The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

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NJ Mrs John Robbins r, ~ '"''S'
Miss Cora Moore n ho,o ,ro., L..
nopl Woik spending the summer with
her brother, NJ. T. Moore. Wv"
n, Mr., and Mrs, Cecil Cummings Of Lake
ieasanl came by automobile and visit.
ed relatives last SUNDAY.
-, Mrs James T. Cummings is M Lake
ileasant visiting Mr.. and Mrs Cecil
cummings for two weeks.
large auto bus makes regular Trims
from the Northfeld hotel 10 MI, Her.
mon several times every day.
Misses Ethel aud Gertrude Proctor
are assisting in the iee,eream pnrlors of
F. l.. Proctor ut East Northfield.
Rev aud Mrs, J. A. o'Connor of New
YORK are expected soon 10 visit their
summer home ON Winchester road
Mrs; George Spaiford came Thursday
from New London to be the guest of
Mrs Nellie Alexander for few dnvs.
Misses Charlotte and Amelia Hons.
man have returned TO South Nanches.
ter, after several weeks visit with
their sister, Mrs. +. A. Holton.
Rev. Eugene f. Hunt. who has houob,
the Frank Doolittle place nj the corner
of Main and Maple streets. has been in
town a week looking after his property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer smith have gone
70 Albany aud by steamer down the
Hudson. They will visit their SON.
George, in Ionkers, N. V, for month.
Mrs. Robert Field, who formerly lived
here IN the house now owned by DR.. \.
j. Brown, is here now for visit M
Mrs. Readers ON Highland avenue.
The assignees of the A. w. Proctor
property have consented TO the allow.
ance of the bill as found by the expert
accountants employed to audit the town
books.
Mr.. and Mrs 5. +. Walker have been
entertaining this week Mr.. and Mrs.
\. j. Phillips of Brattleboro and Arthur
Phillips, who has iust returned from
abroad where he has studied music the
past year. He returns again to London
the last of the summer.
The junior alliance met Thursday
afternoon mt the Unitarian vestry and
continued the study of Harriet Beecher
Stowe. The social hour is an enjoyable
part always of these meetings,
Miss Mabel Lincoln, the popular mu.
sic teacher who comes from Montague
each week for her class here. offered
at lessons. Prizes were awarded TO
Gertrude. Proctor and Florence Holton.
They were very beautiful gold pins,
hand painted.
The showers of Monday were a great
help to all crops but the reservoirs of
the Mortified and East Northfield Wa
ter companies are still very low and
patrons are urged to use as little water
as possible. The lawns through the
town were never known to be so
parched and dried.
Miss Clair Chairman has again begun
chorus work with the children of the
town and those who are here for the
summer. They meet Tuesday, Thurs
day and SATURDAY. in Music hall at 10 a.
M, and all children are invited to at.
tend. They sing at some of the week
day services and Sunday morning serv-
ice.
Charles r. Pomerov, former towns
man, now living ON the road from Ber-
nardston to Greenfield, was struck by
lightning in one of the severe storms
recently. The bolt of lightning entered
the house. Mr.. Pomeroy was thrown
from his chair and rendered unconscious
and paralvzed. He is now slowly re-
covering the use of his body.
One of the most entertaining and in,
structive features of the conference OF
the past week was the exhibition en-
titled The World in Mortified, held on
the seminary campus near BetseY
Moody cottage. each afternoon of this
week from $50 to $50 o clock. Five
tents were arranged to represent life IN
Turkey. india Corea, Micronesia,
Japan. and the mission work accom-
plished there. There were also exhibit
tions on the campus of Japanese kinder,
parten. Brahmin marriage, scenes of
school life, Mieronesian geography
lesson, a Japanese Wayside Tea House,
and women in native costume receiving.
The costumes of the women and chli-
dren taking the different parts, were
verv attractive and a large crowd each
dav gave evidence of the interest the
exhibition called forth. Many mission,
aries were present and gave interesting
narratives of the manners and customs
of the people with whom they had
worked in the mission field.