The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-29
removed. Little Homer Ambrose is suffer
ing from dinht heria

Charles Hall, who has been confined t.
his home for long time by illness, enter
tanned Rev George Stair and Rev. DAME
Mcintyre one day this week.
Mr.. Sherwin of Brattleboro has beer
very i'll at John Jenkins's, but is bette
and he has returned home His son from
Keene was here and cared for him.
Miss Florence Sanders, on account or i'll
ness, did not go to Hartford, Conn, Mon
day for her fall millinery as she expected
but has sent for it and expects it soon.
The Hadassah league of the Baptis
church met last Friday afternoon will
ent, who were served with fine luncheon
and enjoyed pleasant time.
Members of the league were very GLAD
to see Mrs Lottie Holden at the meeting
last week, it being the first time she has
been able to attend for several months
owing to illness.
i. II. Van Valkenburg formerly of this
place but now Of Mortified, Mass, and
his friend, ID. e. Jones, of Rutland, were
here this week for the deer hunting, Mr..
Jones securing nice one.
Dr. l.. F. Osgood last Sunday lost a
horse. 1t was one of a pair of colts recent
ly purchased and became frightened and
ran away, breaking leg. Our meatman,
Mr.. Stratton, of Williamsvlle, also lost
one the same day.
Leland and Gray is offering business
course this fall to students who have not
passed the state examination as well as
those that have. As students have the
free use of the reading rooms and many
advantages not received in business col
lege the new move should be a success.
Mrs. G. H. Baker of Lowrey, N. d., who
bo, hoo,, x,;s;{incr g.,
left this morning for Springfield, Mass,
where she will visit a few days with Mrs.
Dale. She will also visit Mr.. Bakers
brother in New York before returning
home.
John Ware has been known to sell
houses to his wife when she did not re-
member bidding for them, and the next
big sale he has where good rifle is put
up Mrs. Ware will get that. Then she
won't have to telephone to the village for
help to drive deer out of the garden right
in the middle of the deer season.
A Jolly party of 81 Foresters arrived
here from Brattleboro Monday evening
and were entertained by nearly all the
Townshend members at the town hall.
The home court assisted the visiting court
in initiating a candidate, whom the visit
ors brought with them. The party were
served with an excellent oyster supper
and broke up at midnight.
Mrs. Baker was the guest of honor at a
picnic on the ODER hill week ago. The |
rest of the party were Robert Holbrook.
Miss Jennie Holbrook, Orinda Dale, Laura |
Holmes and Edna Snow. They spent a
large share of the time eating, from report,
and what little there was left in rifle
shooting and admiring the views. On their
return they called at Mr.. Holbrooll's, and
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northern coach were finally landed at
home.
Merrill Phillips Of Xenia, o., arrived
asst week Thursday 10 visit his mother,
Mrs. Mary Phillips, and brothers. Everett
md Rollo Phillips. Mr.. Phillips has been
employed for II years as a foreman by
3radfute & Son, one of the large stock
aising concerns of Ohio. He spends 10
weeks of the time travelling through the
vest exhibiting prize stock at the different
airs He left yesterday for Orange, Mass,
md Westfeld to visit brothers on his way
ZONE. On reaching there he will take
chicago next month He has already re-
eived over $4,000 in premiums this fall.
One often attends funeral services where
beautiful flowers and sweet music add to
he impressiveness, but perhaps there is no
,lace where one feels the solemnity of the
ervice as one does when hearing it read in
lonely cemetery on a cloudy night. Such
vas the experience of the little party of
nourners who heard Rev. Mr.. Mcintyre
cad the burial service over the body of
liss Gertrude Gushing Wednesday even
ng. Miss Gushing died in Brattleboro and
S it was known that the body must be
uried at once her relatives met the train
nd took it to the cemetery where the SER
ice was held. Mr. and Mrs. Aston Cush-
ng and their children have the sympathy
f all in their affection.
There have been two alarms of fire in
he village within week, both of which
we're false, although if the old saying, that
where there is smoke there is fire." is
rue there was a fire somewhere at Byron
He had filled his CRATE full
f finder for the purpose of burning out
is chimney but when he touched it off
he smoke went anywhere but up the
ne. He found afterward that a screen
)ws from coming down had been effective,
Or instead of coming down they stopped
n the screen and built their nests there,
losing the fue altogether. There is moth
1g to stop them now The other alarm
ras at the Masonic hall-some paper in
he stove and the damper shut.
Rev. Mr.. Stair, the evangelist, and his
Mr. Reynolds, the choir leader
nd soloist, began their daily services last t
unday. Mr.. Stair is an earnest speaker
nd while he uses no sensational methods S
e holds his audience by the sincerity of
is words. 1t is indeed a pleasure to listen I
} Mr.. Reynolds's magnificent voice. The I
,pics chosen by Mr.. Stair thus far are
follows: Last Sunday morning The t
pparent Harvest; evening, Divine
earch; Monday evening, Who Are the
ost? Tuesday, The Eternal Question;
7ednesday evening, Sowing and Reap
g. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Stair {
reached on The Surprises of Life. Next
evoted to song and Mr.. Stair will preach
l The Queen of Home. The evangelical h
rvices will begin next Sunday morning
the Baptist church, continuing Monday, 9
uesday and Wednesday evenings.
Townshend has the usual quota of bust IT
,ss men-two resident clergymen and an q
ira one just at present, to say nothing q
'out professors, blacksmiths, etc., and :,
ey are all good in their places, but the \
wing need Of this burg is a plumber and A
lsmith. Every housewife in town has a
lection of old pots and pans not worth v
cents on which she will willingly spend f,
cents to have repaired so they won't
TX for week or two. Most of the water %
pes are tied up in. spots with hunks of T
| rubber bootleg, while pumps that run A
all are groaning and threatening to r.
eak every time they are touched. @,
wnshend would not have complained r
out any of these discomforts, but when q
q word goes forth that one of orr incest n,