The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-24
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


The women alliance of the Uni
tartan church gave supper in Well
hall Tuesday evening.
The Daughters of Pocahontas CAV,
n dance in Red Men Is hall Saturda,
evening which drew good attendance
AT the regular meeting of Bingham
chapter, .. +. s., Tuesday evening worl
in the initiatory degree was exempli
fed.
The, Exchange club INDUCED in 0
sleighride to Bernardston Tuesday
evening and partook of supper at the
hotel. There were IL in the party.
"A party of IL employees of the s.
a. Smith company enjoyed sleighride
TO Bernardston, Mass, Saturday even.
my, where supper was partaken of at
Baxter Reads hotel
The teacher Is training class of the
Centre church met Monday evening
with Mrs. +. L. Perry ON Washington
street. Routine study of the Bible
study course was taken up.
The ladies auxiliary of the n. +.
q. l.. Will meet Friday afternoon with
Mrs. A. j. Bracket, 80 Clark street.
ent rs important business is to be
transacted
w. c. Horton S real estate agency
has sold for John l.. Howard his farm
in Dummerston to Lewis A. TYLER of
Brattleboro. Possession was given i'm
mediately. Mr.. Howard will return to
Brattleboro to live.
Stark company, Red Men g league,
and Pocahontas council will 90 to New
fame on a sleighride Tuesday evening
Supper will be served at Newfane Inn,
and there will be dancing. An orches-
ira viii accompany the party. Those
intending to 90 should communicate
with either II. T.. Harris. William
Thayer, or leave word at Regal Broth.
ers fruit store.
Mrs. Jane w. Joy of Is Canal
street fell at her home Tuesday even
ing and fractured one of her hips
She lives alone and Just how the acct
dent happened is not known. Henry
w. Simonds, who lives in the same
house, heard someone rapping and on
entering Mrs. joys apartments founa
explain just how the accident hap
pened.
Charles E. Ingram, at one time a
resident of Brattleboro, died at his home
in Forestville, Conn, last week Friday.
with the exception of four years AT
war lived there and in Brattleboro until
he moved to Connecticut in 1879. He
enlisted in Company /, Sth Vermont
Volunteers, re-enlisting after his first
honorable discharge and serving until
the end of the war. He was wounded at
Cedar Creek. Mr.. Ingram is survived
by widow, two sons and two daugh- |
tiers. He would have been 81 years
old had he lived until March 5.
Convention Day will be observed
Sunday morning at 1890 O'Clock in |
the Universalist church. Feb. 26 is
set aside by the state executive board |
and is to be devoted to the convention
and its needs throughout the state.
All interested in the Universalist socie-
t.,y are urgently asked to be. present,
The pastor will explain the state con-
vention and what it is doing. So many
times these questions are asked,-what
good is the convention? Why support
tn 1t behooves every one interested
in the parish to be present to hear
these questions answered and to learn
Of the state work and plans. The
special offering will go toward the
payment of church quota. and the gen.
,ral cause in Vermont.
The annual meeting of the eighth
Masonic district will be held in Bel
ows Falls Friday afternoon and even
ng, March 3. Columbian lodge. j. A.
1oadley, w. NJ, will confer the En-
cred Apprentice degree at $50 in the
fternoon. and the lectures for the first
Iegree will be given by Brattleboro I,
odge. Charles H.. Niles. w M. In the
f Bellows Falls. George S. Buxton,
v. NJ, will confer the Master Mason /;
egree. The Eastern Star chapter of /,
Bellows Falls will provide banquet at
clock .. M. each Mason buving his :,
icket. A special train will leave =
,rattleboro at | o'clock in the after a
DON and return at the close of the =
leeting, probably reaching Brattle- !,
ORC shortly after midnight /,
While workmen of the Central t
'ermont construction gang were at !
,mpting to break apart n large chunk
{ frozen soil on the ledge opposite the t
assenger station Tuesday the boom t
f the derrick was broken in three /
ieces. For few moments there was v
excitement as the dang t
ng ropes and wreckage hung over the A
orkmen. Tt is somewhat of trick to a
,veral tons. and drop it suddenly. lift v
again and drop it again as quickly I:
at first. to break it apart. This was Z
hat the man in charge of the. derrick d
as attempting to do when he frac-
red the boom in two places. making A
rec separate sections of that part OF n
le apparatus. The derrick was re- z,
tired and again in operation Tuesday "
orning. IN
The work of putting on the inte- ci
or finish Of the Masonic temple mas re
,pun in earnest and before the week u
over the panelling of the walls OF h
q main lodge room will be completed u
ne walls in this room are of hard I'M III
b up to distance of six feet from tne ~
,or and over this is a panelllng OF al
in wood which is to receive STAN. 81
le cornice at the top Of the SIDE walls u
S been placed in position and the WIN, YIN, 81 q
w frames will be put in within few ~
VS.. The balcony at the east end OF III
8 lodge room has been practically nc
mpleted and the pipe organ. to be ~
scented by the Estey brothers, VIII DC
ready for installation as soon as the pe
,oe room is sufficiently completed to IT
III upon the work. The interior fin. az
of the small lodge room is about an an
put on. oy
Patrick Shea got bad start TINS
elk by indulging in an overload OF
oxicating liquor Sunday. He found le'
nself Monday in the municipal lock III l
with big head and desire to M
nix the entire contents Of ;, the ma
,asant Valley reservoir. He realized anma s as
It he was under arrest when ne came az
himself Monday morning Inen ne -,
ran to wonder If he was going to De pc
t"t to y his place Of employment and G ize
or searching unsuccessfully for his ca
tch discovered that he had been re. OLD
ved of the weight of his timepiece scr
GU " ,,r;th Il S17 of lawful money. er,
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