The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-19


J. AT the meeting ~ ninsham cha
J, ter, q, b =, an Invitation WAS /
% rriy-d and accepted to be pFessai sd
u West River chapter ls constituted
l. foNnshend. MoFd has Just been :
eeiyed that the dat. Is set for nc
g Wednesday. The banquet will be q,
4 clock.
. AT the regular meeting Of Hin
{ ham chapter, q, y, =, Tuesday eve
= ins verbal reports were given u Il
meeting Of the grand chapter In Bn
!. llngion last week. Thtro candidate
1 were initiated, Refreshments wei
! served after the regular work. Tn
, was the last meeting until neat sepleu
, Der.
} Trinity Sunday was observed q
NJ, Miehael's Episcopal church with
special service IN the morning. Also
DugAn played several selections ON th
violin aud Miss charlena Hall sang
solo with much effectiveness. Rev. "
!. Hamilton delivered sermon ON III
Trinity. During his remarks he 10
fcrred "a the day AZ the 18th anniyeT
sary OF his priesthood.
Attention Is called 20 an announce
meni Of the Twin State Gas and Flee
trio company that the gas supply Of
the town will be discontinued az $50
Sunday morning 20 allow some recon
sirueiion work. The supply will b,
! turned on again As soon az possibl,
and Il IL hoped that this can be ac
complished by II o'clock. There will
be continuous interruptions, however
in the supply on Prospect Hill during
next week and for some time following
ON account Of the reconstruction Of the
South Main street main.
during the absence Of Rev. II. Il.
Miles the pulpit Of the Congregational
church will be supplied as follows:
June 81, Rev. l.. NJ. Kcnesion of West
Brattleboro; June -, DIR. 4. X. San.
ders, secretary of the Congregational
Sunday School and Publishing society;
July ., Prof. l.. Il. Patton Of Hartford,
Conn; July II, Henry ). Caswcil, presi
dent of Piedmont college AZ Dcnarcst,
Ga; July ~, Rev. Charles River Of
Chesterfield, y. H.; July 20. Rev. j.
T.. Harper. The church will be closed
through August while IL is undergoing
repairs.
The Windham County Association
of Underwriters held its annual meet.
ing Tuesday morning in the Office of
II. +. Taylor 4 Son in Crosby block.
A committee consisting of Eugene 5.
Leonard and +. l.. Walker of Bellows
Falls was appointed 10 draft a system
of uniform blanks for use in under
writing dwelling houses and personal
Two new members, George
NJ. Clay Of Brattleboro and l.. W. Boyd
of Wilmington, were voted in. The
following officers were re elected: Pres.
ident. Eugene ;. Leonard of Bellows
Falls; president, +. l.. Walker of
Bellows Falls; secretary, c. NJ. Russell
of Wilmington.
Proposals for the sale or gift to
the United States government Of a |
suitable site for federal building TO
be erected in this town are asked for |
by the treasury department. These
will be opened at p. m,
July s. A corner lot approximately |
l30xl35 feet, centrally and convenient
y located, is required. All improve.
nents on the property offered must be
reserved by the vendor but pending the
beginning of the federal building these
nay remain on the land upon the pay
nent of reasonable ground rent. Each
proposal must be sent TO the secretary
# the treasury supervising architect)
d. c.
--Wantastiquet lodge Of Odd Fellows
nd Dennis lodge of Rebekahs observed
sunday as their Memorial Day with ap.
'ropriate exercises at the hall after
which members marched to Prospect
ill cemetery and decorated the graves
I departed members. The exercises in
he hall took place at $50 and included
everal vocal selections by Mrs. W. II.
;ond Rev. l.. NJ. Keneston delivered
helpful and instructive address on
he observance of the day and spoke
eelingly on the duty and pleasure of J
the lives and work of $
nose who had gone before. After the I
Sercises in the hall members of each t
dge formed in line in front of the t
all and marched to the cemetery es- a
,rted by members of Canton Palestine i
full regalia. The graves of past t
embers were decorated with flowers. a
the morning delegations from each a
dge decorated graves of past mem L
RS in Morningside cemetery and in
e cemetery at West Brattleboro.
H. B. Chamberlain has completed
aking out the tax list for the town m
d village. The grand list of the L
wn is 57,030.90, of the village $44,, &C
0.S9, of the incorporated school dis. al
ct $45,044.79, of the town school dis M
ct l1,9S6.17. There is grand list O
$21S.40 on property in the incor-
rated school district but not in the s,
lage, while that on property in the O.
lage but not in the incorporated M
lool district amounts to $44.50. The w
al tax rate is made up as follows. M
wn tax 40 cents, highway tax 20 III
its, special highway tax cents,
tie highway tax cents, state school
!; s cents, county tax IL cents, to- o.,
70 l-2 cents. This will raise $45,- co
rs. Last years total tax rate was 81
cents and the amount raised was str
,616.50. This year. village tax of cd
cents will raise $17,051.94; the same w
last year raised $16,919.02. This an
RS town tax Of so cents will raise Wi
1882; the same tax last year rails the
$6,02690. The increase in this ,mo
total tax rate is due to an in tbe r
ase of cents in the town tax and tbs
the county tax of 4 IL cents, there a
ng no county tax last year. m,
"A valuable horse recently pur- on
sed by M. j. Moran made two short ant
hes on it's own responsibility this the
H. On Tuesday he was left nm sire