The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-10
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


The annual meeting of the Brattle'
boro Civic Improvement league will be
held ut the home of DR.. ii. ID. Holton
Wednesday. March is, at 7.30 o'clock.
The mission circle of tho Univer.
salist church will meet with Mrs. A. v.
Cox, IL South Main street, next Thurs
day. Business meeting ut $3.50 o clock.
Watchword, Sin.
The young women of the West
Brattleboro Baptist church will hold a
blueiay social, entertainment and sale
Tuesday evening in the church vestry.
A program, consisting of readings,
music and tableaux, has been arranged
and the booths and decorations will be
Of pleasing and novel character.
The Il. G. Simmons company of st.
Louis, manufacturers of the much.ad-
vertised Keen Cutter tools, has an in.
teresting exhibit in the south. window
of Robbins q Cowles. There is shown
a set of Keen Cutter tools like that
which Commander Peary took with him
returned he presented the Keen Cutter
people with an Eskimo sledge. walrus
spears. pair of snowshoes worn by
himself, guns. and several trophies of
his trip to the top of the world in the
shape Of bones of walrus and the skull
of polar bear. All of the collection
is on exhibition at Robbins & COwles g.
The Red Mill drew a large audi.
ence TO the auditorium last evening, and
the performance gave general satisfac-
ton. II was well staged and prettily
costumed, and if the principals and
chorus were not the most polished sing
ers in the world this deficiency was
Offset by the charm of the music itself.
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tanning fell TO James Crowley and vii.
liam Moore, who as Kid Conner and
Con Kidder, impersonated two resource
full young Americans stranded in Hol-
land. They proved theyselyes clever
comedians and with the stunts used by
Montgomery and Stone in the original
performance were able to draw laughs
at will. Their Sherlock Holmes scene
was particularly effective.
"A large number of members of
Quonektaeut tribe of Red Men trailed
to the wigwam of X. II. Baker Wednes.
day sleep for the purpose of congratu.
lating him on his 57th birthday ami
versary. Mr.. Baker was presented with
a beautiful picture from the brothers,
book with the autograph of all pres
the Pilgrim Fathers. Speeches were
made by several of the brothers. songs
were sung and refreshments served.
All was a complete surprise to Mr..
Baker, and was skilfully arranged and
carried out by Mrs. Baker and daugh-
ter, Marion. Mr.. Baker has been a
member of this tribe for 10 years. and
has taken great interest in its affairs.
He has served as sachem and as collec.
tor for several great suns, and repre-
sented the tribe at the great council a
few years ago.
Orders were recently received by
the local postofiice to have the city
carriers make several different counts
of the matter handled by them during |
this week. No intimation was given |
as to the reason for the countings and |
weighings. All the carriers were or
dered to keep record each day this |
week of the weight of all rst-class |
and sec0nd-class matter handled by |
them. They were also required to give |
the number of persons served each day |
and the number of stops made each |
day. The number of persons to whom |
mail was delivered had to be given and |
the number of miles Travelled daily.
The carriers were also Obliged to give
the number of receptacles for mail
they found provided upon their routes.
Wednesday was designated as a day on
which the carriers should keen rec
ord of the number of pieces of first and 1
secOnd.class matter handled on their
desks and the number of Il
required to handle each class
of mail.