Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-24
SOME VERMONT MATTERS.
A GLANCE AT THE STATES NEWS REC
oRD FOR THE PAST WEEK.
Funeral of Thomas w. Wood = Protest
Against High Fire Insurance hates-Ine
Fatal Hardwick Quarrel-Child Drowned in
a Washtub-Suit in Montpelier Seminary
Tor and Eoathars Ease


a Washtub-suit in Montpelier Seminary
Tar and Feathers Case.
There is considerable excitement
caused by the smallpox epidemic IN
Irasburgh. Seven houses are quaran-
tined at that place and several persons
have been exposed.
Capt Louis Daniels of Vergennes,
ono Of the oldest steamboat captains IN
the service and we'll known up and
down Lake Champlain, died suddenly
Thursday night from heart failure.
The first days sales of Louis N.
Wood of Montpelier under a second
class license last week amounted to
$3.50 and after consulting the license
commissioners Mr.. Wood decided to
close his place before 6 o'clock.
A -year-old son of Anglo Trueba
Of South Barre was drowned IN wash
tub Friday The child had been miss
ing 20 minutes when search was made
and it was found dead in washtub IN
the kitchen. There was only little
more than foot of water in the tub.
Hattie Roberts, 16, employed in the
family of Heman Rice at Westford,
committed suicide last week by taking
carbolc acid. She was young, healthy
and pretty girl, and there is no known
reason for her rash act. Rumor has 1t,
however, that love affair was respon-
sible.
The saw mill of L. G. Fullam g. Son
at Ludlow was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday night, with its full contents
of lumber, and some of the lumber and
logs in the yard. Estimated loss, SIG, :
coo; insurance. 50, $50. A number of
men are thrown out of work. The mill
will probably be rebuilt.
Frank G. Partridge, who was offered
the position of agent for the United
States government in its presentation
of claims in Caracas before the arbitra-
ton commission, has found it impos-
sible to accept the trust. The state
department, however, has been request
ed by the three European nations pre-
ferring claims against Venezuela, to
name the umpires and Mr.. Partridge
will accept as one.
There is said to be movement I'M
der way in Barre to GUST the board OF
license commissioners of the city under
the section of the law which reads that
il member of the board becomes I'M
able to perform or neglects his official
duties, his office shall at once become
vacant and his successor be appointed.
1t is expected that at the next meeting
of the city council they will be asked
to declare the three positions on the
board vacant.
The Wells, Lamson & Co. granite
manufacturing plant and water power
at North Barre and the company's
light granite quarry at Webstervllle
have been sold to Dr. V. G. Goodrich,
the selling price being S3l, 600. exclu-
sive of a new cable way which, com
pleted, will cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000 The quarry includes l3la
acres of good quarry land and the man
ufacturing plant and water power are
among the best in the city.
A post mortem examination has been
made Of the body of Mrs. Joseph Mas
sey of East Hardwick who died last
week as the result of quarrel with
Mrs. Dan Aldrich. Death was found
to have resulted from sudden conges,,
ton of the lungs caused by external
charged with taking Mrs. Massey's life.
Sufficient evidence was produced at
the hearing to warrant holding her in
$1,000 bail for the grand jury.
Claude f. George of Marshtield, who
was tarred and feathered Jan. 10 by
four students while at school at Mont
pelier seminary, has brought suit
against James Howard, a student. to
recover s., 600 damages Howard is the
only student on whom papers have yet
been served, but others in the case Will
be taken on civil process as soon as
found George was accused by stu
dents of spying" and they broke into
his room one night, gagged him and
administered light dose of tar and
feathers.
Owing to the high rates charged by
the regular fire insurance companies
Burlington will organize this week
co operative company. Property own
ers claim that the insurance rates have
doubled within year and that they
have to pay for losses sustained by the
companies in other towns where the
fire protection is net as good as it is in
Burlington. This, they say, is not fair
and they will now organize company
of purely local character, and think
from the fire record the city has had
they can save nearly % per cent. in
rates.
Several hundred pounds of special
Photographic apparatus was brought to
Swanton Friday by the American Bio
graph company of New York for the
purpose of securing continuous pic
ture of the work of the United States
fish commission 1t is planned to get
continuous picture from the time the
fish landed in the net, during the pro-
cess of spawning, until they are re-
turned to the water. The picture will
be used as one of a series of the scenes
forming a part of the government ex-
hibition of this branch of fish culture
at the st. Louis exposition.
The funeral of Thomas W. Wood, the
artist, took place from the Wood art
gallery in Montpelier, Friday after
noon, Rev. W. j. O'Sullivan and Rev.
Norman Seaver of Rutland officiating.
The body lay in state from 10 until
o'clock, and was viewed by large
number of people The remains were
buried beside his wife in Green Mount
cemetery. Mr.. Wood gave the art gal
lery which bears his name in trust to
the people of Montpelier. Mr.. Woods
will leaves the bulk of his property,
estimated at $50, 200, to the Wood Art
gallery. There are several small leg
acies of 81, 600 and $500 to individuals.
Prof. ]. W. Burgess is executor.
Judge Haselton in Rutland county
court Monday denied the motion of the
defendants to set aside the verdict in