The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-20
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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tiers Tuesday afternoon nj 2 Q clock,
Protective grange will give its an.
nual sugar supper Thursday, March 20,
II will be followed by an entertain
mcni and social hour.
Dennis Rcbekah lodge will bold an
exchange party next Tuesday evening
Members are requested 20 bring dis
guised packages containing articles for
exchange.
Horace Frost has bought one Of
George Littloheld's houses ON Pros
pee, street aud viii occupy IL as a
home. The sale was made through
shumway's agency.
bingham chapter, O. Z. =, will
give whist party Friday evening,
March %. Tickets can be obtained
Of Mrs. y. /. Swift, Mrs. l.. W. Mich
OILS and Mrs. Will Perry.
The Alliance Study class will meet
az Mrs. j. NJ. Tylcr's Monday evening
next al 7.3O o'clock. A paper on The
witchcraft Delusion, by Miss Laura
Russell Of Plymouth, will be read.
Members and friends are cordially in
vited.
An event of more than ordinary
importance in the local dramatic world
win be Henry Miller's presentation OF
The Great Divide Mt the auditorium
tonight. This powerful American play
has been pronounced the best product
of the American drama, by the leading
critics of New York in which city IT
ran nearly two years.
The funeral of Belmont d. Knight
was held mt his home, - Washington
street, Monday morning at $50, Rev.
A. II. Webb officiating. The body was
taken on the ll.30 train TO Thetford
Center for burial. A delegation from
the Independent Order of Foresters at.
tended and four of them acted as bear.
ers.
Miss Minnie E. Stoekwell pur.
chased the house on Oak street for.
merly owned by +. II. Davenport Sat.
urday. She will paint and paper each
apartment and make alterations
throughout Miss Stockwell intends to
occupy the upper floor and rent fur.
nished rooms. She will also rent the
lower tenement.
A cablegram was received from
Australia last week telling of the
death in Sydney, New South Wales, of
Mrs. Harry F. Farnham, only daughter
of ex.Congressman Lewis Sperry OF
East Windsor Hill, Conn. Mrs. Farm.
ham, who was Miss Mary Sperry, had
been frequent visitor in Brattleboro
and had many friends here.
A large number attended the mas
auerade ball last night in Grange hall
given by the members of the Protec-
tive grange. A large percentage of
those who attended were masked and
dressed in fancy costumes. A feature
of the ball was the get-up of six young
women who appeared in butterfly cos
tunes and several clowns who accom-
panied the young women.
Mrs. C. F. r. JENNIE will entertain
the United States Daughters of 1872
at her home on Oak street on the after
noon of Saturday, March 81, at 3
o 'clock. An interesting program has
been prepared. which includes paper,
to be read by Mrs. Z. r. Bemis, on the
War of 1912, written by the historian
of the society, Mrs. Loring B. Lord of
Burlington, and poem which will be
read by Mrs. C. H. Thompson.
A large number of people were
present at the Centre Congregational
church Sunday night to hear the can
tata. Penitence, Pardon and Peace,
sung by the choir of the church aug,
mented by a large chorus. The work
was greatly enjoyed and much appre.
citation was expressed at the work of
the soloists. The cantata occupied the
entire service with brief intermissions
taken up by the pastor, Rev. u. Il.
Miles, in explaining the theme of the
composition.
Mrs. Mary E. B. Howe, widow of
Willard Howe, of 143 Howard street,
died early Sunday morning at the age
of IS years, months and % days.
Death was due to bronchial pneumo-
mia. She leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Charles Dragon of Westmoreland and
Mrs. Warren Hadley of Rushford, N.
Y, one sister, Mrs. Sanford Freeman of
Peabody, Mass, and two brothers,
Prescott Blanchard of Randolph, VT,
and Albert Blanchard of Brattleboro,
vt. The funeral was held Tuesday at
ternoon at 1890 O'Clock at the home.
Tnterment was in Hinsdale.-Keene
Sentinel.
Representatives Of the power com
pany, who are building large dam
near Brattleboro and who are to con-
duct the power to Worcester and Prov
dence, R. T., were at Orange recently
negotiating with some of the manufac-
turers and others to sell them power.
The line to convey the power will pass
through the northern part Of the town.
Tt is not improbable that the company
will run a side line into Orange vii
lage, as it is believed that it will be
great advantage to those wanting
power in various ways, as the price OF
making power by steam and gasoline is
gradually increasing.-Orange, MASS,
correspondence in Springfield Republl-
can.
Fresh from two seasons triumph
in New York, The Great Divide, Will
liam Vaughn Moody's extraordinarily
successful play which has been de-
clared by many critics to set a new
high mark in American drama, will be
seen at the auditorium tonight. The
career of The Great Divide has been
epoch making in American theatrical
history. Here at last is play which
is splendid literature, great drama tech
nicallv. and at the same time fascinat-
ing to the spectator and of almost un-
precedented commercial value. 1t has
been called the "long awaited great
,,lo,- JTndouhtedly it is