Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-09

cut of danger. MI iiohoh
the making Of the cheese FRIDAY
afternoon and left the mixture IA
the kettle over night as darkness
\ came on before he had finished the
mixing. The cheese was served
for dinner Saturday. and at about
Is O'Clock the seven who partook OF
lii became Ill at practically the
same time.
The poisoning Is undoubtedly
due to sub acetate of copper or
verdigris from the kettle in which
the cheese stood over night.
IT. w. Hughes of Poultney, who
was arrested on the charge of illegal
fishing in Lake Bomoseen last week.
was fined $175 Saturday, Dec. D. IN
default of payment he was sent 10
the house of correction.
A gentlemen farmers club was or
ganized in Barre Friday evening,
Dec. Q, and promises to be perma-
nent institution. S. d. Allen was
elected president. A banquet was
held at which Gov. Bell and Lieut.
Gov. Stearns were guests of honor
The Burlington police have re-
ceived a letter from Catherine o.
Connell, Boston, aged IL years, ask
II ing for the whereabouts of her
brother, jeremiah, 16, who was
adopted by a Vermont family from
home there and whom she mas not
seen for about three years. The glrIs
brothers were put into the nome
when their mother died four years
ago The father died Nov. 3.
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The executive committee of the
Sons of the American Revolution
have accepted the plans drawn by
w. j. Van Patten of Burlington for
| memorial tower to Ethan Allen
on Indian rock in Burlington. me
estimated cost of the completed
structure will not exceed $4,000. j.
M. Flint Of Bellows Falls Is the
member of the committee from
Windham county.
The museum at the University OF
Vermont has recently secured one
of the largest and finest specimens
of Indian pottery ever unearthed in
New England. 1t was found In
cave near Bolton Falls. The vessel
is probably the work of some Algon-
uuin sauaw 200 years ago. only
six whole jars found in New Eng
land are in existence to-day and the
university has the largest three OF
them.
Gastono Giudici, an expert granite
polisher, formerly of Barre died
Sunday night, Dec. 4, at his home In
Williamstown from the effects of
poison taken ten days before, wheth-
er from suicidal intent or acciden-
tally it is not certain. The poison
was corrosive sublimate which his
friends say was in bottle beside
his bed when he retired the night
following Thanksgiving and that
Giudici drank large quantity after
he had gone to bed, mistaking 1t for
wine. He leaves a wife and an In
FAINT child.
-Four Italian children. three girls
and a boy, whose ages range from
II to is, were arrested In Rutland
last week for stealing wood ana
coal from the railroad yard. Sys-
tematic stealing has been carried on
for some time by a gang or ltailans
md these arrests were part or an
attempt to stop it. The culprits de-
.lared that they were sent out to
get wood by women whose names
hey did not know. They said that
n New York they were allowed to
pick up wood and that they did not
know it was wrong. The two older
girls were held in an effort to place
the blame on the right persons.
The Vermont court of claims have
approved 80 claims and disallowed
three The bills allowed include the
following: c. NJ. Thomas, Bristol,
sS4.5O in the R. E. Brown case; E.
C. Fish of West Rutland, $1,000, for
pursuit and capture of Mary Skif-
fington, charged with horse steal
ing; Robert A. Blair, Arlington,
$S34.64 for apprehension Of Eugene
Sargood and Jack Doyle for poison
ing his colts; ]. c. Enright, Wind
sor, s1O1.26, prosecution Of Fred
Morse, statutory offense; ]. c.
Stakeholder, states attorney Ben
nington county, $10S.32. expenses
outside county; w. II. Preston
states attorney, Rutland, $12S.lS;
]. B. Donoway. states attorney Ad-
olson county. s16.6S; w. J. Wilcox,
Nottingham, $17.52, capture of Neo
Morse: John H. Kinery, Windsor,
$94.39.
Lena Blanchard of Rochester was
taken to the Windsor county Jail at
woodstock, Friday, Dec. 2, together
with the body of her infant child
which had been exhumed under the
direction Of States Attorney H. s.
Blanchard of Springfield. The
Blanchard woman early last sum-
mer engaged as a housekeeper at
the home of Mr. MarteH, who lived
In the lower section of Rochester.
Some time in July she gave birth to
a child which she claims was born
dead Reports which were made to
the states attorney however re-
suited in an investigation which led
to the woman's arrest. She is about
90 years old, has not borne a good |
reputation and has been before the
court on the charge of gross immor-
ality several times and placed on
probation. When the child's body |
was demanded, Martell went at once
to a swamp not far from the house |
and dug up the body from the soft |
mud.
Antonio Murgida, an Italian, aged |
80 years, an employee at Fonda's |
lime kilns at Swanton Junction |
was drowned i'm well Sunday |
night. Dec. 4. and his body was re-
covered Monday morning He |
leaves a wife and child in Italy. |
Murgida came to this country in |
April and had been working at the |
lime kilns since May. He lived |