The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-13
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.


waited, 9apered and PAINTED.
Five persons were received into tu-,
membership and one on probation at
ing.
Brattleboro chapter, D. A. r., viii
meet tomorrow with Mrs. LYMAN T..
Holden of Park place. 1t is especially
desired that there be a large attend
ance as the new bylaws will be acted
upon.
The annual meeting of the Brattle
poIo .lVlc improvement league will be
Ileid at 0 o'clock this evening at DR..
IL. - Holton s. Every member is
urgently requested to be present and
to bring their yearly dues.
The funeral of Sumner Ellinpwood
was held Saturday afternoon at l o.
clock III Moran & Rohde's undertake
ing rooms. Rev. T. w. Owens. pastor
of the Methodist church offieiated
The body was taken to Vernon for
burial in the Tyler cemetery.
Hopkins, the florist, has decorations
IN his window in keeping with St.
Patrlck s day and they are very at
tractlve. In the foreground are sever
al shamrock plants and other greens.
and at the rear Of the window is an
Irish lad with trousers of green silk
and a high hat, playing harp.
A large dog owned by Samuel NJ
cooper of Clark street ran in front of
car No. of the trolley line on Canal
street yesterday and was instantly
Killed. The wheels did not mutilate
the animal, which probably was killed
by being crushed by the motor box I'M
der the ear
The trial of NJ. Hirsh, accused of
promoting lottery by soliciting
members for so-called furniture
club, which was to have been held
TINS morning, was postponed one week
owing to the inability of Attorney L.
W. Gibson of counsel for the respond
ent to be present.
The Empire presents TODAY Betty
Nansen, in The Celebrated Scandal n
dramatic masterpiece of evil gossip.
Miss Nansen displayes a beautiful
wardrobe, one jeweled gown costing
$4,000. Tomorrow, The Railroad No
nopoly, a tense episode in the Graft
series, will be shown.
Marie Doro, the star who intro
dueed new personality to the screen.
will he seen today in the Paramount
production, The White Pearl. also one
of the new Paramount travelogue pro
ductions. Tomorrow Sessue Kavakawa.
the famous japanese actor, will be
seen in The Typhoon at the Princess
theater.
About p persons thus far have sig
nlfied their intention to 90 to Putney
tomorrow afternoon on the Congrega-
tlonal sleighride, leaving the Centre
church house at 430. 4 chicken-1ie
supper and entertainment will follow
the ride. Persons may notify Mrs. +.
q. Crosby or Mrs. c. H. Thompson as
late as noon tomorrow of their inten-
ton to go.
The heavy snow storm last week has
had a tendency to dispel the feeling
among the farmers that sugaring is al
most at hand, as the weather indicated
the first of the week Many of tie
farmers who thought that it was going
to be an easy matter to break their
sugar roads this year have changed
their minds since the arrival of the last
two feet of snow. This last storm will
make the quality Of the product much
better.
Car No. 5 of the trolley system of
the Twin State Gas & Electric Co.
equipages of that system, caught fire
ON the roof yesterday on Oak street.
The conductor and motorman were
ignorant of the danger of their convey
ance disintegrating, until their atten-
tlon was called to the fire by persons
outside the car. The crew turned fire
men and by making use of snow ex-
the flames.
A rann1ap
boro Ministerial union was held in
the Center church house this morning.
There We're present Rev Nelson Kel-
logg, Rev. d. f. Trout, Rev II. A.
Goodhue and Rev. f. Q. S. osgood.
Several of the ministers were de-
tanned at home by illness. A paper
was read by Rev. Mr.. kellogg on Re
treats, and Their Place in the Epis-
copal Church, and the sermon was
preached by Rev. Mr.. Trout, his theme
being The Kingdom of God Is With
in You.
The funeral of Mrs. George A.
Stone was held yesterday afternoon
at $50 o clock in the home, Is
Myrtle street, Rev. Delmar E. Trout,
pastor of the Universalist church. of.
floating. A male quartet from Wan
tastiquet lodge, /. o. o. F., sang two
selections. The bearers were Frank
Hathaway of Burlington, Ira B. Hub
bell of Bennington, c.. d. Hubben of
Brattleboro and George S. Knight of
Brattleboro. The burial took place in
Morningside cemetery. There were
present from out of town Mrs. Frank
Rogers of Springfield, Mass, Mrs. AL
mer McNan of Maiden, Mass. Mrs.
Mary Farnsworth of Burlington and
Mrs. Harley Rogers of Westford.
When you want Flowers, and Design
Work, try us. We are selling carna-
tlons at 20 cents a dozen, roses, 18-inch
stem, $3.50 doE.; daffodills, 60c, sweet
peas l cent each, pansies, cents. We
are also taking orders for Green Car
nations for st. Patrieks day. We al
way strive to please our trade. c. n.
Bond, Florist, 8 Locust st. Tel. 231-X