The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-30

Members of the Methodist ehnfc
q will hold a sooiabls ia the paTl0r
le Wednesday evening, Each person VIII
~ has earned her dollar will bring II ah'
u. tell how Il was earned.
- The local lodge III the New Eng
y land order ~ Protection will hold /
% dance In Red Men y hall Wcdncsda,
!, evening, Nov, 4, Ia which the genera
public Is cordially invited.
, The Ladies' Enterprise society viii
!. meet with Mrs, A. A, blanchard OF
u Esiey street Wednesday afternoon at
y q clock, A good attendance IN desired
as there IL work 10 be done.
o The New Idea Woman 5 magazine
Q for one year IL iifty cents, To all who
Z subscribe before dec, l, we will give
/ the November and December magazine
c and one pattern free. Brosnnhan a
9 Sullivan, Agents for New Idea pat.
. terns.-adv.
A meeting Of the Braiileboro East
society will be held ON Friday OF next
week TO hear the report of the com
. miiiee elected 10 recommend n successor
! 20 Rev, II. Il. Miles. pastor of the Con.
gregational church, whose pastoratc
) will terminate November %. The call
for the meeting WIS posted yesterday
Annual harvest day at the home
for the aged will be observed Thurs.
day. Nov. 3. from 10 n. M. 10 y. m.
Everyone is cordially invited. Canned
fruit aud table linen are especially de.
sired this year. but all contributions
will be acceptable. II would be most
gratifying 10 everyone interested TO
have n large number of friends regis
ter during the day.
| Local shippers who have occasion
10 visit the freight house of the Cen
/ trail Vermont railroad are expressing
| their appreciation OF the new facili'
ties for lighting which have been in.
stalled in the freight shed. Three
| tungsten lamps of high candlepower
give more than ample light for evening
work, aud hereafter profanity and |
matches among the freight handlers |
will be an unknown quality.
The first in series of assemblies
given by Pocahontas council. No. 4,
was held last evening IN Red Men +
hall, there being about $50 in attend.
ance. 4 pleasing order Of dances had
been arranged by the committee in
charge and these were fully enjoyed.
The next dance will be held Nov. 10,
and these will be continued throughout
the season once n month. The commit
tee in charge is George Knight, Ernest
White and {. X. Simonds.
The coil in the generator Ut the
West Dummerston power station of the
Twin State Gas and Electric company
burned out about $40 Tuesday evening.
and as result all the electric lights
in Brattlcboro were out for about five
minutes. IL was necessary 10 start the
steam plant in the local station and
run il for about an hour until the gen
orator was repaired. The incandcsccnt ,
street lights have been out of commits
sion since Monday night because of the 4
burning out of coil in the street /.
lighting machine in the local power sta !
tion. The work of repairing this ma. :
chine will probably be completed by 3
the first of next week.
The annual business meeting of 3
Freme circle was held Tuesday after :
noon at the home of Mrs. G.. II. Ryder. !
Besides the reports of the past year.
which showed the society to be in ex
rcllent financial standing, the report of
The fair given by the members last #
he proceeds derived from that source
reached $500.9l, an amount somewhat
arger than usual. Arrangements were
llso made for a series of socials, to be
leld once a month throughout the win
er season. The officers for the en- =
uing year were elected and they are
IS follows: President, Mrs. G. II. Ry
Ter; vice president. Mrs. +. @. 5. Os-
,ood secretary and treasurer, Mrs. J.
#. Tyler.
The marriage of Hollis d. Barber,
ldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel NJ.
Barber of Bratteboro. and Miss Eva
ingram of Newfane took place at the
ONE of Mrs. c: +. Brown, an aunt of
he bride, on Frost street Wednesday
fternoon at . clock, the ceremony
aston of the Unitarian church. The
CEREMONY was witnessed only by the
alatives of the contracting parties and
few of their closer personal friends.
fr. and Mrs. Barber left Immediately
lr an extended wedding tour. and on
leir return will live on the well known
arber farm, which the groom has as.
sted in conducting for the past sew
al years. Mrs. Barber is the daugh-
r of Henry Ingram of Newfane.
-Brattleboro lodge, n. f. o. p,
I'D its regular weekly meeting in Red
en- s hall Wednesday evening and -
)plications for membership were re-
lived. Although the weather was any
ing but propitious for a large meet
g. the attendance was exceptionally
'od and the members waxed enthusi
tic about the plans for the coming
when it is expected to
itiate a class of 80 candidates. In
tations have been extended to
mber of lodges from towns in the
ar vicinity, and to the supreme and
and officers. A supper for mem
rs and visiting delegations of the or
r will be served in the lower hall
om 6 to 7.30 0 clock and the last hour
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