Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

stoned by the difficulties of railroad
transportation In midwinter.
The semi-annual meeting OF the
state court, Catholic order of Forest
ers. met at Essex Junction Tuesday
Feb. IA, with Champlain court, the
attendance being good. In the even
ing "A reception was rendered the ofii-
GERS, followed by a banquet at when
L, w, Sault, the treasurer of the state
court, acted as POSTMASTER.
Attorney General Clarke c. Fits
and c. H. A. Stafford of Morrisvilie,
members of the committee appointed
to investigate the public institutions
of the state, met In Boston, Feb. 10,
to take the testimony of DR.. Frank
w. Page, formerly superintendent OF
the insane asylum at Waterbury, ana
of Mr. Lyon, formerly superintendent
of construction.
Leslie, the three year-oid son OF
Dennis Elwell of Bennington, died
Saturday Feb. IL, from the effects OF
taking strychnine tablets, mistaken
for candy. His brother Gavin, eish .
wears old. Is paralyzed and In a crit
zeal condition from the same cause.
The tablets were used by their
father for medicine and the boys
found them in a bureau.
The Burlington festival chorus has
voted to hold no state musical res
tival this year, and an opportunity is
thus offered some other place IN the
state to take the matter up. Prof. w
H.. Chapman of New York, who mas
always conducted the festivals, mad
planned to bring to Burlington this
year Madame Homer or Madame
Gadski, David Vistham, Johnson,
Archambout and others.
Vice President Elect Charles w.
Fairbanks has received a unique gavel
made from a single piece OF red ce-
dar. The tree from which 1t was cut
grew on the Vermont shore of Lake
Champlain and ii was whitfield out
with penknife by Edward +. Hatcn.
The gavel was presented to Senator
Fairbanks by DR.. Albert Shaw, editor
of the Review of Reviews, on behalf
of Mr. Hatch
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Avery of Rut-
land were probably saved from death
by asphyxiation Friday morning, Feb.
| TO- by the persistent efforts of a Rut-
land railroad call boy. The boy
called at the house very early in the
morning for the purpose of arousing
Mr. Avery, who Is an engineer, and
it was a long time before the boy
succeeded in arousing him. Mr..
Avery suffered no serious effects from
the gas but Mrs. Avery who was
aroused only after hard work is still
confined to her bed.
Mrs George Reynolds of Alburg
Center is a victim in one of the latest
swindles, She sold pills for the Con-
solidated Drug company of New Hav-
en-, Conn. with the understanding
that they would send her a sewing
machine when s12 worth had been
disposed of Unable to sell the re-
quired amount she sold her chickens
to raise the balance, and the money
being sent word came back that she
would receive the machine in two
weeks. When that time was up the
promise was renewed and she is still
looking for the machine,
Druggist A. B. Kingman of st. Al
bans was fined $500 and costs, in
city court, Tuesday. Feb. IA, for SELL
ing intoxicating liquors without a
license. The prosecution grew out of
la search of drug stores, during
which liquors were found In soda
fountain syrup jugs. Search and
seizure were made under the provis-
ions of the new local option license
law. which revives the search and
seizure features of the old pronibitory
law. Mr.. Kingman appealed from the
sentence and furnished bail. The liq-
uor was adjudged forfeited and or
dered destroyed. This was also APP
pealed.
The investigating committee, APP
pointed to investigate the conduct of
state institutions, was in ses-
sion at Burlington Tuesday, Feb
ruary IA. George w. Wing, a
trustee of the state hospital
for the insane at Waterbury, and DR..
Marcello Hutchinson, superintendent
of the institution, were on the stand
testifying in regard to the price of
coal Mayor James Il. Burke of Bur-
lington told of buying coal at $3.45
per gross ton delivered at the city
dock and city employees testified that
the coal burned pretty we'll" Mr.,
Wing testified that coal of practically
the same quality cost $4.95 per ton
delivered at Waterbury.
Moses Wilson, a we'll do farmer
of Bennington, is looking for a man
named Moon, who has disappeared |
together with nearly 500 worth of
furniture, for which Wilson had be-
come surety at j. Edward Wal |
bridges furniture store. Moon hired |
out to Wilson several weeks ago and |
moved into a tenement near his farm. /
The man being short of money Will I
son gave him an order for furniture.
Monday, Feb. 10, during the terrific |
the furniture was loaded /
into a van, the Moon family climbed /
in and all started toward Williams
town, Mass. Moon disappeared later.
1t is said that the man wanted has
served a term in the house of correc-
ton for larceny.
A Burlington correspondent reports
the worst water famine in the history
of the state, the prolonged, intensely 1
cold weather having frozen all small
streams from surface to bed and
many wells. Farmers have been
obliged, for the past two weeks. +
either to bring water in barrels from
the river or to drive livestock long
distances to water it, and in many
cases the horses, cattle and sheep
have been injured by falls on the
icy ground. All over the state mills h
dependent upon water power have
been obliged to suspend operations. h
In some places this has been due to a
aek of water, while in other instances
The fumes have frozen.
The state library commission is |,
making an effort to increase the num-
Der of free public libraries in Yer
mont. Franklin county is the banner :
county in this respect, having only /.
wo towns without free libraries. but 1