The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28


The Daughters Of fosahonias vi
hold a puhlir dance In He'd Men : ha
4 Tomorrow evening, Jan, 20,
"A nnmhsT Of members II compan
are contemplating The rarchaso II q
river neat season,
AT a meeting 81 Isnnrrilrui Nalle
council, No, III. II. ;, NJ. held fuesia
eVening. bath degrees were NoTk.d on
class of seven candidates,
The Sunday school af ~, Michael
Episcopal church ls planning Tor
sleighTidn tomorrow to DummrTstun
where surper will he srTKrd Al the nrv
grange bah.
The woman : auxiliary ~ the \
NJ, a. \. will meet Tuesday afternoon
Feb, I, al $50 y, "a, Ia the rest room
The program will be- musicale Ia chafg'
~ Miss is.iIa stewart. The executive
board will meet al - clock
| chairman 81 the Hoard IL Select
men John Calvin Announces that test
| Mill BE- made of the completed Nontll
roN afternoon aud evening and inVite,
the Public "a attend that the working
at ine equipment may bee seen and
explained,
A parish sacial of ~. Michael :
| Episcopal church was held Wednesday
evening NJ the hom" 81 Mrs. q, ". Ty.
Ter and Mrs, A. u, brown nn ~
Ter street. Nearly DO attended,
and ihe evening was spent in games aud
| music, Several songs We're sung bY \, ;,
Thompson, Rrffcshmrni. We're served.
Loren Il. Pierce 81 South London.
derry, u, u, g. NJ. rame 10 Braitlcharo
Friday 10 hold school for officers in the
various Masonic bodies in this district.
hut owing ia the bad weather aud for
other reasons IL was impossible for
officers from tot town lodges 60 be-
present. However, th-r" We're four pres
rnt from local lodges aud the degree
work of the order WIS discussed. The
meeting was held in Masonic hall.
The board ~ srlectmen have 70.
rriNed communication from the Con.
necticui River Power company concern.
ing the changing of the approaches 10
the West River highway bridge IN which
the company offer 10 paw The town s2j
for such additional work n NAV bc ne
crssary 10 make the change. The APP
proarhcs uf planking az either end Of
The bridge were higher M the entrance
of the bridge than was necessary aud
A reception was given last week
Thursday evening AT the Memorial hos
pital in honor Of Mis-, Georgettc Gcnin
and Miss Jennie Corey. who were grad.
uatcd from there Saturday. Elaborate
decorations in purple and gold, the class
c0loTs, and q profusion Of cut flowers
were used. \ program of music and
readings was rendered. and dancing was !
Miss Gcnin aud Miss Corey I
were each presented with silver pieces Z
and leather eases with furnishings for |
their work.
AT the regular meeting of Proteer /
tive grange Wednesday evening seven .
applications for membership were r..
tciVrd. The first and SECOND degrees
will hc conferred by special degree
team Feb. Q. The work will be under
the direction of Fred H. Spanldinp. ir.,
md on Feb. % the third degree will be
conferred by a special degree team com
ioscd of women in charge of Mrs. n. W.
sargent. The fourth degree will also
le worked on that date by the regular
,flicers of the grange and harvest sup
,er will follow the work. /,
There was large attendance at
he Illustrated lecture on Greece at the
church Sunday evening bv
historic country was told in vivid way Z
With q series of stereopticOn views u.
Istrating not only points that are
ouchcd by travellers. but many of the
emote spots. The subject of the lecture
unday evening will be. Stored Sicily.
nd the remarkable ruins will be shown
Y lantern slide views in which will =
e depicted the result of the recent !,
A social will be held under the aus :
ices of Bingham chapter. O. f.. s., in n
Iasonic hall Wednesday evening. the /
roceeds of which will be given to the )
avs and means committee of the Ma 5
mic building fund association. The a
DOR plans of the proposed temple were b
lown to the members of the chapter a
the last meeting by lantern slides and II
uch enthusiasm was aroused. The mem. y
Frs of the chapter hope to make this
vent not only social. but financial
lccess, and to this end all Masons and Il
leir families are asked to cooperate a
nd the public is invited to attend.
AT the raising of the chiefs of Quo.
'ktacut tribe of Red Men at the wig.
am Friday evening by District Deputy
reat Sachem Herbert Z. Harris; fea
re of the work was the absence of
tnal in the lodge room. The degree 7
aft carried out all of the elaborate it
tualistic work without the assistance
the printed ritual and visitors compli. i.
ented Mr.. Harris on the work. This !,
rs the first time that the work was w
er attempted by this tribe without n !,
.ual \ chicken-pie supper followed u
e regular work. Charles Simonds, Don re
iller and John Wilson assisted Mr.. "
,rris in the work. p.
Monday a couple of itinerant mer hs
ants landed in Brattleboro and pro- W.
aded to dispose of a quantity of men s q.
things in the shape of fancy winter n,
tterns of Scotch tweeds. One of the Y,
N acted as a scout, and whenever he al,
md a prospective customer he intro r
ced him to the man with the goods. tb
e other fellow had about 100 yards
high grade suitings and as he dis
lyed his wares in some out of the way I'M
zee or in doorway of a building he VII
blamed that he and his brother had po
uggled the goods into this country on &c
steamer coming across the Atlantic. no
I'm the actions of the men it became thu
parent that there was something If VIII
ular, and a warrant was issued for the
m, but in some manner they were Civ pa
tip that the officer was on their abb
il and suddenly vanished. tin
The bailiffs at their regular meet a sIll
Friday evening devoted their at tbe
ton to approving bills and aside from M,
bill of Crosby & Parker for the work n l"d
inc N 1 Ma,h Street sem1 h;u In tLe ish
I'd of bailiffs desired more specific o. a.
and E. G. Crosby explained "
ious items. There was some doubt :
the minds of the board whether the VIII
age should be held responsible for me,
funeral expenses of Edward F. Blox the
who was killed bv a blast while at MOI