The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-11

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William Fletcher has sold the new
house which he Is building ON Fuller
place TO A. G. llollander. Mr.. Fletcher
will finish the house aud Mr. llollander
will take possession Mar, |,
The annual meeting of the Centre
Congregational church will be held IN
the chapel this evening, the business
meeting being followed by social at
which the women will serve refresh
ments. All members are urgently in
vited TO attend.
The Junior Farther Light society
held its FIRST meeting in the Baptist
chapel Wednesday afternoon for the
purpose of mission study, The society
is composed mostly of young girls. Meet
| ings will be held in the afternoon OF
each second Wednesday in the month in
the future,
"A supper will he served to members
of Bingham chapter aud their families
nj G;l5 u. M, Jan. -. At the meeting
following candidates will be initiated.
The district deputy grand matron, Mrs.
| Leland of Chester, and the district dep.
uty grand patron, A. G. Spaulding of
Ludlow, will make their official visits.
The grand lecturer may also be present,
Ladies' night will be observed by
the Brattleboro Professional club Mon,
day evening at the Brooks House. DIR,
Henry Tucker will read paper on Sani-
tation at 7.30 and supper will be served
lat :. The discussion led by DIR. A. !.
Miller will be after supper. II IS in.
tended TO make this discussion local and
practical rather than general and tech
meal.
Bert O. Ware filed Tuesday in the
county clerk 5 Office claim against
John ). Gallup for $50 for the loss OF
| 10 cords of wood which was destroyed
with the buildings on the Ware farm In
the fire of last October, when the farm
buildings were destroyed Mr.. Ware
asserts in his specification that Mr.. Gal,
| Inn set fire to the barn. The case will
come up at the April term of the county
court.
The annual election of the state board
of medical examiners was held in Mont.
Ipelier Tuesday. The board re-organlzed
! bv the election of officers as follows -
! President. DR.. +. II. Godfrey of Chei-
sea; vice president, DIR. ). w. Ham.
mond. Rutland; secretary, DIR. w. Scott
/ Nav of Underhill; treasurer, DIR. Il. Il.
Whitaker of Barre. The other members
OF the board are Dr. g. |. Forbes, Bur
lington. DR.. A. T.. Parlin of Barton
Landing.
-Brattleboro chapter, d. A. r., will
4 be entertained by Mrs. G. +, X. JENNIE
and Mrs. Charles Akley AT Mrs. JENNIE :
home Thursday afternoon, Jan. II, at
three clock. Miss Genevieve Slate
will give paper on Governor Chitten-
/ den. Miss CAROLYN Clark one on current
events. Delegates TO Continental Con
gress in April will be elected at the
| meeting. Members are requested to
rspond to the roll-call by giving the
name of some Revolutionary General.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Henkel quietly
/ celebrated their seth wedding ami.
yersary at their home at IS Frost street
/ Monday evening. They were married
4 in Brattleboro and have lived here all
their lives except year spent In Nor.
witch, Conn. They have five sons, Paul
Revere. of New Orleans. Walter of De
troit Mich. DIR. Edward of New York
city, Carl and Louis of Brattleboro
and two daughters. Mrs. Annie Ward
and Mrs. Horton d. Walker of Brattle-
boro.
About 100000 feet of logs have
been drawn to Holden & Martin s mill
this winter, and there are still about
/ 100000 feet more TO come. Previous to
the thaw of the past two weeks the
shedding was excellent but since the
warm weather began few logs have
been drawn and the present supply
will last the mill only few days. One
pine log that was cut on the Eli Clark
place on the Putney road measured 40
| feet in length and furnished over 1000
feet Of timber by Vermont rule.
A demonstration of the Gadue dust
/ ress flour sitter is being hade at +. Z.
Clark s grocery store this week and
| Mr.. Clark has taken the agency for this
vicinity. T.. V. Morse will sell them
! through the county and the town VIII
be canvassed by one of Mr. Clark s men.
/ The sitter is an ingenious contrivanee
for holding and sitting flour. Its ca
pacity is % lbs. and as much or as
/ little may be sifted as desired. 1t IS
made in Burlington and patented and
| already several have been sold in town.
DIR. J. Edgar Banks, field director
of the recent Bablonian expedition of
the University of Chicago will speak
| on The Recovery of the Lost Civiliza-
ton of Babylonia and Assyria, at
union meeting to be held in the Con-
pregational church next Friday evening
| at 100. Several of the village Sunday
schools are studying the early chapters
of Genesis and Dr. Banks will speak on
the earlier civilizations upon which the
Jewish was built. The lecture will be
illustrated by stereopticon views taken
by Mr.. Banks. The lecture will be
free, but a silver collection will be tax
en- to defray expenses.
There was hearing before United
States Judge James l.. Martin this week
on the petition of the Atlantic Mills OF
| Providence, r. l., against the Brattle-
boro Manufacturing company and W. u.
Smith. trustee, asking for an order com
polling the trustee to pay in full the
PLAINTIFFS claim, amounting to about
$1,000. The suit was originally brought
in the county court where a verdict
was given for the Atlantic Mills to re-
cover $1,000. While the suit was pend
| ing. the Brattleboro Manufacturing com
pany was adiudged bankrupt and the
trustee converted the assets into cash,
refusing to pay the Judgment on the
ground that the original attachment was
void. Judge Martin made an order
that the trustee pay to the Atlantic
Mills the amount of it's claim in full.