The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-08-11
ing place and SAYS there has been con.

siderable Improvement in his health.
Eight times a canary bird belonging
TO Sharles W. Nation has flown away
ana each time, with one execution when.
~ was found In East Mortified by Mrs.
Joseph Brigham, il has returned TO lis
cage of its own accord.
Dean 7. Flandreau. who has occupied
the otls cottage this summer, left Fri.
day with his family for New Rochelle.
n. T., where he will open a dental office.
His father and mother will remain al
the Otis cottage for the present.
Deputy Sheriff F. w. Doane arrested
an Italian workman Mondav.for drunk.
enness, He was taken 10 Greenfield and
hned $40. The man was employed on
the state highway that is being built
between Northfeld and Hinsdale, n. II.
Mrs. Nellie Alexander has as her
guests Mrs. Elliott and her daughter,
Miss Grace Elliott, of Everett, Mass.
Miss Elliott was a former supervisor of
drawing in the public schools here and
since leaving has a like position in the
city of Everett with $50 teachers under
her direction.
Mr.. Humphreyville of Westfield was
in town last week to see that the con.
tract for building the high school was
completed. The finishing touches are
being applied to the interior prepare
tory TO furnishing the school rooms. All
is expected 10 be in readiness for the
fall term. The grounds begin to show
lines of beauty as the grading con.
Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sabin White and Mrs.
Slade of East Orange, n. j., came for
the funeral service of Dowsman STRAIT.
ton and remained several days with
Mrs. Joseph Pierce. Mrs. Slade, for.
merly Maize Hastings of this town,
rendered a beautiful solo Sunday morn
ing at the Unitarian church. This was
the eighth anniversary of her marriage
to Mr.. Slade in this church.
At the track meet to be held Sept. 4
on Marauand field there will be special
events for boys under Is such as 440
and 100 yards dash, high and broad
Jump, one.fourth mile run. etc. Open
to all events will be 100, 220 and 440-
yard dashes, one-half and one mile runs,
high and broad jump. shot put, obstacle
race. tug.of-war. Entries should be
sent at once to w. c. Roberts.
Mrs Mary Houghton closed her cot
tage in East Mortified in the early
summer and went to private SANTA
rum in Amherst for her health. Miss
Eta Mirriman and Miss Susan Law
renee visited her at Cottage hospital in
Amherst last Friday, where she has
been % weeks. Mrs. Houghton is
seriously i'll, confined to her bed, with
neuritis and some disease of the stom.
ach. She had many kind thoughts for
her friends here.
Giving il as his belief that mission,
aries could find much more fertile field
for their efforts in Vermont than would
be possible in foreign countries, hey, A.
E. Phelps of South Vernon, frday
morning at the Advent campmeetlng IN
Springfield. Mass, gave the people, of
the Green Mountain state severe lac-
ing for failing to properly attend TO re-
lioion. Rev. Mr.. Phelps referred 10 ms
home town, saving that band OF ~
missionaries could find in South Vernon
a fertile field for their work. - often
wonder he said. sat the deplorahle
ignorance of so-called intellectual, com
munities. | am the pastor Of church
in the village right in the shadow OF
Mortified and Mt Hermon, and the
people of South Vernon are intellectual
and progressive. vet ! can md no way
to reach their hearts. ;,
The parlors of the Hotel .Northheld
were crowded Friday evening 1or =
musical which was gwen by TWO Young
Boston musicians, Miss Ethel Rea ana
Miss Alice Mcdowell; Miss hea mas
been delegate at the conference ~
the past. and has MANY 1flenHS1 -
Northfeld. She has been a pupil OIL
Mrs Fvta Kilesl d Bradbury Of Boston
and has been singing during tine past
wear Al the soprano soloist at the chprch
~ tbe Disciples. Her selections lnclud-
ed French. German and English songs ,1
and sbe was warmly encored Tor All
Miss Mcdowell is teacher OF, piano
forte AT the Fox uonamich ,school n
poeton where she was formerly pupll
~ Carlo Buonamich. She played
nnmber of compositions by famous az
lists and was particularly Appliances
for her excellent tone. An lnteresteu
listener at the recital VINO ASSISTED ~
arranging il, was George Z; SteppIns -
Rrooklvn, who has been the leaQeI 90 %
music at the general conference ~ +b;S
years. and who is again prohilhen' Nv, I've
wear. Many people from the Town WV
invited to attend os bel5
A Grand Temperance meetlhg ""s go 80
in the auditorium WEDNESDAY S+a+o
noon nnder the ausplces OF lhe 2t;ays
Wv Wonon L christian Temperance nnl 3
r W I'm Meeting was in charge OF ME II
PI ne Tezeiip, president of the local w.
r EiII r t e and Mrs. stoddard, president
Of the F sabe saith r ieG n
1--WE Ie"E snr;n+nre was read by Rev W.
NJ D1"' 20. an Interesting exercise was
Nv 10 children dressed, III w
tE,,,oos If different nations, each sPeh%n+
~ n1iiI for the cause of Temperance IN III
Iin Ina Singing was rendered py t tFe
children S choir and MI. MsC EFes.a,no yai
oefed ~ p seetsf GI the soR Cent mt
4 9ss'o 9Ss 3 St snS cn s POINTS ats
for tof3 4old Of the appreciation Of the
Rfese Su aadenes Ms 4y IL fRb"ae
PHd [esnGdeD cave short talk and n9ef"i
a a4forino for the cause was collected
MOUNT HERMoN.