The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-03

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permanent by eoncreting, adding much
to the appearance of that street.
Next Sunday viii be observed as
Children S Sunday in the Congrega-
tional church and Will include services
for the children. baptism, and the pre-
sentation of Bibles to all the baptized
children of the church who have at
tanned during the past year the age
of seven years.
The vacancy in the office of health
officer for the town, made by the re-
cent death of DR.. E. S Allbee. was
temporarily filed by the selectmen by
the appointment of Dr. J. Sutcliffe
Hill. This appointment has now been
approved and made permanent By the
state board of health, so DR.. Hill will
remain as the permanent health officer
of the town.
Mrs. Gardner T. Wheeler, who spent
several months at her home in Malone.
\. y, caring for a sister who has been
very Ill, returned to Bellows Falls last
week Mr. Wheeler has been for sew
eral months in charge of the transfer
OF United States mails at Wells River
ST. zion, running between there and
| Lancaster, y. II. He is expecting an
appointment of permanent run in the
mail service. He spent Sunday at his
home on School street.
Mrs Roswell Farnham of Bradford
mother OF Mrs. E. c. Osgood and wild
ow of the late Gov Farnham. was
stricken at her home SATURDAY. after
noon with paralysis and is at the point
of death. Her age. 81. makes recov-
cry impossible Mrs Osgood, who is
now living in Nashua, happened to be
with her mother for a few DAYS and
| they We're entertaining Mrs Farnham s
/ pastor and wife when the stroke came.
while at the tea table Two sons from
/ Buffalo arrived there Monday morn
ing.
| The young men of the Baptist
church who are members OF the Trask
i Bible class arranged last week for the
utilization of Memorial day for a
/ bee, and a dozen or more gathered
early in the morning with saw and
/ hammer and worked during the dav
making an addition to the second
story front Of the building, to give
them new classroom. Under the di-
rection of competent carpenters the
work progressed to a large extent dur
ing the day, and has been continued
since. To have this room by itself has
been want long felt by the class, and
their method of doing it is unique and
certainly commendable. Within a week
or two they will have a classroom of
which each member may well be proud.
The call for the special town meet
ing next week Tuesday contains in adj
dltion to the matters recently aes-
cribed in this paper, article 4, ITO
see IT the town will vote to build a
fence to enclose the old Catholic
cemetery in Bellows Falls and provide
means thereof, or take any action in
relation thereto. This cemetery. 10.
Gated on the Old Terrace, was until
about 1880 the public burving ground
OF the village. At that time, soon az
ter the land for Oak Hill cemetery
was bought BY the town, a town meet.
ing voted to give the old cemetery ia
st. Charles Roman Catholic church
and 1t was their consecrated place an.
til 1t became crowded, and they then
arranged for a new cemetery south OF
the village in the town of West
minister. The old Catholic cemetery
has been somewhat neglected, and now
needing a new fence around it. the
voters probably will be glad to take
favorable action