Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-27
VERMONT NEWS.

! Thursday. Oct 10. was the 41st ami
versary of the famous st. Adams raid,
when a band of confederates, under
command of Colonel Bennett II. Young.
terrorized the town and robbed the st.
Adams. Franklin County and National
banks of about quarter of million
dollars and escaped into Canada.
| C. A. G. Jackson. who has been on
the editorial staff of the Montpelier
Argus and Patriot for 10 years, has
concluded his labors with that paper
and will do special work for the Bos-
ton Herald in Vermont and sections
of New Hampshire and Maine. He will
be succeeded on the Argus and Patriot
by H. +. Cunningham of Sayre, Pa.
An incendiary fire in the "Yarge Cir
Gle" stone sheds, owned by John Brown
at Barre broke out Friday night, Oct.
20. The sheds were occupied by seven
small firms and six of them. occupy
ing about two-thirds of the sheds,
were burned out. the loss being esti-
mated at $500. The losses were
mostly uninsured. There is no clue to
the persons who set the fire.
Melvin Wadsworth. SO far as known
the oldest man living that was born
In Bennington, which has always been
his home, was 80 years old recently.
Mr. Wadsworth has the distinction
also of being the oldest member of the
Odd Fellows fraternity, both in years
of membership and age. in the state.
For five years he has been an inmate
of the Gill Odd Fellows home in Lud-
low.
The jury in the case of Henry A.
Dunbar VS.. the Central Vermont Rail-
way company came in at st. Adams
Saturday. Oct. 81. with verdict for
the plaintiff that he recover $1,000
damages and his costs. The action
was one brought to recover for dam
ages alleged to have been sustained in
the accident which occurred on March
10. 1904. on the Burlington & Lamoille
branch. when a passenger train Of
three cars was wrecked about one and
one-half miles below Cambridge The
suit was for $4,000. and the case has
been bitterly fought for four long
weeks and will now go to the supreme
court on exception. Several others
were injured in the same accident. in
GLIDING Mrs. George II. Bickford of
Hardwick.
The state Sunday-school convention
closed its sessions at st. Johnsbury
Thursday night, Oct 10. These officers
were elected for the coming year:
President, G. F. North of Bennington:
vice presidents, n. G.. Williams of Bel
lows Falls and Rev. Frazer Metzger of
Randolph; recording secretary. Rev.
G.. L. Story of Essex Junction: treasur-
er. D. L. Wells of Orwell; auditor. J.
E Weeks of Middlebury; executive
committee. H. A Slayton of Norris
Vile. chairman: for one year. c. J.
Ferguson and F. A. Pease. both of Bur-
lington: for two years. J. A. Green
wood Of Chester. II. W. ellis of Green's
boro; for three years, A. A. Aseltine
of Enosburgh Falls. j. W. Sault of St.
Johnsbury Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Stay
ton of Morrisville offered a gift of
$1,000 as a permanent fund. the income
to be devoted to the work. as memoir
ial to their daughter. Lucene Louisa
Slayton. A board of trustees was Gre
ated for handling the permanent fund
of the association. II was voted that
the title of field secretary be changed
to that of general secretary. and that
the sum of $500 be appropriated for
the work of the coming wear.