The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-22

The foreign missionary society o
the Methodist church will meet wit
Mrs. E. w. Sharp, IS Prospect street
Tuesday afternoon from to 8 'cloc k
For one week only beginning to
morrow, Saturday, you can get full ten
cent loaves of Jacob s Goth Centur,
White Satin bread for sc per loaf. TT,
one, you will try more.-adv.
The Odd Fellows will hold the frs
Of series of dances Friday evening
Oct. 80. Both halls will be open ant
music will be furnished by Leitsingel
e. Dugan and Wales & Stanley.
People who were out late Monday
evening saw a wonderful display OF
northern lights. The illumination was
most brilliant about midnight, lighting
the heavens almost to the zenith.
The dance given by Brattleboro
lodge, N. f. o. P, in. Red Mems hall
Wednesday evening drew the largest
season. Leitsinger's orchestra furn.
ished music.
The Ladies association of the Cen.
tire Congregational church will hold a
sewing meeting in the parlors of the
church Thursday afternoon, Oct. 20.
They will serve their first supper Tues
day, Nov. 2.
A large number of football en-
thusiasts from this town will 20 to
Amherst, Mass, tomorrow to attend
the Observation-Disclosures game. The
delegation will include several auto
mobile parties.
Dennis Rebekah lodge, No. |, l. O.
0. F. will hold it regular meeting Tues
day evening. Grand Representative w.
E. Coombs will give talk on his trip
to Seattle. WASH, where he attended
the sovereign grand lodge.
The annual meeting of the Connec-
ticut Valley Street Railway company
was held in South Deerfeld, Mass.
Monday afternoon. E. C. Crosby Of
this town was chosen chairman of the
board of directors and George C. Aver
ill., also of Brattleboro, is a member of
the board. The business of the past
year shows an increase of about $500,
although the number of fares was
1910 less than the previous year.
The estate of the late Mary P.
Herrick. widow of Seth N. Herrick,
who for. SO many years lived at /
North Main street, has been settled.
According to the provisions of Mrs.
Herrick's will $500 was left to Will
liam j. Newton, $500 to Mrs Helen
Wyman Allen of Brattleboro, 5000 to
Mrs. Annie Wyman Coudray of Weth-
ersfeld, Conn, 5000 to the West Brat
tlebOro cemetery for the care of her
fat her s and mothers lot, and $3.50 to
the Prospect Hill Cemetery associa
ion. The balance of the estate was
eft to her nieces in West Philadelphia
The home on North Main street is the
property of her niece, Miss Minnie F. |
Miller.
E c. Crosby, in his new Rambler
was bowling down Main
treet hill Wednesday morning when an
American Express team suddenly
wung around Flat street corner and
blocked the highway sufficiently to
'rosby got into communication with
lis emergency brake as soon as pos
ible. but he could not stop the ma
hine in time to avert a collision. The
ar struck the rear of a buggy in
which Ralph Allen was riding, turn
ng the vehicle completely around but
not overturning or injuring
!. Mr.. Allen was bit startled at
rst, but recovered his self possession
4 time to prevent his horse running
way.
In the Congregational church at
Vest Lebanon, N. H., Wednesday even
lg Miss Elizabeth Irene Edison, daugh
er of George Sylvester Edison of that
{ Rev A. j. Hough of Montpelier
nd teller in the National bank of
yhite River Junction, were married
he ceremony was performed by the 1
room IS father The bride was at
'nded by Mrs. Florence P. Drake of {
lest Lebanon as matron of honor, and |
lie best man was Howard Hough, t
rother of the bridegroom. The brides /
aids were Della N. Harding, Carolyn {
. Hillaird, Marie Hinckley. Blanch 3. G
ibbling and Florence S. Watson, all i
West Lebanon. The ushers were l.. 4
enry Hudson, West Lebanon; Ray
ond j. Trainor, DR.; Gardner M. Cobb, /
lillian Walker and Robert A. Brown !
White River Junction. Mr.. Hough 7
as a resident of Brattleboro at the :
me his father was pastor of the Meth y
list church here. f
Magee, who won the title b
Wild Man Of Borneo, Jr., through f
5 exploit last spring in beating Fran II
) Morse, the aged Dummerston farm n
returned to Brattleboro Wednesday n
renoon. On Tuesday of last week n
lrney was transported to Rutland to
rye III days in the house of correc u
,n. being unable to raise $50, his !,
e and costs, for his exhibition of =;
utality last spring. When he left ~
wn he said that he expected to raise -
e funds and it took him six days to 81
so. In addition to the 500 assessed -
ainst him Barney was taxed enough VI,
re to make the bill about SO These N.
tie extras were for transportation and n
ard. Barney, though retlcent about II,
ere he had spent the summer, was 4;
tspoken about the class of guests at ",
, house of correction. He told e
former reporter that he should never nc
into the institution again. He p
d that there were nearly 800 bad N
lracters there and that 1t was. bad r.
a man to associate with such thugs. III III
The first annual roll call of Wan 70
tiouet lodge, No. ). /. o. 0. F., de
odd Fellows hall Monday, was a tn
cess not only from social stand wi
mt but in point of attendance. At cl,
opening of the meeting 175 mem ra
S were present and sat down to the M
client supper, of which chick PIE ce
the main feature. The supper was m,
charge of committee from Dennis of
oe of Rebekahs. the chairman of do
ch was Mrs. C. E. Lockwood. Dur. er.
the evening the attendance totaled tie,
Following the supper. which was he
ged from Gas to 8 o. clock, social de
r was spent. The calling of the tn,
of over 500 members required con. loo
,rable time. About 200 responded pc
there were over 80 responses by seq
err. several of which did not arrive
time to be read at the meeting. co,
member present from Greenfield, No,
vs., had not attended meeting of res
lodge in 90 vears. There la
e members present from Connecticut tai
from many nearby towns and cities. Ho
-Walfred. the l0-vear-old son of An ag;
Carlson Of O West ST while playino Coz