The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-06-24

atr =" hvin tnrit annual plthic on
July 4.
Tho Cardinals are anxious TO ar,
range baseball games with any local
team and are particularly DESTROYS Of
going mp against Company !.
The next meeting OF Protective
grange. Wednesday evening, will be Of
patriotic nature and Col. kiitrcdge
iiaskins will deliver an address.
The annual meeting OF the Seam
stresses, Needlewomen and shop Girls
association will be held In Festival hall
Thursday evening at : clock. A
large attendance Is desired,
"A regular meeting OF Dennis Re
bekah lodge will be held Tuesday eve.
nin az 1.30 clock. A program will
be given for the past noble gTands and
refreshments Will be served. All mem
beers are urged 90 be present.
The memorial window which Mrs.
Abby +. Fuller has presented the Bap'
fist church in memory Of her husband,
Governor Levi X. Fuller, will be I'M
veiled nj the morning service Sunday.
An address with special music appro'
pirate 90 the occasion will be given.
The republican town committee
has posted a call for "A caucus in Fes'
iival hall at ) o'elock tomorrow eve
ming 10 elect % delegates and the same
number Of alternates 20 the republican
county convention at Newfane Tues.
day. July 3. Brattleboro has % out OF
the l06 votes in the convention.
President Taft and his family oc'
cupicd the official box at the New Ma
tional theater in Washington Monday
evening. June 10. when the Aborn
opera company of which William
Schuster of this town is a member
PLAYED Lucia. The president remained
until the end of the performance and
seemed much pleased with IL.
The committee on ways and
means of the Masonic Building asso'
citation is meeting with success IN solic'
iting for the building fund and by the
time that the architect : plans are IN
readiness for the work 20 proceed IN
the alteration of the O'Connor house
into a club house the association VIII
probably be equipped with sufficient
money 10 begin work Immediately
Owing 10 bad weather the First
Regiment band is scheduled for three
concerts next week. Ii will play IN
Esfeyville Wednesday evening, on
Foxs bandsiand near the Brattleboro
House Thursday evening and on the
common Saturday afternoon at 4
q clock in connection with the baby
meet. A special program Is being pre-
pared for the afternoon concert inelud-
ing descriptive piece called Our Dari,
ing Babies. which is very catchy ana
popular The largest crowd OF the
season turned out at the concert last
evening. One of the hits was the
baritone song by +. |. Swift introdue-
ing the echo quartet at a distance IN
tne grove. Several numbers were nee
essary on this number.
Ten members of the present grad
lsuating class of the Brattleboro hlgh
school win continue their studies IN
higher educational institutions. Harold
L. Staples will 90 to Harvard, Arthur
Dewitt TO Massachusetts Institute OF
Teehnolopy. Charles Ramsdell TO Column.
hin. Eugene Berry to Colgate. Weed
Pierce 10 the medical department OF
the University of Vermont, Wells Miller
10 the Wharton school of the univer,
sity of Pennsylvania. Miriam Howard
and Zoe Ward TO Smith. Maud Brown
Ia Mi Holvoke and William Washburn
to Phillips Exeter academy. Russell
Kuech of the class of 1909 VIII enter
dartmouth this fall and Narka Ward
will enter Smith. Robert Fits, ii,
will 90 10 Exeter.
Grand Trunk officials smile at the
reports emanating from Boston 10 the
effect that the company s proposed eX-
tension from Palmer, Mass. TO Prov
;dence. r. l., is bluff designed to
force the New Haven into buying the
Central Vermont railway. According
10 these reports. the Central Vermont
Il spoken of as the most stationary
road east of the Mississippi, its gross
receipts during the last II years NOT
averaging to show an annual increase
of two per cent. The suggestion Is that
the Grand Trunk is working to procure.
an advantageous sale OF the oehtrd 4,
Varmont. in order to utilize the cash
to better advantage IN Canadian hgiu a.
This however. is characterized as sheer
nonsense by G.. T. r. men, who declare
in the most emphatic terms, that tne
aytension of the Central Vermont INTO
Providence will be built, and that the
connections of the Central vermont as
a feeder of the other lines are 700
valuable for the company to wlsh 10
sell the property.
Rev. Rov NJ. Houghton during his
sermon In the Centre church SUNDAY
morning made several references 10 Ine
nolitieal conditions in Vermont ms
spnhiact was Our Mission to vermont
Tnyyns During the discourse ne SAID !;
..Tba church is remiss in her duty II
sbe does not leaven the community
with Christian truth so that men can
not crush the lives out of llttle emf
dren in the mills for the. sake OF lew
naltry dollars; and so that the po!li.
clans cannot ride into ONCE ieasing
neriured souls along the way, ana uslns
their public trust not Tor the pull
GOOD but for the men VINO pay III, rne
campaign expenses. ulieet a. -
sion was made to the present cani 4
- Vermont when Mr.. Houghton, sald
.9we believe it is the duty Of the
Chr;s+;an church in land that calis IT,
snif Christian to do all it can to keep
from the important position OF COY
arnnr If Christian state man WIN
Sands with one hand in the lap Oh tne
ehurch and with the other supporting
the LIQUOR traffic.
l. wore held Friday afternoon IN
a ore were well attended. The class col
an ars Green and white, and the class
9nwer tbe daisy, were conspicuous III
now nov a'ooorations The class roll was
a aie in the Reformer last week. Ih e
g groeram was as follows, Duet, Wlld
R EIoWe n Doris Wyman and Violet : ohn-
RIO nraver. song. The Clang of the
SON. Tarao Pc story. The Reformation OF p,
I Tu Billy, Paul A. Chase; glrl , 5
ehorus. The Dance of the FARES; Shr,
The The, swan Song. Eleanor Jane G s;arn
berlain: song. The Two Greh pnmni
narrative, Jimmie BroWn; t : r ,otp.
obedience, Sanford A; SHn;h, Yeerly
ton. Ny Ships, Gertrudfs v ENJOY Robert Z.
The eia ASS one of the features of the
Anger Wa and was replete with pleas
program rtgiss and nd prophecies Of wonderful 4
antfles .h an are dine to befall the ninth