The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-05
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The annual inspection of the Wo
man S Relief corps will be held at the
regular meeting, Nov. T..
Bingham chapter, O. +. s., conferred
the degrees Tuesday evening. A duet
by Mrs. Winfield Bassett and Frank
H.. Brasor was much enjoyed
William c. Horton has sold the land
recently bought of Mrs. Sophia NJ.
Moody to Frank A. johnson and A. j.
Currier.
J. F. Mack picked in his garden
yesterday large, full-grown, ripe
strawberry, which will be sent to Sen
ator Dillingham; as one of the compli
ments of the season.
The girls of the sixth. seventh,
eighth and ninth grades of the public
schools will devote their sewing periods
for few weeks to finishing articles
to be sent to the Red Cross society.
Protective Grange conferred the first
and second degrees on four candidates
in the regular meeting last evening.
The third and fourth degrees will be
conferred Wednesday evening, Nov. IL,
The harvest supper will be served, to
which all members are asked to CON
tribute food Il. l.. Frost invites the
members OF the Grange to Il husking
party at his home in West Brattleboro
tonight
At the Vermont Boys and Girls Ag
ricultural and Industrial exposition in
Windsor. Oct. 2730, the schools of
Brattlcboro district No. , made an ex
hibitiou Of some of last years school
work Roy Switzer, grade 9. received
second premium on a stool Clyde
Haskell, grade s, received special mem
tion on stool with woven top. Gladys
Holden. high school freshman received
third premium on a limona, and Eleanor
Clay, grade 9, received special mention
ON d skirt.
The iron smokestack Of the Ninton
paper mill, which fell Tuesday night
during the fire when a guy wire at
tached to one of the burning buildings
gave way, was placed in position late
yesterday afternoon. Workmen were
engaged today in repairing the covered
runway on which the stack fell. The
electric light wires that were broken
by the fall Of the stack, plunging a
part of the business section of the
town into darkness, were put back in
place yesterday.
The chapters Of district No. >, o. l..
s., will hold their annual district meet
ing in Masonic hall in Wilmington this
afternoon and evening in charge of
Mrs. Clara " SAWYER, district deputy
grand matron, and o. +. Randall, dis
trict deputy grand patron. Bingham
chapter will confer the degrees. \ ban
quet will be served by Mavfower chap
ter OF Wilmington and Pearl chapter
Of Jacksonville. The grand matron
grand patron, associate grand patron
grand lecturer, grand secretary and a
number Of past grand officers will be
present. A good number from Bing
ham chapter will attend.
Fire that got into a dead limb of tree
Green street from the Richardson barr
ire yesterday morning was the cause O
two telephone alarms for fire late in the
afternoon. Sparks from this smolderin.
limb would fall into the leaves and Sc
them ON fire. The limb was high up ano
an attempt to extinguiSh the fire Will
hand chemicals failed Finally the com
bination wagon went up and hose wa
attached to the hydrant near the tree
BY means of what is known as reducer
length OF small hose was attached, civ
ing a powerful stream, and with this TIN
firemen finally put out the TROUBLESOME
little blaze
The Brattleboro Woman S club me
yesterday afternoon in the COngrega
tonal chapel. David j. Hickey o
New York spoke on The High Cost q
Foolishment. This title was meant {
show how much we pay for the adu
teration of food stuffs. Mr.. Hicke
called particular attention to favorin
and coloring agents. He SAYS it is a
ways the ease that high colored e,
tracts are frauds, for all are obtaine
by the use of dyes. Attention was cal
cd TO the fact that in the cheap bFigf
candies which one buys are varnis
glue, lamp black, radiator lacquer. dir
etc. Mr. Hickey knew his subie
thoroughly and was very convincin
After his talk many questions we
asked, showing that some of his sho
had taken effect. 1t will be profitab
if the housewife remembers even fe
of the facts that he gave. The RENE,
for this fraud is Mr. Ilickey's mott
Read Your Label and Read it Intel
gently.
Predictions for 80 days are thu
men without winter suits will need OF
Taylor the Tailor can give you Il
correct thing-a large line to sele
from-patterns to suit every taste al
purse. 205-2