The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-02
BrattIeb0rO Local
MUCH PROBATE COURT BUSINESS
-Four Estates Melted the State se97si
Under Inheritance Tax.


The regular monthly session OF the
probate court was held Saturday be.
fore Judge A. +. Schwenk, and
large amount of business transacted.
The will of Cyrus +. Reed was pre-,
scented by Ralph II, Reed and allowed
by the court with Clarke G. Fits rs
witness, Alba A. Reed was appointed
executor under bond of $4,000. The
final account of j. ii. Kidder, admin.
istrator of the estate Of John King,
was allowed as was the motion for
final settlement The petition of c.
A. Boyden, guardian, to sell the real
estate of the estate of Waldo Howard
was allowed The will of Benjamin
+. Baker was presented by Jennie
Baker aud allowed, she being appoint
ed eXeeutriX under bond of $500. The
will of Eli Clark of Dummerston was
allowed with b. s. Balestier as a wit.
ness. John knOwlton was appointed
administrator under bond of $4,000.
L. IL. Miller and Ii. p. Wellman were
appointed appraisers The motion of
j. II. Kidder for the final settlement
of the estate of Maria A. Prouty Of
Wardsboro was allowed as well as his
final accounting and the court or
dered the estate to be paid to Sarah
Il. Rice, Catherine \. Colburn and
Mary A. Burns. The motion of j. II.
Kidder for final settlement of the es-
tate of Sarah j. johnson of Dover
was allowed as was his final account.
| The balance of the estate was ordered
to be paid to Sylvester j, johnson.
The motion of c. A. Harris and
George $. Eddy for the final settle
ment of the estate of Sarah l.. Stearns
was allowed. Motion for the final
settlement of the estate of Frank w.
Mcclure was made by Hattie r. Me.
Cure, administrators, and her final
account was allowed by the court.
The balance of the estate was ordered
to be distributed as the terms of the
will specified. The motion for the
final settlement Of the estate of Henry
l.. Sargent was made by Chester 5.
Sargent, executor. and his final ac-
count was allowed. The balance of
the estate was ordered to be paid to
Chester S. Sargent, Simon r. Sargent
and Marcia Dix, the heirs under the
terms of the will. An inventory or
the estate of Esther S. Rice was filed
by the appraisers. Motion for the final
settlement of the estate of Esther >.
Rice was made by Orlean W. Smith
and the hearing set for the last Satur-
dav in August. The will of Charles
f. Parks was presented by Frank
Willard and the hearing set for the
last Saturday in August. The inven-
tory of the estate of David Farnum
was filed by the appraisers. On peti.
ton of the selectmen of the town OF
Newfane, Winfield B. Metcalf was
examined, adjudged insane and des'
titute and ordered taken to the Brat
tleboro Retreat at the expense of the
state. Motion for the final settlement
of the estate of Jane f. Atwater was
allowed and the court ordered that
the estate be distributed as the Will
directed.
Four of the estates came under the
per cent. collateral inheritance tax
law. netting the state OF vermont
$697.s4. They are Sarah l.. StearnS
of Brattleboro, $6475; Jane +. At
water of Brattleboro, $245.45; Henry
L. Sargent of Brattleboro, S2fS'oo'
!. and Martha A. Prouty of Wardsboro'
sl39.14. Estates have been settled IN
this court which have yielded the
state larger amount than any OF
these, but it is unusual to have touf
estates of this kind come before the
court at one session.
The estate of Sarah l.. Stearns PAID
, TO the Prospect Hill Cemetery asso
citation 800, to the First Unlversaiis'
church $500 for the support OF preach
ING and to the First Universallst sun
day school 5000 for the purchase OF
: books. the fund to be known as the
: Deacon A. A. Stearns fund. The es
tate of Jane f. Atwater paid to the
seventh Day Adventist 'orphanag'
home in Battle Creek $1,000, to th'
American Advent Mission socletl
i $1,000. TO the Brattleboro home for th'
g AGED and disabled $500, and to th'
hoard of foreign missions of the Meth
loL 5000 %