The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-24
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

chapel service at the Retreat next Sun
day afternoon at o'clock.
Why Jesus Came will be the sub
lect of the sermon at 1890 n. m. by Rev
ID. Il. Trout in the Universalst church
-Quonektaeat tribe of Red Mer
worked the warrior = degree mt regu
lar meeting of the tribe Friday even
ing.
The men of the Universalist so
ciety will serve their annual sugar
supper next Thursday in the church par
Tors ut $50 O'Clock.
The Unitarian church will be open
on Saturday afternoon from until
4 clock 20 allow those who wish Ia
see Larkin g. Mead 3 replica of The
Recording Angel.
The trophy, a silver cup, which is
to be contested for by the men of Com
pany ! in a competitive indoor shoot is
on exhibition in the window of Vaughan
a Burnett. The cup will be presented
by the officers.
The next regular meeting of the
Methodist brotherhood will be held in
the vestry Monday evening. Supper
will be served at 7.30. followed by an
address by Rev. w. S. Smithers of
Montpelier. A general invitation is
extended.
w. C. Horton found a full.bloomed
crocus on his lawn on Brook street
| Wednesday. While he has often had
these plants bloom early in April he
has never before found one in March.
Crocuses have been in bloom in the bed
in front of the Unitarian parsonage for
more than two weeks.
There will be an address on Clean
Journalism in Emerson s block on Elliot
street Monday evening at 5 clock
under the First Church of Christ, Seien-
fist. This meeting will be free TO the
public and is an effort to bring before
local citizens the Importance of clean.
illness in newspaper making.
The ease of state VS.. Henry r.
Brown. illegal killing of deer, was con,
tinued from Tuesday morning until
April by Municipal Judge William X.
Daley. This is the third time that the
case has been continued. State s At
torney +. f. Barber insists that the
case be tried upon its merits, since the
respondent Is demurrer to the complaint
was overruled by Judge Daley last
week.
--Brattleboro chapter, D. A. R., will
observe Children Is day in the Baptist
chapel Wednesday afternoon at 3
o clock. A program will be given by
the "little sons and daughter" and
children of members will be guests. The
hostesses are Mrs. Julius J. Estey, Mrs.
Cora Leonard, Mrs. H. +. G. Toedt, Mrs.
Henry Halliday, Mrs. w. II. Richard
son, Miss Esther Thomas and Miss Della
Sherman.
S. L. Purinton of Bellows Falls,
whose wife left the BrattlebOro Retreat
early in the winter and has never been
seen since, hopes to be able to get
some trace of Mrs. Purinton when the
snow disappears if she did not drown
herself in the Connecticut river he
still clings to the belief that his wife
wandered away into the woods in this
vicinity and that even though she may
have persisted her body will be recov-
cred with the coming of spring.
The body of Mrs. Ada L. Miller,
who died in Omaha, Neb., last week,
was brought to Brattleboro Friday
afternoon and taken tO>the Unitarian
church where brief funeral services
were held at 3 o'clock. Rev. Z. U: ..
Osgood officiated and there were two
organ selections by Miss Harriet hol-
den. Burial was in the family lot IN
Prospect Hill cemtery: A son, Harry
G Miller, accompanied the body. He
remained in Brattleboro over Sunday
as guest of Mr.. and Mrs. II, ii.
Thompson.
The board of listers have not or
ganized yet and will probably not, do
so until the last of next week as they
are not obliged to begin their duties
until Saturday morning OF next week.
While the health of j. L. Barney has
been such as to make his serving on the
board doubtful it is hoped by ms as
sociates that he may find his strength
returning sufficiently during the week
to take up the work April !. II Mr.. bar
ney is unable to attend to ms d9tles
as a lister it is likely that the select
men will be as ed to name someone u
assist the remainder of the board.
-strolling Through Old England
will be the subject of the stereoptlcon
lecture at the Universalist church sun
day evening at 7 O'Clock. The views
and lecture are what the title implies.
One hundred slides will be, USED.
There are 35 pictures upon LONDON
alone. and the historical places such as
Westminster Abbey, Tower OF LONDON
CRYSTAL palace, etc, vii! be SHOWN.
Among the many places visited VIII DE
Portsmouth. Hastings, Dover, oa amer
wall Penzance, Glastonbury, Bristol,
Chester. Stratford on Avon, Cambridge;
and others with interesting historical
associations The views and the lecture
will afford all an opportunity to Know
In GLAND better. Miss Katherine mar
tin will lead the singing and render
solo.
The first local change to result from
The assurance Of Canadian route loi
tbe Mellerl system is the reconstr5uc
ton of the Cheapside railroad pliage
into two-track structure. inc news as
o on a;ned in a petition fled with the
oonntv commissioners asking, TOT
changes in the location of the pridge
M both the Greenfield and the Deer
Snld sides of the river. 1t is expected
hat the addition to the bridge will De
,;m;lar in character to the present
,trncture. but will be much stronger,
in order that it may be equal 10 III Inc
- noraas;no weight of locomotives. me
Ia hr;dge will be brought uD to the
,aIne canacity it is expected. The order-
no of a two-track bridge .portends.
.brongh double track from here nortn-
yard Greenfield Recorder.
Local contractors and builders
,bonld take a tin from man who lives
n an apartment house and knows 1s
whereof he speaks. This man says
hal Wmodern improvements" ought
,lways to include a speaking TUBE con.
,ected with the vestibule and the IIont
]oor should have an electrlcai conrr,u
ance for unlocking it: Ihese essen
,ials are not costly and Will go q Wns
g .h;s man nan" The reason is simple. Ped