The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-24

I The regular meeting of the w.
I I. ". will be held Monday Afternoon
at 3 o clock in the rest room.
o The second degree was worked u
v the meeting of Wantastiquet lodge o.
Odd Fellows Monday evening.
4 The teachers training class will
! meet with Mrs. Louis Whitney, sc Higl
: street, Monday evening at 7i5.
The Ladies' Enterprise society viii
9 meet with Mrs. Fred Hopkinson,
Cherry street, next Wednesday after
noon.
MIR. Wales will give waltz party
Tuesday evening in Grange hall as the
closing event of the season for his
evening class. Leitsinger's orchestra
! of four pieces will furnish music and
the public is invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. II. Davenport
have issued invitations to the marriage
of their daughter. Miss Clara IrGnintha
Davenport, to Edward Stacy Harrison,
Monday afternoon. Feb. 81. at 4
o clock in the West Brattleboro Bap.
fist church.
There was fair attendance At
the missionary meeting of the women
of the Centre church Tuesday after.
noon. A brief history Of the beginning
of foreign missionary work by the
women of the Congregational demonina-
ton was given.
| Washington : birthday was OBJ
served by the closing of the schools
of the incorporated district Tuesday,
the closing Of the banks and by holiday
hours ut the postofce. The letter
carriers made only their morning de-
livery and the Office closed at noon.
The gold watch to be awarded at
the meeting Of the New England Order
Of Protection in Red Men S hall
| Wednesday evening, March 10, is on ex.
hibition in the window of w. 4. Root S
drug store. The person selling the
largest number of tickets will receive
the half dozen silver tea spoons also
on exhibition ut the same place.
Carpenters are now erecting the
framework for the pavilion and grand.
stand of the Island Amusement company
and the structure will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible. II
has been decided to make the pavilion
"a feet longer than was at first planned,
thus making the main floor SO As feet
The basement floor is practically all
laid and the supports for the upper
floor are being erected.
The Boston & Maine railroad has
reconsidered its decision to discontinue
the daily sleeping ear service between
White River Junction and New York
city, and for the present at least
sleeper will be attached to the S.34 p. IN.
southbound express and the $50 n. m,
train from Springfield. The sleeper
on the evening train through here ar.
rives in New York at els a. m, while
the ear attached to the morning train
leaves New York at i p. m.
One person who heard some of the |
practise work of the contestants for
the Clawson Hamilton college prizes |
says that their speaking compares ia. |
vorably with that of students in schools |
of oratory. The contest takes place |
Monday evening in the Congregational !
church at s o'clock. The tickets are
being sold at Root S pharmacy and by |
members of the Brattleboro Civic I'm
provment league for whose benefit the |
contest is eiven. The proceeds will be
used by the league to improve the vii.
lage
Another move was made Yesterday
in connection with Brattleboro's pro.
nosed federal building: Postmaster
Kittredge Haskins received letter
from Willis Il. HAYES. Superintendent
of construction. dated at Keene. n. H..
saving that the treasury department
had directed the writer to come to
and make borings to deter.
mine the nature of the soil upon which
the bull ling is TO be erected Mr..
Hayes asked how deep the frost was
in this vicinity and said he would be
pleased to receive an Immediate reply
in the matter ms he wished to dig test
pits.
The boys of the high school are
to have baseball team this
spring, and Manager Julius Kueeh is
now arranging schedule of seven or
eight games. II has been several years
since the school was represented on the {
diamond and there is no expectation
hat a very strong team can be devel
,ped in one season, but is hoped that
he work this spring win result in the
development of material that will prove
# value in the makeup of future
lines Baseball practice, however, will
lot be allowed to interfere with the
respects of the high school track team, {
which are excellent. G
Little Children the World Over }
viii be the subject of stereopticon lee =
IRE 10 be given by the pastor, Rev. :
}. f Trout, at the Universaist church !,
sunday at Z p. m. The lecture deals q
s,ith the children of many nations. !
Ht NicNn tutiH UluN, ~
chool. Mt home, at worship. All man. 81
ind loves the child and such fasci- v
ating story of the world s childhood >,
ill be most interesting and instructive. u
ver 100 beautiful slides will he used "
, reveal the various phases of child II
fe of the many nations and races. o
fiss Katherine Martin will sing the . .
,lo, Consider the Lilies, by Topliff. p
The fair to be given by the chill. W
rem IS department of the Congrega-
onal Sunday school in Festival hall
aturday afternoon, March II, will be ~
Flower Garden, the flowers being CT
presented by the children themselves e'
ach department has its special work W
} do, and fancy articles, aprons, con- re
.etionery, flowers, and Easter novel dl
es will be on sale. The tea room, IL
hich has proved so popular at the pre- -
GUS fairs, will be provided with Lady n
altimore cake. The entertainment VI
i'll consist of music and fancy dances tl'
r. Wales will have charge of the th
nces, and Wales IS orchestra will fur vi
sh music. o.!
james Griffin of Brattleboro has NJ
ought suit against the Boston & ";
aine railroad to recover $4,000 per- a
nal damages alleged to have been bo
stained while the plaintiff was en- M
Dyed by the company as a section M
nd on Jan 90. 1910 Mr.. Griffin, it NJ
II be remembered, was at work on w
e West River bridge when a Boston '"
Maine freight train crowded him
I'm the structure, causing him to fall ms
the ice a distance of about 25 feet. fro
e writ, which was filed in the office toy
the county clerk yesterday after rio
on alleges negligence upon the part be-
the defendant in permitting its en- thu
yes to work upon the structure with EN-
room to allow trains to pass frc
bert G. Bacon is attorney for the fro
intiff. tha