The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18

ship, 1890 o'clock, with sermon by thu
pastor, subject, The Business of Child
Luke q 49-5l; u o'clock, Children's da,
exercises will be observed in place of thu
Bible classes. The subject for Mr.. Watts
address for the evening service will be
Bearing Our Own Burden. Gal. 6;5. Mid
week prayer meeting, Friday evening a,
730 o'clock Rev G. Herber Palmer Of
Westerly, r. L., occupied the pulpit last
Sunday during the absence of Mr.. Watts
The fourth annual Gibson prize speak
ing contest by Bratteboro Academy stu
dents will be held next Thursday evening"
June "a, in the First Congregational
church. The exercises will open at
o'clock The contestants have spared no
work on their part to make the affair a
success individually and general. The con
Maude Miller, Jean Blodgett, Malva lay
lor, Maude Thurber, Lucy Thurber, Hay
den Squires, Ralph Thayer and Robert
| Hescock.
The Children's day exercises last Sun,
day morning at the First Congregational
| church were attended by large and APP
| preciative audience. The program was Of
pleasing nature, the numbers being rem
dered principally by the primary depart
| ment. Besides the numbers for the pro-
gram which We're mentioned, in these
| COlllllIlS ldSI WCth was a SoIo w .'io<Nho
Stelmann, the three year old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Stellmann Bibles
were presented to three children who
were baptized in the church in infancy,
and are seven years old. They are Kath-
erin Smith, whose home is now in Spring
field, Mass. and Della Newcomb and Alice
Alexander who are members OF the Sun
day school at the present time.
E. f. Akley, IS, met with a peculiar and
painful accident last week Thursday after
noon at his home on R. f. d. No. 2.
timbers which remain over cellar place
on his farm when the beam broke, causing
him to fall several feet. He did not expe-
rience particular discomfort from his fall
and proceeded to climb to the top of the
wall and walk to his objective location
when he fell again striking on his, face.
His nose bed profusely and the flesh was
badly bruised, but he went to the home
of his son, B. G. Akley, alone and was
cared for and retired thinking he would
have no further trouble When he was
called early Friday morning by member
of the family, he was found in startling
condition as his face and the bedding
about his head were covered with blood.
A physician was Immediately called and it
was discovered that an artery above the
nose had been severed by his fall. His
injuries were professionally cdIed lol, anu
at this writing Mr. Alley is about, al,
though weak from the excessive loss of
blood and the shock from his fall.
Mr. and Mrs George R. Wheeler re-
ceived telephone message early yester-
day morning from Worcester, Mass, mott
flying them of the death of their daughter
Amy, wife of A. Frank White. No par
ticulars were stated in the message further
than that when Mr. White returned from
his work early in the morning he found
his wife dead in the bath room. Mr.
White is employed by the Boston and |
Albany railroad company on night duty.
was known, and it is probable her death |
was due to a heart disease: Besides her
husband she leaves son Earnest, 9, and
a daughter Marjorie, 2 years old, her
father and mother, and one sister, Miss
Edna Wheeler, and two brothers, Rodney
P. Wheeler Of West Brattleboro and
George A. Wheeler of Worcester, Mass.
A message was received this morning
rom Worcester Mass, stating that the
'uneral of Mrs. A. F. White will be held
morning at her home, PA
3loomingdale road, and the body taken to
Gardner for burial Mr.. and Mrs. r. p.
Wheeler and Miss Edna Wheeler will at
end the funeral
Mrs. Harry D. Miller, 80, died early
Wednesday morning of Brights disease at
Ter home, 1856 Western avenue, after an
illness of several months duration. She
lad been in delicate health for several
years. and since the early part of last
March she had been confined to her room,
Ter condition being considered critical
IN March IA, she gave birth to a son, and
ince that time her mental condition was
eriously affected. She never was able to
ealize that the child was hers and at
ifferent intervals she did not know her
riends. Mrs. Miler's maiden name was
coma Love Morse She was born in Brat
leboro, July ~ 1878. Her parents were
George Sprague and Augusta G1aladay) !
1orse. Her father died several years ago.
he was educated in the public schools
nd lived with her parents until her mar '
lage to Mr.. Miller, Oct. 80, 1899. Be :
ldes her husband and infant son, Ray !
lond Morse Miller, she leaves her mother, I
1rs. A. T. Stowe of West Brattleboro,
er brother, Frank O, Morse of Brattle- \
orc, and her grandmother, Mrs. Eliza +
lorse, SO, who lives on Dummerston hill. V
he funeral. which will be private at the T
aquest of Mrs. Miller, will be held this
fternoon at o'clock from the home. :,
ev. d. E. Trout, pastor of the Universal :
It church will officiate, and burial will be !,
| the West Brattleboro cemetery. Mr.. 1
lillers brothers will act as bearers. =