Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
v.1TERS IN VERMONT.
'. ,rvs OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD

...,,o Water suitA Good Bear Record
-, Freight Collision at Poultney-
" New Soldiers Memorial Building
s,r Industry for Burlington-About Some
,n Known vermonters- Military Promo.
Barrels Water Complication.
~ Clara Parker of Essex Junction
W, .5ra Ia Germany as stenographer
r,rsu. General Woman.
~. Demars of st. Adams, was
X, Of Isle La Motto Friday by. the
Y, ,.srral discharge of gun, while
& va. duck hunting.
Nr-., Wnooski and La Platte rivers
- i-ozfn over and present miles of
sk.nar, skating. The Champlain
.,i ba, a.osed for the season.
rn Hoisington and Walter Archer
pSrdolph recently shot a large
= haar on the mountain west of
,. IN depot. 1t weighed 240 lbs.
is fur was exceptionally thick
~ II the roof stones quarried at
,'..s for the Hobart mausoleum
, ' =. 700 pounds, and is the larg
".'-rsr married there. The last three
49, f5r this work are to be shipped
sl}re January l. ,
p.v John Davis Ewing resigned
-. ~ the rectorship of ST. James
jm.b. Woodstock, Sunday, saying
y II. h. must leave at once. He has
.-, ~ the position less than two
~. and his resignation is surprise
\ he church.
~ -4vard Judd. an aged hunter who
4 I ,Tsr eighty years old, is still living
Rsar swamp, near Montpelier. He
IN GOOD health and spirits and as
IKE. his great age to his total alb
4-rsrra from soap and water for the
N fit! wears.
~ lanes Hale Bates, who died last
~; in Brooklyn, n, y, was born
~ Proctorsyille. He was one of the
senators Of the mercantile registry
s.r:irpss and accumulated a fortune
i, He was educated in the Uni
@T;.ity Of Michigan.
! Stiles McMullen, the notorious old
#-;mp who has been so extensively
tgfttised for many years as the man
S,f6 had seen. every president of the
#-ri,ed States. applied to the High
w4 orerseer of the poor for assistance
~sntlv and has been taken TO the
NQr house.
r5rpora Edward Worthington of
@yr,b Bennington was Monday even
70 unanimously elected second lieu
ggTanr Of Co. X. Vermont National
4igsrd. He is considered one of the
III non commissioned officers of the
8rtany and is descended from an old
Military family.
northbound freight on the Della
rare and Hudson crashed into south
5yand freight which stood on siding
III Poultney Saturday noon. Two
St,akemen were probably fatally in
med. Both engines were badly
9-8sbed and three carloads of slate
mined. \ switch is thought to have
,4en left open, causing the collision.
Merritt Robbins of Hancock caught
\ Il: ninety second bear last month. A
4 ,rge bear got on one of his traps this
-o1th but escaped with the trap. Nh.
a5bbins thinks it must have weighed
5ou. 400 pounds. The trap was a
,atent steel one weighing fifteen
punds and from the marks made by
.,uiu he seemed to have made off with
4 with ease.
will Hall. who was found dead in
he woods near Lowellton, Me-, No
yenber l6, was a resident of Barton
Landing. and left wife and two
young children. He was out hunting
nth friend, the two became sepa-
ated. he lost his way and after wan
!ering about for days he lay down
llly short distance from camp and
toze to death.
The Lumiere North American COM
,aly, limited, Manufacturers OF photo
graphic dry plates and Photographic,
PAPER will begin at once the work OF
olstructing their new plant at Howard
?ark, Burlington. About 500, OOO Will
se invested and the concern Will EN-
gloy at first about 100 operatives. The
main plant of the company is located
il Lyons, France.
The pupils of the room of Miss
Bessie VI. Otis in a Rutland school,
have received word that they won the
fist prize in the geographical puzzle
contest which has been conducted py
the New York Herald This prize was
worked out by all the pupils of the
school in common. The prize VIII
consist Of six excellent books ano
these will be read in turn by the va
'lous pupils.
4 Washington correspondent says
hat Vermont's Congressman Foster
will doubtless be pronounced the yer!
handsomeSt man in the new congress
he is under middle age and has las,
chatting face and graceful figure; HIS
iorehead is high, his eyes are blacR
and instinct with intelligence, and his
noustache and stylish sidewhiskers
s,e becomingly tinged with gray.
Withal. he dresses in exquisite TASTE
Stove is to have handsome soldiers
nemorial building, the gift of Hon
4. c. Akeley of Minneapolis, MINI.
native Of the town. 1t is to cos,
&j,00Q, to be colonial in style ano
ouilt Of marble, granite and BRICK II
he most substantial manner and VII
te dedicated TO the soldiers OF tht
evil war. 1t will contain a memorla
lall, town offices, library and reading
nom, postoffice, and opera house. ahe
expected to be completed for dedl
:atlon during Old Home Week.