The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-08
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Samuel Hudson was called to East
Dover last week TO attend the funeral oi
a relative.
| Mrs. Amy c. Weeden OF Boston was IN
town the first of the week on account OF
| the illness Of her daughter, Mrs. j. H.
| Stewart,
Col. A. b. Franklin Of Townshend who
spent THANKSGIVING in Hartford, Conn.
was a Sunday visitor in Brattleboro on his
way home,
II. +. Jordan received from Gov. John
4. Mead yesterday a reappointment Tor
three years as member of the state board
Of optometry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Puffer entertained
the ID. c. club Wednesday evening at their
Frost street home Cards were enjoyed
and supper was served.
Major c. lIeughton, president of the
Brattleboro board of trade, went to Spring
field, VT, last evening TO speak before the
board of trade of that place.
Edward G. Chace, manager, and William
Worsnop. superintendent OF the Fort
Dummer Mills, were in Providence, X. J.,
the first of the week on business.
Mrs. Clara Payne Cook of San Francisco,
Cal, and Mrs Amy Payne Sweet OF North
+. b. Pier during the past week.
Amos I.athrop of Londonderry, MIR. and
Mrs. VIII Taylor Of Ludlow, and Mrs. Al
fred Moore of Rutland have visited Mr..
and Nr~. George Baldwin during the week.
Miss Hazel Eastman of Fitchhurg, Mass,
and Miss Fern Wilbur of Easthampton,
Mass, spent Thanksgiving with Their
cousins, Misses Marguerite and Mildred
Bancroft
Mr.. and Mrs. V. H. Lansingh OF New
York city came Tuesday TO spend week
or more in Brattleboro, Mr.. Lanslngh hay'
ing only recently recovered from an attack
of toxic fever.
Harrie B. Chase and George Pierce re-
turned to Boston Sunday TO resume Their
duties in the law departments OF Boston
university after spending the Thanksgiving
recess in Brattleboro.
Mrs J. L. Stewart underwent an opera,
tion for appendicitis Monday at Memorial
hospital. DR. +. H. O'Connor was the at
tending surgeon. .At present Mrs. stewart
is reported as doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Beane have this
week announced the engagement OF Their
daughter. Miss Jennie Valerie, to Harry l..
Simard, ir.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l..
Simard Of Holyoke Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs, j. II. Estey landed in New
York yesterday on their return from Eng
land and are expected to reach Brattleboro
this afternoon. They returned on the
White Star steamship Olympic.
Mrs. Kttredgc Haskins, who suffered a
relapse week ago and was for several
days in critical condition. has been able
to sit UP during the past two days and her
,.a,,,,al condition ic ,uugb imprOVpu
Delore Beliyeau, who fractured his right
elbow by falling from the root OF Post
master Kttredge Haskinss house last
month while at work stating the roof, was
disarged from the hospital Saturday.
Dir. Ernest L. Davis, son of John A.
Davis. of this town. was defeated for alder.
man Of Springfield, Mass, by a majority OF
go votes in the city election Tuesday, his
republican opponent. Frank H. Stacy, be-
ing the winner.
Among those attending the annual meet
ing and election of officers of Mt. Slnal
temple. A. 4. O. n NJ. s., at Montpelier
the evening are DR.. H. l.. Waterman, c. b:
Boyden, +. w. Putnam, |. d. Bailey and
Z. H. Crane.
Judge j. L. Martin goes to New York
to preside in the United States district
court Monday. He will open court at Rut-
land Jan %, 1912 for the trial of Mat,
thew Carlisle, the colored trooper. charged
with numbering a woman on the reserva-
ton at Fort Ethan Allen in October.
The condition of George f. Fox, who
suffered a slight paralytic stroke week
ago last evening while attending to his
duties as manager of the auditorium, IS
steadily improving and though his left
arm and leg were helpless for several days
he is now slowly regaining the use of both.
There is no apparent change in the condi-
ton of Selectman John Calvin, who has
been confined to his home for three weeks
with an attack of iaundice. He takes slight
exercise daily in the form of a walk near
his home. but is not strong enough to at
tend to his business affairs at the store.
e. w. Billings of the Greylock mills at
Williamstown, Mass. has been engaged as
overseer of carding and spinning at the
Fort Dummer Mills and came to Brattle-
boro the first of the week to take charge |
of the erection of the machinery in those
departments which will occupy the first
and third floors.
Harold +. Whitney and J. B. Mahoney |
received word Tuesday that the trip Of the
battleship Louisiana from Boston to Port |
land, on which they were to be guests,
would be deferred for a short time as the
ship. which is on her way from Port Ar
thur to Boston, will not arrive in Boston
in tine for the party to leave this week.
Charles f. Crane, brother of +, IL.
Crane of this town. was among the news
papermen who told Samuel Gompers presi-
dent of the American Federation of Labor
about the Mcnamara brothers confession.
Gompers was on his way from Washington
to Troy, n. Y, last Friday evening when
he was shown a bulletin from Los Angeles
and asked for statement concerning 1T.
Mr.. Crane as representative Of the Associ-
ated Press wrote the story about the Ia
bor leaders receipt Of the news that APP
peared in practically all of the, newspapers
of the country Saturday morning.