The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-10

York visited al J. !. fail's this ~eek
Mr, and Mrs, D, l., Newton took ths
train ls.l Friday for Connecticut, whefs
they wlll slsil AIR, Nesion's mother.
The library Was feoIcncd "Wednesday
evening, Alias Grace Chase viii hast
eharse oi u during the absence Of the
librarian.
The 1ownshend baseball team played
at Grafton Fourth ol July. The game
resulted ~ a scov Of 10 :. IN ia'of
OF Iownshend.
The Lords supper vas observed al the
Congregational church sunday morning,
at which time Ms, Leslie Lowe united
with the church.
Mrs. findley Melniyre aud Mrs. Colin
Mrlnlyre II North Adams, Mass, were
the guests OF Rev. aud Mrs, Daniel Nc
lnlyre on the Fourth,
Miss Edith Sanders is spending her va
cation with her papnls, Mr. and Ms.
| HAYNES Sanders, aud expects 10 remain
Ia town until September.
Mrs. Blanche Brigham Harper. Of Mad,
ison, Wis, and Aln. Lyman johnson, oi
| Evansville, Mis-, came Tuesday TO spend
a week al Il. II, Bugham's,
Rev. and Mn. Daniel Mcintyre are re,
ceiVing congratulations over the birth ol
daughter, Carrie Allen, who arrived
"Wednesday IN time for tea.
Mr.. and Mr. Lcmuel Van Schaick and
their little son spent several days last
week with Mn. Van Schaicks's brother,
Guy Austin, at SaxiOn's River
Rev. George Russell, who preached as
candidate at the Baptist church some
weeks ago, has accepted call 10 become
pastor OF the Baptist church at East
Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Young. Of Seattle.
Wash, recently visited Mr.. loung's sis
ter, Mrs. Roscoe Marsh. Another
brother, Fred Young, OF Bratlleboro, also
spent sunday with Mr.. aud Mn. Marsh
Miss Esther Dale. who has given up
her work ia Brantiorl, Ontario, returned
home Monday. Miss Dale will remain
ia Townshend until September, when she
will 20 TO Mt, lioyoke college as assist
ant instructor in music.
Mr.. Smith of Springfield, Mass, has
been visiting his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Aldrich. He will spend the re-
naming three weeks OF his vacation, the
inst he has had in twelve years, ON the
farm OF Joseph Cummings.
As the haymakers were working on the
Morse meadow back OF {. H. Willard's
mill, Tuesday, they came upon the skel. |
eton OF deer lying under an apple tree. |
II is thought that the deer was wounded
last winter and came there 10 die.
The Sunday afternoon meetings in dis. |
trict No. 3 are prospering, there being an |
average attendance of about -. IL is /
expected that they will continue through |
July and August. after which time Rev.
Daniel Mcintyre plans 10 hold services IN 1
the school house in the Holland district.
At the Baptist church Sunday morning
Principal II. w. Lewis preached most
excellent sermon from the text, Uphold
me according TO Thy word, that | may
live; and let me not be ashamed of my
hope" His brother, Oakland Lewis,
sang solo which added much to the ser
vice.
Friends of +. L. Lowe have received
cards indicating that he is having a fine
trip. He and Mrs, Lowe LETT Granite
Falls, Mimi, the middle OF the week for
Coral, Mich, where they will visit Mr..
loves sister. 1t is understood that Mr..
loves business is during his absence,
getting along nicely under the manage
nent OF his efficient clerk.
Riverside, being the last christened OF
he suburbs of Townshend, had more en-
,rgy than her sisters and celebrated the
Fourth by having picnic on the grounds
If Moses Randall. Ae feature of the oc-
aston was the impromptu horribles,
which called forth much merriment.
Some of the village youth celebrated
heir independence Saturday by moving =
he moving machine owned by Landlord {
Burke from its accustomed place in front
If the hotel barn. to the porch of Chase's
tore, and by spreading, for farther dry {
ng(0, on the triangle in front of the
church a load of hay left
n the horse sheds by Edward Durham.
In spite of the clouds on the Fourth, 4
yrotechnic stars appeared in several {
onts of the heavens above Townshend. |
kept appearing and disap \
earring above Prof. Lewis lawn for an
our or more, while at the cottage rock =
is and Roman candles made the night !
lorious for about the same length Of =
ime. Later in the evening there was a i
ne display from the lower end Of the !.
own, probably from Dr.. Nash's. Fire .
yorks were also sent up from the Hodg- a
en- farm. /
Now that haying is well under way, a
jncle Charles prayer is becoming quite D
Dmmon. Johnny had been in the coun
ry to visit his grandparents and uncle n
nd upon his return his mother asked ~
i'm if he remembered to say his prayers +
very HiSht. les, ihaliila, ne iePhed, n
and | learned new prayer that Uncle \
harlie says every day." Mamma, know ~ ~
lg Uncle Charlie; was little surprised, n
ut she only said, what was it, my I
carp 'Why, every morning when ~ :,
randma calls him, Uncle Charlie prays, y
Lord, how | hate to get up! F." n,
Among those who spent the damp and @,
orious Fourth at Grafton were Mr.. IA
nd Mrs. William Sparks and son, Merle. re
[artin Sparks, Miss Ruby Stebbins and W
liss Bessie Hardy, Mrs. Burwell, Mrs. e,
[arble, Mr. and Mrs. Martin and daugh. h,
II Cola, Miss Mildred Palmer, Mr. and &c
azel Taft, Master Maynard Taft and X
ebert Cushman, Herman Wright, Fred 4
sgood, Mr.: Harding Mr.. and Mrs. Fred pl
awrence, Raymond Truesdel, Miss Bes- b
e Dutton, James Flynn, Fred Smith, of
Iaude Vincent, Edward Decamper, Mr..
enson, Robert Lincoln, Hugh Phillips,
ernie Phillips, Albert Brown and Bert
arrie and two sons. For the list of
lose who stayed at home we would refer NJ
lie reader to the town directory.
Each year it becomes the painful duty da
the correspondent to call attention to
e fact that the common is decorated, br
pecially in the vicinity of the swing
airs, with peanut shucks, banana .peels, va
id scraps of paper, OF course. while the
minary is in session, the students are J.,
officio responsible for all that may a a4'
wrong in the town; but LELAND and M
ray has been closed for a month and
e park looks worse than when the vis
hool was in session, SO we know not at las
nose door to lay the blame. We have
ticed, in some places, that the park tn
provide baskets which are tn
lined some dark shade, 50 that when
stoned here and there to the trees they w.