The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-14

were married al NJ. Mishael's CatLoi
IesieTN Sunday morning b, Rev u-oIi
l. 'EcuyeF.
The ladies of hTaitlrhafo should /
pleased that Nc have q dTrssma hin
shop herr N ,"ss saa, samuihine "
haV. needed for Year,,
AT the regular meeiins ~ lh. baaI
~ s.lerim.n last evening the appfoVi
~ bills occupied III. major portion q
h. session, No other business va
transacted.
AT the annual meeting 81 ih. l'nI
tartan saciely Tuesday evening the fol
lowing officers were elected for III
present Nrari Clerk, i, u, RYDER, treas
nreT, &. II. fTsiti trustees, \, T., Law
ton, L. u. Taylor, e, A. hoyden,
The annual meeting II the 6rane,
block association will be held AZ ~
q clock this afternoon aud the annna
meeting 81 the grange store will b.
held npon the conclusion of Oh. ifst
meeting,
During the past week the river has
been used considerably as a thorough
fare for teams. 4 road has been hrok
en- out from point some distance above
West river 10 the head Of the island
and several people have driven from
llinsdale Ia Rraiilehoro ON the lee,
The New England Telephone com-
panY : cable opposite the town hall was
pui Out ~ commission Friday and Sat
nTday on account Of freezing Water
found It's way into the cable and u re-.
anirrd the application. Of considerable
heat 10 get the several lines into work
ing order.
The supper given by the women 81
the Baptist church last evening drew a
large attendance. Following the sup
per a musical and literary program was
rendered. Mrs 4. \. ". Elkins was
chairman II the committee IN charge
Of the supper and Mrs, Fred l., Smith
chairman Of the program committee,
c. T.. Warner & Company bakery
team driven by Fred Dyke. colliled
with an electric ear on Chaplin street
Monday and IN the miXup two windows
Of the ear were smashed aud several
square inches Of paint removed from
the sleigh. The horse became fright
cncd NJ the approaching ear and in At
tempting 10 pass got too close with the
above results.
Judge j l.. Martin will hold court
in the United States court chambers AZ
clock this afternoon 10 listen 10 u
petition for hahcas corpus in n Chinese
-ase. District Attorney Alexander Dun
nett of ~. .Iohnshurv. Marshal Horace
". Bailey of Rutland. Clerk Fred l.. /
platt Of Rutland and Chinese Inspector :
Arthur l.. Weeks of Richford arrived
n town this morning 10 attend the hear /
ng.
An interesting meeting of the Cen |
re club was held SUNDAY evening Miss /
florence Hcmcnway gave a detailed re-
,ort Of her visit 10 the sixth quadrcn'
lial convention of the Student Nolun-
Ger movement in Rochester. y. y. a
ago. Her story Of the work
4 the convention was not only Of in
crest but particularly instructive as
q the scope Of the movement, Special
music was furnished by the choir.
Manager T.. NJ. Adds of the Twin
'tate Gas a Electric company expect
4 10 be in position 10 make a definite
tatement through the newspapers to.
nv concerning the proposed reduction
a rates which the company has in con.
amplation. but telephone advices from
resident +. L. Mcloon Of New York
esterday were To the effect that the
ompany has been unable to prepare
lch a statement this week. II is ex
ccted that the plan of reducing the
ltes will he completely worked out
ne coming week and that announce
tent will be made during the week
f. J. Fenton & Co. are this week ex
hitting in their south window re- .
painting by Alexander Pore,
lc celebrated artist Of Boston. The
iinting is the property of the Regal I
hoe company, makers of the Regal .
zoe, for which +. J. Fenton Co,
c sole agents in this town. This paint
z. executed for the Regal Shoe com 5
INV at cost of 4 600, represents in 7
e window of an old barn. This tvpi' /
IS the trade mark Of the famous Re
i King Calf Leather, which is a
image controlled exclusively by the
a kers of the Regal shoe. The paint I
z is so true TO nature that AT short
stance the observer almost sees a live
wine in the window peering out at
m. Particular attention is called to g
e nail heads in the frame of the pic !!
re. IT is almost impossible to dis u
iguish whether they are real or paint y
In fact. numbers of people have u
ked Mr.. Fenton regarding this, The =
hitting will remain in L. J, Fenton & OF
. S window for few days. ~
the week many rumors have II
en- afoat concerning the financial con ri
ion of Bratteboro court. Independent &C
der of Foresters, and stories were in W
to the effect that the ac m
lnts of the financial secretary were m
tangled condition. s. w. Arm m
ong, p. H. C. r.. of Richford, Vt, a,
ne to Brattleboro Monday to investi m
tie the matter He was engaged for m
,eral hours Tuesday in auditing the ga
counts of the financial secretary and In
on the completion of his labors is ia
d the following statement; IS. w. M
ldent Order of Foresters has been in ex
city for a few days auditing Hnan en-
Secretary George A. Twitchell's ac- M,
lnts. Mr.. Armstrong wishes to state 10,
found the books perfectly satisfac- na
v and money deposited in the bank ,ol
fcient to balance the accounts of the nai
al court. - The financial secretary a an
a local painter While the members n M,
the order are reticent about dis o. a,,>
sing the matter they acknowledge IL IL,
tangled accounts of Mr.. Twitch- sa So,
made it necessary for high officer ho,
the order to come to Brattleboro am
straighten out matters. Mr.. Twitch- u mn
was permitted to resign as fnan- Vo
secretary. FL,
viii Carleton, the poet, who gave car
eadng from his poems some weeks pre-
in Brattleboro. made another ap- ant
rance here in the auditorium We'd owe
day evening. On his former visit wa
, Mr.. Carleton read poem entitled rea
Maid of Brattleboro, written by ace
self and based on the episode of a mar
ng man and woman who received app
accidental bath in the Connecticut sol,
r. Mr.. Carleton announced at the abn
, that he would visit Brattleboro in her
uary. and he would like to have local
S submit sequels to his poem. About D