The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-15
BENNINGTON COUNTY,
First Vermont Chapter Of the Children
of the American Revolution

The first chapter in Vermont of the National
society OF the Children of the American RevO.
| luton was Organized at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Burdett in Arlington on Saturday.
There are Is cfartermembers,a lldescendants Of
treat great great grandfather Timothy Brown
SON, through his sons Gideon. Timothy AMI
Eli BrownsOn The Society of The Children or
the American Revolution is for the object Of in
cutatlng ~ lis members love for and knOwl-
eage OF the principles und institutions of their
ancestors. u is under the guidance and gov
eminent OF the Daughters of the American
Revolution All children under is years of age
IRE eligible provided they descend in a Ill Get
inc from patriotic ancestors who helped Il,
plant or 10 perpetuate this country in the coli
MES the revolutionary war, or in any way.
Man Missing.
Charles Buffum of Sugar hill in WaIingforfl,
has not been seen since he started on Saturday
from his work in Peru to walk home through the
WOODS. Btifum worked for lIapgood & Stiles
ne was born and bred in the section of country
about Dandy, and 1t is thought that he must have
ne, with some accident. The route between
Peru and Waingford lies over Mount Tabor
ana Is one OF the widest sections of the county
PARTIES have been searching through the woods
Tor bufl,lm, but have found 10 trace OF him.
tefday and all hands joined in the hunt.
Fatal Shooting Accident.
fatal accident occurred a, North Dorset ON
FRIDAY afternoon, Immediately after school had
peeh dismissed. a young man named Petty
arm d gun loaded and cooked The schoolbovs
gathered around him and one of them named
hoDer's, lad only six years old came up he
hind him and pulled the trigger. The bullet
passed through the right lung OF n johnson hoy.
whodied TWO minutes afterward. The boy was
siN years old. The jackassnamcd Petty ought to
oe hanged Tor murder, or, at the very Least. i'm
pr.soned for life. He is too big fool to he suf
Tered TO roam at large in the community
:, Fred Martin, of Bennington, whose arrest at
Fonda, Y, on charge OF horse stealing was
reported last week, has been released from
custody. Martin aud Casey pastured their
horses together, and as the animals closely re.
'embled each other Martin took Caseys horse
BY mistake and had driven it around the village
several weeks before going away. He was re-
eased, on payment of costs after this explana-
ion.
AS Rudolph LeCuir and Richard Molioy of
furnace were riding home to North Adams
rom stamford, they collidcd with another
cam M0lloy was thrown out and painfully
,rulsed. LeCuir got out OF the wagon, which
vas damaged by the collision, and asked the
river OF the other wagon, who was going to
ettle. Thereupon, LeCuir alleges, the driver
AID, u VIII" and LeCuir was hit on the fore
cad with whip, presumably. He was made
nconscious for a short time and it is found that
Is skull is fractured at the base of the brain
nj he lies in critical condition at the North
dams hospital. 1t is believed the man who
Dmmilted the assault is known. The police
ere not notified of the matter.
About 50, 900 have been pledged fora soldiers
in Manchester.