The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03


Y will meet with Mrs. A. 4. Lord,
/ Church place, Wednesday at > p. n
There will be- no supper.
/ There will be special meeting o
! Sedgwick Womans Relief corps mex
Wednesday evening when Sedgwic
, corps and post will have joint install
, lation Of officers.
The annual meeting Of the Pros
pect Hin association will be held II
the Office of William =. Newton Mon
i. day evening, Jan. ~, at I.30 TO bea
reports and elect officers for the ensu
J ing year.
The womans auxiliary Of the Y
NJ. G. A. will hold its regular month,
meeting Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 il
the rest room. The executive boart
will meet n half hour earlier. At thu
regular meeting Rev. ID. 4. Trout viii
give an interesting talk.
The officers Of Protective grang,
were installed Wednesday evening
The ceremony was beautifully and i'm
prcssively performed by General Depu
~ II. w. Sargent assisted by Mrs
Sargent. After the meeting the
grange was invited 10 the banquet hall
where refreshments were served fol.
lowed by social hour.
AT the annual meeting of Quonek.
tacat tribe Of Red Men Friday evening
the following officers were elected:
Prophet, II. T.. Harris; sachem. A. 4.
Taylor; senior sycamore, Charles Mel.
len; junior sycamore, Charles Simonds;
chief Of records, Frank Field; collector
of wampum, h. II. Baker; keeper Of
wampum, Z. l.. Parker; trustee for
three years, c. 7. Spencer.
John Calvin has invented an ex.
tension fer ash chambers in furnaces,
for which letters patent are being pre-.
pared. II is a galvanized iron attach.
ment BY means Of which ashes may be
raked out of furnace without allow.
ing any dust TO escape into the cellar
or into hot.air pipes and thence into
living apartments. II is clever de.
vice and Mr.. Calvin has demonstrated
its utility.
The chemical engine was called TO
the Stearns building in the rear of
the water cure buildings yesterday at
ternoon at $50 to put out fire that
was smouldering in one of the chin.
news. The contents of hand exiting
usher was sufficient TO put ont the
fire. The department was notified by
several small boys, and Arthur Horton
and Frank Streeter went TO the scene.
The smoke was the thickest in the
tenement of W. X. Gage and il was
through a hole in the chimney in this
tenement that the fremen put out the
smouldering flames.
The regulsr meeting of the Brat.
tleboro Woman's club was held in
Grange hall Wednesday afternoon.
The committee on the revision of the
constitution made its report and the
changes recommended by the commit |
tee were adopted by the club. The re-
vised constitution will be printed and
members supplied with copies in the
near future. The chairmen of the |
standing committees gave reports of
the work done thus far during the |
year. Following the reports half
hour was devoted TO old time songs. |
Miss Emma Gregg sang several solos
and several songs in which the audi
ence joined in the chorus. Mrs. Blake
accompanied Miss Gregg and played a
piano solo. An informal tea was en-
ioyed during the last part of the af-
ternoon.
The members of the Young PEG
pie s union entertained about 300
friends and members of the Baptist
.hurch at their New Year Is reception
Wednesday in the chapel of the
,hurch. The rooms were decor I
With spruce trees, ground pine an
"he electrical effects pro-
luced by tn, different colored lights
idded much to the attractiveness of
he scene. Those who received were
Rev. and Mrs. George B. Lawson and
dr. and Mrs. w. B. Smith. Mrs. Har-
y W. Spaulding and Mrs. C. B. Crow
II poured in the afternoon and Mrs.
'oured in the evening. Several of the !
oung women of the union served re-
reshments. Miss A ice Butterfeld |
ang several selections and Miss Jessie I
Iawley and William Foster rendered
iano duets in the afternoon. The S
rogram in the evening was furnished
y Mrs. s. E. Lawton, Mrs. Arthur Il
faynard and Miss Clark, who sang a n
umber of solos. and by Z. F. Hol- I
rock of Keene, n. H., who gave an c
ryan recital. {
The annual meeting of the Wind p
am County Rural Letter Carriers as >
'ciation took place Wednesday after !!
BON in the selectmen s room. The re- II
)rts of the officers were read and the
blowing were elected: President, t,
red Vale of South Londonderry; Ct
ce-president, G. p. Nash of Brattle- Z
'ro; secretary, A. p. Eddy of West n
treasurer. Leon E. Mixer fl
Brattleboro; delegates to the state it
invention, Fred Vale and A. p Eddy. d
embers of the association INDUCED III
dinner at Hall s restaurant at l dt
clock at the expense of Postmaster it
Il. Taylor. At the close of the fiji
Getting Mr.. Taylor made a few re- m
arks. He laid special emphasis on ha
ed of legislation in regard to the ri
stom of putting coppers in the mail tn
xes for rural carriers to purchase tn
lmps with. This has been abolished su
the village and city service and the MT
eaker said that he hoped that the an
raj carriers would not be subject to by
, annoyance of handling the money flu
exchanging it for stamps, for any
.at length of time RI
Frank Kimble, a teamster from Nj
Johnsbury, was arrested Saturday Re
ernoon by Chief of Police J. Fl. res
ans who had given the man 25 cents att