The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-09

| d CLOCK IN tne parlOrs.
Eight candidates took the teachers
examinations neld in the high schoo
building Tuesday. The examinations
were conducted by County Commits
sioner II. ID. Ryder of Bellows Falls.
The National society of the United
States, Daughters of 1912, will hold its
on Western avenue Tuesday, April 49,
at $50 p. M, to act on the bylaws.
The annual meeting of the Wo.
man s Missionary and Aid society of
the Baptist church for the election
of officers and transaction of business
will be held in the chapel Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o clock.
Although business at the local
freight house was extremely quiet the
first of this year it has increased stead
lily during the past two months and is
now extremely brisk. This is especial
ly true of the through traffic which is
heavier than for several years.
The Woman s Exchange is about
to close it's first years work, which in
many ways has been successful. Quite
sum has been expended for equipment
and the amount of business done is en-
couraging for the start of the second
year. Plans for tea and sale of
handiwork and food on May are pro-
crossing well.
The last meeting of the bailffs be-
fore the annual village meeting was
held Tuesday evening when the present
board wound up it's accounts for the
year. No business of Importance was
transacted at the meeting, the time be.
ing confined to routine affairs. Henry
r. Brown. chairman of the board, says
that he will not be candidate for re-
election.
Rev. George Pomfrey, pastor of
the Baptist church at Brandon, has
notified the members of his parish that
his resignation will have to be con
sidered as final, to take effect May J..
At meeting later the church voted to
accept the resignation. Mr.. Pomfrey
goes to Vergennes and will have
charge of the churches of Nergennes
and Panton. He is a brother of w. A.
Pomfrey of this town.
The bailffs after their meeting
Tuesday night notified the two local
garage owners that if they continued
to run their machines at the rate of
speed they INDUCED in the first two
days of the week, their arrest would
promptly follow The bailiffs are de-
termined that all autos shall run at rea-
sonable speed on the main village
SIIptlS lUlS spring anu llc ucAb opCCh
limit brea ker will be taking long
chances.
Rev. Edward Smiley, pastor of the
resigned his pastorate at Waterloo,
Cam where he has resided eight years,
and he and Mrs. Smiley will soon take
IN their residence at Leicester, Mass,
having retired from the ministry. Mr..
Smiley passed very pleasant day
Wednesday at the home Of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Harvey, Elliot street, and
is looking the picture of health for a
man of his advanced years.
The supreme court convened at st.
Johnsbury Tuesday. The only Wind
ham case set for trial on the doc ket
was that of Robert T. Lincoln against
the Central Vermont railroad. Lincoln,
who lost leg in a railroad accident
near Townshend, was awarded $4,000
damages by the county court and the
railroad company took the case to the
supreme court on exceptions. &. G.
Fits and E. w. Gibson are appearing
for the plaintiff and the defendant re-
spectively.
Plans are now under way among
the members of the Salvation army
corps over the entire country for the
week of self denial which is to take
place from April | to IS inclusive. The
local members are apparently bent on
making the effort great success in SO
far as they are concerned. Apart from
the personal self-denial of the Saliva
tionists they are urging everybody they
can to ueny themselves in some way
and to turn money into the Salvation
Army funds. Goods of all descriptions
for their sale April % to April "a will
be thankfully received by Ensign Gull
lage.
Addison E. Cudworth left for St.
Louis, Mo-, Tuesday to visit manu-
featuring plant owned by the Hard |
of New York which also owns |
The S. A. Smith company s factory here
n Brattleboro The company also OPP
erates some 80 other factories through
out the United States, but its business
is now in the hands of receiver. Mr..
Cudworth was recently appointed spe-
,ial master by United States Judge
James l.. Martin to investigate the re-
ceivership relative to the question of
performed with dispatch and for the
pest interests of the stockholders and
:reditors of the company
The Bennington Banner calls at
ention to some slight errors in the an
lual fish and game law posters issued
~ the Vermont Fish and Game league.
)ne of these is in regard to the open
season for trout in lakes and ponds
which should be stated to be the same
is for streams. Another is in regard to
six-pound catch of trout in one day.
The statute makes it prima facie evi-
lence of a violation of the law to have
more than six pounds of trout in ones
at any time. In other words
f a man catches six pounds of trout
me day and six more the next and
rings them home in one lot he must
re prepared to show that they were
aught on two different days. The bur
en- of proof is on him and not on the
warden or prosecuting officer. The [
oster also would leave the reader to I
elieve that the hunters license law is {
lready in force, whereas it does not {
ecome operative until Sept. /.
The annual meeting of the Girls
ub will be held Tuesday evening, April +
3, at 80 clock in the rest rooms. {
here will be an election of officers +
nd the transaction Of other business. +
the business meeting d lit :
wen, followed by an entertainment a
hich will take the form of a White 3
lephant party. Every member is re- y
lested to carry some article which she t
ishes to dispose of or which is dupli- @
tied and she does not care for t
raped in white paper. These articles :
'e to be exchanged with other mem 4
ars. Suggestions for books, bric-a- c
'ac and fancy articles to exchange are u
lvored. Refreshments will be served,
for which will be CRATE
lily received by the committee. a q
rdial invitation is extended to all e
lends of tha clnb IN attend the meet 81