The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-11
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

teAr q HahFr "a hri Mrh haW RAsni
Has rsrnihg,
r.. supper snrte,l Tuesday uNrninl
| lAe ~. eamrn IT The i'nliaFlaa rhntrl
Ia Wells hall, Nas success aud has
smti patronage
The Molrn Mn,dmrn will haNr
,'anrr fnrsaiaY etrnlng, Feb. ~, In Res
Msn hall, Refreshments ~ lrrsrfran
aUd cake will b. srrNe,l,
Protective grange conferred ~,
| ntsi aud sseand aTgires ulalh eight san
/ .lislaies "Wednesday The wnTk wa
ioar by a sisrslal 'lesfrr team with Car
lis Hopkins a. master,
| The regular monthly mrriing af
br hfaiIlebofn Mutual Aid ass0rla
iian will be- held MondaY afternoon Al
l asiu 'rloFk az tide association head
quarters. 20 North Main street,
| Rev Roy N, llonghion. pastor II
She Isuinr Congregational church. will
si.rAk in the Swedish Congregational
rhnfch Thursday evening nj : q clock,
Al arc welcome.
Al the matinee performance Of the
Nhiiestdc Strauss company la Happy
,iark a. the auditorium saturday after
noon, Mfs, T. y, Young WAS the holder
al the roupon that won the fur coat,
The Vale Stack company recently
closed n very successful engagement NJ
Springfield. Mass, where they made a
real hii. " The company that j. com.
ING 90 Bratilrhoro l. the same without
any change whatever.
a special series Of devotional meet.
ings will be- held IN the Swedish Congfe,
raiinnal church from Feb. ~ Ia Feb, -
inclusive, Rev, ", kohleT II Barre,
state missionary, will conduct the serN'
I ta..s ssstss.I Ika 4 h.ktsN
tor of the church.
Invitations arr out for compli.
mrniarv banquet which will be given
/ To- the men Of the Centre Congregational
church and society NJ the Brooks Hous.
next Tuesday evening ~ go. The prin'
cipal speaker will be- Rev. Philip :.
MoXom. DID. of Springfield. Mass. |
I There will be- other speeches hy local I
men Music will be- furnished by Lett, |
singer and Dugan aud male quartet.
during the lontcn season the rcgu /
lar sunday evening meetings Of the Cen,
irr club will take the form of brief /
talks TO he given nv Rev. Roy NJ.
lIoughton. Mr.. lloughton will take for
hiS theme. The Greatness aud Simplicity
of the Christian Faith. which Is the title
of a book written by President King Of
uberlin college. One chapter of the
book will he considered each Sunday
evening during Lent.
The next meeting of the Brattle.
hoTo Woman 5 club will be held next
Wednesday. Feb. 10. in the Congrega
tional chapel. when j. Adams Puiier of
Needham. Mass, who has had expert.
cnee in work with boys as teacher in a
reform school and as probation officer.
will speak on Boys Gangs There will
he music and the ways and means com.
mttee will conduct sale Of food and
home made sweets in the parlors.
Andrew Gale. ~. whose death oc .
CURED Tuesday afternoon in Chicopee ,
Falls, Mass, while presiding AT a meet
ing of the board of directors of the 7
Belcher & Taylor agricultural tool com. i
pany of which he was the president, was )
known to many Brattleboro people. He
had been visitor al the Valley Fair i
for many years in the interests of the n
company 3 exhibits. Mr.. Gales wife
was Miss Semira NJ Thayer of West. i
n. II. She died Jan. 9. 1909. a
The illustrated lecture given by I
Rev. ID. +. Trout at the Universalist n
,hurch Sunday evening was upon China a
md the stereoptcon views showed many i
interesting scenes during the Boxer up d
Using in 1900 and also portrayed the i,
people engaged in their daily pursuits \
The lecture Sunday evening will be upon y
Japan and will be illustrated as usual c
With stereopticon views. A special mnsi. Fl
al program will be given. In view of p
he interest manifested since the in t,
luguration of these lectures early in the {,
winter Mr.. Trout will continue this g,
eature of the Sunday evening service
Turing February and probably through ;,
March. u
Gibson & Waterman have added to h,
heir Office quarters the suite of apart. n,
nents on the third floor of Bank block. n
Judge Gibson will occupy the room di nj
ectly over the municipal court room as II
library and private Office. A room will re
e fitted up for the use of a stenOgra 81
her and the front room over the main 90
flee will be furnished as a reception st
DOm A room will also be fitted up for .,
CONSULTATION with clients. At present as
Judge Gibson makes use Of the munich n,
al court room as his office, but in the on
nture this room will be used only as a w
Durt room. A system of hot water and NJ
as heating has been installed on the th
pper floor and the rooms will be oc' nc
lpied within a few days.
The postoffice department will short II,
begin the issue of new one-cent h h,'
ostal card, to be known as the No. NJ
lrd The new card will be of the same AZ. .,,'
re as the present Mckinley cards. The w. w.
iper will be of light blue tint and ~ ~I
i'll be printed in bronze blue ink. The u ,rs
amp will be an elipse on end and will WI
ntain profile portrait of William Nc w. w.
inley looking to the left. with back Ia
ound Of horizontal lines and border 1 Po
caring the following words: gu. s. me
ostal Card. One Cent. Mckinley and h ~,
either side of the portrait. within the r uJ
rider, the mineral '1.'' The legend an an
'rb;c C;1o Of cord 10 for tho addraSc an
lv' appears in outline Gothic type IA ~
thin horizontal panel of double lines, Az AZ,
ove the middle Of the card, on line W. w,
tn the bottom of the stamp. nv,
The civil service examination for boz
nsus enumerators was held in the local bee
stOffce Saturday morning. Seventeen ex-
ndidates took the examination. Only Mr.
e of the candidates were from Brattle- tw'
70. The remainder of those taking viii
g examination were from surrounding RiN
WINS. As Brattleboro will be divided OF
% five enumeration districts each of are
, candidates taking the test will prob Brs
~ receive an appointment. One of Bos
enumerators to be appointed in Brat yes
boro will canvass the outlying farming
and the other four will make d.
enumeration of the population in :; ~ i
village. The appointments will be n - =
de in time for the enumeration to be 40,
de in Anril. At the price paid for llo'
h name recorded each enumerator will u, UNI
Give, about $50 for his two weeks ~
rk in the village The farm enumera uei
will receive more. a Intt
Jas f. Gayley of New York, former gra
vice president of the United States pri2
el corporation, who owns a farm in was
and who told a newspaper ton
orter in the Brooks House in Brattle- cost