The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-07

500 from a friend Of the seminary, for III,
endowment of the institution. II is pleas
ing To see the interest shown by former
students and friends. Although the donor
OF this last gift did not choose TO have his
name known, il is greatly appreciated by
all who are interested in the seminary.
Two rather rough looking men Of the
travelling profession made their appearance
| in this town Sunday evening. While can
wasting the town, these two "hoboes' call
ed ON the oyerseer of the poor who sent
them To dine at the hotel. They were
| known To have been here before on similar
business, and were accordingly arrested the
next morning by Constable w, NJ. Sparks.
One pleaded guilty ON being arrested, and
| the other was brought To trial before Jus.
| tice l.. II Rutter Both were sentenced
| to ~ days at hard labor in Newlane jail,
The freshman class OF Leland and Gray
| seminary gave book social III seminary
hall last Friday evening. The girls all
dressed to represent some well-hnown book,
aud the BOYS chose their partners Tor the
first part OF the evening by means OF a
list Of these hooks The following program
was presented Duet, Margaret 7. Mills
and Ella J.. Ware; solo, Lottie j. llosley;
recitation, The Inventors Wife lnther
Hamilton; recitation. Lasca, Lizzie Flynn;
solo, Glen Howe; recitation, Willis T.,
futile: recitation, When McCuc Puts the
Baby To Sleep, Alice Parsons.
The Junior class have secured the scrv.
ices OF Dudley Prescott OF Boston TO give
AN entertainment in Seminary hall Tues
day evening, April H. Mr.. Prescott is
Boston's famous ventrioquist and has the
power 10 mimic all kinds OF animals. lie
presents very interesting program, full OF
fun and truth. \ good time and q hearty
laugh is guaranteed, Tickets for this en-
tertainment will be on sale at the seminary
Saturday and Tuesday, or they may he oh
tanned from Theodore Ockels at any other
time. Those desiring the best seats must
procure their tickets at an early date, as
they will be IN great demand.
The Junior class Of Leland and Gray
seminary gave their annual banquet to the
senior class and the faculty last Thurs
day evening Mt the Congregational vcstry.
The supper was provided by the Dorcas
guild. Toasts Were given by the presidents
OF the two classes, also BY the vice-presi
dent of the Junior class. Principal Il. W.
.Iocelyn acted as POSTMASTER for the even
ing. After the banquet all went TO the
seminary hall where they were joined 10y
the other students There were a number
of stunts and contests appropriate for an
April fool social In which many took part,
such as the 20.foot dash, which proved toI
he a race in which the contestants We're to
use but one foot, and carry a tumbler OF
water The remainder OF the evening was
spent in marching.
The Baptist Ministers conference Of the
West River valley and vicinity met at the
Baptist church Tuesday, Rev. Joseph Nc
kean presiding. At the morning session,
after the devotional exercises, Rev. Wal
lace s Boardman of West Wardsboro,
gave carefully prepared exegesis OF the
First Epistle of Peter. This was followed
10y a general discussion of the salient points
OF the paper. Dinner was served at the
Baptist parsonage 10y Mrs. l. T.. Mexican
assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth III. Bicltord. /,
At the afternoon session Rev Thomas
Brewster of Jamaica read an interesting |
and inspiring paper on The Scriptural Doc
trine Of the Holy Spirit Those present
were Rev and Mrs W. S. Boardman OF
West Wardsboro, Rev and Mrs. j, +.
Bevy of Putney, Rev. and Mrs. Joseph |
Mexican of Townshend. Mrs Elizabeth |
II. Bickford of Townshend, Rev. T. c.
Brewster of Jamaica, Rev. +. c. Clark OF
South Newfane, Rev Daniel Mcintyre OF |
and Rev. H. ;. Mcllale OF
Brookline.
The Dorcas guild and the Hladassah
league joined forces and presented a farce,
entitled The Modern Sewing Society, at
The Congregational vestry Wednesday
evening. In spite of bad weather, there
was good attendance, and the entertain
ment proved "howling" success. Maple
sugar was served on snow after the enter
tainment which was followed by march
ing. The farce represented the meeting of
| modern sewing society, and was full OF
real modern gossip, which consisted of
many local hits. The following is the list
If those who took part in the play Mrs.
f. II. Allbee, Mrs. + l.. Lowe, Mrs. Clara
Blanchard, Mrs. +. L. Osgood, Mrs. Her
BERT Stone, Mrs. Moses p. Grout Miss
lola Martin, Miss Ethel A. Sparks Mrs.
II. +. Howard, Miss Lottie j. Hosley Miss
Lottie Jones, Miss Helen Prentiss, Miss
sophie Phillips and Miss Grace Chase The
are to go toward the new
lymnals for use in the Christian Endeavor
meetings and the union Sunday evening
ervices.