The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-27


The subject of Rev +, A, Wells 5
morning sermon in the Methodist church
WILDE A Constant Christ. In the even.
ing he Will speak on An Honest Republi.
can.
The first social for Masons and
ladleS since the opening of the temple
was held Wednesday evening and the
temple was thronged from 7.30 till after
! o clock. Dancing, cards, billiards and
bowling furnished entertainment for the
guests. Fruit punch and waters were
served.
Dan Kennedy, who played with the
brattleboro baseball team short time
last summer, has Joined the Holy Cross
Football squad and is making fine
showing at end Kennedy won his let.
tiers in football last fall but did not in.
tend TO play this year, being captain OF
next year S baseball team.
Eight or 10 brickmasons arrived in
Brattleboro this week to work on the
Austine institution building. A large
amount of the hard pine flooring and
the window frames have been drawn to
the site of the building. c. $. Henry,
superintendent for the contractors, saws
that he expects as many more workmen
within few days.
AT regular meeting of Brattle.
bOro lodge, \. Il. O, r., Monday even
ing a class of candidates was initiated
by the officers and degree staff of Bel
lows Falls lodge. There was large
attendance and much enthusiasm was
shown over the fine work of the visitors.
Refreshments and a social hour followed
the business meeting
The cross-walk at the corner of Har.
ris place and Main street is in such a
condition that every rain floods the side
walk two or three inches deep with mud.
About half of the walk has crumbled
away and the remainder affords a pre-
carious footing in wet weather. Pedes-
trians who use the east side of Main
street suggest that the defective cross
walk be entirely removed if it is not
to be repaired.
Miss Mabel Gates futile, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Charles c. futile of
Turner's Falls, and Fred Loren Whidden,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Whidden of
BrattlebOro, were united in marriage
by Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton, pastor of the
Centre Congregational church, Saturday
morning. They were unattended. Mr..
and Mrs. Whidden left on an afternoon
train for a short wedding trip, returning
this week They will make their home
in this town. Mr.. Whidden is tuner
in the Estey Organ factory and his
bride is bookkeeper in the local tele-
phone exchange.
Rev. Josiah Strong, ID. D., edits
The Gospel of the Kingdom, the course
of study used by Miss Cabot s class and
the Brotherhood class of the Centre
Congregational Sunday school. lie is
also chairman of the national advisory
committee of the American Institute OF
Social Service which publishes the
course of study. Rev. James II. Ecob,
who will lecture in the Centre Congre.
gational church Sunday evening at $50
O clock on the subject, The Religion of
Social Service. is engaged by this com
mittee as the official lecturer of the
American Institute of Social Service.
He comes highly recommended.
There will be wrestling exhibit
tion in the auditorium Thursday even
ing between Sandy Macleod, said to be
the middleweight champion of Scotland,
and Fritz Hansen the world S champion
welterweight. Macleod is 81 years Old
and has been touring this country for
the past six months with much success.
He won his title at a tournament held In
the King s theater in Glasgow Hansen
is % wears old and native of Sweden,
coming to this country when eight wears
old and learning to wrestle in Worcester,
Mass. In 1907 he won silver cup at
A wrestling tournament IN uppsala'
Sweden, and in 1909 won the saxon
silver belt at Burlington, vt. Previous
to the exhibition two local athletes VIII
wrestle for the championship of Brat
-
$50 to the local man who can stand up
AGAINST him more than Is minutes.
The rooms in the Fleming house on
Grove street that are being altered TO
the third grade, pupils
will be ready for occupancy MONDAY
at which time the, pupils OF
that grade will move from Chase street
to the new quarters. me room
will accommodate 30 pupils easily ana
is on the first floor of the Fleming
house. The basement is so arranseu
that if NAV be used as a play room
there being rooms for both boys ana
Girls. Partitions have been removed on
the first floor and two rooms made INTO
one. A bathroom has been converted
into a toilet room for girls, and the
hoys' toilet is in the basement. Inc
nupils can enjoy the playground about
he Main street building and yet be with
in a half a minute s walk Of their new
quarters Seats will be transferred from
the Chase street building to the Elem
mo honse Saturday and as soon as new
seats can be installed in the Chase street
building the first and second grade
nnpils now attending the High street
building will be returned to their former
school home.
Lyman H. Bagg, Ga, who died at
his home in West Springfield, Mass ass.
Monday night, will be remembered mere
as Karl Kron, the long distance plcycie
rider, For many years he had been III
tbe habit of making long trips on a
Columbia high wheel, and was IN Brat
tlehoro little over year ago IN Ine
course of one of these journeys; ne
rode full nickel machine and always
wore a white flannel suit, thus attractihg
no little attention. Mr.; Bagg wi was
graduate of Yale in the class OF ,o9 anu
A writer of unusual ability. his lalE :1
literary work was Ten Ihoqsahd Miies
on a Bicycle, which is detalleu ae
scription of trips through TINS coun'i ~
Canada, Cuba and England. ne lew was oa nd
rreativ interested in college sports, be.
mo manager of the Yale Harvard boat
races at New London from 1878 to 1888.
From from 1889 to 1900 he held the position
Of librarian of the University club !, or
n New York. In his college days o he
wrote regularly for the New YORK
World over the name of College on nonae
cle. and it was easy to turn this name
into Col Cron and thence to karl MOL
There seems to be joker somewhere
in the request from the postofilce de.
[b aa ' local office. It had been understood
Fiat the office force must have more
room and that the proposed ta al
building would thd na@6qr of persons now
am an n III in the local Office but study
If the Specifications in the request for
lids y s. shows that a ridiculously small
r r,on will will suffice-one only trihe larger
han the boot black stand at the corner