faithful man" va
About 80 of the friends and rela N.
yes of Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
lomas gathered at their Washington LOT
rect home last Saturday evening to n
lp them celebrate their fifteenth an
versary of their marriage. 1t was a NJ.
mplete surprise to Mr.. and Mrs. ~ y
tomas, but they quickly rallied and all D.,
d most enjoyable evening. A set
Haviland china was presented them, 70
". A. II. Webb making some appro. fat
late remarks regarding breakage and
need of other supplies. Mr.. Thomas of
sponded very happily and, refresh the
,nts were then served Monday morn
7 Mr.. and Mrs Thomas started on ,oss
rriage trip through the Berkshires t he
err the same route taken fifteen years w.,
William Tanning has this week Tw
d his farm, situated on the upper :,
IMMERSION road, to Henry i. Haskell -,
Brandon, VT The sale was made en- Ell,
ough the agency of S. w. Edgett & soi.
Possession will be given Nov. l. \
!. Tanning has recently accepted IN
,ition as manager of a large auto hVe
bile plant in Pennsylvania and will I
ide at York, Pa. Mr.. and Mrs. bar
ming returned Tuesday from a of
rt stay in New York, and had de- Leg
ed to close their house for the season
en- they were notified of prosnec bee
e sale of the place, and within a ret,
' hours the deal was made. Mr. and Ma,
s. Tanning came from New York
nine years ago. N
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