The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

| -Nuhthstluuet louge conferred the
third degree at its regular meeting Mon.
day evening.
The New England auxiliary will
meet with Mrs. Ellen Herrick this after
noon at . o'clock.
The rain prevented a quorum at the
meeting of the w. c. Y. U. in the rest
room Monday afternoon and no business
was transacted.
The chiefs degree was conferred
at Fridays sleep by Quonektacat tribe
of Red Men. At the close of the work
corn and venison were served.
The schools of the incorporated dis.
tricts closed Friday until April IL. The
| free kindergarten and Miss llortense
Hall s kindergarten also closed Friday
and will reopen Monday.
"A brilliant electrical storm accom-.
panied by heavy showers visited Brat
tleboro about $50 o clock Monday
evening. There were several extreme
ly heavy peals of thunder.
Miss Lydia A. Churchill of New
York city gave n talk Monday evening
in the office of Dr. Edward s. Cowles,
her subject being Some Aspects of Mod.
ern Religion. DIR. Cowles spoke briefly
on the theme, Children.
The women of the Baptist church
held food sale in the vestry Saturday
afternoon. This series of food sales by
the women of the church has added ma
| terially to the treasury of the women S
organizations and the last one was a
good contributor.
Fred II. Harris of this town made
the high score of Al in a 200-bird shoot
between the Montpelier and Dartmouth
college gun clubs Mt Hanover, N. H.,
Saturday. Montpelier won the match
by score of 1873 to $50, the highest
man on that team getting an individual
score of 40.
The appearance of the show win
dows in the store of j. Sutherland &
company has been greatly improved by
dark green panels and floor borders of
inlaid wood The color scheme is eff
fective and serves to emphasize the
quality of spring goods which this con-
Germ is showing.
Road Commissioner David 7. Perry
had force of workmen busy Monday
and Tuesday flushing the cutters and
washing the pavements of Main street.
That his work in this line was appre.
eiated was manifested by the scores of
compliments paid to him. II is his in
| tention to flush Main street at regular
periods during the summer.
Guy A. Thayer of this town, lieu
| tenant of Company A, Norwich univer-
sity signal corps, will be one of the oiii-
GERS to represent Vermont next month
at the army manoeuvres In Texas, he
and Capt. C. f. Pell of st. Adams hav-
| ing been designated by the war depart
ment Thayer is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. D. Thayer of West Brattleboro.
Prof. Edward Payson Crowell. 81,
who died at his home in Amherst, Mass,
Sunday, was father of Miss Mary Gro
we'll. former teacher in the Brattle,
boro high school. Professor Crowell
retired on a Carnegie pension In l90s
after so years service at Amherst col.
| Ieoe. heing made professor emeritus of
Latin languages and literature at the
time of his retirement.
Rev. E. J. Guthrie. pastor of the
First Congregational church of Bur
Iington, preached in the Centre church
Sunday morning in exchange with Kew.
| Row M. Houghton. Mr.. Guthrie s theme
was Influence of the Church UDon the
Civic Life of the Community. He dealt
in detail with, q large amount of work
that the church must do in every com
munitv if the welfare of various social,
political and charitable institutions is
to be enhanced. Mr.. Guthrie is con-
vincing speaker
1T is evident that dog owners have
failed to note the date on the calendar.
| According to the law of averages apouI
all of the dogs ought to be accounted
| for by fresh document IN the shape OF
| a license to live in Brattleboro another
wear. Tuesday only 16S pups had re-
ceived their credentials. That is about
200 under the supposed supply of dogs
in this town Last week one doP:
WJoe. y the companion and property OF
LYLE CARPENTER. trotted into the town
clerk 8 office with his license fee IN an
envelope in his mouth.
William Schuster of this town IS a
member of the Aborn opera company;
which nlayed three DAYS engagement
in Springfield. Mass, last week. lie
anpeared as Bide the Bent in LUCIA de
Lammermoor. Fernando IN u IfoVa,
tore. Lord Triestain in Martina, ahd
Valentine in Faust, and the Sprlngnei1ni
papers spoke well of ms woIK T ~ az
these roles. Tn it's review of II Troya-
fore nreo The Republican said: Especially
GOOD was the bass, Mr.. Schuster, VINO
sang the ungrateful narrative OF fer-
rando with impressiveness;, Usually
one catches only SCRAPS of this impas-
o;nned anecdote, but Mr.. Schuster 8 dc
ion Is unusually good ;" The same
critic c referred to him as "the solid ana
satisfactory William Schuster IN Mar
fha and spoke of his work in the part
of Valentine as excellent.
About 30 persons met in the rest ~
room Monday evening to listen 10 az
a CHI on Clean Journalism, when
had been extensively advertised. me
address. the author of which was not
, disclosed, was read by Gol. onaiae1I e.
Miles. IL was a scholarly. ana anan nai
cal preachment upon an ldeal Iou M tha
ism. The author would divorce she
business end from the editorial emu III on
tnrn away every advertisement that
d;d not meet his ideals. In fact, IL was
an IDEAL Journalism that the ADDRESS
dealt with. and the author Dullt an
Imaginary journal upon essenIlals Iia ~
are self evident to every maker OF
nawsnaner. though somewhat hard W
emhodv in every journal made Az 1 9ns
close Of the address Colonel Miles calied
mon several persons for remar IS, anu
T q. Stafford and Prof. II: a. Du o,thnr
field reiterated the belief or tne ausno os
of the address that sueh lourInatihi s4 the e
had been pictured was the klnd tna' t the
n nomntrv needs. At the close OF tne
'onn+;ng q few minutes was spent IN an
informal gathering.
Government Control of Public I'LL ~
tito. Other Than Railroads was the : SUD y
it oot d Es at the regular hour OF the
J Ieo, 70 brotherhood class Of the centre
nhnreb g Sunday afternoon Rey; r. al. :;
c Gmtbrie Of Burlington, who formerly y
G ;ueaf IN New Zealand and is acquainted
WYE ida municipal and governmee;nt o ynohe
Concerning the operation OF I a;G1,sd That That
ties in that country. he e1p nadeysta and
in the main there !? goou who i are the