The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-19

tTdilsdct otnef business.
u Rev. William c. Conant of Chicago
Pres byterian minister and special CORES
~ pendent of the Chicago Interior, is visiting
n his daughter at the Mortified, who is
g student at the seminary.
n Mrs. N. p. Wood attended the inspec
g ton of Bethlehem chapter, o. Il. s., a
l. Northampton Monday night She wa
# the guest while there of Mrs. Ethel Beers
d Cook, a former resident of Mortified.
t Mrs. Alvin George, who has been i'll fol
e several months, was out driving last Sun
n day. Her many friends will be glad to
e have her return to the social life of the
3 town of which she has been helpful
e member.
While Leslie Tyler and Charles johnson
!. We're out bird hunting recently they es-
pied coon on the limb Of a tree. 1t
was an easy mark. The result was coon
supper at Mr.. Tyler's at which they invit-
ed several friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spencer and family
expect to move to Greenfield by the last
of this week, where Mr.. Spencer has Sc
sured carpenter work. Mr.. Spencer sold
his place on Winchester road to Fred
Proctor last summer.
Several Of the teachers at the seminary
attended the free lectures given by B. r.
Baumgardt in Hinsdale n. H., last week
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lectures were on Venice, Spain, and Rome
and were beautifully Illustrated.
Mrs. John Robbins, who for long
time has been such an invalid that much
anxiety was felt for her life, has been
gradually recovering of late, She has been
able to ride out and the past week with
assistance walked across the street and
made call
William A. Beers. former resident of
Mortified and foreman ON DR.. Pentecost's
farm, has bought modern, up-to-date
house with IS acres of land in Bllerica,
Mass. Miss Flora Beers keeps house for
her father, Robert is a junior in the high
school, and Roland is in Amherst Agricul- |
tural college.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Belden returned to
Mortified from their wedding tour last
week Thursday They expect to leave to-
morrow for their future home in Sica-
way at st. Johns, New Brunswick, where
Mr., Belden has sister. Mr. Belden is
due in Scamous Dec. l.
The program of the Fortnghtly club was
in charge of Mrs Kate Alexander. Miss
Emma Alexander sang, accompanied by
Mrs. C. II. Webster. Miss Daisy Diclen-
son read a poem. A paper was read on
the lO0Years War, and Mrs. Kate Alex
ander talked on The Maid of Orleans. One
iteN llCHlDel was dtlHllltu.
L. H. Pawling, who has been in the EN- {
ploy of Newton keet, has gone to New 1
Brunswick n. j.. to work as a machinist
in the paper mandatory of j. j. Jane
way. Mrs. Pawling and child have gone
to the home of her parents in Claremont, +
\. H., and will join Mr.. Pawling later if
lis position is satisfactory.
Herbert Reed was the invited guest of
the Pocumtuck Coon club last Thursday
at a coon supper given in their club
house. Fifty men sat down to the table q
we're served. These 'coons were killed by h
Mr.. Reed the week preceding, which a
makes 20 so far this season.
The second number of the Mortified 81
ecture course will be a lecture by Miss S
ellen Paine Huling tonight at 7.3O in
he town hall. Miss Huling will give an "
lecture on Labrador, where she G
las travelled extensively the past three
ummers, 1t will be interesting to hear :,
# the far north as a woman sees it. IL
A. F. Swanson of Brooklyn n. Y, a
raduate of Mt. Hermon and for several
ears chef at the Mortified hotel, was in e.
own the past week calling on old friends, o
topping over on his way to Brattleboro
,here he attended the funeral of the ia 81
her of friend. He is in a chemical NJ
laboratory in Brooklyn, holding an excel te
mt position
Arthur Field who has been in the EN- 81
10y OF Robbins u Evans, grocers, for the al
asst three years, has severed his connec- m
ion with the firm. He has taken a log "
ing contract of Amidon 4 Field of War O.
lick, his brother, Fred Field. being one
the company. Three of his cousins, he
harles Field, Amos Field, and Clifford in
leld, will drive teams for him on the job. SD
The plans for the Thanksgiving gather da
lg at the Mortified are being completed bt
he seminary students and Bible training
lent This year it is to be given by the sh
aminary girls. Mrs. G. T. Candee of err
ew Haven and her son as usual have NJ
onated sum sufficient for the dinner of
he seminary girls, They will also be .,
tests of honor at the dinner. Several of n az,
he students expect friends to spend the Nv, ,r1
ication with them. ~
The annual meeting of the Women's tr,
GARD of Foreign Missions was held in
an being the delegate from this society w w
theirs who attended from Mortified were III,
RS. Higgins, Miss Susan Higgins. Mrs. G lins
awrence, Miss Susie Lawrence, and Mrs. Ga
r. Smith. The state convention of iie
nday school associations was in session
Boston also that week. Miss Marion get
cody, who was elected superintendent of W.
e home department at the annual meet wi
g of the church, attended the conven- MI
IN representing that department. an am
The annual convention of the Franklin WI
orth District Sunday School associa-
IN met in Greenfield Tuesday. Arthur
Fit spoke on Making the Best of the
d Methods. Ambert G.. Moody was we
heduled to speak on New Methods Test
IN the Past Year. He is superintendent an,
the Congregational Sunday school, As ,
r. Moody had not returned from his ~.
stern trip Rev. n. Fay Smith dealt ~,
tn the subject as stated. There are 80 \
lools i'll this district and 1881 pupils. IN
e general subject of the convention was
w Methods in the Sunday Shcool. wo
The international committee of the Y. pre-
{. A. set apart this week as a week of y
aver for school, colleges, and organiza- Ha
ms of young people. Mt. Hermon began reli
nday night with a preparatory meeting \
the chapel. Each morning meetings are wo
- ~ me dlnerent halls ana the even, aft,
different branches of the work of the -
NJ. c. A. The seminary chapel talks e,la
along this line of instruction and sSle
lyer each morning of this week Next llo'
nday night at Sage chapel a number of sun
" members will be received into the Y.
G. a. Miss Florence Calder of Bos-
, who is the secretary of the Womans y
ard of Missions. will give an address. Hig
. unique and very enjoyable Thanksgiv J
social was given at the Congregational wor
try Wednesday evening. All, old and +