Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-27
SHETLAND PONY FARMING
TO HAVE NEW AND IN.
TEREsTING ENTERPRISE.

TERESTiNG enterprise.
Swanton Powder Mills to Be Rebuilt
Disappearanee Of Rutland Man-An
other Rape Fiend causht.-Fined 70
Cruelty to His Daughter
DR.. L. e. Niles, president of the Ma
gneto Electric Co. of Amsterdam, n
Y, and who has just completed man
sion in his native town of Pownal, ha
decided to start the coming year b.
establishing Shetland pony stool
farm In his native town. Building
for use on the farm are now beinl
erected. DR.. Miles will run a thorough
bred stock farm. There are only thir
teen thoroughbred Shetland ponies boil
stations and mares in the country, ant
of these Doctor Miles owns five. Mucf
interest is being manifested in the re-
suit of the enterprise.
| The family of Governor Mccullough
will pass the winter at the residence II
North Bennington instead of in New
York as has been reported.
Mrs. Rose Ducharme Ostrout OF
Westfield has been placed under $1,000
bonds for appearance in court on the
charge of maltreating Mrs. Almeda
Hoyt, town charge who recently
died.
The barns belonging to Levi j. Wal
bridge of Cabot were burned Thurs
day with 200 tons of hay, 80 tons of
feed, five hogs and farm machinery
The fire was caused by explosion of
a lantern. The loss is heavy; insur-
ance, $500.
Frank Plumley, of Mortified, one of
the United States umpires in the set
tlement of the Venezuelan claims, ar
rived in New York from Caracas Tues
day Ex-Gov. C. S. Page. of Hyde
Park, also arrived returning from a
trip to France.
Dr. William Miller Huntington, a
veteran physician and highly es
teemed citizen. died Friday of senile
debility. He Is survived by his wife
and one son, DR.. William D. Hunting
ton, at one time surgeon general of
the state, and widely known through
out Vermont.
Henry w Stevens, aged GA years, of
Johnson died suddenly at North Troy
evening. He had travelled
for the cracker manufacturers, c. II.
Cross & Son Montpelier, for 35 years
and was one of the best known travel
ing men in Vermont. Heart failure
caused his death.
The Robin Hood Powder Co. will
clear up the ruins at Swanton where
he fire occurred last week and will
building at once, so that ev-
erything will be in order before snow
comes. Work which had been sus
pended in a part of the cartridge fac
DRY on account of the fire was re-
;umed Monday.
Olney Cowen, aged ii years. of
South Royalton, is dead as the result
If fear of an absent mark from school.
\ bridge is being built across a river
which he had to cross and as the old
me was torn down people were obliged
o cross in a boat. Cowen fell in the
liver but went to school in his wet
:lothes. He caught severe cold
which resulted in his death
Everett, -year-ol son of Mr.. and
lied last week from burns received |
While trying to smoke cornstalks. His
PARENTS We're away and he was left in
are of the hired girl who put the fire
nut by throwing a pail of water over
lin, but not until he was fatally
In lighting the matches his I
lothes took fire and he ran outdoors.
A stencil plate which had laid on the 7
battlefield for over IS years, I
las been returned to its owner at I
,laremont, n. H. 1t was originally I
he property of Alden Parks and was
ost on the field July 8, 1863. 1t bears 1
his inscription: A. w. Parks, Co. D, /
9Th regiment Vermont Vols. The
late was found on the battlefield by
surgeon Dudley of the G. A. r. in 1891
nd after years of searching the own
r was found.
ArCnlDald BuCnanan, Jr., VINO Tor the
asst four years has been master me-
hanic of the Saratoga and Champlain
visions of the Delaware & Hudson
abroad, has resigned that position TO
ccept the appointment of superintend-
Mt of motive power of the Central YER
lont railway, and will enter upon his
uties in ST Adams Dec. /. Mr. Buch-
nan succeeds Thomas A. Summerskill,
no has held the position for the past Il;
lree years and who has resigned to
ccept a position with the Grand Trunk
lilway.
Fred Tuck of Rutland was found I
Utility of cruelty to his daughter Ma {
Il in court Saturday and fined 5000. !
e appealed and gave $500 bail for /
,unty court. The girl states that her t
ther misused her in about every way t
Dssible. officers believe it is the q
orst case of cruelty known in Rut- t
nd for years. The girl was taken /
charge by the Rutland Humane So t
ETY., who will provide a home. Tuck /
as convicted in county court recently 7
cruelty beating boy with the butt c
a whip 6
HE CURE IS lasting. ,