The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03


a aanrs in Rcd Meas hall Saturday
night. uhish gas largely attended by
mrinhsIs ~ the order aud invited
guests.
4 meeting fof mothers will be held
in the rhapel Of the Congregational
church Thursday afternoon, Feb, .. at
a.so o'cioek. There will be talk, fol
lowed by discussion on The Feeding
~ Young Children. MI mothers IN the
town are cordially invited.
a horse driven by Miss Katherine
Martin was left by her "Wednesday
afiernoon ~ front Of W. ". Geddis 5
store Something startled the animal
which suddenly whirlcd and ran M High
street where Il was caught near the
top Of the hill.
Walter \. Gilbert, clerk, has called
special meeting of the Brattlebofo
East society in the vestry Of the Centre
church Feb. q, nj 1.30 y. m. 10 hear he
report Of the trustees and 10 consider
the matter OF increased expenses ana
20 provide ways and means for meeting
such expenses.
- Boards OF civil authority under see
| ton li70 of the statutes of Vermont
should file list of epliptic, deaf, dumb
and blind persons, together with their
/ circumstances, age, etc, with the county
clerk ON or before the first day of Feb
mary Of each year. But few towns III
the county have complied with the law.
A party of members of Sedgwick
| post. q. A. r.. and the Woman s Keller
corps called upon Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
j. Allen at their home on South Main
street Wednesday evening. II was the
/ l2d anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Al.
/ len : marriage. Refreshments were
served, and the evening was spent in
social way.
The office quarters of ii. g. \ +, =,
/ Barber are to be enlarged by the addi'
/ ton of the room above their present
/ Offices in Crosby block. \ stairway
/ will lead from one of their private OF
| fees 10 the floor above, aud the large
/ room upstairs will be fitted up rs q
! library. A steel ceiling will be part
| of the renovation of the room to be used
/ rs Il library.
The regular meetings of the SALIVA
! ton Army will be held MS follows: sat.
urday al y. m, free and easy; sun
! day nj IL Il, m, SUNDAY sehool p' M,
| Christians praise service and revival
service, There will be series of spe
| cial meetings. conducted in the army
| hall. next week by 4. +. Lindquist and
Brother johnson, both members of the
! Swedish Salvation army. These meet
! mps will be especially interesting %
| Swedish people, but Others are cordially
invited to attend.
AT the annual meeting of the so
ciety for the Prevention OF cruelty %
| Animals. held Tuesday evening AT inc
! Brooks library, the membership for the
mast wear was reported to be So and the
! income s73.12. The following officers
were elected: President, Charles II
| Pratt; secretary and treasurer, +. 2. )
Osgood; agent. Henry j. Allen; and, tc
| fill vacancies on the board of directors
Rev. +. A. Wells, George II. Hall. Miss
Maria Stedman of West Brattieboro
and John Wright of Vernon.
The illustrated lecture in the UNI
versalist church Sunday evening WI! be
given by c. NJ. Russell of Whining
ton, whose subject will be The story
of the Civil War from Sumter &c
| Appomattox. As Mr. Russell was
member of the 10th Vermont, par,
of Stannard s brigade, the telling OF
the story will be interesting as wei
as instructive to the generation
which must rely upon the historian e
tell of the conflict of 1861 to 1865. Mr.
| Russell has recently returned IRON
New York city where he gave his lee
| ture. and expects to return 10 that city
again to give the lecture under the aus
niees of the educational department
Seats will be reserved for the q. a. X
and Relief corps. There will be no ad
mission. As n large attendance is an
ticipated it is hoped that all may com'
early. The illustrations, numherln!
about 800, include many negatives IRON
the famous Brady collection made dur
ing the war. The Loyal Legion s eollee
t;on of negatives also furnish many o
the scenes to be shown by Mr.. husseii
Work is being rushed on the new
Masonic temple, and by the end OF th'
month it is likely that considerable o
the interior finish will be in place. In,
cement foundation for the bowling a
leys has been laid this week, and TN
wiring of the building for electri
lights is practically completed. One o
the features of the new building is TN
small lodge room adjoining the bl!
lodge room. This room will be completed,
eouipped with the furnishings and par
aphernalia from the old lodge room OF
Elliot street. When it is necessary I,
hold special convocation which vii
draw only a few members the SINAI
room will prove adequate in size, AM
the cost of heating and lighting the pl!
lodge room will be reduced. The part
lions between the two rooms on tn
second floor, north side of the building
have been removed and this big recen
ton room with lavatory adjoining, vii
he devoted to the use of Bingham chap
ter. O. E. S. A hardwood floor will b
laid this week. Heat is on in the build
ing and the plaster is expected to DIR.
sufficiently this month to allow the car
penters to start on the finish.
A Boston lawyer came to Brattle
boro last week to see If he could ge
track of one James Murphy, suppose
to be a member of Company l at on
} time The lawyer stated that he rep
resented an estate of which about sou
belonged to Murphy, supposed to nav
lived in BrattlebOro for a short tim
about seven or eight years ago. Il
said that in the hunt for Mr.. Murphl.
man by that name had been found. i
California and that the CALIFORNIA;
claimed to be the man sought. III
California man said that he was at on
time a member of the militia compan
at Barre, VT, but investigation shove
that the statement was untrue. IN
man also said that he was quarter
master sergeant in Company l durin
the Spanish American war, put TN
statement was also untrue, as there wa
but one man by the name of Murp.h
in Company 1 during the SPANS
American war and that man was no
the Californian. The Boston laWye
, has asked that photograph of the Ca.
ifornia man be sent east and when
arrives it will be shown some of tn
old members of Company who remen
Der Murphy when he was member o
the company.
) At the regular session of the. pre-
, bate court holden before Judge A.
Schwenk Saturday II matters wer
| cansidered In the estate OF j. NeWtO