Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-07-20


torn down this week. The tank Is so
substantially built that great difficulty
Is being experienced in razing IL, sew
eral charges OF dynamite having been
used to loosen the brick and cement,
The tank has not been In use since the
old round house was burned more than
20 years ago.
George II. Dewey of Bennington
is in Brattlcboro today In the interest
of the fusion movement and will make
trip through the county within the
next few days. II is probable that the
Independent republicans of the coun'
" will hold n convention in Brattle'
horo Aug. 4, the same time Of the dem
ocratic county convention, and there is
no doubt that the two factions will
agree on fusion ticket.
Frank Page of 81. Adams, brake
man ON the Central Vermont railroad,
had his right foot badly crushed ut
Millers Falls, Mass, yesterday after
noon. He was uncoupling two ears
when he slipped and was caught be-
meath the wheels of one of them. Page
was brought to Brattleboro on the af-
ternoon train and taken TO the Me-
mortal hospital where his foot was
amputated Just above the ankle.
Mrs. John A. Legs and four chill.
dren of Guilford left for New York
city Wednesday morning on account OF
trouble with Mr.. Legs the day before.
Guilford residents say that Mr. Legs
went to his home in an intoxicated
condition. after being refused liquor
at the Broad Brook house, and threat.
ened to kill his wife Deputy Sheriff
c. |. Knapp was summoned from Brat
tleboro by telephone and he and Pc.
liceman j. II. Evans went to Guilford
to investigate the matter. No arrests
were made.
Leroy +. Adams narrowly escaped
serious injury about Q O'Clock this
morning while watching the work on
the rear block which he and c. r.
Crosby are building. He was struck
bv the boom of derrick with such
force that he lost his balance. He
prevented himself from falling 10
the floor below by catching hold
of guy-wire but as the wire Stacked
he struck the calf of one leg against
an iron girder and sustained a cash
am inch deep and about four inches
long. Several stitches were necessary
TO close the wound and Mr.. Adams is
now obliged to 60 about on clutches.
Mrs. Mary Whalen, 10, died about
80 last evening at the home of her
niece, Mrs. c. l.. Young, on Frost place
as the result of shock she sustained
some time ago She had been resi-
dent of this town for over 30 years,
coming from Ireland to this country in
a sailing vessel when young girl and
making the trip from Bennington TO
Brattleboro by stage. Her maiden
name was Mary Shea and she was
sister Of the late Timothy Shea of this
town. One brother, William Q. Shea,
of Keene, n. H., survives. The funeral
will be held tomorrow morning AT
o clock in st. Michaels Roman Cath
ollie church.
Louis B. Coin and Albert Kan
holtz of New York city passed through
Brattleboro yesterday morning on a
walking trip to Quebec and return.
They left New York July 3 and have
been following the line of the Con.
necticut river through the states OF
Massachusetts, and Connecticut. They
will continue to follow the river for
some distance before swinging over to
darlington and thence to Canada. Both
Young men are in excellent physical
condition from their unusual exercise.
Their clothing is after the regular
army style, corduroy trousers, blue
flannel shirts, leggins, heavy shoes and
SLOUGH hats. Each carries knapsack
weighing 40 pounds, containing
changes of clothing and small supplies.
They mean to cover about 20 miles
day but expect some delays from bad
weather and poor roads. They plan
to reach New York again by Septem.
Der 10, shortly before the opening OF
Columbia college Their expenses av-
erage about 80 cents day.
Walter P. Maynard, a commercial
traveller living in Greenfield, tells the
following story, says the Greenfield cor
RESPONDENT of the Boston Globe. Rid
ing the other day on the narrow gauge
road from Hoosac Tunnel station to
Wilmington, VT, Mr.. Maynard found
his companion in the car seat to be
man of advanced age. The old man
said: "When / was boy living on
farm in this section, my father insisted
that all his boys should work hard. In
anv leisure time we were to cut down
and clear off the small pine trees grow
ing in our pasture. People who did
not do this were considered shiftless.
On the adjoining farm family was
living that was considered shiftless.
They failed to cut down the pine sap
lings and allowed them to grow at
will. They held the farm for many
years and finally the pine trees grew
into fine timber, and they reaped
small fortune. If they had not been
considered shiftless they would have
cut down the pine saplings. On our
farm the cutting down of the saplings
had removed one of our most valuable
assets
Spectators who watch the laborers
on the brick building which Adams
Crosby are erecting on the site OF the
old American house, invariably make
remarks about one man who exhibits
more strength than the other employees
and carries a hod of special size. His
name is Joseph Moss, and he is half,
breed, French and Indian, native OF
Canada. Moss once had family, a
wife and daughter, but they are dead,
and he finds no pleasure aside from his
work. He works 16 to is hours a day,
beginning early in the morning and
continuing until late at night. He has
loo,, l,,o,rn 70 work % hours in one