The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-14
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--hTsiilebofo chapter y. A. r., wi
have q Washington tea al ID. home q
Mr.. l.. l.. Holden Saturday afternoo,
Feb, -, from ! TO 3 e'clock 10 whic
members and guests are invited.
-. Wales will give a "bai d
pandfe" saturday, Feb. 20, In whic
the pupils In the junior dancing elias
will participate. The members vii
be- In costume. Mr., Wales has bee
obliged 10 send 10 Chicago for the cos
tunes that will be- used.
Captain II. q. sife.ier has beef
notified by the pension bureau that
pension Of sis u month, beginning Jan
81, 1907, has been granted 10 faulin'
and shirley l.. Putnam u Wardsbor'
aud ~ u month additional beginning
Jan. 81. Thes. are minor children o.
the late Erwin l.. Putnam, Of compan.
n. sih Nermoni volunteers.
The regular meeting Of the Brat
tleboro woman's club will take plae'
Ia Grange hall "Wednesday afternoon
Frank l.. Fish Of vergenhes, nationa
bank examiner. will give an address OF
Lincoln. Mr.. Fish is well known
throughout the state aud the address
which he will give here is one that b,
delivered before the alumni 81 Middle
bury college recently.
An excellent supper was served by
the women Of the Unitarian church IN
Wells hall Tuesday evening, The sup
per wys under the direction Of Mrs
l.. u. taylor. Mrs, =. Is. Smith and
Mrs. W. :. Pratt. In the evening there
was a pleasing entertainment including
reading BY 4. II. Smith, piano duet
by Mrs. John Barrows and Miss Har
riett Holden. piano solos by Miss liol'
den and songs by Mrs. Arthur Brasor.
States Attorney Robert c. Bacon
believes that large amount Of tesii
mony given in the uneontested divorce
eases ut the county court in Nowfane
is false. 80 thoroughly is he convinced
of this that he has decided 10 attend
the hearings at the next April term Of
the eouniy.court aud have n stenogra-
pher take down the testimony in the
uncontestcd eases. Ii subsequent in.
yesrigation shows that some Of the ties.
timony is perjured the offenders will
be- dealt with.
Suit was brought Monday by
Charles Langille Of this town against
". II. Proctor 10 recover slOO and
costs rs a result Of judgment grant
ed hy W. ;. Newton Oct. 81, 1904,
against John Murray for beating Ian.
gille. The ease was appealed and w.
II. Proctor became surety for Murray.
II is understood that Mr.. Proctor is
looking for Murray whose whereabouts
are al present unknown. The amount of
the writ is $500 and IL is returnablc at
Windham county court.
The milk sleigh of NJ. X. Robbins
turned turtle Monday morning in front
of the town hall at 130 spilling all
the milk and causing the lanterns TO
blaze up in manner that threatened
the sleigh. The horse was attached TO
a weight and in attempting to pull
away from it the sleigh was "cramp.
ed" so sharply that it overturned.
Spencer w. knight saw the accident
and by quick work in extinguishing
the fire and in righting the sleigh pre-
vented any further damage.
Protective grange conferred the
first and second degrees upon 10 can
didates at the regular meeting We'd
nesday evening. The second degree
was worked by the special second de
gree team with Philip +. Franklin
worthy master. Visitors were present
from the neighboring oranges, 10 com
ing from West Dummerston. 1t was
voted to change the date of the next
meeting from Wednesday, Feb. 26, to
Friday, Feb. rs. There will be a
grange social Wednesday evening, Feb.
10, for members of the order and other
invited guests.
E Crosby & company have bought
the grain business of ii. A. Wilder in
North Hatfield, Mass, and will con
duet the business under the name of
the North Hatfield Grain company.
Clarence X. Benson, who has been EN-.
ployed in the local warehouse fol-. the
past several months, went to North |
Hatfield last week to assume the man
igement of the business for Crosby &
The Springfield (Mass.)
Flour & Grain company, in which l.. +.
Adams is large owner, has recently |
bought a feed store in Cranky, Mass.
The adjourned annual meeting Of
he Prospect Hill Cemetery association
vas held in the office of William S.
Newton Monday night. These officers
we're elected: President, George +.
ireene; clerk, William s. Newton;
reasurer, George A. Hines; trustees,
George Z. Greene, George A. Hines,
,harles A. Boyden. William H. Vinton,
(. Gray Estey and Charles A. Harris.
he treasurers report showed that the
eceipts for the year were $l59s.72.
he balance on hand is $916.66. The
ssets are $25,7S4.23, an increase dur
ng the year of $1273.44.
The trustees of the Brattleboro
rec library will ask for two amend
rents to the bylaws at the annual ,
own meeting. One of these amend
rents will be in relation to the time ,
f holding the quarterly meeting of :
ne trustees. The bylaws specify that !
1ese shall be held the first Thursday /,
/ January, April, July and October !
was frequently impossible to arrange
meeting at this specified time and 9
le trustees wish to have the bylaws :
nended so that the meeting can be !
ED on any day Of the month. A fur q
Ter amendment will be proposed q
aking the age limit for persons who !
IN take out books ~ years instead of g
/. As all children have to be proper
vouched for this is thought to be
,sirable change and it is not expected
lat either of these slight amendments
i'll meet with any opposition. il