The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-14

| tioh MONDAY afternoon.
The funeral of Edward l.. Cook
was held Saturday afternoon at his
home on Canal street. Rev. ID. Il. Trout
otlieiated and burial was in Surrey, n.
H., the body being taken there Monday.
The concert and ball planned by
the Brattleboro Hose Team for Tues
day evening, April %, has been indef'
initely postponed. A dapce will be
given in Grange hall that evening in.
stead.
The next meeting of Protective
grange will be held Wednesday even
| ing. After the business session there
will be social hour, AT the special
meeting, April 26, Guilford grange will
furnish the program.
An Easter concert will be given
at the Methodist church Sunday NOR
ming Mt 1890 o'clock in place of the
regular preaching service. Mr. Wells
the pastor, left Tuesday for Waterbury
to attend conference.
The April meeting of the woman s
auxiliary of the Young Mems Chris,
tian association has been postponed
until Tuesday afternoon, May g. At
that time the officers and committees
will make their annual reports.
The woman S exchange will hold
its annual meeting in the rest room
Monday afternoon. II is probable that
no action will be taken other than TO
adjourn for n week. This action will
be taken on account of the death of +,
]. Swift husband of the president of
the exchange.
AT the regular meeting of the w.
! c. 7. u, in the rest room Monday after
noon there was general talk on the
Worlds Missionary Exposition which
is to open in Boston April - and con
| time in session for about three weeks
Mrs. Henry Tucker, president OF the
local branch, is planning to attend
In calling telephone numbers IN
the future it will be incorrect, to ask
| for double four, ring four, when one
wants to get number Ii-4. or any other
double number. Such calls should be
given ms four, four, ring four, etc. II
subscribers use the old way in cahing
/ the operators will correct them when
repeating the number of the call.
Columbian lodge, No. SO, T. \;
NJ, held its annual meeting III the snlaIl
lodge room in the new Masonic temple
Tuesday evening. The following oili-
GERS were elected for the ensuing year;
Worshipful master. Sanford A. Daniels;
senior warden, Arthur l.. Billings; Jun.
Tor warden. Kendrick J. Darlington;
secretary, j. b. Randoll; treasurer, +.
b. Putnam; trustee, +. b. Putnam; cor.
porator of building association lof
three years. +. w. Putnam. The APP
pointive officers have not been named.
The baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Il.
Amidon swallowed an open safety pm
Friday afternoon and for few minutes
an anxious mother and MANY nelgn'
/ L Co ba n N. III,
! 0 Conner. The surgeon removed the
pin which had lodged in the throat ana
was causing the child to writhe with
pain although ii caused no serious IN.
iurv. Mrs. Amidon was dressing the
infant and had turned her back mo
ment, As she glanced at the child the
little one was putting the pin into ITS
mouth.
Reference few days ago in a
Springfield paper to the fact that Ger,
tain iewelry stolen by Spencer, the
Springfield murderer. had been re-
turned to the owner recalls the EXPLOITS
Of Spencer in Brattleboro. Practically
nh of the articles stolen from the home
of DR.. and Mrs. c. S. Pratt were re
turned to them a number of months
ago. When Mrs. Pratt was examining
the articles she discovered several
pieces of iewelry which she did not
know had been stolen from her. she
also found a pair Of opera glasses Wlleh
she supposed were in her possession I'M
iii they appeared in the plumber taken
by Spencer from her home.
According to a report made TO the
state board of health Tuesday by Heat !
officer Henry Tucker, there are ABOUT
AZ buildings in Brattleboro which VIII
have 10 be equipped with fire escapes
under the amended laws. These 80
buildings contain about twice that
number of families and are practically
ali located in the business section OF
tbe town. 1t is expected that the
state board of health will notify the
owners TO equip them with approved
FIRE escapes. Among the fire traps
which have been reported to the state
board of health is the old 1elly, mn n
building on Flat street, If TINS bulid,
ING should get afre the tenants on the
top floor would have but little chance
to escape.
The roof of the Island pavilion. is
practically complete with the exception
of shingling, and it is now possible 10
get good idea of how the structure
will look when finished. Inc nam
floor. which will be used for dancing
l. o6 x49 with a 12-foot veranda on
tbe west sire overlooking the river.
The floor beneath will be equipped with
boyball alleys and shooting gallery
will no doubt be installed. That the
establishment is likely to prove an e&-
tremely popular amusement place the
coming summer is Indicated by the
LARGE number of people who visit Il
every Saturday afternoon and sunday
1t is expected that work on the pa M
ball ground will begin shortly. Inc
turf seems to be in excellent; condltion
and with some rolling will make a
splendid diamond
A busy and interesting meeting Oh
the Young women S association OF the
Congregational church was held IN the
church parlors Sunday evening Among
the several things done was the pleoeer
ing of $25 toward the, eestablisnamaeennt 81
wanted. This was the first pledge, to
he made toward the fund. Miss flor-
ence II. Hemenway and Miss Ruby
Oakley spoke of the work of the assocl-
alton and its plans for the coming
season. Small sums of money were
voted to the woman s association ana
the Woman's Home Missionary union
of Vermont. The association VIII h t,
regular meetings in the future on tne
second and fourth Sunday afternoons
of each month. The members will take
m NJ for reading and study The Challenge
Of the City, by Josiah Strong: At the
next meeting of the association April
o. Mrs. G. II. Thompson will present
paper on The History OF Congrega-
tionalism.
The Rosary at the auditorium Sat Sat,
nrdav afternoon and evening drew
Good audiences, and the patrons Of the
theater went away in the main satisfied h!3 q
with the production. The play, while
containing heavy flavor of the melo.
dramatic, cannot but arrest the
Iuh ~ nf those familiar with the SIG.