The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

ID -Donnell & Davis have installed tv
new show cases in their store tn
ho week.
he E. +. Shepardson is selling OF
some desirable furniture at Al Gree
;, street, beginning tomorrow.
nj The subject of DR.. Marion l.. Blu
w ton s address to the high school graz
fe uating class in the auditorium June
q is the Necessity of an Ideal.
p. A fair sized audience attended til
!. entertainment given in the auditorium
70 Saturday evening by the Souther
!. Comedy company, an aggregation o
colored artists.
Mrs Frank Mcclure has recent,
). bought Of the e. J. Knowlton estat
n the house on the corner of South Mali
!. and Washington streets and has rented
= the property to Mr.. Cutting.
Charles Howard of Fort Williams
i near Portland, Me-, is spending s
q street, Howard is in the both com
] pany, Mining Engineers, United States
f Coast Artillery.
Y The meeting of the Grange Ora
t matte club which was appointed fol-
this evening has been postponed to next
week Friday evening. The farce, Oh.
stinacv will be presented and social
will follow. 1t is desired that a large
number of grangers be present.
Brush fires in several sections of
the town have kept residents busy with
garden hose for the past few days On
!, Sunday lively blaze was discovered on
the bank on the Brook road, but be-
fore ii gained much Roadway 1t was sub
dued by the people living in the vi
cinity.
In response to an invitation Civ
en- by Rev. Roy M. Houghton. pastor Of
the Center Congregational church, the
members of Brattleboro lodge, n. E.
Q. F., will attend divine service Sun
day morning at that church in body.
meeting al Red Men S hall at 10
o clock
George Bailey and Guy Bracket,
ment in Grange hall Monday evening.
Bailey will give a demonstration of
his hypnotic ability and his wonder
full physical strength while Bracket
will give an exhibition of escaping
from handouts shackles, etc.
"A blaze in some rubbish barrels in
the cellar of George G. Averill's house
on Main street called the chemical en-
CINE out Just before noon Wednesday.
The fire was quickly eXtinguished, the
principal damage being to the electric
switchboard directly over where the
blaze started. Between $50 and 800
will probably cover the damage.
The civics committee of the Brat
tleboro Woman s club is sending out
invitations to a meeting which will be
held in the rest room Tuesday evening
for the purpose of organizing a civic
league in this town. The committee
feels that the, work which it has been
doing has grown to such an extent that
oh l1 hon I'D Nv,
ganization.
given by Brattleboro lodge, N. E. O. |
P, "Wednesday evening proved more
than enjoyable to the members and |
their families, there being about 125
people present. The evening was de-
voted to card playing and dancing, the
latter being enjoyed from 10 clock
until -. bountiful supper was
served by the men of the lodge.
-Quonektacat tribe, I. O. R. NJ,
gave. a dance in Grange hall Tuesday
evening which proved to be one of the
been given by the local lodge in
long time Over 200 couples formed
for the grand march which was led
through many intricate figures by
Sachem Charles Simonds and Pocahon-
tas Ellen Leahv. The hall was prettily
decorated and Lietsinger s orchestra of
five pieces furnished music Refresh
ments were sGTtj. The committee in
charge consist of Herbert E. Harris
John Wilson a.5 John Burke.
The MAY meeting of the Sunday
school union will be hald next Wednes-
day evening at o clock in the Uni
tartan church. The subject will be
Sunday School Problems in the Junior
and intermediate Grades. Mrs. F. w.
Kuech will speak on The Model Sunday
School. and teachers from each school
in town will present different phases
of junior and intermediate work. Much
inspiration and practical help is gained
at these conferences and at this meet
ing very important part of our Sun ;
day school work will be presented All
who are interested are cordially in I
vited to attend
This town will be a bigger auto
touring center than ever during the |
coming season. The New England Ho- s
tel association, of which the Brooks {
House is member, has contracted with '
blue book for the laying out of three i
tours through New England, Il
known as Tours A, B and C. These d
ours, which cover the finest roads IN |
he New England states, 90 through !
his town and the hotel mentioned is T
low presenting to its friends detailed o
maps, showing the various trips, which, t
when used in connection with the Off 7
'ial automobile blue book, will enable s
InyOne to find his way from one end of F
he New England states to the other
Without asking single question. =
AT stated conclave of Beauseant n
Knights Templar, We'd N
esday evening, it was voted to accept =
he invitation to participate in the m
arade on Vermont Day, July s, at Bur II
ngtOn. upon the occasion of the Ter nj
entenary celebration. The several o
of the state have all cl
cen invited. They will take the ladies' v
nd be quartered in one of the dormlto,, d;
les of the University of Vermont and m
at in the college dining hall; After in
he business meeting, the lllustrious m
rider of the Red Cross was conferred. .;
he occasion was honored by the pres ia
nee of Rev. E. T. Mathison of Massl- 81
IN. O., a former prelate of the com ii
anderv. A lunch was served by Ca W
,rer St Germaine after the meeting.
Charles A. Harris, treasurer of the Y
rattleboro saving bank, sustained M
.acture of a rib on his left side be- NJ
yeen 9 and 10 O'Clock last evening 90
Y accidentally stepping into a often en-
the rear Of :. W Durham 5rris and Ro Mr
unham had been up the river in the of
tiers launch and .were on their way tn
the rear of the house to fasten a Sc
liar window when the accident nap ha
,ned. Mr.. Durham warned Mr.. Har- nu
S that the yard was badly torn up on
I'd told him not to walk toward the en-
tch. Mr.. Harris misunderstood the be
into the ditch, striking heavily on tn,
c loft s;de inst below his heart. He on