The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-22

Importance,
-Rraislehore ledge. n, y, q. T.. sill
bold It's regular meeting "Wednesday
evening in Red Msa . hall, The enter
tainmeni committee has planned for .
debate.
Arthur johnson aud Wesley Miller
of Dnmmerston brought q ii'pound pike
10 Bfaiiieboro this morning, IL Was
caught in the Connecticut river ss
Dnmmefston.
-Birelow boats 10 Putney, sataI'
day, 3, a.30, 8, Sunday, II, $50, o.
fare. round trip, use. Other days At J,
fare doe, Step over at Echo Park.
Iee,eream, soda, etc. Round trip TO
park, ase, A good resting place TOT
''''' as,se
A special meeting Of the hailins
WINS held Tuesday noon In Chairman y:
j. Waterman Office, All u the board
were persent with the exception OF u,
4. Ware. Civil Engineer George Fear
son presented a new plan for abolish
ing the Vernon street sewer nuisance
which Was approved. The responsible
ity Of the village in the matter OF pay
ing Mr.. Pearson for his work ON the
sewer proposition was discussed and ar,
ranged TO the mutual satisfaction OF all
concerned.
The following despatch 10 the Dos.
ton Globe from Toledo, o., under dhte
OF July Is. NAV be Of local interest
"Footsore and tired. but still cheerful
after a tramp Of 800 miles. Joseph Drake
and his wife drifted into town today
looking for work. They tramped All
the way from Buffalo. stopping a lew
DAYS for an unsuccessful search Tor fcia'
tives aud then came here. Both are .
little over 80. but are not much tha
worse for their journey, We were Kind
Iy treated by farmers all the way
through - said the man, land doing
odd chores, such M milking and caring
for horses, we were given lodging and
breakfast. The couple left Bratileboro,
VT. April IL
Mrs. Julia Harris, 70, died Sunday
afternoon nj her home In Wilmington.
| Her funeral was held Tuesday afternoon
and burial was In the Upper lnter,ale
cemetery. Rev. Mr.. Aubert, pastor oil
the Baptist church, ofhciated. MIS-
| Harris's maiden name was Jnlia NJ.
| Lamb. She was twice married. lief
| first husband was Dexter Lamb. They
had one son, Charles A. Lamb, who was
| for many wears engaged in public team
| ing between Wilmington and Brattle'
boro. Her second husband was Loren T.
Harris. By this union there were tive
daughters. She leaves one sister, mrs
Harriet l.. Stone. of Brooklyn, and hei
daughters, Mrs. Flora Blood Of Towns
bend and Mrs. Hattie stark OF MI
mington. Mrs. Harris had lived IN VII
mington since her girlhood.
| The seventh session Of the North
field summer school for women 3 foreign
missionary societies opened last mgn'
and will continue for week. The Biblt
study each morning will be conducted
by Rev. j. Stuart Holden, ID. d., rector
of st. Paul s church, London. There
will be an hour on methods for young
women Is work. a story teller hour, lee
ture on the mission text book Western
Women in Eastern Lands by the author
Mrs. Helen b. Montgomery. Denomi
national rallies will be held. Dr. ,. NJ
Zwemer Of Arabia will preach at the
Sunday morning service. Monday aiter
noon NJ 3 o clock on the lawn at Hote
| Northfeld there will be missionary
pageant illustrating fifty years Of ms
sionarv work. Two hundred people VII
narticipate. Should Monday be stormy
the pageant will occur on Tuesday.
-Brattleboro s proposed government
building has not been lost sight OF by
the officials in Washington. Letter
from Washington to Postmaster IL. II
TAYLOR last week asked lot more ques
tions but of sort that would iea'
interested persons to believe that soii'
move is TO be made in the matter o.
preparing plans. The postmaster wa
asked 10 name the different govern
ment officials that will be quartered II
the new building and to state nov
much room each will need. The letter.
suggested the necessity of taking mt
consideration the probable growth o.
Brattleboro in making recommends
tions as to quarters for the postolhc'
and as to rooms to be devoted TO I'M
use of the court and court officers. In
terested persons will be pleased :
Lnow that the recommendations mad
to the Supervising architect include
court room of about the same size an
modeled after that in the government
building at Montpelier. From the var
ions questions asked it may be lnferre'
that work is about to begin on IN
nlans for the building. 1t was state
Mt Washington last summer that some
thing would be done in the matter
the Brattleboro building III AuGus
1910, and the indications point una
| way.
A heavy thunder storm last ever
. ing doubtless disappointed many Wh
had planned to hear the lecture OF Mr.
she Harper Minis, G. 5. D., of Atiahti
Ga. in the auditorium. Mrs. Minis wa
, introduced by Mrs. Fannie Miles, nrs
reader of First Church of Christ, Sclei
: fist. of this town who explained ner ni'
/ sion. At the outset Mrs. Minis SAID:
, do NOT think should be able to speak I
Won tonight if | had not been healed Z
, years ago from an invalidlsm OF aimof
!, rs many wears" She said that the LEI
son she wished to bring was the Chrl'
! tianitv of Christ Jesus. She explalne
! the stems by which Jesus rose in power
i first the healing of the little maid; SEE
ond. the raising of Lazarus; and thlr,
, His own overcoming of sin and deatl
i She underworld to explain the mint
, of God as Mrs. Eddy had discovered II
, that man is of God and is a spirltni
a ideal. and tried to overthrow the belie
: That man is of dust and born to sin an
q corruption. She explained clearly u
. meaning of the two verses: -: beiore u
t world was am and ''Glorify thou m
q O my Father, with the glory that VIZ
/ mine before the world was, shown
that Jesus had lived in the spirit lon
! before He came to earth. She conclude
n bv saving that in the past 40 years slne
: Christian Science has been discovere
it has spread all over the world and TN TN
: # is the only religion which can ult
S mately unite all sects and religions.
I Forty members of Company |, V.
= G. who went to the state range
: Mortified for rifle practice Sunday, r
f turned Wednesday afternoon. The r
z snlts of the practice were satisfaction
a to all concerned. Twenty,fourr me
q qualified as marksmen and -four.
Q sharpshooters out of 81 shooting. Co
4 sidering that the men have had no pra
d tice since last year and that the deta