The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-11-25
Tragic and Strange Death at Bellows
Falls.
A MAN FALLS OFFER A DASHER
AND S1'RANGLES.
RUM DID 1T OR ELSE HE DIED IN A FIT.

A IN
ma" rA " OTEh DASHER
avn o1hANGLES.
HUM DID III OK ELSE HE DIED IN FIT.
Especial Ieiegraph To the REFoRMER,l
bellows FALLS, W., Nov. 20, l045 A. M.
Peter Good farmer of Yves minister,
was found dead this morning between
TINS place and Westminster East in his
wagon with MS neck over the dasher.
lie was seen about The Falls during the
. day yesterday, ana Is SAID to have been
somewhat disguised with liquor. lie is
supposed 10 nave iallen from his wagon
seat ana was SO cold and overcome with
iiquor US not 10 have me power to raise
h'inseli from the dasner or his wagon
ana strahgled 10 death. HIS horse and
wagon were at the watering trough near
Marvin DAYS.. Many people however,
who know something of the man and
his circumstances believe he fe / in fit
and so was un BILE 10 rise. This theory
; has some probability, from the fact that
he did not appear to be SO intoxicated
when at Bellows Falls as he would have
to be, if he waa not able to move to save
himself from slrangling.
Progress I'm AsyIum Work.
The purchase of the Miles school prop
erty, of which the RFFoRMER made note
two weeks ago, marks the inaugura-
ton of moveme 1t in the treatment of
the ms ne entirely new In this country.
In some of the institutions in England
and other C untres of the Old World,
mountain and seaside resorts are main
| tai, ed TO afford the insane patients inst
what even well people reauire-a change
from tn. unvarying monotony and wea-
risome routine of their ordinary daily
| life. DIR. DRAPER. while in EurOpe last
summer. carefully investigated the
nrac ical workings of lhese atures If
the treatment of 7, sane and 90 strongly
was he convinced of its good effect that
he re ,olyed to add it to our institution.
and it is for this purpose that he bought
the Miles properly. 1t has accommoda-
tons for from 20 to rs peop'e, and DIR.
Diapers ann is to give as many of his pa
tlents IS can Joy 1t, the change from
their ordin ny asN 'um ass GATES, and by
rotating mem aford each from weeks
10 m'nI"s ay al the MleS pace, o
course ull,iel .iie I"ie ana tuPer''s'on Vi
'i'T a.'enuaht :; "ii,, "a.ii1 ~ i'.r''
ne p,,m n,i ,..o w. 80 ,,,int ,hoen a
,na;ntad ,yith IL ;,,st;,,t;n', ha,o Low,
tn,,yn Tho r,ad bnnantar;anisn, and
nro ,r, ssiveness of the asvlum manage-
mant -
w;udhn,n Comfy Inv Cases.
The general term of the supreme
court of Vermont has rendered its de-
cisions on the fol owing cases heard
Montpelier last month
Sally Bliss o. town of Nottingham.
Judgment, March term 1880, for 1868, in
favor OF plaintiff Exceptions ny de-
PENDANT. Exceptions overruled and Judg-
ment afllrlned. Hasklns ana =. D. Ed
| dy 1or plalntlil, Davenport and Eddy ior
defendant;
Asa ,. boyo .. Town OF heausDoro.
| oep.einper Cerni dooo. Judghienl On
Veru'GC ioi piaintilI lor Poo'oo' EAceP,
olis oy pia.n'ih. a. LAcep'ioiie :, oN1i l
Gnu a Juu9'I H aliliIlie y -; -: nut'e
.;G ~ - ~ ~. eI 10y ~ pam
III, ~ -, ~ CLu
wainfo,d c. -, 1000 I,d,r,,,n,,,
,f ,,rnhota oo,rF CO. dnfanJn,,t aairnsaJ
1,, pn,,,'tT court Evna,t;omn h,, ,ja;,,.
t;E rt;onso,arr,IdJ onJ IA in,a,.
a ftirmed Haskins for nIaintif Davan-
mort & Eddy for defendant
Eliot Hailadav IF nj administrators of
w Rowker's estate ~. town of Dover
Sentember term 1880 Indictment for
defendant. Exceptions by plaintiff. Elk
ceptions oyerruled Haskins and Day
export & Eddy for plaintiff, C. b. Eddy
for defendant
Hollis Il. Robinson o. John w. Frost
ct al September term 1880 Judgment
on verdict for defendant. Exceptions
by the plaintiff Excep ions overruled
and judgment affirmed. Davenport 4
Eddy for plaintiff, Haskins and c.. B.
Eddy for defendant.
Golden Welding o. NJ. and Yrs T.. ID.
Tho c,.Iehration of .he S0th ann;varsarv
Of The norr;sge If Mr. Elisha dwight and
Mrs Nancy 7Grout Holton Non1av at
Saxtons Riyer Tho narentS Of prot II n
unIton ,,,.s a, ofo,r 81 ,,,,o, ;n,oros, ond
aninuart T. rIo,ia no diesarIt ~ cav, 20