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

J. there was a partial eclipse of the su
= The meeting of Brigham chapte
0. +. S., held Tuesday evening will
tine last OF the summer season.
About $4,000 aster plants sol
u 10000 more. Will stop sale June
u Cost of plants at Ga Elliot street wi
lie please you. 25ad
u The Ladies Enterprise society wi
r. meet with Mrs. A. d. Fessenden,
= Elliot street, next Wednesday afte
+, noon at o clock.
n The lawn party held Tuesday afte
noon in Fuller's park under the au
: pices of Friendship circle was well a
tended by Rebekahs and their famile
The ladies of the Episcopal churc
held an ice-cream and cake sale on tn
common during the band concer
Wednesday evening with satisfactor
financial returns.
: About 100 couple attended tn
, assembly given at Armory hall by Com
pany | Wednesday evening The OF
/ ganization hope to continue these as
semblies until fall.
: An auction will be held tomorrow
afternoon at | o clock at the corne
of Canal and South Main streets to sci
all the millinery stock and fixtures from
the store formerly conducted by Mis-
Lulu Smith.
The annual meeting of the associa
ton of seamstresses, needlewomen anC
shop girls will be held in Festival hall
Monday evening, June %, at s o clock
A large attendance is desired.
The will of Ellen Holt Holton
wife of DR.. Henry d. Holton, was filed
in the probate office Monday, No pub,
lie requests were made. The estate
oonc To tho tastator g husband
The Streeter pension agency re-
ports securing increases for four claim
ants under the general law and three
under the age law. Four original wild
ows pensions have been secured re-
Gently.
-Windham county court will re:
convene on Tuesday but the jury will
not be called until JUDGE Butler has
had an opportunity to study the docket
and confer with the several attorneys
who have cases in court.
The cases of Charles Fox and Sc
! lah Holbrook of Wilmington, charged
with keeping deer. killing dogs, which
were heard before Judge E. w. Gibson
of the municipal court Friday, were con
tinued for sentence until today =.
The women of the visiting commit
the of the Home for the Aged will give
an entertainment and tea for the pleas
ure of the old people at the home
Thursday, June "a, at o clock. Mem
bers of this committee are invited with
out further notice.
Arthur d. Burdett of 80 Elliott
street and wife with a boarder in the
family enlivened the evening siesta of
Elliott street citizens Monday evening.
Differences of opinion resulted in the
boarder being handled rudely. No ar
rests have been made.
The lgrange dramatic club will hold
a meeting Friday evening, June 25.
The program will be in charge of Miss
Cloie Franklin and Miss Clara Daven-
port. There will be dancing after the
The next regular grange |
meeting will be July A.
The marriage engagement of Miss |
Florence .Juliette Howe, daughter of |
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Howe. to DR..
Park R. Hoyt, assisting physician at
5he Brattleboro Retreat, was announced
Wednesday afternoon at a bridge party
md luncheon given in Miss Howe IS
The body of the infant child of
here from New York city Sat
rday afternoon and buried in ST. Mi
hael's Roman Catholic cemetery. Mr..
fosher was for some time employed by {
J. l.. Hildreth & company and later
ecame superintendent of the Vermont
rinting company. f
To fulfill the requirements of the S
equations of the military department 9
the state of Vermont the First regi- /
tent band have got to have 10 rehear- I
ais between this date and the time of |
,aving for the annual muster July 2. 5
he regulations demand that "a re-
earsals must be held prior to the date II
f the annual muster Y
A bazaar will be given by the Dor a
as society of the Swedish Lutheran |.
hurch on West street, June % and "a, 0
eginning at 7.45 p. m, with literary s.
nd musical program. The well known t
iolinist. Edwin c. Hall, will render c
usical numbers each evening. Val e
able articles made by the members t
the society will be sold. Refresh &
ents will be served and an admission t.
larged. A
Rufus w. Spear, clerk of the q
lblic service commission. announces a II
caring at South Vernon, June 20, on a Z
stition of the Boston & Maine and 81
antral Vermont railroads to discon- u
nue. the station at that place as soon
the new station is completed, 400 II
et south of the present one The s.
will also then hear a peti G.
on by the same parties in regard to W
e elimination of a grade crossing OF
'ar South Vernon. fC
The state board of optometrv. com l.
'sed of H. F. Jordan of Brattleboro. II
esident, A. S. Haskins of st. Johns. OF
Try, secretary. and A. R. Slader of VI
arlington, has been in session at Mont SC
ier this week examining several can OF
dates under the law passed by the pa
gislature of 1908 which created this en-
ard, all opticians who had practiced Sc
70 years or more prior to the passage IN
the law are exempt from examina- IN
IN All Others must obtain certif- or
ties from the board. en-
The funeral of Mrs. Herbert F. oy
ooks was held from her late home. 7 M M
nal street, at $50 Saturday after n 10
on. Rev. d. E. Trout officiated and sc
g burial was in Prospect Hill GENE
ry. The bearers were James L. Mar DO
|; II. f. TAYLOR, George +. Barber ca
d George F. Eels. Those present pr
I'M out of town were Mr.. and Mrs, to
aries D: Barrett, Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. ma
ngtry, Mrs. Charles Poole and George ST.
Lang, all of Springfield. Mass, Mr.. Fri
: Mrs. o, 7. Brooks and son of Athol, TN TN
G. Brooks of Orange, Miss Jennie an
wtell of Orange. Edward Conkev of re-
nherst, Mrs. f. NJ. Pomerov of North tol
pton. Charles Burgess and Herman ca
,tcalf of Boston. I'M
Alterations upon the quarters oc ilN
pied by c. z. Spencer and fine anart- IA
nts occupied by J. +. Hooker as law p pr,
ces and to be vacated by both ten II
IS VIII be commenced soon by Holden 20
Martin, who have the contract for Ia,
work. All the room will be opened mr.,
o Houghton & Simonds s garment ";
1artment. Houghton & Simonds have w w
ced an order with tho Rochester w ~.