The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-20

issue of the Messenger, which will be
out in a short time.
The first snowstOrm came Wednesday
morning, the ground being covered un-
I'll noon.
| Richard Pierce returned Tuesday to
his work in Springfield, after a few
days spent at home.
| A banquet will be served by Prof.
/ G. w. Powers to the seminary baseball
team at the Townshend Inn Friday
evening.
A, w. Syeeton of Brattleboro will
/ give a demonstration of soil testing
to the girls in the teachers training
class Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Blood are spend
ing the week at John Bratton IS and
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Blood and daugh-
ter, Electa, at Horace Gales while
hunting deer.
One hundred forty-five hunting Ii
censes have been issued at the town
clerks Office this season, six to non
resident hunters, eight to women and
20 combination hunting and fishing IL
censes.
Mrs. Clara Follett and daughter,
Miss Abby Follett, of Weston, who
had been visiting relatives and friends
here two weeks, went Thursday to
Athens for a day. They will stop in
Cambridgeport before returning home
Miss Kitty Plant is having her
house, which recently was vacated by
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Appleby, painted
and papered throughout, Will Blood
and Frank Clark doing the work. Mis-:
Plant expects to move into the house
as soon as possible.
Friends are sorry to know that Miss
Susan Ross, who has lived a long anG
helpful life in this village, is in a yer,
, feeble condition. She is confined Il
her room and to her bed most of the
time, although her mind is unimpaired
! Mrs. Frank Leonard is giving he
every care possible.
The young girls belonging to tn,
Helping Hand society have shown
their energy and industry by finishing
the tieing of the last of the three com
J forters for which they had an order
One of the quilts was pieced by tn
girls and all three tied by them, thu
work being done mostly at moons an,
recesses at Miss Pearl Thayer s home
A free "movie' picture was see
:. about noon Wednesday, when man,
who were watching the hills for gam
1 from the village saw a herd of fiv
deer on the side of Peaked mountain
travelling north. At the same time
party of hunters was seen comm
south in almost direct line with tn
deer. The course of hunters and hunt
I cd diverged slightly before the NEE
: which seemed inevitable, and neithe
saw the other party.
pleasant meeting of the home clu
r was held in the Congregational parsor
,. age Wednesday. Twelve members weT
! present to spend the day. It was d.
: cided to re-organize the society, whic
= has been disbanded for some time, an
E, that regular meetings should again
held. A delicious chicken dinner WE
% served by the hostess, Mrs. f. II. Bo
Ie worth, and the members thoroughly e1
= ioyed the social occasion. The neg
e, meeting will be held by invitation
o the home of Mrs. John Grout Wedne
= day, Dee. 8.
j., A letter has been received by Mr.
N o. w. Follett from David Willar
- founder of the widespread work
a = making surgical dressings for hospita
TO in the war zone, which was taken l
9: here with so much enthusiasm Ia
rk winter, asking contributions of o.
1e brussels carpets, or similar carpets ha
a. ing strong warp, of which to NAL
a. slippers for soldiers in the hospital
= a hundred pairs of slippers is reques
=: ed from each section. Mr.. Willal
ST. says that all available carpets
France have been entirely used up Fl
St. this purpose, and with the factori
IS idle it is impossible to obtain an ad
5. quate supply.
N.