Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-24
ANNOUNCEMENT
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

" One car Of livestock including
10 cows and AZ calves was shipped froi
le the local station Monday.
J. Rev. NJ. ii. Smith of Londonderr
= preached in the Methodist churc
: Sunday in exchange with Rev. +. "
= Lewis.
John Gleason of Barre, who wa
II arrested by officer Worden Frida
: morning, was taken to Newfane Sat
urday to serve a 10 days term 70
e intoxication.
a Leslie Smith has bought of Georg
E. Crowell the land on Flat stree
which Mr.. Smith has occupied for hi
shop and lumber yard for the pas
: seven years.
+ Charles p. Chase of Springfield
Mass, a former Brattleboro man, wa!
! elected president of the Massachu'
sets retail lumber dealers associa.
, ton at its annual meeting in Worces-
ter, Mass, Saturday.
! -Four cars of the narrow gauge
: mixed train left the rails near the
crossing at the local yard Monday
afternoon. The cars were loaded with
bark and lumber and nearly an hour
was spent in getting them upon the
iron again.
"A large number of people from
this town attended the annual fair of
the women of the Vernon Union
church, which was held at A. G.
Barnes's last Friday afternoon and
evening. Part of the delegation went
on the 4:2S train and the remainder
went by sleighs.
"A chimney in the Lorenzo Leach
house in Guilford burned out early
nlntr 1ita.r l,,.i.aI hoo
so hot that it was necessary to chop
away large quantity of the woodwork
in order to save the building. The
damage amounted to $25 The house
was insured through c. f, r. Jennes
agency.
w. B. Smith & company of New
York city, members of the New York
consolidated exchange and of the
Chicago board of trade, have succeed
ed in Springfield, Mass, to the broker
age business of John Filkins & COM
pany F. A. Hubbard, formerly of
| Brattleboro, who has been manager
for Filkins & company will have
charge of the Springfield business of
their successors.
"A hearing on the final report of
the trustee of the John Il. Morse
bankrupt estate was held before Ref
was found that there was no money
left from which to declare a dividend.
Miss Ella Stratton, who secured a
verdict of s4,250 against Mr. Morse
in suit for breach of promise to
marry, had a portion of her claim
against the estate secured by an at
tachment.
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers has been
instructed by the Keene, n. H., HUI
name society to make a tour of in
spection of the logging camps in the
neighborhood of that town and to
investigate existing conditions. Mrs.
Powers is grateful to all VINO sent her
clothing for the destitute Marlboro
family two weeks ago. She had more |
than enough to supply the family's |
needs and used the remainder in help |
ing other destitute people.
The following members of Com |
pany I have been given badges for ac-
curacy in craftsmanship: Marksmen, |
Capt. e. W. Gibson, 1t. C. III. Davis; |
Sergeants +. C. Dunklee, George Met
calf, Fay Miller and Clarence Tenney:
Corporals H. j. Betterley and Ralph
Pettee; Privates Charles Colt Jeffts,
Charles Stockwell and Arthur Wilson.
First class Lieut.. G. r. Mosher Pri
waite Webster; Second class, Armorer
Il. w. I1dShtllt IIlNdle !
AS was stated several weeks ago
the Bradley farm herd of Guernseys
was tested for tuberculosis and all dis
eased animals removed. Since that
time all the stables on the Bradley
farm have been thoroughly disinfected
and all the remaining stock placed on T.,
one farm where they will be tested
again before going to pasture. Thirty
head of tuberculin- tested young cows
and heifers have been purchased and
put on the Bradley farm. 1t is the in
-ention of the Bradley estate to buy !
)nly tuberculn- tested cattle and have :
hem tested once each year hereafter, !
hus assuring their milk customers ,
hat they are buying milk from a r
healthy herd.
Clarke C. Fits, first attorney I
general Vermont has ever had, is ac- .
lively engaged in gathering informa- :,
ion regarding the conduct of the in 9
zane asylum at Waterbury. He was
n Boston last week to secure the dep ,e
,sitions of DR.. Frank w. Paige and h
Patrick Lyon. DR.. Paige was put in 4
harge of the state insane hospital =
fter the last investigation and n
,rought the institution to a high state Il
# efficiency Then he resigned and ~
eturned to private practice in Bos- >,
on, While the public is receiving n
nut little enlightenment regarding "
he investigation, the work. it APP "
ears, is going on and something is :,
able to be heard before long.-Bur- r.
ngton Clipper II
One of the numerous advantages
hat is likely to come to Brattleboro =,
S a result of a broad gauge road be- ~
ween here and South Londonderry is -,
he establishment of a factory in town ~
V the Parker e. Young company, d
of piano backs and
ounding boards This concern, which
interested in some of the timber h,
racts in the northern part of the r
ounty, has a large plant in Lisbon, sv
I. H., and another in Barton. The n
Majority of the company's directors 81
re of the belief that Brattleboro with 81
ne increased railroad facilities that =,
re likely to come, will make an ex- +,
client place for another factory on ac- ~
punt of the quantities of spruce that nj
re available. M
The house of Mrs Mary Bean on te
le Hinsdale road about a mile north to
this town was burned to the ground Ia
morning. The fire caught q
ON a kettle of fat in which Mrs. 81
can was frying doughnuts. Her cloth "
g caught fire at the same time and sh
fore she succeeded in extinguish- co
~ the flame on her garments the be
in the kitchen was all
,laze. Mrs Bean and her daughter n,
IT out of the house safely but were ar
Die to save none of their personal eff to
cts. The local fire department was no
,tified of the blaze as soon as posi- 20
e but before the chemical could 90