The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-06

There will be Joint raising
the chiefs in the local tribe of RI
J Men and Pocahontas council Thursdi
evening.
The women of the Congregation
society will serve chieken-pie supp
Thursday, Jan. IL, Mt q o'clock in Il
chapel of the Centre church.
The executive committee of ii
BrattlebOrO Civic Improvement leagl
will meet Jan. | | mt the home of ii
president, DIR, II. d. Hoton, at III
o clock.
The teachers training class Of III
Centre Congregational church will NEE
with Miss Hemenway,- 81 High stree
Tuesday evening at 745. The wor
will be the first chapter of Bosworth
studies in the life of Jesus Christ.
The officers of Wantastiquet Lodge
No. 5, /. q. o. T., will be installed a
the regular meeting, Jan. o. Distric
Deputy Earl Davis Of Newfane Is III
| installing officer. A banquet will b
served after the meeting,
The subject of the sermon at tn
Centre Congregational church Sunda
morning will be The Two foundations
| The brotherhood class will continue tn
discussion of the housing problem. DE
yotional service in the chapel this even
ing at 7.4j.
The chiefs Of Pocahontas council
| will be raised 10 their respectlv,
stumps next Thursday sleep by Deput,
Mrs. Frazier of Springfield. A no
turkey supper will be served from g L
s to the tribe and council. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
Miss Alice NJ. Bacon, formerly
teacher in the Peeresses School of To
kio, Japan, and author of japanese
Girls and Women, will give a free lee
ture illustrated by stereopticon views
on the education of a japanese girl en-
titled, o. Hama San s Girlhood, at tn,
Congregational church Monday even
ing at S o clock.
There will be a tug.of.war in the
south window of Fenton a. Co. Is store
Monday evening. The contest will take
the form of an attempt to rip a pair OF
Sweet Orr trousers, three men being
allowed on each leg If the trousers
are ripped a new pair will be given to
each contestant. There is no limit to
the number of teams that may enter
William II. Macdonald, SO, for
merly of Brattleboro, died in New
York city, Dec. %, after two weeks
illness. following a shock of paralysis.
He was buried in jersey City He
leaves wife. Mr.. Macdonald was
born in Brattleboro and spent his
early life here. His father was A. NJ.
Macdonald. at one time cutter for
Pratt, Wright & Co., clothiers.
The arches of incandescent lamps
which were strung across Main street
as part of the decorative scheme
6r ring the week of the Valley fair
last fall and which have been lighted
every night during the past month will
be taken down, rs the new tungstens
to be installed under he contract
which the bailifls will make for light
ing the streets, make the ineandeseents
needless.
The year.end figures from the Brat
tleburo pOstofiice, on postal account, re-
port the gross receipts for the month
of December to have been S4,5l6.27,
and for the fourth quarter, Oct, ] to
Dec. 81, $l3,69l. The total for the
year 1910, s46,S00.20,' was S4,359.72
more than the year 1905; S7,395.9S
more than in 1907; S12,l76.lS more
than 1906, and $l4,533.l4 more than
1905, or an average annual increase
during the past five years of S2,906.63.
The seeetmen will probably make
4 contract with the Twin State Gas q
Electric company for tungstens to re-
place the present incandescent and are
amps ut the same rates as offered the
village by the company. Manager Il.
NJ. Adds of the Twin State company
las informed the selectmen that his
company is willing TO make a contract
Tor such lights as may be needed out
tide the village limits at the same rates
md for the same term of years as the
'illage, has voted to accept. 1t is
probable that more lights will be in
tailed when the selectmen make the
lew contract.
Although one of the youngest in
,ears. Miss Jessie Webster is one of
he strongest members in the east
which will present The Time, The
Place, and The Girl at the auditorium
Monday evening. This little girl is
nut II years old, but already has won
or herself a mitch high up in the tenn
he stage for number of years, and
Inder the tutelage of her mother has
made study of leading actors and
ctresses on the American stage. Her
mutations of George M. Cohan. Ethel (
.evv, James 7. Powers. Eddie Fov, and
darie Dressler are without equal any /
where. In the role of The Girl she
las ample opportunity to display her
alent as well as her mimicry.
Papers were filed Yesterday after
DON in the office of the county clerk |
n suit brought by Arthur M. Merri-
ED of Newfane against Emil Wunsch |
f Springfield, Mass, for $4,000 dam
gcs. The declaration alleges that the .
efendant sold the plaintiff about
une /. 1910, certain parcel of land
nd buildings in Springfield, and rep
esentcd that the property yielded a
lonthlv rental of 1923. Since the
laintiff purchased the property he al
'ges the rentals have amounted to
MY about 1886 each month. Service
as made by Deputy Sheriff H. f.
Ellis of Jamaica, and personal prop.
rty of the defendant and real estate
Newfane were attached Clarence
Newton of Boston is attorney for
lie plaintiff.
The third number in the series OF
under the auspices of
lie young women of the Baptist and
churches will be an il
stratel travel lecture by j. Reed Pow
!. in the Centre Congregational church
hurSuay evening, Jan. IL, III
clock. Mr. Powell has been every :
here enthusiastically received and has
turned to many places for several
nsecutive seasons. He has one of
e best double dissolving stereopti-
ms, and his slides are colored by him
If and are works of art. They are
splayed upon 20-foot canvas. One
inbred and fifty views will be shown :
illustrate the lecture. Tickets may
secured at Root s pharmacy. at Mr..
ockwell IS store in West Brattleboro,
the young women, or at the door. :
In the case of The Soul Kiss,
iich was witnessed by large audi.
ce in the auditorium last evening, if =
u like that kind of a show it is the
nd of show you like. That is about
that is necessary to. be said about