The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-30

T.. aiil hold danee 10 Rcd Msa hall
"Wednesday ssehihg, 10 which Tho pab'
lic 10 Invited,
The subject ~ Rev. u. y. Trout .
sermon a The meFning service Al Ile
niNefsalisi church SUNDAY Aill bo The
Unavoidable hpiIil u God.
Dr.. y, II. O'GannnF will moyo his
office from the American buildihg 10 bis
new office building, which be has built
adjoining his home GA North Main
street, SATURDAY.
The wheels Of munirlpal Justice
wefe CREASED Monsiay morning Nhen ",
y, Emerson and True hloNuns. local
samples IT lniaNicaiion, were assessed
the usual inr aud costs. amounting 10
sl0,si In each ease,
The pupils II the Methodist Sun.
day school were entertained Monday
evening with \ tree and good time "a
the Nestfy. There MAS large a'iend,
ance. All of ih. little folks received
gifts Of fruit aud candy.
AT the regular meeting ef Dennis
Rchekah lodge Tuesday evening the
following officers were elerieds Noble
grand, Mrs, Sarah Miller Viee'gfand,
Mrs, Elizabeth Bailey. recording sec,
rciary. Mrs Alice i.andfNi financial
secretary MISS MlNNtN hNNAa twas
urcf. Mrs. Ida ellison.
Their. will he rummage sale AZ
the salvation Army ball On Elliot
street Saturday afternoon, commencing
Al . Il. IA. Cart. Thekln Latham will
speak and sing az the regular services
Of the Army SATURDAY. aud Sunday.
There will be special watch night scr.
vice NJ II u. m. saturday night, Al
ale invited 10 attend,
About So couples attended the
Christmas assembly IN the Brooks
House Monday evening, and the ocea'
sion was one Of unusual enjoyment:
The rooms were nreitily decorated
with Christmas bells and evergreen,
aud excellent music was furnished hN
LeitsingeT's orchestra 81 SIX pieces
Those present included many holiday
visitors.
The following officers were elected
nj the regular meeting of Nnntasti'
auct lodge Of Odd Fellows Mondna.
evening: Noble grand. o. II. stowell;
vice.grand. 4. l.. MAYNARD; recording
secretary. 4. J. Currier; financial see
retary. c. l.. Cobb: treasurer, I. =. stnr'
sis. II is expected that these officers
will he installed nj the regular meeting
Of the lodge Jan. .
William Welcome. messenger boy
nj the local office of the Postal Iele,
graph company. has received word
from The district SUPERINTENDENT that
he will receive New Year gift from
President Clarence II. Maekav IN the
shape of sweater. President Maekay
will present 5000 sweaters 20 as many
messenger bows located In the northern
states where the Postal has offices.
Horton ID. Walker has a force OF
mon M work installing the electric wiz.
inp in the new Masonic temple. The
fixtures will include an electric key
hoard, from which will be PLAYED the
nine organ presented by J. u. Estey
and / Harry Estey to the Masonic fra
ternity. The organ will be placed IN
the center of the balcony at the east
end of the lodge room, and the Key
board will be placed upon the hoor'
As announced in last weeks Re
former. the employees of the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegraph company
had a Christmas tree. IL was erected
in the operators retiring room, ana
Friday evening at 10 o clock was un-
loaded of its gifts. The many pack
aces were numbered, and each of the
employees was given n number ms
scheme of distribution made the receipt
of gifts an occasion of much merrl'
ment. as il was not always that the Sc
lection made proved quite the correct
one.
Engineer Richie of the boston 4
Maine railroad S field force was IN
Bratteboro Friday taking measure
ments of the depth of the water IN the
Connecticut river opposite the narrow
mart of the Central Vermont freight
measurements showed a
depth VARYING from four to 20 feet. III
is over the spot where the measure
ments were made through the Ice that
the Boston & Maine engineers propose
TO construct a fill to permit the laying
of n track east of the Central Vermont
tracks.
The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting of Brattleboro
lodge, No. 37S, n. Z. o. p, in Red
Men S hall Wednesday evenings war
den 4. G. Nichols; vice.warden, II. ~,
Holiand. secretary, Il. d. Wilson;
financial secretary, Mrs. Il. d. WILSON,;
treasurer. Mrs. II. n. Holland; chap
lain, Mrs. NJ. j. Larrabee; guide, Lotus
Stafford guardian, Mrs, Lillian Shep-
ardson; sentinel. A. II. Baybrook; trns-
tees. first, Pliny Chase, second, h. f.
Mixer, third. i. A. Howard; degree
master, >. W. Nhlsht'
Finding the New World will be the
subject of the stereOpticon, lecture III
fine Tniversalist church Sunday evening
at o 'clock. The lectures for the next
few Sunday evenings will deal WIN our
own country. The lecture ounuatt
evening will be of historical interest,
and will be illustrated by over lOo
views. 1t will treat the discoveries
and explorations of many noted me men;
Among the men whose work 1t Will
touch upon are Columbus, the Cabots,
De Cana, Vespucci Ponce de Leon,
Balboa. Cortez. Cartier, De Soto, Drake
Raleigh. Chamberlain, Hudson, and La
Sale. These names suggest the SCOPE
and value of the lecture. The views
are exceptionally good. A general IN
vitation is extended.
Fireman f. L. Straw Of the Central
Vermont railroad, who will be rememec
bered bv Brattleboro people as one OF
the marooned men during the strlke Oh
the trainmen last summer, was severe
lv injured and narrowly escaped death
nj Millers Falls Monday. He was lean
mo ont of his cab window when he was
hif bv a mail car, which had been set
off on siding. Mr. Straw's head was
badly cut, and he was thrown BESIDE
the tracks, but luckily, escaped the
wheels of his engine. He was taken to
the Farren hospital in Montague, Mass
Mr.. Straw was firing one of the Central
Vermont Yer engines that arrived in Brat.
tleboro from the north the. night that
the strike went into effect last sum
mer. and found himself stranded with
only 10 cents in his pocket.
Lest the town clerks of Vermont
find themselves possessed of too many
idle moments the legislature has lad
out a task for them, They must 40 !. a
hi Of work among the records prior to
1857 and furnish to, the secretary OF
state record of all the births, mar
riages, and deaths which occurred IL IN
their respective towns up to that aate'
Not only must the, clerks make eo an LII,