The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-04
THE BRATTLEBOROAE

-lHt IN 1ucnt bfutI Oh fuItsl
ers will hold :. meeting next M0nda
evening at which time the charter vii
close.
The Carpenter organ factory clos
ed Monday for the remainder of tn
week to allow the annual taking of in
ventory.
Referee +. d. 4. Stowe Saturda,
appointed George p. Alexander trus
tee of the bankrupt estate of William
o 'Bricn of Bellows Falls.
The annual meeting of the nation
nj society of the United States Daugh.
tiers of 1912, will be held in New Yorl
the 9TH to the 10th, with headquarter,
at Hotel Empire. Mrs. c. +. X. Jenn,
of Brattlcboro, president Of the Yer
mont society, win attend.
Attorney General G. G. Fits was
in Newport last Friday TO represent
the state nj hearing on the petition
of Marshall II. Alexander for rein.
statement TO the Vermont bar, A report
on the petition will be made at the
next term of supreme court,
Mr. and Mrs Patrick Manning and
three children awoke in their home on
Vernon street Sunday morning in a
somewhat dazed condition, and on in
vestigation found that the house was
partially filled with gas which had es,
capped during the night from a burner
not tightly closed.
The steel safety deposit vault for
the office of the Brattleboro trust com.
,,.,,. ha, Hoo, l.lavnI Ia tronut, aud q,
tracer has been unable TO locate it,
The contract provides that the vault
be installed by the 10th, but there is
some doubt about the work being COM
pleted Mt that time.
The subject of the January Moth
ers meeting in the Congregational
chapel next Wednesday afternoon al
800 will be Songs and Stories for the
Little Ones. Mrs. T.. II. Crane, Miss
Emma Gregg, Mrs. Christie Croweil,
Mrs. G. +. Adams, Mrs II. C. Rice and
Miss Florence Putnam viii discuss and
illustrate ways Of entertaining little
children.
I'm view of recent events, it is safe
to presume, of course, that Col. f. w.
Gibson of BrattleboTo will succeed the
late John H. Merrifeld as county clerk,
this being the only vacant office in that
county 10 which he has not yet been
appointed. How would il do to have
the genial colonel's name printed in
blank commissions hereafterl-St. Al
bans Messenger.
The trustees Of the Congregational
church have engaged for the coming
year Miss Emma Gregg soprano, Miss
Ruth Adams contralto, W. 4. Gilbert, /
tenor and Fred c. Adams, baritone |
Miss Adams take the place of Mrs
w. II Bond, resigned, and Mr.. Adams /
takes the place of his brother George /
+. Adams, who has moved away. Fred /
9. Leitsinger viii continue as organist.
No changes are contemplated in the |
,thcr churches.
On returning from Hinsdale Mon.
lay afternoon in the pouring rain, +.
Y. Norton found man sleeping beside
he road in a somnolent state from the
90 free use of intoxicating beverages
Norton packed the man into his sleigh
md brought him across the river. The
nan spent the night at the Hobo s
Rest in the village lookup and was re-
cascd New Year s morning dry and
ober. As the man had committed no
fence in this state he was not arrest
d.
The postmaster desires TO call at
ention to the fact that the postal
Avs and rfo ihtiqns positively forbid
he street lett, : receiving mon
3
lee causes much roNoyanee, and some ,
ines confusion at The post Office. Pat /.
ons must place Stamps on their let
ers before delivering them TO the ear
iers or placing them in the street (
oxes. Attention is also called to the :
of procuring books of !
lamps. They are sold in books of
2 for q cents, "a for 40 cents, and
for 81 cents, with oiled paper be-
yeen the sheets of stamps.
A. NJ. Allbe, who moved from j
pringfeld to Bellows Falls a few K
onths ago. brought an interesting old
lpcr to the Times office the other
~. 1t was copy of the "American =
oeman. dated marlborough, Vt, =
ecember 16, 1917" 1t contains Pres l.
ent Monroe's message TO the 18th !
ngress One Of the most conspicuous '
Is announces the sale of tickets in 7
q Springfield Bridge Lottery, Tick
$ could be secured then for $4 but on =
IN. the price would go up to $3.50. '
ne paper bears the name of Ellery y
ne lived in Westminster-Be q
Ills Times. 9
The act of the legislature creating "
municipal court in Brattleboro went
to effect Tuesday, Ernest W. Gibson
summing charge as judge under com in
ssion from the governor. For the NJ
esent Judge Gibson win use the for H
II probate office for a court room. of
S jurisdiction includes the towns of Ct
attleboro, Guilford, Dummerston, is
rnon, Marlboro, Putney. Townshend, FL
ookline and Newfane. He has power Pl
sentence any criminal where neither w
lth nor life Imprisonment is involv- Pa
and he has jurisdiction over all tel
il cases where the sum involved is we
$ than $500, provided one of the Ds
ties lives in Brattleboro. rel
"A pair of horses attached to the ue
livery sled of the Valley Grain com MI
~ INDUCED in an exciting runaway oe
esday afternoon. They started on ma
lie street from no apparent cause ex- ing
t desire to get home and followed WI
car-line down Canal street, in rel
asing their speed every moment. ga
ar Main street bridge they nearly at
ided with a load of lumber. An
ident seemed inevitable as the hor- Ho
swung into Flat street Directly Ne
front of Browns stable stood a on,
/ of hay, heavily loaded lumber thi