The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-20

Sunday afternoon nj j clock.
insurgency Within the Christian
Church will be the subject of the ser
mon Sunday morning by Rev, ID, r.
Trout mt the uniycrsalist church. Thl'
sermon will be the last of the series
upon the theme, Religious insurgency
The adjourned meeting Of the mis-
sion circle of the Uniyersalist churcl
will be held in the church parlor We'd
nesday afternoon nj O'Clock ~
there is work to do full ATTENDANCE II
desired. A business meeting VIII Dc
held at o clock.
The regular meeting Of the sun
shine society. Branch /, will be held
with Mrs. George Ayerill, 10 NORTH
Main street, next Friday afternoon
Jan. %, at 800 o. clock. As this Will be
observed as Library day Il is hoped
there will be good attendance
The Woman s alliance will meet
Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, AT .'3V
o clock at the home of Mrs. j. ID. Bar
rows in The Colonial. Papers VIII DC
read upon The Congregational church
covering the history, belief and actiV'
ity of the denomination IN, various De
partments. Mrs. Charles IL. thompson
will have charge of the meeting.
About 100 persons attended the lee'
ture on Washington, the National Capl'
tai, at the Universalist church Sunday
evening This was one of the most IN
teresting of the series Of illustrated
lectures given thus far thus winter pS
Rev. d. Il. Trout, and the slides used
TO depict scenes in the capital city IN,
cluded all of the principal places and
objects of interest.
The Salvation Army has rented
the hall in Retting block on hlgh
street and transferred its headquarters
from the Richardson block. The open
ing service was held there last night
and the weekend meetings Will be
held as usual. A stereopticon lecture
will be given Monday evening entitled
The Prodigal Son. II will be the trst
of series to he given during the sea
son.
-Weatherwise ones who claim that
this is the first winter on record
where the snow has failed TO arrive
until as late date as the middle oil
January are reminded that % years ago
the winter was similar to the preseh,
one. Snow did not fall in sufficient
quantity to make sleighing until Jann'
ary 21. and the spring was exceptional,
" early. In the winter of lS12 ana
1873 the snow did not make its appear
anec until the last days of January,
There will be meeting at the I'M
tartan church next Thursday evening
beginning Mt 100 clock. At this
meeting. Rev. Minot Simons of Cleve'
land. o., will give an account of the
International Congress of Liberal
Thinkers. held at Berlin the past sum,
mer and Rev. William {. Brown OF
Boston will describe the work being
done at present in America by ,thS
American Unitarian association. Al
interested in these topics are cordially
invited to attend.
The matter of executing the con
tract between the village of Brattle
boro and the Twin State Gas 4 Electric
company for municipal lighting for .
term of 10 years, as voted at the re
cent special village meeting, has mol
been closed vet. 1t il expected that q
meeting of the bailiifs will be held TINS
evening to take some action. The bail
ifs have the contract as submitted by
the company. and it is understood that
the board practically agrees upon the
conditions. but has asked for few
DAYS further consideration of the mat
ter.
The Criterion club. which will ap
near at the auditorium Feb. !, under
the auspices of the Woman 5 club, Il
famous in Boston and vicinity for the
thorough and careful manner in whlcl
its PLAYS are presented, and while lts
members are all in private life ant
business its dramatic standard and rep
utation are high and approach the pro
fessional. The comedy, Jane, has beer
given by the club many times, and pro
duces roars of laughter from the ris'
to the fall of the curtain. Many OF the
special stage accessories will come from
Boston.
The students of the Clawson-Ham
ilton college gave a snow bail party "a
tbe college rooms last Friday evening
The rooms were very prettily decorated
with green and white, the class colors
in the form of green draplngs witt
snow balls. About 80 were present
Games were enjoyed during the evening
and refreshments, consisting OF ice
cream. cake and lemonade, were served
The party was in charge OF MISS gary
er, Miss Kempf, Mr.. Hamilton, MIS-
Mather. Miss Naughnarn, Miss Weld
Miss Brasor Miss II. Hopkins, Miss Ma
pnire. Mr.. Sawtelle and Mr.. Randall.
The Brattleboro Civic Improve
mpnt League mas dllduEtu W -"
George l.. Mum of Springfield, Mass.
give his lecture, When Man Keep
House. in the Congregational chaPe
Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock. INT
league will 90 to considerable expense
to secure Mr.. Mum s services for TIM
occasion, but the lecture is absolutely
free. and general invitation is ex
tended the public. The men of Brat
tleboro are especially urged to attend
While the lecture contains many really
amusing points it is filled with instruc
five thoughts and Brattleboro peopl'
ought to hear what Mr.. Mum has tt
say about the housekeeping of man
Bertha (Stone) Knight, 80, died o
peritonitis, in the Hartford, Conn, hos
pital Jan. II. She was born In Brat
tleboro May 2S, 1876 and was a daugh
ter of j. o. Stone of this town. Sh'
was educated in Brattleboro, and hvet
here until about 10 years ago when sh.
went to Hartford. She married Franz
G. Knight. who survives her. Fnnera
services were held in Hartford t'rlda,
afternoon and the body was brough
here Saturday. Services were held II
Bond s funeral parlors Sunday after
noon at / o'clock. Rev. f. A. wells
pastor of the Methodist Episcopa
church, officiated and the burial wa
in the family lot in Prospect Hill GENE
terv. Mrs. Knight leaves a brother
George A. Stone, of Springfield, Mass
The Wonderland of the West will
be the subject of the stereopticon lee
ture at the Universalist church Sun
day evening at 7 o'clock. The grand
eur of American scenery. will be, con
trasted with that of foreign, lands
The so.called "golden west " will be de
scribed in series of interesting pic
lures. The lecture will deal with tn
forces and causes responsible for tn
varied natural phenomena and weir
scenic effects. The views will includ
the Yellowstone Park, Yosemite Valley