Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
VERMONT NEWS.

= ihiuinDlHl Nhllpllhi ldie llhufhit
: company 20 succeed Fred u, Tuck q
. Rutland who has been made genera
q instructor OF agencies.
0 The Fullam and Adams timber lane
. a tract OF about loo acres In LudloN
) and Mount Holly, has been sold TO tn
e okemo Lumber company. The tim
Der VIII be manufactured az the work
OF the l.. q. Fullam 4 Sons company.
The annual report Of the state lab
i oratory at Burlington contains SOM
} Interesting figures. The total OF speci
mems examined Is 6,g65, against 5.0S
In 1904. and 5.ii2 the year before. In
| cluded In those of the present yea
: were 2O02 throat cultures OF diph'
! iberia. l,329 tuberculosis. 40 medico
legal cases against n year ago, Sl'
! typhoid. 1872 liquor 2l5 arising from the
pure food law, and $50 specimens oi
water for analysis.
Gov. c, j. Bell has appointed Georg,
H. Tcrrlll of Morrisvllle n member OF
the state board of cattle commission
crs for a term OF three years, TO sue
coed Victor l. Spear OF Randolph
whose term expired Jan. l. The MEM
bershlp of the board is now; George
stephens Of Hartford. f. A. Rich OF
Burlington and George II. Terrill of
Morrsvile. Mr.. Terrill will the Sec
| rotary Of the board. the other two
members being the veterinaries.
b. p. Bowen well known farmer
Of East Dorset has been arrested on
| the charge of killing n yearling buck
with a barn fork, aud Is held In $500
bail for trial this afternoon. The al
legged facts In the case are that on
Saturday. Dec. i6, "A yearliug buck
40 int Do l.as F,,sl 4
attacked by large shepherd dog be-
longing to Mr. Bowen. The deer was
too much for the dog and Bowen at
tackled the buck with a fork and in
iured 1t so that II died
Mrs. Louisa Pasha. probably the old
est woman In this state, died at her
home In Burlington Monday. Jan. $,
In the 105th year Of her age. Mrs.
PaSha's death was due to a general
and quite sudden collapse Of her
physical powers and she was III only
a few days. There would seem 10 be
no doubt as to the authenticity of her
great age. She was born In the Prov
inCe of Quebec Nov. IS, 1901, her maid
en- name being Louisa Gaboree. She
had been a resident of Burlington and
vicinity for upwards Of SO years,
The annual meeting OF the state
board of pharmacy was held at Mont
pelier Tuesday. Jan. ., together with
the examination of candidates. OF
whom there were seven. The officers
were reelected as follows: President.
c. C. Bingham. St Johnsbury secre-
tary, ]. G. Belrose Burlington; treas
urer. w +. Root. Brattleboro; eXecu-
tive committee, u. b. Hopkins, Bran
don. and w. r. Warner Vergennes,
one of the members Of the board eX-
pressed regret that more candidates
did not present themselves and said
he believed there wore not enough
good registered pharmacists in the
state
George O. Davis. one of he Oldest |
and most respected citizens of Marsh |
field. died Monday Jan s. He had |
been in the shoe business most Of his !
life, manufacturing the G. o. Davis |
boots and shoes. He was "A lifelong |
democrat and represented his town in I
the legislature i'm 1882 being one of /
the prominent members of the house. |
He served on the joint committee on |
state penal institutions. He has been |
prominent i'm his town, had been post /
master for a time and was town treas
urer for over 90 years. He was a |
member of the Methodist church. He |
leaves two sons A. r. Davis, postmas-
Ter at Marshfield. and Mark Davis Of
Homer Pooler of Fairfield. who was
recently hardened by Gov. Bell while
a term of two years in the
house of correction for wife beating.
lied last week in the st. Adams hos
oital. of a complication of diseases.
Pooler when pardOned. went back 10
he old hovel he called home and there
aid around on the old pallet of straw.
lncared for and without the real ne
,essities of life, until found and taken
o the hospital. Gov Bell has also par
loned Myron Wiley, sentenced in
County court In 1899 to
% years at Windsor for horse steal
ng. Wiley is unmarried and did good
work in the shoe shop at the prison.
iov. Bell was asked to give him his
liberty so that he might begin the New
Fear and turn over a new leaf. {
President Henry d. Holton of the
rermont branch of the American Ma | !
ional Red Cross has appointed the
persons on the state member
hip committee from the different
ounties of the state: Addison. Mrs. ;
v n. Plat of Shoreham; Bennington. |
L. l.. Stillson of Bennington; Gale '
onia. Henry II. Carr of st. Johnsbury; >
+. Ii. Spauldlng OF Rlch- ,
lond; Essex. l.. II. Cobb of Island
'ond; Franklin. Charles S. Forbes of =
It. Adams; Grand Isle Juan Robin !
on of South Hero; Lamolle. f. G. I
fleetwood of Morrsville; Orleans. G. l
I. Prouty of Newport: Rutland. Red
ED Proctor. ir., of Proctor; Wash
lgton, M. e. Smile of Montpelier; =
vindham. f. r. Campbell of Bellows I
alls; Windsor Mrs. S. T.. Pingree v
f Hartford The duties of this COM
littee are soliciting and approving
for membership in the So
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