The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
EAST puMAsERsroN.
Towns Annual Statement Shows Slight
Increase in Liabilities.

The annual frpnris II the DummeIsion
town officers for the hsoal year ending
Feb. T. have been distributed ihi. week.
The tfeAsnnrs siaiemrn, shows a bal
ancc due him Of sloa2i, The total "a,
Iendiiurcs fer the year Nee sll2l.a5 d.
videsl a. follows; Town orders 5,.i,is,
.rhool orders ss5sl0l, ovvr-eer Of poor
oRlurs. sliaaS; road commissioners 90
der sl,Usil The towns liabilities aFe
si.ASlps, including the United States de
l.o-it money which has not appeared herr
ioiom a. liability. The assels tuncol'
lctted iaKesl arr ssl7 % leaving the pres
eat indebtedness a5llsG. This !. e.,
s-nk5 mutr than the indebtedness report
III Al the snd Of lat year but when the
deposit fund II slilal5 i deducted the
incfrasr over last !rar !. nnly si5.a. The
vital statistics a. oampllcd hy the town
clerk show that there were i births, II
deaths aud four marriages IN Dummersion
during 1907.
The warrant ior the annual town meet,
ing which will bc held ia the town hall
in Dummerston Center Tuesday morning
al 10 O'Clock, contains II articles, most
~ them Of a routine nature. Article .
i to see II the town viii vote 10 APP
propriate money 10 help build a hall or
provide place ia IVES, Dummersion for
holding town meetings and for other pur,
poses" Article II deals with the question
III choosing i,c library trustees and apply.
ing 10 the state for aid IN the establish
ment Of town library.
Dustin Reed l. housed with he says,
''cynanch paroiida.'
Mr.. VIII Kent and her two children
are under the care OF physician.
Mr.. Carl +. Reed visited with her sis.
ter, Mir. l.. l.. stark, last week.
Avery and Ernest Miller OF Brattle.
boro were at Maple Ridge farm Sunday.
Miss Blanche Newton spent few days
lat week with her cousin, Miss Luella
Reed
Mr.. and Mr.. jackson Of Boston were
week end guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wellington.
Sylvenus Kelley is Spending some time
with his daughter, Mrs. Merritt Huntley
in West Dummcrton.
The grange fair committee met Feb.
81 and appointed Thursday, Nov. 5, as
the date OF the next fair.
Mrs. Lila +. Reed and Harold 4. Reed
who spent a few days last week IN East
Putncy, came home Monday.
The grange conferred degrees with a
harvest supper Tuesday evening Visitors
were present from West Dummerston
grange.
Giles +. Reed Of Chicopee Falls was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Walker
Saturday night and at Log Cabin farm
Sunday.
Lawyer +. H. Spaulding of Springfield
was the guest OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs H. 7. Spaulding, from Saturday I'M
til Monday.
The ladies Of Evening Star grange will
serve a dinner town meeting day for the
benefit of the voters and Others attend.
ing the meeting.
The Ladies' club met Thursday after
noon with Mrs. j. +. Houghton. The
men were invited for the evening and con;
tributed their share 10 the sociability OF
the occasion.
William May and two children, George
and Ida OF Halifax, visited recently IN
town. Miss Ida will remain with her
Mrs. Mary May, for a more
extended visit.
The grange meeting Tuesday evening
was well attended. The final degrees
were conferred and new members were
welcomed into the grange. The usual har-
vest supper was served. Visitors from
West Dummerston grange participated In
the festivities
+. H. Laughton and Charles Laughton,
brothers, who each shot "a deer last Dc
tober at the same time and place, re-
ceived Tuesday the heads of the two ami
mails that they had sent away to be
mounted They are fine specimens and
the skill of the taxidermist is evident IN
the beautiful workmanship, and the skill
of the hunters in bringing down the deer.