The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24
VARIOUS NJ MATTERS.
SUGAR MAKERS, CONVENTION.
Profitable Talk aud Discussion and
successful First DnN.


: Profitable Talk and Discussion ana n
successful First Day.
The fourth annual meeting and ex
l hibit Of the Vermont Maple Sugar
Makers association opened IN Armory
hall in Montpelier Wednesday with
( about $50 of the 600 members present.
extensive exhibit of sugar-making ap.
| Rutland. The Vermont Farm Machine
+ company of Bellows Falls and the
J Leader Evaporator company of Enos-
burgh Falls show evaporators and
gathering tanks. A.. M. Foster of
Cabot has a large showing of spouts,
covers and tapping bits, and William
Hubb of Jacksonville exhibits an in
g~enious bucket washer. In the hall
above is the largest exhibit of pail,
stirred and cake sugar, syrup maple
candy and maple cake ever seen in the
state. Conspicuous ia this exhibit
are the three tables of L. X. Osgood
of Rutland covered with syrup sugar,
confectionery and cakes, about 300
packages, in all. Other exhibits of
sugar and syrup are Il. b. Barney's of
Underhill, Fl. II. Templeton's of East
Montpelier, a. M. FoGter's of Cabot,
f. l.. Boss of Randolph, G. w. DIM
stead's of Waitsfield, G. L. McMahon's
of Stowe and Josiah CIRCUITS of Derby /;
in all nearly a hundred exhibitors.
The convention was called to order in
the afternoon aud a cordial address of
welcome was given by ". A. Lord.
President Kenheld then delivered his
annual address, referred to the fact
that Vermont produces more maple
sugar and syrup than any other state
in the Union and nearly as much as
all the other states combined. Sew
eral counties in the state produce more
sugar than does the whole state of
Ohio. He urged the passage of a law
with a penalty for false branding, and
said that consumers would in time
learn that if they buy only from mem
bers of this association they will never
get adulterated goods. Mr.. Kentield
advocated the formation of a maple
sugar bureau or board of trade, and
expressed his belief that the federal
government will pay the bounty due
the sugar makers of Vermont. Z. r.
Towle of the st. Adams Messenger
read an essay on the effects of soil.
climate and locality upon the quality
and quantity of maple products. \
discussion followed. led by l.. K.
Tabor of Westford, on which is the
most essential. color or flavor, in
maple sweets. v. T.. Spear Of Brain
tree, Mr.. Whitney of Williston, L. b.
Barney of Williston, &. II. Grimm of
Rutland and others participated. In
the evening Josiah Grout of Derby de-
liyered an address on Future Pros
poets and Possibilities of Vermont
Maple Sugar and Syrup as a Profitable
Farm Crop and was followed by a
discussion on the probability of pro
ducers in receiving the bounty now
due them, led by President kentield.
An Elevator Accident.
An accident occurred at the foundry
of the scale works at st. bloomsbury,
Wednesday afternoon in which Joseph
Bussher was seriously hurt. He was
riding up the elevator and neglected to
look ont for a beam which crosses
the elevator well. AS ii result he was
hit on the head by the beam. The
beam graZed one side of his head
severely. breaking several bones and
badly iniuring his shoulder and arm.
He was carried at once TO the new
hospital where everything was done TO
relieve his sutferings. AT last accounts
he was reported by the physicians as
getting along as we'll as could be en-
pected.
The Highway Commission
Ameeting of the state highway com
mission was held at St. Adams Satur-
day to look over the annual reports of
the town commissioners, to arrange for
winter meetings in the various counties
and to plan for the work of the coming
season. The reports in general show
that the present system OF n com
missioner and the road tax is vastly
superior to the only system, resulting
in great savings in expense and re-
markable improvement in the roads.
Under the new system 800 goes as far
as $50 did under the old. The board
has now ready for distributions for
commissioners, u pamphlet embracing
the highway laws of the state.
He Has Come 10 II. /,
Mayor W. ]. Van Patten of Burling
ton, has given the chief of police in
structions to order the closing Of all
and hotel bars in the city, the
order to remain in force on all Sundays.
The result has been that, with the
exception of one or two back doors.
every hotel bar was closed all day and
evening Sunday. Latcr-Tne mayor :
is now reported to deny the above. $
The twenty first annual convention t
Of the Vermont Bee-K Keepers a~ssocia {
ton will be held in Burlington on s
Wednesday and Thursday. January % /
30. A. programme full of interest to {
ee-keepers will be discussed during I
the two days. c
Will Humphrey, of East Burke, had q
ankle crushed and one leg broken I
in an accident last Wednesday. q
Rev. p. n. Granger. of Irasburgh,
last week Monday and broke his
leg.
Henry West of Jay, was run over by !
/ team one day last week and quite 1
BADLY hurt. =
VIII. Marcy of Fairfield, a meat !
a fell dead by his cart in front of =
he Bingham house at Bakersfield i
Monday, Just as he had filled an order n
G
Leander Laverly OF East Burke. met V
With a very serious accident while a
working in the woods last Friday. C
While skidding some logs n of the a
races became unhitched and as he v
eaned over to fix it, one the horses n
licked him in the face, breaking his Il
lose and cheek bore and putting out t,
me eye. fl
Apollo Lodge, No. ,, Knights of Il
1vthias. at st. ,Johnsbury, dedicated b