The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-08

mont state Grange viii be- held "a Mout-
pelier, Dee u, Is, and II
Local member, 81 the New England
Fat Men, club are planning 20 have a
banquet in the Brooks House Tuesday
evening Al $50 p M
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association viii
be held Monday Al $50 o'clock.'at the
headquarters, Canal street,
The Brauleboro branch Of the Mo-
man alliance viii meet n the home Of
Mrs. ] b Barrows this, Friday, evening
lat $50 O'Clock \ full attendance /
desired
The Young women employees N the
Holstcin- Friesian Office held social Mon
day evening in the rest rooms. Games
and music were enjoyed, and hight re-
ireshments were served.
Prospective takers Of life insurance
will do well 10 read the advertisement
which the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, OF which Mai. 7 W Child, i local
agent, has in this issue Of The Reiormer
- Thompson Blood Of Concord June,
ton. Mass, an entertainer with a varied
repertoire OF stunts comes % Bratticboro
"Wednesday evening under the auspices Of
Wautastiquct lodge Of Odd Follow, lie
will appear in odd Fellow. hall
Acting Municipal Judge \ 7 Car
penter went 20 Marlboro saturday 20
preside in a reuleyiH case brought by Her
man Spells against sullivan d Bishop,
but a settlement was made 10 the matter.
l.. J. Waterman appeared for the plaintiff
aud Charles :, Chase for the defendant
E. + Holbrook OF Keene, y H. will
give an organ. recital in the First Congre-
gational church at West Brattleboro next
Wednesday evening He will be assisted
hv T. c. Adams, baritone, Mrs W +,
Stellmann, soprano and Miss Helen
Weatherhead, violin The proceeds will
be- contributed toward, buying a piano
for the chapel
The cold snap Tuesday evening made
ice on the ponds and incidentally slowed
down operations involving digging or
bricklaying The mercury al West Brat
tleboro went down 70 -four degree, above
zero. and from nine to y above zero were
the figures registered in thi, village The
Connecticut river has been frozen over
since Tuesday night but the lee contains
many rough places,
There was good attendance at the
roll call of the Protective grange Netnes-
dav evening Visitors were present from
several Of the neighboring oranges. \
chicken-pie supper was served from TO
7.l5. The third and fourth degrees We're
exemplified. the ladies degree team work
ing the third degree Dancing was en-
loved after the meeting It was voted TO
change the date OF the next meeting from
Dec Is to Dee 20
The manufacturing department OF
Leonard * Roess, tobacconists, viii be
moved from the second to the first floor
of the Hooker block Jan |. All OF the
business will be conducted on the first
floor and the basement will be used for a
stock and store room The front OF the
first floor will be continued as a retail
store. Mr.. Roess has had the change
under consideration for year, and as he
had ample space in the rear OF his retail
department.
The Waseca MINI Journal-Radl-
cal. of Nov -. devotes a tWo-page article
10 DR.. ". A. Chamberlin' : recent literary
products. A Guide TO the Prevention Of
Disease and to the Preservation OF Health,
the book lately completed and on sale at
the local bookstores, besides other articles
which have appeared in medical perlodl-
Gals The title Of the article which
anpears in the Waseca publication Is, \
Few Facts That Should Concern and
Interest Every Intelligent Person.
At n meeting Of the committee for
tuberculosis work Tuesday evening It was
voted to cooperate in pushing the sale OF
Red Cross seals, the proceeds from which
20 for tuberculosis work. The seals are
| for sale at various stores and banks and
the school children are having a contest
10 see which grade will sell the most.
For this contest the Woman club has
given S.. the board OF trade So, and the
I Vermont Wheel club 81, as flrst, second,
and third prizes. Everyone, VINO pur-
cbases and uses these seals will be helping
to stamp out the white plague
Another continuance was entered IN
the case of the town of Brattleboro against
| F o. CARPENTER Wednesday afternoon.
Attorney W. d. Smith, representing the
defendant. objected to the case beng
tried before Judge A. f. Schwenk, on the
ground that he was disqualified by reason
| OF being taxpayer in Brattleboro: AFTER
considerable discussion. Judge SchWenk
ruled that he vas disqualified, and the
case was continued By agreement until
Monday. The suit is brought to recover
taxes which the defendant has refused 10
nav until he is paid for work done by him
on the highway by order OF the road COM
missioner.
Panama will be the subject OF the
stereopticon lecture at the UmVerSaLSt
church Sunday evening, at O'Clock.
Today the eyes of the world are upon TINS
portion of the earth, because OF the con- n,
struction of the Canal. The lecture VIII
deal primarily with the isthmus and canal
Views will be given Of Colon on the ATTAIN
tic; thence along the canal, picturlng the
various points and places of Importance,
until the CITY of Panama on the Paclhc
is reached. All the views are colored.
The subject really needs no comment,
because the name at once sollclts atteh-
tion and avakens interest. There will be
special music.
lanes W. lizard of this town did some
remarkable winning with three Nhte
Plymouth Rocks which he exhibited at
the Bellows Falls poultry show this week.
He won first and second pullet and tlrst
cockerel in the regular classes, a special
for the best White Rock in the show, a
snecial for the best pair Of White Rock
chicks in the show, and sweepstakes Tor
the best bird Of any variety in the show.
The pulIet which won the last named prize
scored SO points and the cockerel 80 Il.
D. W. Felch Of this town won tlrst Pullet
and fifth cockerel on single-comb. Rhode