The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-24
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

holding rnmmage sale in the Emerson
block on Elliot street.
j. o. Smith of West Chesterfield, n
H., is attracting considerable attention
locally by his skill in handling colts.
The Ladies sodality of st. Mich.
ael's Catholic church will hold card
party in the X, of G. rooms this even
ing.
The Odd Fellows will hold the
| fourth dance of the series tonight in the
large hall. Leitsinger' s orchestra will
furnish music.
The Union Thanksgiving service
will be held in the Centre Congregation
al church Thursday morning at 1890
clock. Rev. r. M. Houghton will
preach the sermon.
A special communication of Colum-
bian lodge, F. and A. NJ, was held in
Masonic temple Monday evening for the
upon class of candidates.
There will be Thanksgiving con-
cert and dance in Grange hall Thursday
evening under the management of E.
Wales. Leitsinger IS orchestra of five
pieces will furnish music.
Members of Protective grange are
reminded that the date of the regular
meeting was changed from Nov. 90 to
Dec. 6. The third and fourth degrees
will be conferred and chicken-pie sup.
per will be served at 6 CLOCK followed
by the annual roll-call.
Persons wishing to contribute ar,
ticles to the Christmas box which Will
be sent to Rev. Parker Fisher for his
work among the mountain people OF
Kentucky should send them to Mrs. n.
7. Hawley not later than this afternoon
as the box is to be packed today.
The name of the Armory Apart
ments has been changed to the Hoadley
Apartments and signs have been placed
upon the front and east side of the
building this week. The new proprietor,
James A. Hoadley, has force OF men
renoyating the rooms, and the apart
ments will be ready for occupancy the
middle of December.
AT the regular meeting of the, Wo-
man s exchange in the rest room Mon,
day afternoon plans were made to hold
the annual sale of Christmas articles IN
the rest room Saturday, Dec. 9, from III
q clock in the forenoon until the rooms
close in the evening. The annual Christ
mas food sale will be held in the rest
room Saturday, Dec. 3D.
Phil OFT and his comedians. enter
tanned large audiences at the auditorium
Friday and Saturday evenings and sat
urday afternoon, presenting about the
same Grade of dramatic hash that they
usually give. The Monarch and the
Maid and The Lady of Japan were the
names of the pieces in which the com
panv appeared but names amount 10
nothing in the case of a Phil OFT snow,
which is simply vaudeville performee
ance of average merit with Ott himseil
as the chief entertainer.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled at the office of the secretary Oh
state at MONTPELIER by the Central New
Power Co., organized under
tbe laws of Maine with branch offices at
to engage in the manu1act-
ure of water power, gas and electriclty.
The capital stock is $15,00O.0O0 and the
napers are signed by r. @. Bacon OF
G. E. Eaton, T. L. Croteau'
A, F. Jones, A. A. Richards, b.. nj: Max
we'll, J. R. Griffin, all of Portland, NE,
The office at Brattleboro is to be IN
charge of G. s. Rushing.
Bright lines and sparkling dialogue
have been pronounced features in the
success of over Nlgnt'
Philip H. Bartholomae s ,three-act com,
pdv. which comes to the, AUDITORIUM
evening. All of the lines s are
auohable and uncommonly clever. lahe
FOR example, scene in the sec3nu az
where Robert Aylesworth, as the nofei
,lerk. discovers or thinks ne mas us
covered a bridal couple. as the husband
nils ont his handkerchief and throws
ice over the stage. The clerk at once
.omes out from behind the desk. makes
charmed circle around the pair, ana |
avs, UEven if the rice hadn T. told me
,ou were on your honeymoon this would !
,ou forgot to register for YOU. wife.
INV guys what are just married forgets
bn;r wives. Afterwards they try to
nroet ,em and can It. +" This is only
NO of many egregiouslv humorous SIT
Iations in which the piece fairly a.
POUNDS.
-Iosepb Stedman, formerly employed
" the Vermont Printing company. was
y the limelight in Springfield, Mass,
saturday when he appeared as witness
n +be Snencer murder trial. Mr.. .Sted,
nan testified for the defense and told
bis acquaintance with Bertram Spen-
or dnrinp the time that both lived IN
abanon. Conn. Mr.. Stedman, IN
ramatic manner, described Spencer as
avino at times a "white, wild and un-
o nn look" He said that Spen-
er had face different from tha1 OF an
rdinary man in anger and that ne nau
", ,v upon the face of the accused. Under I.
~ determination by the district attor-
ey Mr.. Stedman said that he left Leba,
ON in 1854 or 1885 and it was at that
ONT that the witness got into deep wa
sr and could only murmer "Non when
be district attorney asked. $50 as
after of fact this frolicsome boy
HON YOU describe, was not less than
hree nor more than four years OLD.
Tr. Stedman discovered that ne hau
ere evidently mixed. Il