Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-10-19

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and ownership. In regard to legisla'
ton the report says that the entire
railroad commission law should be re-
east and the duties and powers Of the
commissioners made clear and imam
biguous. The commission, il says, is
lust what the general assembly has
made il.
During the biennial term of the
present commission 81 people have
been killed and III injured; of these
II were killed and seven injured at
highway grade crossings, and of tres,
passers upon the track 30 were killed
and ! injured.
The annual meeting of the MOntpel
Ter Country club Saturday evening
showed that organization to be in an
exceedingly prosperous condition. The
club has a membership of l3s and Is IN
fine shape financially II will expend
sllO0 in improvements next season.
Eugene Barnet, 81, and a l2-yearold
girl named Lavinia Glines were ar
rested at Walden Friday by a sheriff
who took them to Concord, ~ H., where
Barnet will be held on charge of
rapc. The couple left Andover, y. H.,
Sept. II and walked most of the way
to Walden, distance of nearly 100
miles. During the trip'they slept in
barns and freight ears.
The body of George A. Baker, a
prominent citizen of Brandon, was
found in the Castleton river Sunday
morning near the water-whecl of W. c.
Crippers mill at Fairhaven. There
was deep cash in the man 5 forehead
and his death is regarded as suspicious.
He was last seen Saturday evening in
Cartoons livery stable and was APP
parently in good spirits at that time.
United States Marshal Horace W.
Bailey of Rutland, who was to have
delivered an address on The History of
Vermont before the Rutland Teachers
association Friday. opened his talk by
asking all the teachers whose school
rooms were provided with maps of Yer
mont to raise their hands. Only four
hands were in evidence The fact that
the public schools of that city are not
provided with maps of the state so dis
gustcd Mr.. Bailey that he told the
teachers when every school room in
the city is provided with a map he will
be glad to give them an hour and a
half of his time With this announce
ment he left the platform.
There is a movement on foot in Yer /
mont which may result in provision by
the legislature, now in session, for the
celebration of the three hundredth an
niversary of the discovery by Samuel
de Champlain of the lake which bears
his name. This anniversary falls on
July 4, 1909, and efforts are being made !
to inaugurate the plan of its observ-
ance before the present legislative
session closes. 1t has been suggested |
that neither an international exposi-
ton nor monument will be required .
TO mark this event; so that the appro-
priation by the legislature of any great
amount of money will not be necessary.
1t has been suggested that invitations
to take part in the celebration be eX-
tended to New York state, Canada and
France.
In fulfllment of a resolution passed
ov the Hazen Road Pomona grange at
A meeting in Hardwick on the 18th of
asst March, a monument has been
erected 'at Hardwick street near the
Kidder place to the memory of the pa
riots who built the old military road,
rom which the grange takes its name,
between Peacham and Westfeld in
I779, and as marker to the road. Ap-
,ropriate dedicatory exercises were
ield Saturday afternoon in the pres
nee of a gathering of 1875 people The
exercises were opened by prayer of
'ered by the Rev. R. J. Barton of
Greensboro, followed by the singing of
Hail Vermont by a trio composed of
Mrs. C. J. Bell Miss Jennie Bell and
]. B. Day. W. L. Dow, worthy master
# the grange, then made few intro
luctory remarks, which were followed
W historical address by master of
he state grange, ex-Gov. G. j. Bell.
At the annual session of the Vermont
v. C. T. U. in st. Johnsbury Saturday
he following officers were chosen:
President, Mrs. Ida H. Read, Shell
,urne; corresponding secretary, Mrs. &.
J. Davidson, Newfane; recording secre- {
ary, Mrs. A. A. Wyman, Cambridge
ort treasurer, Mrs. F. D. Mead
Jenny, MONTPELIER: auditor, Mrs. H. M. S
turner, st. Johnsbury.
At the 93rd annual convention of t
he Vermont Medical society in Barre /
friday the following officers were elect t