The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-27
SONS OF VERMONT.
,,.r,oon,cr, ia Newspaper Life.

,.,mou,cr, IL, Newspaper Life.
,,,nt BOYS are bound to come {,
t.prt in whatever profession OF
Nv Iifr they enter, This seems
Sin particularly noticeable in the
.,,rrr world. | can point TO 4
AT "bors' Of Green Mountain
!. ~ cbo are under 10, most of them
W., ...G;jsrahly under that age, who have
,';rel positions Of importance in
@sranor work, work that calls for
!. JIIirrpct Judgment and what is
.,yr in newspaper Offices as "hus-
w. some Of the brightest men on
bir metropolitan dailies of Amer
arc Vermont boys. James Cor.
y, 'Brnrrtt has selected n Bellows
r yI ,hoy George IL. Dickinson.
=, tbe most important position in
y. ,rcat establishment in New York
\ In editoship of the Sunday Her
n Arthur NJ Stone of st. Johns
nry holds another important position
o ;be Herald. Roswell M. Field. Il
S,o, he Of Eugene Field and Yer
r r,g,t Nv Inheritance and tradition,
., an onr of the big Chicago dailics.
!, Bostop George N. Dimond, II native
a Grafton. occupies the position Of day
IN editor of the Globe. Jay b.
rsaton, Guildhall boy, is assistant
rqnasing editor of the journal, and
~ + Chamberlain, another Vermont
d, who elaborated with Mary Will
Iios in the authorship of "The Long
,.n fine 30, 600 syndicate prize
.ta-y is in charge of department
a, the Evening Transcript. Will
C3Jins. Brattlcboro boy, is on the
.tatf of the Springfield Republican.
STATE Senator W. il. Cook of Massa
't9setts born in Vermont, is owner
and editor of the Milford, Mass,
Journal. \, z. Christy. the hustiing
djtor Of the Worcester, Mass, Tele-
rar. was Il native of Morristown and
ALERT Clarke of Boston, widely known
AZ a loyal son Of the Green Mountain
Nate, is editor OF the Home Market
Bulletin and also representative to the
federal court of Massachusetts this
term. John Barrett, son of Grafton,
now L. s. minister in Siam, was APP
nointed by President Cleveland from
he office Of the Portland Ore. Telc.
rsm. Congressman William +.
Barrett OF Boston, editor of the Boston
Advertiser, although not Vermonter
by birth, resided in the state when a
gsuth and here began his newspaper
areor. Many more could be named
bright Young men who are running pa
psrs Of their own or using their brains
md energies for others. i burlington
Grarhic
Rev. Johu f. Smith, whose death
ID Marsovan, Western Turkey, was re-
ported iii Monday mornings cable
aaws, was born in Windsor in 1888
studied in Dartmouth College and the
University of Wisconsin; and was
graduated from Lane Seminary in
lo62. He was appointed missionary
10 the American Board of Foreign
Missions in April |, 1868, and en-
barkcd for the foreign field in May,
1861,
Miss Charlotte Rice. one of the old
nj residents III Michigan and highly
.stmable woman, died at the home of
her nephew, Charles Rice, in Kalama-
100, Monday morning. the 10th. at the |
ICE of % years and 6 months. She |
Vas born in Woodstock in 1903, living
here until coming to Michigan in
SIS. She vas member of st. Luks,s
Episcopal church. and during her life
las helped to build three churches.
When able, she was very active in
hurch and Sunday school work. The
eceased leaves four nephews, j. b.
lice of st, Paul, Mimi. j. s. Rice of
sayerworth, Kan, William of Dallas,
ex., and Charles Rice of Kalamazoo. |
Mrs. Rowena Shelley of Keene, n.
l., celebrated her Tooth birthday ami
arsary Thursday. Mrs. Shelley is the
aughter of the late Rufus and Anna
anstead and was born at Weatberfield.
Then girl in her teens she went to
N. H.. to live with her
1t was there she met
ID married her husband. Oren Shell
y. with whom she lived nearly 20
ars. Mr.. Shelley died May Fl, 1883,
the age Of 90.
Hon. Park Davis of Sioux Falls, SO.
ak, and a native of Athens, presided
er the Minnehaha county 5. ID.
last week, at which Senator
'ttigrew, son of Ludlow, swept
ings, by an overwhelming majority.
er combination that had been
rmed against his leadership of state J
,publicanism. Pettigrew was elect
delegate to st. Louis by the
ate convention Wednesday after an
citing tussle. but had to pledge
mself to sound money and Mckinley.
Capt, S. E. Howard, formerly OF
attleboro and Jamaica. is one OF the
ding candidates for the Office of
,asurer of Newton, Mass. The po-
ion is one of great Importance, with
AIRY Of 5000 year while bond
$4,000 is required.