Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-23

The annual winter meeting ot the vernon
/ Botanical and Bird club will be held AZ INC
! Fairbanks museum, st. Johnsbury' Jan !,
aud -. On the evening Of the last named
date Henry T. oldys Of Washington wlil
deliver a lecture ON birds, Mr. oldys has
/ been secured through the courtesy Of the
/ trustees Of the Fairbanks museum
Canadian lynx. weighing 40 pounds,
and being one Of the finest specimens ever
seen, was shot recently by farm hand in
/ Shcrburne. The animal was caught In FOX
| trap when the hunter came upon him. and
| being unable TO escape, was shot behind the
/ right ear and killed. The carcass weighed
| 3s pounds and measured four feet six inches
/ from tip to tip.
II. q. Thomas, state commissioner OF FISH
and game, was in Burlington last week TO
consult with +. w. Carter Of ST. Johnsbury
relative to establishing a fish hatchery IN
Arlington. Commissioner Thomas says that
reports thus far received show that $50 deer
were killed this season; more reports are
coming in every day. At present the deer
record is so ahead Of last year
Fifty.scycn prisoners were committed TO
the house OF correction, Rutland, during
the month Of October. This is an Increase
Of 20 over the preceding month. There
were 20 unfortunatcs sent to the county
her. The onenses for the house Of correc'
ton commitments are as follows: Intoxica'
ton, "a; breach Of the peace, 3; assault,
2 refusing to support family, 3; grand lar
ceny .: petit larceny. a. burglary 2
ramping. 8 Illegal selling mortgaged prop
crty. / vagraney, .; embezzlement, /.
Vermont's cattle commission which re-
Gently resigned as a result Of criticism In
connection with the investigation into the
sale Of diseased cattle for alleged food pur'
poses cost the state $40, 732 according to its
biennial report just published The report
says that q largely increased number OF
farmers asked for inspection, thribbling'
the work OF the commission In the bien'
NAL term ending June 80, 1906, 2o,39s cat.
tie were tested by the commissioners and OF
this number 272I were condemned for
which the sum Of s72, s95 was paid to the
owners
George =. Ball, 40, Of the firm Of Derby
& Ball. was found dead in bed at the home
Of his mother. Mrs F. P Bah in Bellows
Falls, at o'clock Tuesday. Henry W.
Hutchins superintendent Of the factory,
went up to his room 10 awake him and found
that he had been dead for some hours, pre-
sumably from heart failure. He was unmar'
red 4 mother and two sisters Mrs. II. D.
Ryder and Mrs. Winnie Narramore, survive
him. He was q member Of the King Solo
mons temple lodge, f. & A. NJ, Bellows
Falls lodge, I. o. o, F., the Westminster
club Bonheur club and the Riverside boat
club
Prof. c. l.. Beach, for the past ten years
professor Of dairy husbandry Of the Con
uecticut Agricultural college, assumed a
similar position at the University of Yer
mont November l. Prof Beach was gradu'
ated at the University OF Wisconsin nearly
20 years ago and later took post graduate
work at the same institution and second
Bachelors degree. He was brought up
upon a dairy farm--the son of one of the
most progressive dairymen Of his state. His
long acquaintance with New England dairy
ing conditions, together with his western
breadth Of outlook should make him espe.
cially helpful to Vermont dairying and |
Vermont dairymen.
The granite for the sarcOphagi in which
the bodies Of President and Mrs. Mckinley
will be placed in the mausoleum at Canton,
O.. will come from Vermont, the contract
for the rough stone having been made with
j. c. Enright, proprietor Of the Enright |
Granite works Of Windsor The famous green
granite quurried from Ascutney mountain
will be the material used, the supply com |
ing from a new quarry just opened up on
the farm Of S G. Mower, in West Windsor. |
This granite is Of finer and better quaiity, (
without the seams. veins and light-colored
defects found in some Of the stone which has
been taken from the old quarries and still |
having the rich dark green color which has
made ii famous,
The will of the late Col. LeGrand B. Can /
non Of Burlington has been fled for pro |
bate. the heirs receiving the bulk OF his /
large estate His valet, Joseph Meyer re.
ceives $4,000 and each household servant 1
$50, with $50 additional for all who have /
been in his employ for over two years. The |
sums Of $4,000 each are left to the present
treasurer Of the domestic and foreign mis-. |
sionary society of the Episcopal church, and |
the present treasurer of the society for the |
increase Of the ministry in that denomina-
ton The present treasurer of the home OF
rest for consumptives in New York receives
$4,000 St. Paul's parish in Burlington,
where the deceased a vestryman, re-
reives requests amounting to $4,000.