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


The chapel service At the Retreat mex,
Sunday az o clock.
lira,tleh0fo chapter, II. A. r., will
hold n food sale AZ the store of II. II.
Thompson from I 10 q o clock Saturday
afternoon, Sept, IL,
The board Of civil authority met IN
the saleotmcn ) room SATURDAY after,
noon and evening 90 revise aud correct
the check list Several names Were add
ed.
The First Regiment band will give
it, next concert Tuesday evening upon
the grounds Of the Home for Aged on
Western avenue. II stormy. the concert
will be given Wednesday evening.
-Epworih league rally day was oh.
served in the Methodist church SUNDAY
evening with a program specially az,
ranged for the occasion. There was a
good attendance. Rev. =. \. Wells, the
pastor. gave a talk.
Sunshine society. Branch !, will
hold food sale on Mrs. T. 4. Stock.
well : lawn on Oak street tomorrow
afternoon from $50 TO $50, 4 good
attendance is hoped for as the women
will endeavor 10 make this an attrac.
tive sale.
The regular meeting of Dennis Re
bckah lodge will be held Tuesday even.
ing. Members are earnestly requested
10 Ice present as a short program viii
Ice given in observance OF the seth ami
versarv of Rehekah lodge. Refresh.
ments will be served.
The matinee performance Of Bev'
erlv tomorrow afternoon Will begin later
than usual because the company will
not reach here from Bennington until
after . clock. Special arrangements
have been made 90 hustle the scenery
from the station 20 the stage and the
curtain will 90 up NJ S.lj, Doors open
at $50.
The young people of the Congrega'
tional and BAPTIST churches contemplate
holding series of entertainments the
coming season. The first in the series
will he an illustrated lecture by J. Al,
den Loring. one of the naiuralists who
accompanied the Roosevelt party on the
African tour. The lecture will be given
Nov. 9 and is entitled Through Africa
With Roosevelt.
About Sept. 30 series of special
meetings win begin in the Baptist
church TO last two weeks. The speaker
will be Rev. John II. Elliott, u. D., OF
Chicago and the singer will be NJ. X.
Naftzger. l.. W. Hawlev is the chair
man of the executive committee which
is composed of the chairmen of the sub
committees. DIR. III. ID. Holton on
finance, j. f. Hall on music, and {. ;,
Hopkins on publicity.
The second dance TO be given b" the
newly organized Red Mems league was
held in Red Mems hall Saturday, even.
ing. While the weather was hardly pro-
pitious for a large attendance the man
ayers of the occasion had no reason 10
complain of the patronage. The league
expects TO receive its new colonial eos;
tunes in few days and a public arm
will probably be given upon the street
during the coming fall.
Lawyer Ralph w. Stoddard OF
Springfield. Mass, q former Brattlebofo
boy. is being urged by his friends 10
become candidate for representative
in the fifth Hampden district IN opposl-
ton to A. p. Langtry; publisher OF Tue
Springfield Union. Mr.. stoddard Is .
snnnorter of Congressman Butler Ames
in his fight to unseat United States sen.
ator Lodge and il is the purpose OF the
Ames men to oppose the Lodge sympa
thizer who is up for nomination III
western Massachusetts,.
AT the meeting of the young WON,
en- s association of the Centre chuIsh
Tuesday afternoon and evening IN the
church parlors Miss Olive Gibson OF
Almnuer0ue. n. NJ. who is at the
bead If an industrial school in that city
gave an interesting story of social con
5itions that exist there and especlaliy
the conditions that confront the prop-
lem of educatino the children; MISS
Gibson scored some of the school teach-
ers for their habits and did not pant
picture sufficiently allurlng 70 Wali warrant
an exodus of New England schooi
teachers to New Mexico
A team of six men from company. !
will leave Sunday for Northheid, W.
n take mart in the shoot for the centeh-
=? !" NJ trpnbv Each company of the
First regiment will send team to com
note The men from Company | are
Pant w O. Cooley, Sergeant Ihayer'
Corpnorai Spaulding. Musician Ellis,
p pr;rpates Rnsbv and Smith. with Private
Whidden and Sergeant Wilson as alter I e !
nataS The men will be at Northfield
Wondav and Tuesday. The competition
viii consist of shooting at zoo. yardsi;
slow fire. the same distance AT raPL a
fire FIVE shots in 90 seconds, oVo yalus
slow fire, 1000 yards, SLOW nre' anu
skirmish run.
At the regular meeting of Protec,
tive grange Wednesday evening , iae
program was in charge. OF Mrs, E Tba
Phelps and Mrs. Alice Spauiaing as nv nv
program was as foi,oMsii Ia S " Gbase.
g saa;tat ion. Warner Hopkins; reading
Mrs Nav Edwards: extracts from per
s NJ letters from the Canal zone, ran
s sn,a nv Mrs. M. J. Currier; reading
S an1a, OWvitchcraft. Mrs. Alice Spauld
;nn. recitation. Miss Ermina Dunton,
iiiSSs,+ratad nv tableaux The speakers
l ~, &c nnestion. What Have We Learnea
en- NY Onr Home Gardens This summer l.
rrer philip E. Franklin, Cas-: HoPKNlni n
Fl J. Farwell, A. J. Cnrrier' % Ph Fl !" III
t 70, II. W. Sargent and F. A. Pheips'
Rev Row NJ. Houghton, Mrs. q: H.
r,onnson Miss Florence Hemenway,
DIV nuin Fl Goodhue. Arthur, l.. Glapp
ND Mrs Sarah f. Griswold nave peef
attandine the Goth annual meeting ~ Of
the Windham county associa. aoi, at
Con Congregational churches this wen ,lot a
Saxtons River. Mr.. Ho MN Advisory
Wednesday morning on ING Me- Hem.
Oonl n smoke at the women s missionary
e ,neet;ne Wednesday afternoon +t a.
1 Wspast Clark, formerly of West Brattit
Ernest o U," engaged in missionary WORK,
po[o, an address Wednesday evening
gay nv Houghton spoke yesteTr44as
anu n; mo on What Is the Blble? MISS
m lIfG, Gibson. who spoke IN the Conssiu
,1at;onal church in Brattleb9ro pe, ros.
the voung women, gave an ao"ie''
terday afternoon H.,
The September term Of W MImfana
court will open at NeMi an.
Te Gundds with Judge william Il; aayi;o st
- ae Hfardwick presiding. me 1ris Stowe
5i eTy an 90 On asaSsd IT
se cast Of S NJ Ga sp@psny Vi veil w
1 be- the first case to be ht tslf Seen set for
Of local interest w vn1a IS aS that n Of Julia