The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-09
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Fn4N Mrht 70 zero AZ Mrsi htattirhnf"
-Thr third degree was excmplines
hN Mantasilquei lodge II odd Fellow
~ the regular meeting Monday even
lng,
The annual meeting ~ the nraii L.
bora East society will be held IN III,
rhaprl of the Centre Congregations
church Wednesday evening,
=Drnnis Rehekah lodge. No. 1. vii
confer ih. degree on ave randidaic
neNt Tuesday evening. Nomination.
for officers will he IN order and refresh
menis will he served,
Clarence II. ThnTher ~ Hraiile
hero was reelected captain of the Col
cate university football team saiur
daV. lie has PLAYED left tackle ON Oh,
team three YEAR,.
The next number IN the entertain
mrni course under the auspices Of III,
Young women Of the Baptist and Con
greraiianal churches will take place ou
Monday evening. Dee. ~, when tbs
AVlcworih Sisters quartet COMPANY
will give concert IN the Baptist
church,
The first 81 the q. T.. ;. calendar
sorials was held Tuesday evening after
the regular meeting, y. &. Hall rem
icrcd violin solos. and !. III. Brasof
sang IN his usual entertaining manner
4 number of tables were furnished for
card PLAYING. and dancing was endowed
for two hours. The next social VIII
follow the meeting OF Jan. j.
Funeral services Of Leon II. Haynes
were held at clock saturday after
noon nj the funeral parlors OF II. r.
Bond 4 Son. Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton
uul tha hnNaal Was in the
Keyes. HAYNES lot in Prospect Hill
cemetery. The bearers were Lorenzo
aud Roy Haynes. brothers of Leon. Z.
:. Currier Of Braitleboro and Mr..
Whittemore of Guilford.
The funeral of sylvester I. Foster
was held Sunday afternoon at clock
az the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ar
thur l.. Roberts, ON Walnut street.
Rev, Roy NJ. Houghton ofliciated.
About IS Odd Fellows attended, the
members of the canton being In full re.
gala. Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemtery where the committal service OF
the order was given. The bearers were
Herman JOY, Charles Lang, Joseph
Titus and William Cain.
Deputy Sheriff ID. L. Thompson
came to Brattleboro from Bellows Falls
Saturday afternoon with two samples
from Judge George Thompson 5 NUM-
cipal court Thomas Degnan and Ru'
fus Jones, as Today DRINKS, had the
honor of being the first men TO be sent
lover the hill by Judge THOMPSON,
after DOMINIC the ermine Dee. !. Ihe
men went to Newfane on the evening
train Saturday accompanied by Jailor
NJ. Z. Benson. who came down TO act
as their escort.
At the annual meeting of Sedg'
wick post, No. :, q. a. r., wednesday
evening. these officers were elected: III
NJ. l.. Bruce, commander; +. J. Fenton'
senior vice.commander; A. II. Ward
innior yice.commander; A. b.. Ashley
auartermaster; DIR. Henry Tucker, sur
eeon; II. 4. Taylor. chaplain; +. w
Eason. officer of the day; +. Is. Bissell
officer of the guard; delegates to de
partment encampment, II. I. Streeter
II r. Warner, A. b. Ashley; alternates
ii. J. Allen T. W. Eason, +. b. Bissell
Toby Lyons, the originator of The
Goo Goo Man in The Isle OF spice, Is
coming to the auditorium tomorrow az
the head of a company of entertainers
numbering 20 with What Wright Left,
Matt Otis newest musical show. Inc
fact that Lyons heads the. attraction
speaks well for it at once, for ms sue,
cess in The Isle of Spice and the iiahu
of Nod has placed him in the front
ranks of the best stage entertainers;
He is supported by a carefully selected
comnany of recognized ability, and a
stunning chorus of singers and dancers
Arthur II. Thompson of Bellows
Falls. high sheriff of Windham county,
has made the following appointments
of deputv sheriffs for the two years be-
Ginning last Thursday: c. |. knapp'
q. d. Mann, H. Z. Harris and A. W. j.
Wilkins of Brattleboro, Daniel r.
Thompson and +. B. Phelps of Bellows
Fails, s. II. Yeaw of Dover, Adm F.
Miller of Dummerston Frank Il. Well
man of Guilford, II. +. Willis of ia
maica. George p. Alexander of SaXtons
River. Frank +. Davis of Londonderry
d. M. Fits of West Wardsboro, W. o.
Fem of Westminster.
After searching almost constantly
for n week for the body of Mrs: >. L.
Pmrinton her husband and her friends
gave no hope Sunday of fndlng the
body. if it is in the woods, until .he
snow goes away in the spring NJ nj
Purinton returned to his nome IN PEI.
lows Falls Sunday. During the weehi
not a single clue was found. oevera y
times last week and again this week q
rnmor was circulated that the body OF
Mrs. Purinton had been found IN the
Chestnut Hill reservoir, but there was
absolutely no reason for the starting OF
such a story other than that the reser-
voir was dragged Friday.
Friends and neighbors of Mr.; ana
Mrs. Jonathan T. Herrick remembered
their 59th wedding anniversary oaI1a'
dav with shower of postal cares
Winptv.seven cards were received, pc
Sides MANY pictures, booklets, flowers
and other small remembrances. NO at
tempt was made at any observance OF
The occasion. owing to Mrs. Herrlck
physical condition. A short time a1ter
observing her 50th wedding annlver'
sarv she was stricken with paralysis,
and for eight years has been unable 70
speak or to move but one nana ~ o DIV
foot However, she is of decldedlsy
ont;mistic nature, and despite her ar
fictions finds something to occupy her
mind. With her husband, she MAKES ma
her home with her son and daughttl,
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Herrlck' on 'he
Putney road.
AT the meeting of the social work
class of the Congregational brother
hood Sunday afternoon the question
under discussion was Child Labor. me
bnik of the time allotted to the subject
was Tl n taken by Clarke c. Fits, who . ex,
m Maj in detail the provisions of the
child labor bill which has been ln ITO
duced in the present Legislature dne
bill was originally the regulation meas ne U.s.
ure which the National Chlld Eap "1l
committee seeks to have ena 4he a III mIi
states. Mr.. Fits explained the alie thn
, measnre and called attention to such
, nroVisions of the proposed law, as .
prohibition of all children under 10
machinery. The various kinds Of dan an
oerous machinery. are enumerated IN i nS
bill. There is also provision when len
forbids the employment of females t;aa