Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-09

At a special meeting last week
Hardwick voted TO appropriate Slo'-
600 to increase the present water sup
ply. Water will be obtained from the
Chase farm near South Woodbury.
Rev. William S. Hazen of North
field has resigned as pastor of the
Congregational church. He was or
dained Al years ago and has been
pastor of that church ever since. he
will retire from active work
Antoine T. Papineau, probably the
Oldest printer in Vermont, died al
Burlington. Thursday, Sept. !. lie
had been in the employ of The Free
Press association considerably more
than half a century and was retired
some years ago on a pension.
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massaehu-
sets who was to have made cam
paign speech at Bennington, Saturday
night. Sept. 8, was obliged to cancel
that and all other dates for the pres
ent on account of illness. Senator
Lodge has been making several
speeches in Massachusetts, and his
voice and strength gave out suddenly
FRIDAY, sept q.
The little son of Charles A. Cleve-
land of Barnard was badly burned by
an explosion of a quantity of powder
recently. the boy receiving the blaze
in his eyes. His father, with other
men, was working on the road and
had been doing some blasting and the
child, playing, tried to do the same
thing. 1t is feared he will lose the
sight of both eyes.
DR.. Walter D. Berry and Mrs. Nj. Z.
Berry have severed their connection
with the state hospital for the insane
at Waterbury as clinical director and
pathologist, matron and superintend-
ent of nurses training school respect
lively, and have bought the Lake View
santarium at Burlington. DR.. Ber-
rvs duties in the pathological de-
partment will be assumed by DR..
Watson L. WATSON in connection with
his duties as assistant physician.
No less than 60 cases of small pox
and fifteen cases of diphtheria have
been reported in North Adams, Mass
and the town of Bennington is be-
coming alarmed over the situation
The epidemic has been raging for the
past two weeks and is spreading in
spite of the most strenuous efforts of
the authorities. The Bennington health
board is taking strict measures 10
keep people from North Adams out OF
its territory and persons from there
will be arrested on sight. The church
es in North Adams are closed and
public meetings are prohibited for the
There gpVprd1 different
sources for the disease cases.
The Farmers Mutual Creamery
company of st. Johnsbury has failed
and will be obliged to go out of bust
ness as it has no money to pay its
several hundred creditors. 1t will be
a serious blow to the dairy interests
of that vicinity as it is estimated that
of the total liability of something like
$4,000 at least $4,000 is due the near
ly 500 former patrons in sums from
small amounts up to bills of several
hundred dollars each. There seems
to be no blame attached to the local
manager l. G.. Rolfe, for the condi-
ton of affairs, but the failure is due
to the New England Creamery COM
pany Of Boston, with which the local
concern is closely allied.
George Galley of Montreal and w.
H. Sheehan of Burlington, who have
been serving 10 days in Washington
county Jail in lieu of a fine for first
offense q intoXicaUon, were again in
city court at Montpelier, Friday Sept.
2, charged with grand larceny in talk
ing money from j. j. Joslin August
% last. 1t is alleged that Galley and
Sheehan administered knockout drops
to Joslin at the LenoX hotel on the
evening of August %, and then took
his money. Bail in the sum of $500
was fixed in each case and the men
were bound over to await the action
of the grand jury. They could not
raise their bail and were remanded to
Jail,
Dr. ]. +. Thompson, chairman of
the board of license commissioners of
Rutland, who was elected for the six
years term, and James P. Sawyer,
who was elected for the two years
term, resigned their offices at the
meeting of the board of aldermen
Monday night, Sept. .. Percival w.
Clement was elected for the unex-
pired term of Mr.. Sawyer. There has
been much dissatisfaction among the
citizens in regard TO the slack manner
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