The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

lodge, F. & A. NJ, will be held Thurs
day evening.
The class in spelling and pronun
citation conducted by the Woman
club will meet this afternoon at
o'clock at the kindergarten rooms.
AT the convention of the Daughter
of the American Revolution which wa
held in Washington, April 81, Mrs. Ju
Illus j. Estey was reelected vice-regen
of Vermont
Canton Palestine No. will Civ,
May dance in |. O. O. F, hall Satur
day evening. May l. Both halls viii
be open for dancing. Cake and ic'
cream will be served.
-Pocohontas council, /. O. r. M.
gave one of its weekly dances Satur
day evening in Red Men s hall which
was well attended. There will be but
two more given during the season by
the council
Miss Alice Lita Rockwell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Roc kwell
was married in Nutley, N. j., Saturday
to Arthur Smith. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Dr. Cornelius Bishop
Smith and Rev. Herbert Cone.
The students of Brattleboro acad-
envy will give a. musical next Thursday
evening DIT . U ClOCh. Ill EACducuN Hdli,
West Brattleboro. The proceeds will
be used for training for the annual
Gibson prize speaking contest.
The piano contest conducted by D..
J. Fenton & Co., will close tomorrow,
Saturday evening, and no certificates
will be received after the store closes
The name of the winner of the piano
will be announced Monday evening at
clock at the store.
A. O. wilkins who has charge of
the West Dummerston power station
of the Twin State Gas and Electric
company for some time, has resigned
and entered the employ of the Estey
Organ company as an electrician in
the electrical department. He began
work at the Estey plant Tuesday.
The members of Brattleboro lodge,
N. E. O. p, gave well attended
dance Wednesday evening in Red
Men S hall. Music was furnished by
Dugan and Hines and refreshments
were served. On May 3 a masquerade
will be given in Festival hall and at
least 80 couples will appear in custume
Leitsinger' S full orchestra will furnish |
music.
Deputy Fish and Game Warden
L. III. Lynde, of Dummerston appeared |
in the local municipal court bright and
early Monday morning with one Charles
Newton, who had been apprehended
the previous day with two trout just
under six inches in his possession. New
ton was arraiened before Judge e. w.
Gibson and fined So for each fish, the
total fine and costs amounting to
$17.54. He paid.
The first meeting of lthe botany
class under the auspices of the Brat
;leboro Woman s club was held yester- {
day afternoon in the kindergarten
ooms and proved most interesting and
Anyone wishing to join
This class is requested to meet Miss
Brooks at the kindergarten % rooms
, clock, when she will give the second
ecture in the course.
james F. Hooker, Charles D. Viii
aker, w. H. Corser, A. B. Hobart and
}. J. Dion went Saturday to Science
ady, N. Y, returning Monday morn
NO. The purpose of their visit was to
inspect several buildings in that city,
With the idea of establishing branch
factory there. They were the guests !
f the Schenectady board of trade, and 5
we're dined by President Schermerhorn /
f that organization at the Mohawk {
Tub Saturday evening.
The literary hour at the Grange :
netting Wednesday evening was devo- !
ed to study of the life and works of :
edgar Allen Poe. The program in
luded an excellent biographical paper
n the Life of Poe, by Mrs. Louise h
In condensed form, Mrs. 9
lice Spaulding gave the story of The Z
blong Box, Miss Nellie Eddy, the q
tory of The Gold Bug, and Mrs. Ellen I
helps, the story of The Spectacle &
[rs. May Edwards read a poem. The :
rst and second degrees will be worked q
the next meeting, May 5. u
The members of the magnet club Ii
cid their last indoor melting at the N
ub room in the Esteyville school o
ouse Wednesday evening, after a most W
lccessful winter season. The club has w
ained in enthusiasm and in member in
zip and although the work received IL
serious setback on account of the II
nallpox epidemic, as soon as the ban Fl
as lifted it was taken up again with B
st. A pleasing feature of the even te
rs work was the acceptance by the
ub of two portraits formerly belong
9 to the late Judge Royal Tyler, one a
these being of Washington and the NJ
her of Lincoln. After a "hot dog" Z.
PIPER social evening was enjoyed. w
a
While attempting to cross the ma
-ollen Connecticut river in a canoe H
iday forenoon Wendell Cobb, 10 90
airs, was capsized when about in the of
ddle of the stream near Newbury w;
d the last seen of him he was being 81,
rried rapidly down the current while br
ii clinging to his canoe. Various -,
nors that he had been rescued were a n,
.eived within an hour or two after -. vi
: accident, but none of them was r M,
md by his relatives to be true, al Il, Il !
ugh they telephoned to the places w
ere the reports came from. One re- a
t had it that the young man was in I'M
louse on the New Hampshire side of WI
river and his relatives telephoned aft
re. only to find that the young man
In t been seen. So all hope was mo
en- up. bai
The report of the recent inspection me
Company l. V. n. c.. which was are
d March Is has been made by Ma all
Thomas. of Montpelier, executive ter
GER of the third battalion, and by ito
tain Arthur p HYDE. of the Uni Ger
States Coast Artillery Corps. the vii
Decting officer. Both of these men the
icized the cramped quarters allotted pal
the local company and also stated bal
{ with more room the company mel
I'D he enabled to do much better of
k. They complimented the company hiri
the appearance of the men, and thi:
on the cleanliness and furnishing hor
the armOry. The equipment of the par
pany was said to be in fair order. will
the usage which it had of
aimed, and remarks were also made of |
other company counts. The num- if {
of new men. and the fact that the to