The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-17
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mrs, Alice Nj. ficrce OF Nowfahc,
-Rollcall Of members Of the w. G.
+. ~. took place Tuesday afternoon IN
the Braitloboro rest room, Refresh
menis were served.
The Young Peoples Home Mis-
sionary circle OF the Methodist church
held lis regular monthly meeting at the
parsonage last evening
The women Of the Baptist church
will serve a Dutch Market supper Wed.
nesday evening in the social rooms Of
the church. The supper will be served
al clock.
The National society L. 5. Daugh.
tiers OF 1872, State Of Vermont, viii
hold the seventh annual sale Mt the
home OF Mrs. George s. Dowley early
in February.
William C. Horizons agency has
sold this week for w. II. Eddy a part
OF his farm in West Brattleboro 20 w.
sumner Coleman. Mr.. Coleman sold n
part of his farm TO Henry Cutting.
"A meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held at the home Of Mrs.
]. NJ. Tyler Monday evening next at
7.3O o clock. A paper on Quakers and
Quakerism will bc read. Members and
friends are cordially invited.
AT the session of supreme court
Monday Judge Munson handed down
a decision in the Windham county case
of Mary Z. Lincoln VS.. Nancy Hemen'
way. in which, in the lower court, a
verdict for the plaintiff TO recover
ss63.52 on a note was given. Judgment
in the lower court was affirmed.
Clarence Wellman, son of Deputy
Sheriff 4. II. Wellman of Guilford,
was taken Tuesday TO Boston where a
photograph picture was taken of his
hip and leg which showed that the hip
has returned to its normal position.
The leg has heightened two and one
half inches in the past seven months.
Fred Hartley, 81, prominent wool
merchant of Boston, who committed
suicide in the Massachusetts Homeo'
pathic hospital early Tuesday morning
by cutting his throat with a razor,
was well known in the northeastern
part of this county, having had sum
mer home in Saxtons River for mum
Der of years.
The annual meeting of the Uni.
tartan church was held Tuesday even
ing in Wells hall. After a turkey sup
per an informal business meeting was
held. DR.. S. T.. Lawton presided as
moderator John h. Ryder was re-
elected clerk and collector and Charles
Pratt reelected treasurer. The pruden.
tial committee consisting of Dr. ,. Il.
Lawton, L. D. Taylor and Charles A.
Boyden were also reelected The re-
ports of the officers of the society
showed satisfactory year.
w. C. Horton saw a song sparrow
feeding in his yard Monday. This va
riety of bird rarely stays in this eli
mate through the winter. At the same
time robin was seen and kingfisheI.
With these birds were feeding downy
and hairy woodpecker, a chickadee,
white breasted nuthatches, blue jays
and tree sparrows. Mr.. Horton has
maintained feeding grounds for birds
at his home on Brook street for 10
years, but he has never noted the pres
ence of so many summer birds as seen
this season.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Vermont National bank
was held in the banking rooms Tuesday
morning. The following board of direc.
tors was chosen: II. D. Holton, Will
liam II. Rockwell, George G. Averill,
Charles s. Clark, s. E. Lawton, John
r. Moore and P. F. Amidon The d.
rectors organized by electing the fol
lowing officers: President, George c.
Averill; vice-president, William H.
Rockwell; cashier, Charles w. Richard
son; teller, Charles G. Staples; book
keeper, Robert G. Clark.
The Girls club has made arrange
ments to begin classes with volunteer
teachers from the Brattleboro Woman s
club, under whose direction the club
was recently organized. Miss Addie
FAY, president of the Girls club, will
meet all interested in taking lessons in
embroidery, shirt-waist making, or any
academic subject, Monday evening,
Jan. 20, at 'clock in the rest room.
At the same hour Mrs. Clarke G. Fits
will begin class in English for those
who have recently come to this coun-
try. Further particulars as to fees may
be obtained at the rest room Monday
evening.
The sloyd benches now used by
the classes in the Centre church have
been sold for the use of the summer
school, which will be conducted in the
high school building by the Brattleboro
Woman s club in conjunction with the
school district, but the
work in the church will be kept up for
the present. If it is found that the
work is conducted to better advantage
in the summer school the church classes
will be merged with those of the school,
Louis A. Whitney and Rev. H. R. Miles
are doing an interesting and important
work with the sloyd classes, having a |
we'll equipped room in the church base
ment.
The total gifts to benevolent OBJ
jects by the Congregational church and
The organizations connected Herewith
Turing the year 1907 amounted to more
than $1,000, and were considerably more
han those of the previous year. The
Increase was due to more systematic
giving by the pledge system. The Con
club entertainments will he
continued this season but under difS
'erent plan than formerly. Instead Oh
holding banquets in the Brooks Houset
md limiting admission to the entertain
nents to club members, the church
women will furnish supper in the par
ors, thereby putting something into
heir treasury, and the entertainments