davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
BARRE GRANITE WORKERS,
A General Lockout Narrowly Avertsd
Last slight.

\ lockout of ell the granite men 10
Barre aud Montpelier, some 400 in
number, was averttd at II O'Clock
Wednesday night BY the withdra al
of the manufacturers association from
an ulitmatum presented ty them to
the unions Wednesday morning. The
union employees at Mulch e Calte's,
some 90 in number are on strike owing
to the refusal of the company to dis
charge Bn apprentice, who, the union
men declare, was hired contrary to a
clause in the agreement with thu
manufacturers association regarding
the number Of apprentices that may
be employed in shop.
the manufacturers association sent
an ulitmatum to the granite cutters
and tool sharpeners' unions declaring
that uuless the strike was declared off
all the granite workers in that section
would be locked out yesterday morn
ing. y mass meeting. attended by
1900 Of the men, vas held Wednesday
afternoon, at which it was voted to
stand by the strikers
The manufacturers were in session |
from 7 until II o'clock Wednesday
night and at midDi light withdrew tt e !
ultimatum. They agreed to submit |
the disputed clause for Interpretation |
II eX-Mayor 7 II Browne of Rutland. |
who drew up the agreement nov 10 |
force between the manufacturers ard
their employ ees
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

Dog days came in with slight rain
Wednesday night and another Thurs
day night but cleared away so as to
be fairly good hay days making six
good days for having. Many of our
farmers are finished while others have
hardly begun.
The children of Mr. md Mrs K II
Ober gathered with them Sunday 10
celebrate their 2oth anniversary.
Miss Eta jackson returned home
Sunday accompanied by Mrs Eta
Lewis from Bellop Falls. Miss Mar.
ella Nourse returned to her home 10
Clsremont last Thursday accompanied
by her cousin. Bertha Gallup. Mr.
and Mrs Charles Abbott vent to
Windham Sunday to visit Mrs ABB
bolts parents. - Mrs Henry Walsh has
arrived to join het husband here in
his summer stay. Rev and Mrs
Goodrich were at A G Nourses Toes.
day and Wednesday. Henry Buffers
saw deer Sunday. Mrs Eta Lewis
returned home ednesdsy.- Mrs Clar
ence Brown went With her. Mrs Lucy
Page went on the excursion Tuesday.
Leon Buffers who cut his foot in
May is unable to walk on it yet. Mrs
Hattie Kendall is very low.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
Duu,msrstOn Centre.

The reception given the pew pastor
10 the church vestry last Friday evenir &
proved very enjoyable one. There was
quite 40 attendance of bot1 old and
Young. Ice cream and cake YVES served
snd the music by E Ii Miller and others
was fine.
Mrs Ami'la Lawton Morse an old
resident of the town is critically i'll at
the old home of Augustine Lawton,
her brother, and be. recovery is con-
sidered doubtful. She has sun, John
Morse from Springfield Mass, al a
daughter caring for her.
Quite number from here attended
the excursion to block lslaud Saturday.
Fay Miller one of our enterprising
young men is intending to go through
course at the Commercial College at
Spring field, Mass.-Miss Lolla Reed of
Brattleboro is visiting her grandfather,
+ n Reed.-Mrs Pratt is with her sister,
Mrs Lyude ut West Bratfleboro, who is
very low -Senstor + H Miller with Mr.
Young of Brattleboro, Will May and Mr.
boyle went to Sunset Lake Monday,
fishing.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
BODY THAT OF MRS. LEACH.
NJ. j. Leach of Fletcher Identifies Corpse
Found in WinoOski River.

MI Leach of Fletcher has positively
identified the body of the woman found
10 the Winooski river Tuesday evening
as that OF his wife, Mrs Mary l. Leach,
who disappeared in Burlington Satur-
day July 3. The body was discovered
coating in the Winooski river at about
! 80 O'Clock. An examination Of the
body showed the only clothicg TO be
black waist. corsers and corset cover.
The body was badly decomposed, the
flesh in places being S, far gone that
the bones could be seen. The hair was
entirely gone. There were no rings up.
on the hands and few marks of idcnti-
iicaton could be found.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

And this man Harvey is son of
Vermont, who vent from the neigh
boring town Of Barnet to expand, in
tho wi1er realms ami under the mere
suspicious conditions hey ond her Dor
ders, into tie man of many capacities.
II acquire fame ard achieve commence
elsewhere I'm the worlds broad field
of battle. At home he might have
represented his town in the lcgisla.
ture, Had he been a Republican,
Caledonia county might have been
sent to the Senate, or he might have
been a candidate for governor or mem
Der Of congress, to be knocked out by
some ninble manipulator of the pri.
mares or exploiter of the agencies
that have made possible 10 recent
years certain victories in conventio on
which have become notorious rather
than famous in tie states later politi
cal history
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
THREE BOYS SHOT.
Terrible Accident In stowe Caused by
Discharge OF n Gun In Hands OF
BOy.-Dtdn't Know II Was Loaded.

Terrible Accident In stowe Caused by
Discharge OF Gun In Hands OF II
Boy.-Didnt Know II Was Loaded.
Three boys in bathing were shot
and one Of them killed at Stove Tues,
day by boy who claims he did not
know his quo was loaned.
A Ian named Fisk, son OF Chas
Fisk of Waterbury, aged about ~
years; Rolard Gibbs, aged about g.
son of Melvin Gibbs and Philip
Adams, sge1 shout I5, son Of lra in
Adams, both of Stove we're in bath
ing in the stream not far from the res
idence of Frank Morse, whose wifs is
sister of the boy who was killed.
George Gale, aged about l6, only son
of Frank Gale, was out hunting
woodchucks and seeing the boys
aimed his gun at them and without
warning pulled the trigger.
To his great surprise and consternH-
ton there was a report and two Of
the boys fell ard the other was slight
ly injured. The Fisk boy was in.
stantly killed, 10 shot taking effect
in his head and body. Roland Gibbs
vas very seriously Injured. nine shot
striking him in the arm, leg and side.
One shot entered his abdomen aad
the Wound is a dangerous nuc.
Philip Adams was not seriously hunt
being slightly wounded in the knee.
Some of the shot which hit the
Gibbs boy went right through the
flesh of his arm ard leg, but the other
shot penetrated so deep that they were
lot removed and the wound in the
,b6OmpD may Droyp fatal The rbrt |
which hit the Adams boy were just
beneath ths SKIN and were easily re.
moved.
The Gale boy who did the shooting
; in great anguish over his deed as
'e claims be had no intention of in
uring the boys and did not think his
un YVES loaded. His parents are very
espectable citizens of the town.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

The Reformer may admit that tie
Senate represents the population,
but if so, it will admit someth inc
that isn't true, in essence. The Sen.
ate represents the population only
nomirally.
First, because one Senator each is
given TO the smaller counties of the
state, regardless of population.
Second, because the basis of repre-
sentation in the Senate is such that
one-thlrd of the whole vote of Vermont
is suppressed-i e, tae Deu ocratic
vote.
Our Senate represents arbitrary di
visions of land, not the population.
Our House represents arbitrary rnd
smaller divisions of laud, not popula.
ton.
Senate and House represent dirt.
and not American manhood
Shall it be so forever?
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

From the st AIbaus Messenger.
Do YOU read such newspaper items
as this; THE states attorney of
Bennington county has entered upon
Il crusade against thieves ard will
pros cute every thief to tho utmost
limit of the lawY' Or 1T is under
stood that Judge --- has directed
the states attorney OF -- c1unty
to at orce proceed agaiest all bigam
lists 10 his jurisdiction and that "a
vigorous war has been declared against
sll violators of the marriage !aws:'
No. But you 90 read about it every
time anybody mikes peep about the
enforcement of the pfohiDitory Law.
What sirgles out this prohibitor.y Law
as the one particular law whose en-
fOrcement causes more talk and costs
more money and gives least satisfac-
ton If any statute on the books:
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

Mr. Green leaves besides the wife, to
whom he was the kindest Of husbands
and who has the deepest OF sympathy
Of all in her sorrow, one brotbef
Elijah Green Of Halifax Center, two
sister,. Mrs Dexter Bond OF Hale and
Mrs Mary StrattIn of Northfleld,
Mass. also mnnv relatives and as
friends. all wbo knee him and knew
his sterling worth.
Miss Florence Upton is helping at
IS h Worden's for short time. ID )
Worden and sons sold their heavy
oxen this wees. Charles Holmes,
Who has been sick. is improving.
Harold and Clara rrouty went on the
excursion Saturday. 5 Is Worden
found nice COW dead in the pasture
recently. Will Wheeler is cutting
part of the hay on the Gilchriat place
Hay is much better crop than last
year.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

From the Ludlow Tribune.
The Morrisville News and Citizen
IS a strong supporter of the prohibit
tory Law and presumably OF its appen-
dix, the town agency system. But the
local columns of the News and Citizen
tell some funny tales out of school
now and then. Here is one of them ;
"A barrel of ale was sold off at the
agency pretty rapidly last week. 1t
came in quart bottles, Instead of pints
as heretofore, and VAS billed at the
same price. As soon as it became
known that quart of ale could be
had for ten cents, sickness was great. -
1t is the same old story 1t mskes
no difference what the law is in Hyde
Park or in LUDLOW. 1t is the price
of liquor that affects the sale. If the
N stake was in billing the ale, why
wasn't it rectified before sellirg?
Why was the sgert so willing and
anxious TO get rid OF it: Why doesn t
the News and Citizen say right out
that the Hyde Park agency is simply
a sal ons That is the truth.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

The funeral of Mrs l. l. Allen WAS
held at her late home Friday at , 2 NJ,
Rev 0 Ii Palmer officiating. Her son,
Sylvester. and daughter Flora Hooker,
were here to attend the funeral from
Massachusetts. MIS- Allen was the
mother of 10 children, seven IF whom
are dead She is survived by her hus
band. two SONS. one daughter. one sis
ter, Mrs D Grout of Wards boro, and
II grandchildren.
Fred II LGckev has moved from
Grout Mills to West Dover.-Wilbur
Drury If South birmingham, Mass.
lately returned from the United States
service in the Philippines, ia visiting
his brother William of this plsce. - Geo
A Williams has adopted Ida May Allen,
daughter of D p Allen.-Mr and Mrs
Charles Hescock of Hoosic Falls. n Y,
are in town visiting relatives. Miss Fl
della Bills of Newfane is visiting her
brother Lyman at Grout Mills and other
relatives.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

The ladies' Of the Methodist chucrh
held missionary nesting at tie
home of Mr. and Mrs u ID Nawton on
Ne4fane Hill Miss Alice l. White.
principal of the school for colored
girls in Montgomery. Ala, was with
them and gave very interesting talk.
Cake ard ice-cream vera served and
all were pleased with the work of til e
afternoon.
The annual open-air meeting will be
held at Bsncassoo. Newfane Hill, on
Sunday Aug 4, ct 3 o'clock p m. Ad.
dresses will be made by Rev and Mrs
l. p Broad of Kansas, Rev X Z Dan.
forth of Newfsne and Miss Alice
White of Alabama, principal of the
Montgomery institution for colored
girls, Miss White will also sing South
ern religious melodies. The johnson
brothers the popular Vermont vocal
lists will furnish music for the occa-
sion, with piano accompaniment. \ |
are cordially invited.
The auction of the things belong.
ing to the late Mrs Fisher was held
on Saturday last. Some things brought
a good price and some were disposed
of at low figures. latham Perry
bought some Of the best of the furui-
ture, also the land and orchard. The
latter brought some less thaa $500.
Mrs Edgar Fisher If Shrewsbury has
Joined her husband here, and they
will assist their father in getting his
things to bis new home in Worcester.
j \ Young hears from his tenants
in Missouri that the drouth is very
severe there, cot only for corn but
also for hay, grain AID fruit. Mr.
Young will be leLieHt with them if
they cannot pay their rents.
Mr. and Mrs W Fl Newton and
Elsie, with Charles H
Dickinson, have returned from their
rip to the White Mountains and after
pending a few days with Mr. and Mrs
D ID Dickinson. left on Tuesday morn.
ng for their home iu Wallingford,
Conn. Orlando Morgan of Wakefield. |
Mass. spent last Sunday in town. -
1arrs Eoogkins and Miss Gleason of |
|amaicH made short call on Mrs G |
: Park on Wednesday. -Charles |
George of Wells River has returned to |
lis work 10 the steam milo X |
,tedmao has bad charge of the rrist |
Mill while the proprietor. John vii. |
Jams, Joined the camping party of
ast week.-Mrs. Abbie ADAMS is at
Irattleboro caring for her sister. Mrs
lartin Bailey, who is ill.-Oliver C
iorse is very poorly and hardly able
D sit up at all. Fred Chase Of Bos-
On has Ioined the campers AT Sunset
Ike. Some of the party came home
tuesday. Others sill stay until FRI
ay. Ii
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR WOMEN.

eh"e hSANAI, anu Tie W-l-se
condolences of women are treated N
the same strict professional priyacy n
served by DR.. Pierce in personal c9-s
tations with women at the Irv8k
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Bgs,,I
n. Y. Address DR.. K. V. Pierce, h
fslo, n. Y.
This offer of free consultation by,.-.S
is not to be classed with the s3.asI
offers Of free medical advice made 4
those who having neither prctsssio:.
training nor experience are meiica-B
and legally unqualified to give the |.
vice they offer. Although ii takes nrl
than a diploma to make a good phus
clan yet the medical diploma is es,.:
tial as witnessing to professional s.!rs
and training. 1t is we'll for women u
examine into offers of "ftee re!aE
advice" and to ascertain whether b.
offer is made by those competent n
fessioually and legally to give media
advice. Any one can offer ueiuR
advice" but such advice from ore I'll
is rot medically educated and cuai.:A
is not only worthless but dangerous
In little over thirty years Dr.. PERIL
chief consulting physician to the l1nH
lids Hotel and Surgical institute, Bl /
falo, n. Y, assisted BY his staff OF nsst.
score Of physicians, has treated I'll
cured hundreds of thousands OF wei
and sick women. Write therefore With
out fee as without fear to Dr.. R. u
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The effort of some dealers to sell n
substitute for "Favorite Prescription q
Must as good" is due to the fact III Z
less rneritorious preparations pay li;;saa
more profit. Insist on having the med
cine which makes weak women s.,olE
and sick women we'll.
TO HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
The best medical work for the ho-Is
is DR.. Pierce's Common Sersa Mak
ical Adviser. This great work treats II
health and disease from the view-po!..N
of common sense. 1t contains loSk
large pages and is sent FREE on rece:r
stamps to pay expense OF mailing 6FiN
Send al one-cent stamps for the b0iE
In paper-covers, or 81 stamps for LII
cloth-bound volume. Address Dr.. R. vi
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
WOMAN DIED IN DOCTORS OFFICE.
Mysterious Affair at Cuttingsvilie.-
Names OF Principals Unknown.

NybtsrlOuh AuHH nv SuItihksNuie'-
Names or Principals Unknown.
A man and woman, the man about 30
years and the woman %, got off the
train at Cuttingsvlle late last evening
and went at once to Dr. w r Blossom =
{ flee. In a few moments the woman
was taken violently i'll and died 10 an
hour. This morning the autopsy re-
vealed the fact that the woman was
pregnant. No further facts were given
out. The names of the parties are not
known to the authorities. States Attor-
ney G f Lawrence is investigating the
case. DR. Blossom states he had not
treated the woman in any way. The
man left town Immediately. ostensibly
TO notify the girls friends. and said he
would return early this morning. but
did not come back. The names Of the
man and woman are known to no one
connected with these parts. The body
was sent to Burlington today for exam
ination TO ascertain IL deat1 was due to
poison.
- 1t has since been learned that the
unfortunate woman Was the domestic
10 the family of Mr. Arson at Reading
and the man who accompanied her
was Earl Ansor.
Mrs Aneon who comes from Chit
tender, hts been absent from Reading |
for some months.
1t woul seem, from the sinking |
spells OF the ubknosn woman, beth |
on the train and while going to the |
office of DR. Blossom, that her danger
Gus condition was the result of some
hing that he'd happened TO her be-
ore SIZE arrived at Cuttingsville.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

even power!ess TO help the sufferer.
| One such husband thus relates his ex-
| perience
~ take pleasure in writing you to let
YOU know about your Favorite Prescrip-
| ton" says Mr.. +. f. Fricke, Of Peters
burg, Menard Co., Ills, Box 367. MY
wife had been sick nearly all her life,
and after trying everything could think
of made up my mind to try 'Favorite
Prescription | sent to Chicago and got
spoonful three times a day, until the
the first bottle, and when baby was born
he weighed nine and half pounds.
To-day be is six months old and weighs
twenty-five pounds. He is as good a
child as any one could wish. The doctor
says he is as healthy as anv baby could
be. and also the doctor says your Favor
lite Prescription was the cause OF such
healthy baby. l felt / owed you this
much for the good You did my wife aud
for my own happiness"
HIS "BETTER HALF"
The reference to the wife as the
rbetter half" is made sometimes half
humorously. But in his heart every
man feels that the old phrase expresses
a fact When the wife is sick the whole
fabric of home totters to its fall. When
the wife is confined to her bed the hus.
band leads half life, life from which
the sunshine and laughter have been
taken away. 1t is not to be wondered
at therefore. that husbands express their
gratitude for the cures which follow the
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
What change from sickly bed-ridden
wife, helpless and miserable, to a wife
who is once more able to guide the
house" in health and happiness.
My wife was afflicted with uterine
trouble for several years" writes Mr..
!. c. Day, of Little Britain, Lancaster
Co., Pa, Wand in November, 1898, the
loctor said she had a rlishap. He
reated her for about two months or so,
out there was but little improvement. l
wrote you after she had commenced to
axe 'Favorite Prescription and you
old us to get Golden Medical Discov-
ry' also. She took six or seven bottles
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

The gasoline yacht Zeta, which ar
rived at Burlington Saturday, is max
ing an unusual trip. Starting with a
party from New Orleans she sailed by
way of the golf and the Atlantic coast
to New YORK, thence UP the Hudson
and through the Delaware and HUDSON
canal to Lake Champlain. From Bur
lington her course is to be through
the Richelieu ard st Lawrence riv-
ers to the great lakes and thence to
Chicago, from which city she will
pass by canal to the Mississippi and
proceed again to New Orleans.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

The house and barns known as tn,
Waterman place in Bradford wer,
burned 10 the ground SATURDAY morn
ing. The fire is supposed to have
been the work Of lncendiaries.
Charles R Holden's steam saw mil
10 Sherburre was burned early Jul,
20. The loss is about $1,000 partially
covered by icsuratce The origin OF
the ire is unknown. The mill will be
rebuilt
The Cratic City creamery Of Barre.
r l. Hlnsdale. proprietor, has been
closed by the serviCg of "a writ Of at.
tachment. DR. 4 o Worthen is toe
largest creditor, his claim being 500,
but there are large number of small
er creditors.
BY falling BACKYARD from a verands
a young daughter of MIR and Mrs
George E Allen of Burlington, came
near breaking her neck. As it was
the child broke both bones in one
arm ana received terrible bruises
about the heBd
OWING TO dispute over the hiring
OF an apprentice at the Match II Cal
ders granite works in Barre GO men
employed there have quit work repd-
ing settlement 1t is not strike as
yet hut strike will be ordered unless
an agreement is reached.
Ex-city Judge Walter Barney. and
for yearly 20 years leading citizen of
Barre, has removed to Alva, Fla.
where be will manage plantation anu
practice law. The removal is due to
the i'll health of Mrs Barney.
The veneer manufacturing plaot of
Blair Il DeLarm at Newport was
hurled Monday, causing a so. 600 loss.
The Insurance. amounts to 5000.
A +th class postmaster appointed for
Vermont is NJ IL Dodds AT North Eern
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
Grove =

The whole community was shocked
to learn of the sudden death last week
CT Elliot Green of heart disease He
worked as usual that day and after
the work was done at night went out
TO move soma chickens, as he was TAX
ing them out of the sack counting
them. he fill forward Oh the ground,
Walter Baker who was helping him,
calico to Mrs Green. she RAISED his
head but he was unconscious AMI oLly
lived few moments. He was life
lopg resident of the town, universally
respected and esteemed. taxing an
a;tive interest in the welfare of the
tawn, holding various Offices and was
serving on the buarG of selectfuen at
the time of his death. The funeral
wss held at the house Thursday, Rev
Mr. Smith of Vest Halifax and Rev
y A Smith officiating. Interment in
the cemetery near Mrs Eta Bells.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
West Dunn nlerstOn.

4 mistake was made in last week :
Retorner in printing the description
Of the granite block taken out Of the
quarry here. 1t was SO feet long in
stead of 6 feet and AZ tors weight, in
stead of 20 tons.
The two justice cases for disturbing
the peace which came up for trial
lsst week Thursday, the 18th, and
continued to the 29tt, have been
withdrawn by the town grand juror, S e
Estsy. The complaints in these two
cases we're for disturbing of the peace
apd rot for intoxicGton as many un-
derstood it to be.
Several of our people enjoyed a
pleasant visit to Sunset lake for r
few days outing. 1t is beautifully sit
uated high up amorg the hills of West
DumTers due west from our vii.
lage about five miles, a favorite resort
for fishing ana camping out. Several
cottages are on the shore around the
lake, can le rented by the day or for
the season.
Mrs Eta Norcross gave a pleasant
party in honor of her guest, Miss
Maud Crosby.
A pleasant concert was given Wed.
nesdsy evening iE Tosnsend hall by
the Chase family consisting of in
strumental and vocal solos and duets,
also a recitation, THE Polish Boy"
when was fiDely rendered by Miss
Pauline Chase
Mrs Arthur and Mrs Nelson Dunklee
who have been visiting their husbands
here, returned Thursday to their
homes in Maine, by wsy of Roston
and Portland Mr. and Mrs Frank
Wyman of Brattleboro ale visiting at
her fathers, W W lturnham's. Albert
Wilson and wife from Springfield,
Mass, are speeding few days at his
fathers, W W Wilson's. Mrs Belle
Wilson Of Springfield, is spending a
few days vito her brather, Charles F
Wilson. David Bailey snd family
from Brsttleboro are at his fathers
Spending the summer.