The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-09
West RiUer TODns
TOWNSHEND.

auction IN Jamaica Tuesday
A NJ. ilonghion ri kccno, \. H., Was
In town on btsinoss TUESDAY
Mir. o.sood ii Nelson. \, H. loaded
two car With halc,l hay recently
Mn. Brady aud Mn Florence How
ard spent saturday in liraltlebo'o'
Henry REYNOLDS Of Manchester, Depot
visited Al h. n. Baichelder's last TUESDAY
A. q. Campbell and John Peddoeck' pom
~ snNtons River, were Ia town Tuesday
SUPERINTENDENT of school !. T. nhben
visited m districts Nos ! and Monday
Nr. Alma Cummings and three emu
drrn Wrre in Rrattlehoro one day lhis
week
Nr. N. r. Blood j. assisting M thc
nns,o,g,c while Mrs. Cutler !, confined 70
the house.
Ton,, Ia, next sunday morning OF he
n,rt,si church, The First Question MAJ.
Mas Called to Answer
Almon Wheelock lett Saturday for NJ
home IN Schenectady, \. y, after spend
ing two weeks At the Inn.
m. Home club viii meet at the ION
,,,,',p,i nnni yestry next "Wednesday alter
noon, dee. II, at : o'clock
y billings aud W. 7, Double, both
Df ltNNlNllf anu W -
Nj, were in town last Thursday
The Baptisi Ladies Aid society mel
Ti,ursd,v afternoon and tied 4 comforter
They nl.o held business meeting
n & Ttombly of Holyoke. Mass, the
,o,,,. ngent of the American Express com
nnpy. was in town one day last week
NJ, I,nnison Of Chester moved into
Al cttie Dutton's tenement this week.
IL win work in G. II. Nilhard's mill.
Tho Noman's Relief corps OF the G. n.
y win meet with Mrs Polly llallon 10
Newfane. saturday afternoon at o'clock
The topic for the Christian Endeayor
meeting next sunday evening VIII De-
How Nlust 4 Christian be Different from
Others.
Nr and Nlrs. Earl o. Martin. who re.
comfy moved 10 Snxtons River from this
town were entertained here 10y friends
last week.
MIR. and Mrs. |. f. Chase and son,
Merton. went to Jamaica Sunday where
they were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ
II. Willis.
Mrs c. " Cutler fell on the ice IN
front of DR.. Bruce's house last Friday and
cracked a bone lust above the ankle. Her
friends feel much sympathy for her.
Mrs Fred Burboe of South London.
derry, who is visiting at Moses 7. Grout ;,
visited her aunt, Mrs. Benson, at the
County House in Newiane last week.
Mrs. Newell Jennison returned Satur-
day night from Burbank hospital, tltch-
burg. Mass, where she has been during
the last six weeks. She is much improved
in health
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Fladcock and Mr.,
and Mrs s NJ. Phillips of Watertown.
n. y, and Miss Mabel /. Phillips and
+. Philips. both of Newfane, were at
the hotel Saturday.
Silas Pike is again engaged this winter
in putting weather strips on doors Al
though he went over the ground thor
onphIy last winter he has found more than
25 doors that needed his attention.
Birchard post, G. A. r., will hold ITS
annual meeting in Union hall, Newiane,
Saturday afternoon, Dec. TO- at o'clock;
The meeting is to be for the election oil
officers and the inspection OF the post
The annual parish meeting Of the Con.
grepational church will be held IN tne
vestry on Monday evening at t3V CLOCK
Officers for the ensuing year Will be elect
ed. and other necessary business trans
acted.
Mrs Edwin Persons left Monday for
Athol. where she spent a day with her
sister. Mrs. Livermore. Thence she went
70 Boston where she spent the rest OF the
week with her sister, Mrs. Edward
O'Brien.
The Townshend Ice company met Mon
day evening and organized by electlng the
following officers for the next year fresi-
dent. Albert Franklin; vice-presldent'
Charles w. Cutler: secretary, W. H.,
Miles; treasurer, W. M. Sparks
Rev. Daniel Mcintyre attended thu,
Windham- Union Congregational Ministers
meeting in Brattleboro last Monday
morning He was accompanied by ms
son, Jonathan. They were the guests OF
Rev. Alfred Cornell of Gullford IN the
afternoon.
At the Congregational church next Sun
day morning the pastor Will speak on - the
subject, Confession Phil. 2:11. In the
evening at the union service in the same
church the topic will be, How the Oid
Testament Defines Wisdom. Job Is IS
The Baptist Sunday school Christmas
exercises will be held on Friday, evening,
Dec. %. The following committees :, have
been elected Program, Mrs. IL. f; How
ard. Mrs. Parker and Mrs. H. }. Heath;
music. Homer j. Heath, Fred E. Gilbert
and Mrs. Fred Cutler.
Two large street lamps were hung on
North Main street last week and were
used Saturday evening for the hrst tlme'
People in that part of the town are much
pleased with them, and extend thelI
hearty thanks to Mrs e; b. Batchelder
through whose untiring efforts they were
secured.
HAYNES Sanders has been busy for some
time LAYING water pipe from the spring
on the hill in the rear OF r.. .. Batchel-
der's place to his home on West street.
When completed, Mr.. Sanders expects
this source will supply w. M. Sparks
and Mrs. Farwell, besides his own home.
d. z. Cudworth, Dan Boutelle and Al
mon Marsh are helping in laying the pipe.
Rev. Joseph Mexican attended the Bap-
fist Ministers conference OF the West
River Valley, which was held at East
Dover last Monday. The conference
was entertained by Rev. G.. W. Russell
and wife, A supper and public meeting
was held in the chapel in the evening
conference Mr.. Mexican spoke, on The
Relation of the Church to the Social Life
of the Community.
A very interesting missionary lecture
was given at the Baptist church last
Tuesday evening, In the interest OF the
South African General Mission, and un
der the auspices of our local Christian
Endeavor society. John E. Hatch the
speaker, is man of wide experience in
that work, having spent 10 years in South
Africa, preaching the gospel to the
heather. He began by telling about the
dense ignorance, the superstitious beliefs
and the heather modes of worship which
existed there prior to the time when the
gospel was first brought to them. He
next related some of the events of the
early part of his experience, telling how,
h. coo,raJ b;c first convert nv means of