The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-07
LOCAL ,1oE1s AND oossr1.

LOCAL Mo91s AID ooesu.
Lady Baltimore cake viii b o.
sals II The children 3 feis rsh -.
leo formed across the ConpectieuI
river near tho bridge Tuesday nigh'
for tho arst time this winter.
The regular meeting Of the ". q
T. u. will be held At 5 o'cioak Tues
day afternoon 1t headquarters,
Tho supper At tho univsrsali.l
church last night was well attended
The women served = crcamed hsh sup
per
Attorney =. 4. Barber was ap
pointed administrator for the estate 81
Dvaid Downer Saturday by Judge A
Y. schwcnk.
The women Of the Unitarian church
will hold a social In Wells hall Mon
day evening. Supper will be served 81
$50 followed by an entertainment.
The children Of the Congregational
church and their friends will give q
reception and sale Feb. 2s from 2 un
Ill 0 at the Congregational chapel.
The meeting Of the Alliance study
class will be held at the parsonage
Monday evening at 7.30. A paper on
Settlement Work In New York by Mrs
+. X. Slicer will be read. Member
and friends are invited.
-Four members Of the Jerc Nc
Auliffe stock company were taken into
the Brattleboro aerie, r. o. f., Friday
night. A dance followed the initiation
Mt which all the members Of the com
pany were guests. A light lunch wal
also served.
The steel cling cases for tho vault
In the probate Office have arrived THU
week. They contain about 10 com
partments for papers and number Of
book racks. A bulletin board has beer
placed in the probate Office for posting
legal notices.
"A decision Of great consequence 4
all manufacturers Of monuments hal
just been handed down in the United
States court by Judge james L. Mar
tin In the case Of John w. Crier W
lanes 4 Cruickshank, Barre, the plain
tifY suing for the use Of tentative dc
sign Of . monument. The decision II
In favor Of the defendant company ant
the suit il ordered dismissed. Tit
plaintiff asked for an injunction
against the defendant company; ais
the statutory penalty of $3.50.
The commission engaged in inves
tipation OF taxation in Vermont, o.
which George W. Pierce Of this town il
a member, viii give public hearing
in the state house at Montpelier Wed
nesday, Feb. ~, at $50 .. m. At THU
meeting any person in this state inter
ested IL the matter Of eur TAXATION
laws and who desires to make sugges
tons for their improvement Is invitet
to give his views TO the commission
Persons unable to attend at this tim
and place may send their views y
writing to the commission in Montpel
Ter at this time, or may probably AZ
range to meet the commission at SOM
other time.
Friends Of Hollis H. Spaulding
who is employed in Shea's market
have been congratulating him thi
week on his marriage, which tool
place in the Baptist church in Put
ney Jan. 20. The bride is Miss Haiti
NJ. Taft, daughter Of Mr.. and Mr.
Homer z. Taft Of that town. The &c!
cmony was very quiet, only q few
II relatives and friends being present
Frank Taft and Miss Bertha Newcoml
attended the bridal couple. The cere
nony was performed by Rev. Il, Z
Bufum. On account Of the death o
her father Mrs. Spaulding will remain
in Putney until spring when, she AM
her husband will begin housekeeping
News has this week been receives
here Of the death Of Mrs. Z. D. Dick
erman, Jan. NJ, at her home in Lead
Vile, Col. Mrs. Dickerman maidel
name was Ethel Porter. She was
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. George l
Porter of Bridgeport, Conn. She wa
a woman Of fine education, marked re
dnement and possessed with great per
sonal magnetism. She had many friend
in town whom she won while spendinl
several summers here at the Ward farm
in West Brattleboro. She married MI
Dickerman June II, 1891. They ha'
four children Ethel Cornelia, Mar.
Porter, Edward Dwight and Beatrice
Bradley--whom she leaves besides he
husband and father, mother and tw'
brothers. Burial was in Centerville
Conn.
The committee appointed by tn
I actors Of the Y. M. G. A. to close VI
1. affairs Of the association has prac
tically determined the financial condi
ton. but it will be unable to give tn
exact figures for several days yet. Tn
committee will meet soon to prepare
statement for the board. Such Of tn
/, equipment ~ was available for its u.s.
was given to the Woman's auxiliary
which H. carrying ON its work as usua
IN the hope that the association may b
revived q no distant day, and all tn
remaining property except the bowlin!
alleys has been dispose9 Of. AZ mat
ters now stand, there will be deAci
Of frem 1900 "a 1850, but the commit
tee hopes to b able to reduce Thu
anount someWhat from outside sources
The property Of the association has
| been in use 70 long and was in sucl
condition thst tho committee has beef
unable to rsalize from it, sale q larg'
Z sufn = ~ expected.
The suprems ccu-A has reversed
~ judguent Of tho '>pnty court il
Ne ease % The n. 9. 1uith company
". the estate Of X a. pway. Thu
Vos a action for thu: er Of Ger
| "a. kn-.o ~ TO 6,7wav durinf