Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

IN "ioS 10 PidylDS aL the Nation
al Rogue tournament at Norwich, Conn
ia the tnird division as a representative
OF 'he recently organized BrattleborC
Rogue Club.
The purple martins that have been
making their home at the bird house al
w Y Horizons, the only ones in town
nave an migrated southwark. All Blu,
FOUR left on the 18th and those on the
Goth.
LAWYER Stowe was at Springfield
| wednesday for the suit of e + Bailey
formerly of Putney but now of Spring
neld, VS. Prucius Manlev over house
bought by defendant at auction. He
gave Judgment and took an appeal
| Cora Nj Barden, As. widow of Ralph
Lawton. died Thursday morning at
| Park cottage after an illness Of abou
I'VE years with chronic articular rheu
matism. She was a native of Turin o
ham, Mass, and came here about wear
and half afo as guest of her brother.
in law, DR. S E Lawton at the Retreat
and while here was taken i'll and has re.
NAMED here since. Her hus band died
here last November. She leaves two
children, Arthur and Edna. The funer-
al will be held this afternoon, Rev + L
Mathison officiating, and the burial
Will be in Morningside cemetery.
The authorities are moving vigor-
ously to abate the tramp nuisance here
which has become very serious one, as
householders are finding. Their story is
that they are here seeking work at the
corn canning factory and it may be true
in rare cases, but generally it is but an
excuse for their focking here. When
they work at all it is usually only
enough to get sufficient money for drink
| while they beg their food and camp out
to eat it. Two of them were arrested
yesterday and arraigned before Justice
Newton under the tramp law which
makes able-bodied men without labor
or visible means of support liable to
fine and incarceration. One of them
80 to SO years old, who gave the name
of John Davis of Providence, r |, plead
guilty, but considering hi age and story
that he wanted to work, was let of with
81 fine and costs. amounting to SOL 4,
which with sl2 costs of commitment
means Sc days in the House OF Correc-
ton. The other, who called himself Jas
Smith and is thorough degenerate
stood trial. The evidence showed him
travelling about stores showing watch
with one hand and levying : cents each
to buy another and also begging tobacco
and becoming very abusive when re-
fused. He also got abusive at court and
officers at the trial and was fined S25 and
costs which altogether will mean about
100 days at Rutland.
Arthur Robertson Of Waltham, Mass,
as he gave it, who has been in the
marine corps, and is quite an intelli-
gent fellow, was arrested this morning
by Officer A F Roberts and also stood
trial. He was travelling about the out
skirts Of the village trying TO sell shoe
strings. His fine was Sl.00, meaning
with costs, 60 days in the House OF
Correction. officer Hall will take all
three of them to Rutland this afternoon.
There is another the officers are after,
who has raised considerable disturbance,
some of it pretty vile in several places.
A few prosecutions of this kind will be
pretty sure to prove effective.
Thatcher Perry, 50, died Yesterday
at his Green street home after 10 days
illness with dysentery, and no citiz.n has
for years passed out from among US with
more general expression of atfectionate
respect, for there is and could be none OF
more genuine and wholesome worth.
Though quiet and unassuming, and mod
estly avoiding prominence,as when he I'M
qualitiedlysrefused the Democratic nomi-
nation for town representative some ~
years ago, he was man unusually we'll
informed and clear thinking, most hearty
and genial to meet, kindly and just
towards all. as honest and true as man
could be-one of whom it would verify
seem to be true that turn his soul ln-
side out, you cannot find speck 90 It,
And those who have watched him
through these sunset years have had an
object lesson of what life of right liv-
ing and right thinking means for old age.
Mr. Perry was native of Brookline,
the son of DR. William and Lora
Perry and his father was a
physician of much prominence and use
fulness for many years in Athens and |
towns. or family OF IL
children. Thatcher was the last survivor
except one half brother, Geo Perry OF
He came to Brattleboro |
IS years ago, worked at the carpenters
trade and for many years after as n.y.
finisher at the Estey works. lie was
one of the "forty-niners" to Californla,
going out with the late f H Harris and
4 number of others from this vicinity
and remaining there for three years. He
helped to bury the first white man that
lied at San Francisco. He did not get
much gold but plenty of experience
as he was wont to say, from his Cail-
'ornia experience, and since his return
has heen his home, and he
was one the pillars ofUnversalist church'
he married Laura daugter of Ezikil Har-
is of Chesterfield. who survives him with
me son, Chauncey Perry. one OF the
publishers OF the Banner at Bennington.
One child died in infancy and the only
,ther one. Engineer Fred L Perry died
! year ago last April at Bellows Fails.
rbe funeral will be held tomorrow from
he house at 3 o N, Rev K h Marvin
,fiiciating, and at Mr. Perry''s request
will be private, for only the Immediate
riends and relatives. The burial VIII
,e in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
n T RYAN returned TUESDAY nighI
rom the Foresters' National Conven,
ion at Detroit.-Mrs j G Estey ana
AIRS II H Crosby are at muster tbs
,eel.-Erpest A Grout. who died in the ;
philippines and whose body has nee1
uried at Cavendish, was the adopted
n T.