The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-10
TOWNSHEND.

Martin Sparks is in i'll health.
Mrs. Della Hall is confined to her
bed with grip and neuritis.
Leslie Lowe, who has been in i'll
health for some time, is gaining.
The seminary's annual original ora
torical contest viii be held this year
Thursday, Feb. %.
J. II. Ware was a guest at the East
cru States Exposition banquet given
~ the Hotel Kimball in Springfield
Mass, Monday.
Rev. G. J. Ramsey took charge of
the vesper service at the seminary
Wednesday giving an interesting talk
10 the students.
Miss Hester Holden is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Harry Sparks, while talk
ing an enforced vacation from her
school in Williamsville which is closed
OH account of an epidemic of measles.
Mrs. Graves and daughter, Miss
Marion Graves, are moving this week
from Prof Smythe IS tenement to the
home OF Mrs. Mary Brigham, where
they will board the remainder of the
winter.
At the regular meeting of the Dorcas
guild held at the Congregational vestry
Wednesday. Mrs. Earl Knapp, Mrs
Charles Austin and Mrs. Susan Atwood
acted as hoStesscs serving dinner al
noon. The afternoon was spent in sew
! ing.
Rev. G. I. Ramsey, who is holding ]
series of evangelical meetings in the
churches here is also the Baptist state
| colportor and has with him, or viii
procure for any one, Bibles in a larg,
assortment and variety of other re
| igious books. Mr.. Ramsey offers {
Bible free to any person in town VIII,
cannot afford to buy one.
When returning from church Sunday
/ evening Miss Florence Howard was acci
| IDENTIFY struck and thrown down by tn,
/ team driven by PerHe Allbee, who Will
| his wife and little son were returning
from the village. Though the force OF
| the blow from shaft and cross bal
/ threw Miss Howard under the front
/ of the sleigh and behind the horse Z
heels she luckily escaped with only
\ the severe lamaness and general shaker
feeling naturally resultant from such
4 fall Not the least blame attaches Il
! either party, Miss Howard stepped on
OF the road on the left on hearing tn,
approach Of the team but her position
in line with an old barn near the roa,
and the heavy snow heating in hi
eyes as he rounded the turn prevcnto,
Mr.. Allbec from noticing her until tn
accident occurred. Miss Howard wa
able to return to her school at Brook
side, South Newfane, Monday morning
The secretary Of the town Il
hrary, Mrs. Ellen Plumb, reports tina
about 1000 books have been issue
from the library during the past yeal
OF late adult readers have somewha
fallen off as from lack of funds fey
new books have been placed on tn
shelves The younger readers nav
found endless entertainment in tn
books given by the former district 81
pcriut1ndcnt. f. l.. Drew These NJ
mostly school readers for variou
grades. histories, nature study book
5 etc. Nothing is of greater value (
the little folks than the habit of Tea,
ing good books which many of thel
are forming. Reports from Vernon
, towns as given in the bulletin issue
Ivy the state library commission sho
/ no town with n small collection {
books having SO good a class of voun
1 readers as TownShend. IT is hoped tn;
: a larger number of books may be pr
. cured during the coming year.