Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-06-27

Last Weeks Washouts.
Capt j. f. Hoyle, inspector genera
of the army, arrived at Fort Etha
Allen Monday for the annual inspectio
of the post.
1t is expected that the annual mus
ter of the Vermont National Guar
will be held this year at the stat
camp ground near Fort Ethan Allel
the first or second week in August
S. A. Andrews, for 10 years superin
tendent of the Industrial school a
Vergennes, has resigned, to take etfec
September |, at which time Professo
ingalls, of Hyde Park will succeed him
Mrs. W. Seward Webb was badly in
jured by severe fall from her horse
which became frightened and bolted
at Shelburne Farms Friday. She wa
unconscious for several hours, but j
now improving.
Walter Frisbie, 80 Weybridg,
farmer, committed suicide Monda,
morning by cutting his throat with /
razor. He was respondent over bust
ness troubles. He leaves a wife anc
little daughter.
One of the prominent summer visi
tors in Vermont this year will be the
Hon. L. NJ Shaw, secretary of the
treasury, who with his wife and three
children will spend the summer al
Thompson's Point, Charlotte
Chairman Harris of the Democratic
state committee Friday morning sent
notices to the other members of the
committee to meet at the Van Ness
house, Burlington, Friday evening,
June p, to select the time and place
for holding the state convention.
William Mason of Winhall, escaped
from the bouse of correction at Rut-
land Saturday night by filing through
an iron bar which confined a pail of
iron doors. He was committed to the
institution 31a months ago for term
of 10 or II months for liquor selling.
He was trusted prisoner. No clue to
his whereabouts could be found.
Rutland has another smallpox case,
that of James Fitzgerald who came to
the city from Fairhaven and was taken
to the pest house after exposing an I'M
known number of people He had been
i'll for several days and the spread of
the epidemic is generally expected at
Rutland and in Fair Haven, where the
greatest excitement prevails. This is
the 18th case in Rutland this year.
H. B. Bottum of Craftsbury, while
trying to get in to dinner at the Pavil
was relieved of SIS. 30. j. W. Peck's
pocket was picked of purse contain
ing about $50 in money and $500 in
checks and otes as he boarded the
train for his home in West Corn
wall. L is reported that several small
er sums were taken, one of which was
50 from a delegate.
Dewey hall at Norwich university,
which has been erected in
honor of Admiral George Dewey, was
formally opened Sunday afternoon and
the baccalaureate to the senior class
served as the dedicatory sermon. The
sermon was by Rev. DR.. Charles o.
Day, president of Andover theological
The cornerstone of Dewey
hall was laid by Admiral Dewey in
October, 1885, The orator on that oc-
casion was Senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew.
Druggist D. F. Davis of Barre has
copy of Bates Dispensatory, nearly
200 years old and probably the only
copy. in the United States. 1t was
printed in England in 1920 and is ded-
Gated to William III. of England. |
The book is filled with the supersti- /
,ious beliefs of the middle ages, com
oined with slight knowledge of med
cine as it is now practised. Some of .
he principal medicines mentioned are .
mails, live swallows, frogs hearts,
nails eyes, frogs livers, dessicated
rows, live flies, river crabs, birds
tests and so on.
At the prohibition convention in
Barre Thursday the nominations for
tate offices were as follows: For gov
rnor. j. O. Sherburne. st. Johnsbury;
lieutenant governor, d. NJ. Campbell;
treasurer, E. H. Field, Charlotte; !
for first district, H. M.
,eeley of Middlebury congressman
or second district, S. L. Swasey of
Iewbury; secretary of state, c. p. Will
on of Bradford; auditor, Noble S.
Ball of Ferrisburg. About 80 delegates
,ere present many being kept from at
ending by the difficulty of reaching
Barre on account of the washouts The
latform affirmed confidence in the pro
ibition laws of Vermont and opposed
he referendum proposition as to local
ption.
Commencement week at the Univer-
ity of Vermont, Burlington. began
unday with Pres. NJ H. Buckham's
accalaureate address, The graduating
lass consists of 81 members, 43 young
len and IA young women. The degree
f master of arts was conferred on two
ersons, and the degree of master of
cience upon one. Six of the 81 mem
ers of the class of medical department
5udents expecting to graduate this
ear were notified Saturday that they
ad failed to pass and could not re-
Give their diplomas President Ezra /
rainard preached the baccalaureate I
,rmon to the graduating class of Mid 1
lebury college Sunday evening the
anniversary exercises of the College .
hristian associations were held with ,,
n address by Rev. Rufus Cushman
lagg, ID. D., Ii. D., of Berlin, n.
!. Mr.. Flagg was graduated from Mid I
Iebury in the class of 1869, and was {
resident of Ripton college, Ripton, Q
is, from 1892 until 1900 ,
Mrs. Emily Jane Stannard, widow
General George Jerrison Stannard, {
led at her Burlington home Friday. '
rs. Stannard was the daughter of j
,remiah and Hannah Marsh Clark of !.
!. Adams, and was born there May i.
!. 1928. She married General Stan '
,rd at st. Adams September 20,
30. and resided there during the war a
r the Union. In October, 1870, when I
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