The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

evening, Nov. 10.
The ninth grade football eleven
10 to on the island Friday afternoon
Joseph F.. Taylor and Elmer E
| Willard, under the firm name of Tay
| lor & Willard, have opened an Office in
| the Brooks House block for the sale of
bonds and mortgages on New York
| city real estate.
At the baiiffs' meeting this evening
the principal business will be the discus
hydrants, submitted by the bailiffs after
the board had declined to accept the con
tract submitted by the Brattleboro Water
Works company
Walter Hall of Wilmington found a
large wildcat in one of his traps near
boro, Saturday afternoon. The animal
weighed 80 pounds, and is the third
wildcat that Mr. Hall has captured this
fall at that place in the same trap.
"A training class for Sunday school
teachers met with Mrs. l. G. Crosier at
her home on North Main street Mon
formed for the purpose of assisting
the teachers in the Sunday school of
the Centre church. Sunday afternoons,
following the regular Sunday school
session, class meets for training work
for those intending to take up the
work as teacher.
"A large party of friends of Fred
Baker gathered at his home, 3 Eels
court, Monday evening, and gave him
a surprise party, the occasion being his
to make trip across the river into
New Hampshire, when some of his
friends inveigled him into returning
to his home upon some pretext. The
evening was passed in a social way with
music. games and dancing. Among
several gifts presented to Mr. Baker
was very pretty watch-fob.
AT a meeting of the Masonic building
association last evening a set of plans and
a design for the new temple was exam
ined but nothing was done as the ways
and means committee intends to take two
before making its decision. Harry *.
White of New York. formerly of Brattle
boro drew the plans submitted last even
ing. Some weeks ago the committee re-
ceived set of plans from Frank +. ions
burg of Boston. The committee expects
to receive the third set of plans within
few weeks.
The case of Clark VS.. Clark on the
Windham county chancery docket has
been closed by the decision of Special
Master o 'Brien of Bellows Falls, who
listened to the arguments of the at
torneys at Jacksonville for three days
tied by William E. Clark resigning as
guardian, and Charles F. Clark will turn
back the funds of his father with the !
agreement that he shall be paid 5000 |
for his trouble, and $500 for money
expended. In the settlement |
he plaintiff received all but about $3.50 |
If $500 which was the amount claimed
~ the guardian as due his aged father.
The engagement of Charles Froh
nan S production of Henri Bernstein s
great play, The Thief at the audito
'ium Tuesday evening. promises more
han ample returns to those who are at
racted to the theater by the prospect
# seeing a wellwritten, and brilliantly
Probably the best recommendation for
The Thief is that it had run of 10
months at the Lyceum theater in New
York. Such run necessarily includes
part of two summers when serious
plays generally anguish and anlylli
'rothy kind are in vogue But in all
Kinds of weather, this drama fonrished
from the outset tie Bernstein play has
allied forth varied comment, but all to
ucceeded in finding new topic of
interest without digging up
he socalled sex problems. Equally re-
reshing were the style of it's construc-
ion and the manner of it's translation.
The epidemic of petty breaks which
yept over this town few weeks ago
as supposed to have passed until Monday !
forming when it was discovered that {
afes had again shown his hand. In the +
asst only business places were visited by !
lie craftsman, but sometime Saturday i.
ght or Sunday a visit was made to the !
rocks library and between So and 81 was :
lie haul made by the thief. A window t
the basement used for putting in coal 4
as forced and entrance gained to the $
ook room of the library. The Librarian G
I'd left a little over SO in a drawer be- Il
cath the counter and the drawer with
20 others was forced, Another drawer
pamphlets was rummaged but h
ide from the money nothing was taken n
ON the building. No attempt was evil l.
,ntly made to steal any of the specimens f
the museum or any of the many other q
luable articles that could easily have f
zen taken away. /
Guy A. Doolittle was taken to jail \
Newfane Monday afternoon by +,
equity Sheriff Chauncey l. Knapp on =,
L
E. Stowe in favor of Mary Stoddard
cry for $35070, the supreme court 9.
wing affirmed the Judgment of the v
unity court in the case. The case was cl
lie of trespass in which it was claimed 0,
at the defendant took a sum of money VI
ON the plaintiff, and would not return "
when asked to do so. The county "
urt gave verdict for the plaintiff b,
the November term last wear, and OF
e Judgment rendered at that time to
as that "the cause of action arose
ON the wilful and malicious act of
the defendant, and the defendant
is verdict the defendant took excep- ~
ms and the execution was STAYED "
d cause passed to the supreme court I p
the last term The supreme court
wing affirmed the Judgment of the
unity court, the execution was issued ~
d the costs make the whole amount es
e $39S.71 Mr.. Doolittle will be no
liged to remain in Jail until the WI
urt releases him or he satisfies the Tn
ecution. ra
The third meeting of the newly or an
nized Centre club in the chapel of hu
e Centre Congregational church Sun DR.
y evening drew an attendance fully ch
large as at either of the previous an
etings. The club may be said to now an
IN working trim as President Fred wi
ok Z. Adams has announced his com II
ttees, and the organization has thus alb
EN- completed. The program commit Ey
VIII arrange program for the of
nday evening meetings of the club in,
lie the social committee will arrange ab
such entertainments as NAV be held ar,
ring the winter. The matter of Sun SII
V evening meetings was broupht for -,