The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-24

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George Houghton and family are t
move from Mrs Harriet Newcomb's nous
to Mrs. F. G. Browns house, recently va
Gated by Frank Prescott.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. M. Stockwell hav
closed their home on Dummerston hill AM
will spend the winter with their daughter
!, Mrs. Addie Winchester, at South Hadley
Mass.
Oscar Stowe of Waverly, Mass, ha
been recent guest of his sister, Mrs. I
j. Miller, and brothers, A. w., and A. I
Stowe. Mr.. Stowe left Sunday for viii
mington for visit.
J Mr.. and Mrs w. l. Smith and Mr.. ant
|, Mrs. n. w. Warren of Meriden, Conn,
and Miss Nettie Smith and Miss Edit
Smith of Brooklyn are guests at the Bet
terley homestead this week
c. s. Rider of Marlboro, who recently
sold his farm to ID. l.. Braine of New Yorl
city. has taken a position with the Estey
Organ company and will move his family
next week to Mrs. F. G. Taylor's house.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. Shipman and family
and Mr.. and Mrs E. A. Hamilton re
turned Saturday from an automobile triI
to Boston Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton left
Tuesday for their home at Great Falls
Mont.
One of the large maple trees in front OF
the Congregational parsonage has been cut
down this week. II was very old and had
become considerably decayed and large
portions of it had broken down during re-
cent wind storms.
| Mrs. Tryphena Higgins and daughter.
Miss Higgins, of Whateley, Mass, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. b. Stone the
first of the week After their visit at Mr..
Stones they went to Rutland where they
are to spend some time.
The school sessions in the town districts
close at $3.50 in the afternoon instead of 4
O'Clock as heretofore. The new schedule
went into effect this week as a period of
only one hour is allowed at noon where a
majority of schools are given an hour and
IA half.
| First Congregational church. Rev. +. j.
| Lewis pastor Sunday services: Morning
worship at 1870 O'Clock with preaching by
the pastor; Bible classes at y O'Clock and
vesper service at o'clock Sunday. Oct.
3. the 7 o'clock service for Sunday even
ings will be resumed.
The Cutting family held a reunion at
the Cutting homestead the first of the
week. There were IS present Among the
out of-town relatives were Prof 5. w. Gut
ting and family of Chicago, William Duke
of Wellsville. n. Y, and Mrs Flora Clary
and Miss Ruby Clary of Buffalo.
The Brattleboro Water-Wor company
has finished excavation on the avenue near
the Centervlle schpolhouse for its water
pipes. The pipes are laid and are now
being covered The excavation on the
north side of Gulford street bridge is also
completed and the pipes laid there.
Miss Ethel Butler of East Jamaica who
versty. visited her uncle, c. r. Prentiss,
the first of the week Miss Butler was
en- route for Boston where she joined two
of her classmates to 90 to Mississippi
where they have positions as teachers.
Mrs. Sophia z. Sutherland returned
Wednesday from visit in Holyoke. Wor
cester and Spencer. Mass. During her stay
in Spencer she visited her niece. Mrs. j. j.
Prescott, and while in Worcester she was
guest of Mrs Edward n. Dean, former
schoolmate whom she has not seen for
many years.
Miss Ruth Houghton was given a sur
prise Friday evening by number Of her
classmates, the occasion being in honor of
her 10th birthday anniversary. Games and
music were enjoyed and refreshments of
cake and sherbet were served. Miss
Houghton was presented with a sterling sill |
yer pin tray by her guests.
The fourth annual meeting of the West
ern Avenue Terminal Magazine club was
held Tuesday evening with Mrs j. J..
Stockwell. Mrs. A. R. Bracewell was
elected president and Mrs. J. l.. Barney |
was elected secretary and treasurer. The |
reports show a balance in the treasury
which will be used for new publications.
Mrs. F. D. E. Stowe returned Saturday
rom South Hadley. Mass, where she has
ieen guest of Mrs Addie Winchester
She was accompanied by Mrs. Winchester
md Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Winchester of
1oyoke, who were en- route for their sum-
ner home. The Poplars, in Marlboro where
hey spent few days. They made the
rip by automobile.
) Charles Miner. proprietor of the Bright
Red Farm on Bonnyvale road reports an
large crop of peaches this year.
He has been marketing from 10 to 40 baS-
lets Of fruit day during the last two
weeks and estimates that he will have
'bout $50 bushels more. John Nesbitt,
llso prosperous farmer on Bonnyvale
Dad. has an orchard Of 1000 peach trees
which are producing a ecord-breaking crop
his year. Both growers repert not only
arge crop but that the fruit is of superior
Iuality.
Supt F. NJ Rich has been influential in
bringing about many Improvements in the
district schoolhouses in this and other
owns which are under his supervision.
Yearly all were thoroughly cleaned and
enovated and the sanitary conditions care
ully looked after before the fall terms
pened Mr. Rich hopes in the near fu- t
ule to see modern and healthful methods {
f ventilation installed in the several build
ngs in many of them no means for ven
ilation is provided. The school directors |
f the town of Halifax have newly painted t
ach one of the seven schoolhouses in that
own. All have been thoroughly cleaned I
nd part of them have been newly papered. !
eats and desks vanished and floors oiled q
III the teachers in that town but one are
olders of first grade certificates or grad. ,
ates of tirst-class high schools and have :
AIKEN the summer course for teachers. :
The annual reunion of the Stealns fam +
V who were formerly residents of West
rattlehoro was held at the home of Mrs
sther j. Gale on Brattleboro street in /
insdale. \. H.. Sept. II. 1909. There are y
ght of the brothers and sisters Lying all y
whom were present at this gathering -
oster of Brattleboro. George of Winches.
II. n IT,, Ellen of Deerfield Mass, Mar. \
IA of West Brattleboro James of Brook y
H. \. Y. Margaret. Esther and Julia of Q,
insdale. n. II. The parents of these .
,ildren were Emory and Olive Steans.
ho lived for many years on the old
earns homestead where w. j. Sylvester h
wv lives. There We're ten children born II
I'd brought up on this place. Addison \
no enlisted in Company b, 10Th Regi- II
ent, Vermont Volunteers. and took part e'
the battle of Gettysburg. died Aug l.
63. soon after returning home from the al
ar. Reuben Stearns. the father 'of En- -
Y. who was soldier in the Revolution n
V war, married Annie Stewart. daughter :;
Dea. Daniel Stewart. He came from II
xton. Mass, l23 years ago and built the he