The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-16
BELLOWS FALLS.
Robbery-Fined for Liquor Selling Other
Town Talk.


From our Regular Correspondehe.I
BELLOWS FALLS, Oct. 10, '91.
Cold weather came down Sunday nigh
and Monday morning Overcoais were nj
cessity. The mercury stood at 800 In diffe
ent parts OF the village. aud vegetation wa
frozen solid. 1t was the first freeze of th
season, and people were no more ready for
than they would have been In August. Sue
Is the dilatorness OF human action.
Dennis Brennan got another visitation |
North Walpole last week. He was fined 81
and costs amounting to $24.48 which he paid
and, presumably, he Is selling again. One O
two things is evident: either the officers owe
the other side OF the river are In earnest, o
they are not. Ii they are, 1t Is getting abou
Tense saddled upon them. Here they hav
been selling and paying fines for months, blu
1t hasn't got beyond first offense In any case
with singh exception. Some people won
der what the reason Is, and others answer
that 1t would be hard to say. 1t Is certain
that II the officers wish TO remove any stig'
mas which NAV be floating, they ought tt
find a second ofiense now and them. Besides
Brennan. William Crowley, Bartholomew
Kiniry, Fred Dooiittle, and Emil Exner
were raided and paid various sums into the
New Hampshire treasury. Crowley waived
examination and gave $3.50 bond for appear.
ance at County court.
& Arms mills Tuesday. The result was
startling II true. From O'Clock until In
the afternoon they drew from 1000 to 1000
cubic feet, or nearly 10000 gallons. There
are many reasons why this may not be true,
and there are, likewise, many why 1t should
be the fact. The only question In the minds
of those who taEe any interest In the subject,
Ia one of knowledge on the part of the bal.
liffs; whether they read the meter correctly
or not. At least they ought to be sure be-
fore telling the figures.
One OF the liquor holes the RBFoRMER has
mentioned as existing on this side, was raid.
ed Saturday. j. Emo had place In Frost's
block, that shanty, slum dwelling north OF
the Commercial House. Pat Fayhee was ar.
rested Saturday for drunkenness, and dis
closed on Emo. The place was searched and
enough stuff found to get him for first Of
his way. poorer In pocket, but rejoicing that
be didn't get indicted for some of those de- |
ceitful second and third otfenses. Now the |
officers eyes are Frightened. they can. may
be. see some Of the other places not a million
miles from the Square, where strong drink
flows freely. and what few brains some men
have, get stolen away every day. Certain
places are visited early each morning, not for
the purpose Of sitting beside the coal stove,
probably. for that has been unnecessary.
None OF the men who go to those places ever
get noisy, hut they oil take something occa-
sionay. Now It isn't against those who buy
that the shafts Of public dlsapproval should
omen defiance Of the law of the State as 1t
exists on tie statute books. There Is no
sensible reason why the purchase or the sale
of a glass of whlskey should be any more a
crime than the purchase or sale of pound
of sugar or salt. True the latter needs no re-
that tue law is defied Why2 Because 1t is
reasonable law and one which commends
Itself to all men, thereby securing coOpera-
ton from all sources to aid In Its enforce |
ment. Give us such law as that regarding |
liquor, and all men will unite 10 enforcing 1t, |
and In supporting the officers while enfOrc- {
Ing 1t. In the mean time, treat all alike, and ]
don't hop on the poor men and shut them ]
up. but give them all dose Of the same.
The fire alarm was tried last Friday and
didn't work, as usual. though the trouble !
was with the bell and not the whistle that J
lime. The bell struck twice and stopped. !
The whistle blew the first round Of box % 4
correctly, but didn't 60 through the series
utter that 1t worked as 1t was guaranteed to
he nut which holds the hammer to the shaft c
lad become loosened and had fallen to the g
loor and the hammer had followed. Wheth. b
r 1t fell because of its own movements or .
vas helped by some evil-ninded or only mis- Q
hievous person, Is another question which =
l
vas on the floor, and haphazard system II
las left an alarm with no one to look out for q
/, 30 there is no reason why 1t should work. N
l little more attention and less faultfnding T
you'd remedy half the difficulties. "
Charlie Bissell and Fred Blake are In du ~
ance vile, awaiting trial for robbing William
NTH from Athens, of $66 In the Peoples -
afe Tuesday afternoon. Smith came into h.
,wn with eos check In bis pocket, and was sn u
ut BY two fellows who took him up to their nv ~
nm. They all had to liquor, Of course, and ~ ~
,ey didn't 60 over the river for 1t either. nc ".
hen two men Joined them, and the four he he
ere Fred Blake, Abner Blake, VIM Leign. II,
n, and Charlie Bissell. After they got as a. a..
Ill as was necessary to feel good, according Oh
shed and then went Into the cafe for din. an
,r. Smith offered to pay and handed Bissell te,
s money to do 1t with. Bissell paid for the hr
nHers, and gave Smith roll of paper To- ~
cad Of bis money. All fsur then left the 10,
ace. They probably divided the proceeds ho
I'd Bissell went to Fitchburg. Blake went dit
another direction, and the other two have ,u;
ade portion of the money was recovered. no
NTH WIS arrested for being drunk and a.
led five dollars and costs. He disclosed on r.
red Blake, and Blake said he bought two 10
larts at Bosworths drug store. Bosworth sio
I'd his clerk were both arrested for selling. soc
Do
ade of the case. Blake and Bissell had t oS
cir examination Wednesday, and were 'o'
und over in $500 bonds for appearance at Y
urt. Failing to get bail, they GU to New No
ne for few mouths sojourn. All but Bis fro
u are railroad men, and he is sou of A FL The
ssell. well known merchant of this vii Mi
re. Young Bissel has been going to the nv
for some years, and has been mixed M
a number OF nasty scrapes, the worst be- Y
: the breaking and entering and taking $40 FaI
I'm Bosworth's drug store the past sum- Ma
n. The money was paid back and the af- Sts
r hushed up at the time. Mr. Bissell re- in |
'es to help the son any more and proposes the
let the law lake its course. One Of them La
] just been promoted to be conductor on wh
} Fitcnbure road. ri,
The agitation of the Black River railroad SIN
estion has developed the fact that better rail-
lite than the one proposed Is from SPRING kee
e to Bellows Falls on the west bank of cou
Connecticut River. This gives route II blir
les shorter to Fitchburg and Boston and L.
miles shorter to New York. This would
,efit Vermont and Bellows Falls will gain n
In trade and travelling facilities. her
States Attornev Hit aoneared Oct
town, and Druggist Bosworth and his nov
rk Perry were hauled before Justice Henry DISC .
Love for liquor selling. as the result OF the Wo
,bery case. 1t was Bosworth's second tipe
'nse. and he was fined 800 and sentenced aaIl
80 days In the house of correction. He INV
K an appeal and gave bonds Perry was 10 !,
ID Sl40 and costs for his first Otfense, =
ich he paid. at"
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