The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-02
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.


Z. F. Gordon, pavmaster of tho Uoi.
brook, Cabot & Rollins corporation. re-
turned yesterday afternoon from New
York. where he went ~ sfav over
I Thanksgiving at his home.
The date of the supper 10 H. servel
IN Grange hall by the women of 81
Mlchael Episcopal parish has been
changed TO Dec. II, from 6 10 5 clock.
There viii be an apron sale II eonnec-
tion with the supper
Horton sheldon, who fell down the
elevator shaft yesterday afternoon in
the building occupied by L. II. Hildreth
60. and suffered severe concussion
~ the brain, is making a good recovery
at the Memorial hospital There was no
fracture of the skull, and the young man
soon VIII be able TO return to work.
The Victor Victrola is proving 70 be
one Of the most popular Christmas gifts.
Some Of the carly buyers of Nictrolas
are sherman Abbott Mrs. Thomas t.
Britain. Frank l.. Burnett. Miss. +. f.
Dexter. Frederick Heyer, H. T. Well
man, Dr. :. t. Lawton, Mrs. {. \. Miles
and Ernest :. Hall.
George Gonver was arrested last
night hy Chief-of- Police Wilson ami IA
the municipal court today he pleaded
guilty 70 the charge of intoxication and
was fined s. and costs of S4O4. Being
unable 10 pay the fine he was taken To
Newfane to serve the alternative sen
tence Of T. days
Fred H. Harris will talk To the Bov
Scouts in the Congregational chanel
tomorrow evening at clock. lie viii
show pictures of winter sports. inelud-
Ing skiing, and viii tell about a trail
over the White mountains ANY boy in
town Will be welcome. whether i mem
ber or not.
At the annual roll call of Wantasti-
quet lodge, l. o. o. F.. last evening
there We're between 125 and IJO re-
sponses by members in person or by
letter and the meeting was an enthusi-
astic one. After the roll call many
members spoke briefly for the good Of
the order and there were songs bv
Frank IL. Brasor. \ luncheon was
served.
meeting Of the Brattleboro Wo-
man : club Will be held in the Concre-
gational church tomorrow afternoon.
beginning at $50. Mrs ". L. Cowles
of Amherst. Mass. will give an infor-
NAL talk, illustrated. on Egyptian Art.
Mrs. CowleS spent some time in Egypt
and Nubia and many Of the slides
used are from negatives taken at that
time. Mrs. Lamar Costello will sing.
The lecture will be open to the public
on payment of the usual guest fee.
Lazarus Merrill Wellman. So. one Of
the oldest business men ia AthoI.
Mass, died yesterday. He was a ma
tive of Brookline, Vt. and spent his
narlHr lf+a 81,
Will take place in that town. On be
coming of age he entered the marble
business. At the time of his death
he was proprietor of the Athol Marble
Works. He served in the Sth Vermont
regiment and was taken prisoner by
Mosby 5 guerillas, being held in Libby
prison until the end of the war He
leaves wife, son and daughter Mrs
G. \. Waitman of this town was his
cousin.
Many Brattleboro persons who have
heard the Lotus male quartet in IRE
mont Temple, Boston, have taken pains
to express themselves in terms of high
praise since learning that the quartet
is to sing in Brattleboro Thursday
night Of this week. under the auspices
of the Union entertainment course
committee. There is no better male
tN-tiA III titt COUNTY anu a large
proportion of people would rather hear
good male quartet than any other
kind of music. The reader, Miss Cow
hshaw, also is a talented artist Thorn
as Henderson of the Academy of
Music, New York, says: 81 never
heard music talked about so much
DIR. Wilbur Chapman says: "'The
greatest singing / ever heard The
Boston Post says: Audiences are in
variably moved to tears and vociferous
enthusiasm. The quartet viii sing in
the Baptist church.