The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-08
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Pearl T. Clapp has sold his house on
Clark street to Mrs. John Cummings.
The Thanksgiving food sale held by
the women of the Centre Congregations
al parish Melted $l40.33.
Rev. f. Q. S. Osgood will conduct the
chapel service at the Retreat Sunday
afternoon at , O'Clock.
The next meeting of the Brattleboro
Ministerial union viii be held in the
Centre church house Monday at 9.45
a. m.
The w. c. T. U. will hold a regular
meeting in the rest room Monday after
noon at o clock There will be re-
eeption for the new members.
The Goodwill club gave Mrs. David
Meany Of Canal street surprise party
Wednesday evening, the occasion being
her birthday anniversary. The guests
brought refreshments and a social time
was spent.
William Manning, who gave his home
as Troy, n. T., was unable to pay a
fine of s. and costs of 50. 40 in the mu-
niclpal court this morning for first of
Tense OF IntoXicatiOn and was taken to
Newfane Jail.
The funeral of Oscar T. Ware will
be held tomorrow afternoon at l.3O
o clock at the house on Oak street,
Key. Richard ii. Clapp, pastor of the
Centre Congregational church, officiat-
ing. The burial will take place in New
fame.
George Tudor of Wardsboro. against
whom a close Jail execution was issued
in behalf of Kennett & Mudcett was
arrested Yesterday afternoon by Sheriff
| {. +. Mann and was placed i'll Newfane
| Jail with his son, Ernest, of Brattleboro.
who was taken there earlier in the day.
| \ large furniture ear containing 10000
pounds OF furniture for the new federal
building arrived today and will be IN
/ loaded at once. The furniture is largely
| for the work room. One interesting item
! in the specifications Tor the new building
lis that which calls for Sc cuspidors and
4 So rubber mats. to be distributed through
the structure
Miss Evelinc r. Fairbrother. IS. an
/ inmate of the Brattleboro Home for
the Aged and Disabled, died in the
! home Yesterday. She had been i'll fail
! ing health for some time. Miss Fair
/ brother was born in Westminster Nov
| 20, 1888. a daughter OF Amos and Maria
! Sargent Fairbrother. Her father was
! a Westminster man and her mother
| came from Rockingham, She had been
| at the Home since January, 1912, com.
/ ing here from Cambridgeport. She was
an expert with the needle, even to her
last days. Rev. d. +. Trout of the Uni
versalist church will oficiate at the
funeral at 9.3O o clock tomorrow morn
ing The body viii be taken to West
minister for burial.
During the past week d. r. Cutler
has had on display in the window OF
his store a pamphlet containing I
Thanksgiving discourse delivered by
Rev. Jason Haven in Dedham, Mass.
Nov. %. l75S, and printed in Queer
street, Boston, in 1859. The sermon re
fers to the date as "a day of pubicl
Thanksgiving, duly appointed by
those in authority, makes mention O
Governor Hutchinson, and render
thanks q" for the continuance of lif,
and health of our gracious sovereign
King George The unusual appearance
of the document, with its elongate,
letters, and the peculiarities of spell
ing, has attracted considerable atten
ton
Private sale of household goods q
the Geddis store, High Street. R. W