The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-17

been elected for the work committee.
Mrs. II. S. Kidder has a flock of hens
which seem to delight in making people
sit up and take notice. Only n few
months ago an account was published,
stating the dimensions of monstrous
egg produced by one of these birds.
This record was broken when few
days ago Mrs. Ridder found an egg
which measured 6Is by SIS inches and
weighed quarter OF n pound.
Al the Congregational church next
Sunday morning the pastor will speak
on the subject, Excuses That Are
False. In the evening at the union
service in the same church the theme
will be A Noted Statesman, Once De
spised but Afterwards Honored by His
Elder Brethren. At the Christian En-
deavor meeting the topic will be Sin
certify, How to Get T., What IL Accom-
plishes. Leader, Ethel Sparks.
The many friends of Miss Hazel >.
Taft will be pleased TO hear Of the pub,
lie announcement Of her, engagement
to John H. NOrthup of this town. IL
was announced Mt the Kappa Gamma
Chi valentine party in Hcmenway
Chambers, Boston, few days aro.
Miss Taft is one of Townshend s popu.
lar young women and graduate OF
Leland and Gray seminary in the class
of 1909. Mr.. Northup, since his resi-
dence here. has won many friends.
James Gray. son Of the late Sharon
and Stella Gray, died in Morris Plains,
n. j., Jan. 20. Mr.. Gray was born IN
Townshend IS years ago, but ut the age
of 81 he went to Morris Plains, where
he had been supervisor of the state
hospital. The funeral service was held
mt the home of his sister, Mrs. John q.
Broughton, in Bloomfield, n. j. Be
sides sister, he leaves nephew,
Frank j. Gray, of this town, and
niece, Mrs. Earle O. Martin, of Saxtons
River.
The annual junior oratorical contest
of Leland and Gray seminary will be
held in Seminary hall next Tuesday
evening, Feb. 81. The declarations
are all original, and the contestants
have taken great pains in the work,
with the view of making them both in
teresting and practical. There are a
great variety of subjects, all strictly
up.to-date, and there will be something
of interest to all. The seminary band,
which was organized last November,
will make its first appearance in pub
lie, and furnish music on this occasion.
All come. and see the progress that has
been made.
Christie b. Crowell of Brattleboro,
district deputy and grand master of
the eighth Masonic district, made his
official visitation to the Blazing Star
lodge, +. & A. NJ, Tuesday evening,
when he installed the following otli
GERS: w. NJ, Russell W. Blood; S. w,
Walter A. Eddy; j. W.. Albert {.
Franklin; treasurer; Fred l.. Lowe;
secretary. William NJ. Sparks; S. d.,
Eugene Il. Cudworth; J. d., William 4,
Blood; S. s., Arthur l.. Rand; j. IS,
Frank A. Blood; chaplain, Rev. Joseph
marshal, W. II. Miles; tyler,
Henry c.. Stratton. After the installa'
ton supper was served under the di.
rection of the stewards.
The third lecture in the Leland and
GRAY seminary lecture course was given
by Prof Cady of Middlebury college
last Friday evening in the Baptist
church. The attendance was apprecia'
bly, larger than at the two former lee
lures, showing their increasing popular
ity. The subject material of the lee
ture was both entertaining and instruct
i've to everyone at all interested in
Shakespeare. The lecturer, in every
sentence, showed familiarity and deep
of every Shakesperian play
that was refreshing. lie dld not waste
time in considering all of Shakes
peare S clowns, but confined himself to
a few of the most impressive He took
the clowns in A Midsummer Night s
Dream and made Ounce. Snug, Bot
tom, Flute and Snout speak for them
selves. He pointed ont many interest
ing facts about these characters and by
means of his selected readings from
three scenes of the play was enabled to
the words of the clowns
without difficulty. In closing Sir John
Falstaff was discussed as representa-
tive of different class of clowns. The
lecture was excellent, partly humorous,
and pointed out many truths which lay
hidden behind the lest The next lee
ture will be given Feb "a in the Bap-
fist church. by Prof. Charles B. Wright,
who has been connected with Middle
bury college for 25 years, and has &C.
CURED the reputation of 'profound
scholar, forceful writer, and a dis
critic His subject, A
Manx Poet, should be of great inter
est to all, and will undoubtedly help
his hearers in forming an opinion about
poets and their work.