The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-01
THE BRArTIEBoR0 REFORMER FRIDAY. MAY l. 1908

There will be = sraass social mi
aay evening, May :, for members and
invited ffisads
Members and friends of The NO
mas = auxiliary 81 the Y, N, o. A, ats
requested 10 bear In miAd that soHifi
buttons of old ruhbsw should be sehl
Ia Mn George claIf as seoh as Pes
dbis,
Those from nEaiiiebofo Who 81
tended the state convention IN baflihE
ton Wednesday were ", II. liTaekeii
q. q, Pitts, W, T., Hubbard, II, T.
MsllmAn, n. A. Webster, II, u. hIewni
D.. ". Gihson. ", y, Haskell, u, D, q
Tei,. l.. u, Taylor and II, T. Greene
The publlc lish,ins committee Of
the Massac husetis legislature by
unanimous vote made favorable 70
poIt Tuesday ON the bill ineoIPofai
ing the French King Rapids Power
company. The charter gives tho com
pany the right 10 construct dam Dc
tween the towns Of Norihheld and oiii'
The masquerade party given by
the high school in Grange hall Friday
night was well attended, A large
number Of girls appeared IA costume.
The hall Was preitily decorated ahd
hight refreshments were served during
the evening. Miss Mary y. licnshAw
aud Nj. Florence Z. Allen acted As
chapcrones.
c. &. Turner aud O. II. Ellis bought
Yesterday Oh. furniture and fixtures IN
The BrAttlebofo House 81 John besseii
aud took possession today. The new
praprleiofs will paint both outside aud
inside aud paper all the rooms, The
work 81 renovation will begin ~ once,
Mr.. Ressct, Is uncertain rs 10 what be
will DO In the future. lie viii go 70
Providence next week 90 look NJ no
tel that he has In view.
The annual meeting Of the Brat
tlcboro lodge, =. a A. NJ, took place
last night in Masonic hall. A supper
was served nj 6.l5 In the banquet hall
The following officers were elected
". NJ, ". II. -. 6ermaine; ). W,
Harry c. Freeman; j. W., Charles H.
Dunklec; treasurer, V. o. Jones; secre.
tary. Jessie T.. Haynes; eorPorator OF
the building fund for three years, r.
II. Vaughan. These officers with ap'
pointiye officers will be installed at a
later date.
-Myron q. Taylor, 30, died at his
home in Manchester Wednesday OF
heart disease. lie was former Brat
tlcboro resident. being employed at the
Richardson meat market for 10 years
lie left this town six years ago 10 take
up farming in Manchester at the home
OF his wife, parents lie leaves two
brothers and sister, besides his
widow and cousin, Mrs Frank War
ncr of this town. lie was member
of the Pilgrim Fathers and Mason
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Warner left yes.
tcrday TO attend the funeral which Will
be held today. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Richardson will also attend.
An unusual freak Of nature IS dis
PLAYED in the show window OF X. H.
hmidon s store in the form of pure
white chipmunk 1t was shot by W.
C. Horton in the vicinity of Brattle'
boro and was set up by Harry l.. Piper.
The animal is normal in every respect
exeept its white hair and white skin
and pink ewes. There is no record oil
any such specimen in Vermont and let
ters show that very few have been
seen in the United States. The chip
munk was shot April IL and is set up
in natural surroundings enclosed IN
glass case. Mr.. Horton will keep the
specimen in his Office after il has been
on exhibition for week.
County Clerk Frank ID. Z. stowe OF
this town will call the attention OF the
auctioneers throughout the county TO
the necessity of paying license fee
of SO under the new public statutes
of Vermont. The commissioners TO edit
the public statutes appear TO nave
made change in the statute on the
subject, which makes the payment OF
license fee obligatory. The laws of
1900 authorized county clerks TO issue
licenses to auctioneers to sell anywhere
in the state upon payment of $40 every
two years and prescribed penalty for
selling without license, but pro.
vision was made that no penalty should
be imposed upon person selling I'm
the county where he resides In 9th
er words, auctloneers couiu sen III thSi'
own counties without licenses. In
1908 the constitutionality of the stat
ute was attacked in a case which is
reported in volume rs of the Vermont
REPORTS. 1t turned out that the com.
plant upon which the case was based
was defective, so the question of the
copstitutionality of the statute was not
passed upon. The new revision of the
statutes, which has appeared recently,
makes no distinction between persons
selling in the counties where they live
and those who sell outside their own
counties.