The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-14
button for Easter. Mrs. W. @. Roberts
is the superintendent of the Flower

MISSION TINS year Tor Northfield.
Rev. Thomas b. Hyde of Toronto,
Canada, preached at the Congregational
church last Sunday and at Sage chapel
in the evening. Mr.. Moody became in.
terested in Mr.. Hyde when boy and
brought him from Ireland to Mt. Her.
mon school, where he graduated, then
fitted for the ministry. He was pastor
Of the Moody church in Chicago for a
time and now is pastor of u prominent
church IN Toronto, Canada. Hamilton
). Conant, secretary of the Massachu.
sets Sunday School association, spoke
Sunday evening in the church and
Philip Porter sang. Mr.. Conant gave
an address at the Mortified hotel Mon.
day at o. clock, and speaks each morn.
ing this week ut the seminary and at
Mt. llermon.
The last entertainment of the sea.
son under the auspices of the BOYS
brigade was held at Stone hall Monday
night. There was the largest audience
of the winter to hear the illustrated
lecture ON Evangeline by Rev. Austin
L. kempton. His lecture was concise,
and his reading of the poem most in.
teresting. He produced $50 colored
slides, which were most superb in their
coloring, many of them being scenes
in Arcadia, the country associated with
Evangeline. Expressions of apprecia.
tion of the lecture were heard on every
hand. During the wear the officers of
the brigade have distributed 400 free
tickets to the school children of the
town for the various entertainments
which have been given. Good work
has done by the brigade during the
year, and the attendance has been ex.
cellent.
A special meeting of the grange was
held last Friday night, and the follow
ing persons were made regular mem
bers: Mr. and Mrs. G. |. Holton, Miss
Frances Kavanaugh, Miss Marion Hol
ton, Mrs. Daniel Sutherland and Miss
served. The regular meeting of the
grange was held Tuesday night, and
the following subjects were discussed:
Should Farmers Try to Produce as Far
as Possible All They Consume, or Make
Specially of Few Thingsl II. H.
Chamberhn. NJ. J. Clark, a. w. Ward
and James Browning; An Ideal Grange,
II. II. Mason; An Ideal Farm, 7. r. Cal
lender; An Ideal Wife, w. A. Priest !;
An Ideal Husband, Mrs. /. o. Clapp;
An Ideal School Ma am, Raymond
Clapp; An Ideal Home, Mrs, n. w,
Keet.
Connecticut Valley Pomona grange
meets in Montague today. The morn
ing session will open at 1890. After
the business meeting the fifth degree
will be conferred ON large class. In
speeding Deputy w. L. Patrick of War
rem will be present. and C. NJ. Gard
ner, master Massachusetts State
grange, will deliver an address in the
afternoon The following persons from
the local grange are attending: Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Montague, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. Kroonz,
Mr. and Mrs. l.. @. Clapp, RAYMOND
Clapp, Dorothy Clapp, Frances kavan-
augh, Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Calender,
Mrs. w. A.. Priest.
One of the latest donations to Deer
field Memorial halls are three old ser
mons, one of which was a farewell ser
mon preached by Thomas Mason, who
Church of Mortified from Nov. O.,
l799 to Feb. %. 1890. which was
founded by Rev. Benjamin Doolittle in
171S.
The annual meeting of the Fortnight
" was held in Library hall Monday
afternoon, and the following officers
elected: President, Mrs N. p Wood;
vice.president, Mrs. Christine Stock
bridge; secretary Mrs. A. f. Wilson;
treasurer. Mrs W. w. Coe; literary
committee. Mrs. S. Catherine Richard
son, Mrs. L. r. Smith. Mrs Christina
Stockbridge, Mrs. E. W. Brown, Mrs.
+. B. Caldwell; executive committee,
Mrs. C. II. Webster, Mrs. A. 9. Moody,
Mrs. N. p. Wood, Miss Sue Thompson
music committee, Mrs. S. +. Walker,
Mrs. C. E. Williams, Mrs. c; II. Web
ster, Mrs. w. r. Moody; auditor. Miss
Daisy Dickinson. 1t was voted to hold
the annual musical on May Is, instead
of NAV T. 1t was also voted to hold a
picnic as the closing event of the. year s
program, and the arrangements Tor
This were left with Mrs. f. T. Howard,
who is to appoint a committee of which
she is chairman. The next meeting of
the Fortnightlv will be held Monday,
April II. instead of April "a, so as not
to conflict with the exercises of Mt.
| Hermon commencement.