Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-26
VERMONT NEWS.


was found.
The committee In charge OF the pur-
chase of land for the site OF the pro-
posed tuberculosis sanatorlum at Pitts.
ford has bought the L. =. Kendall
place. consisting OF 81 acres OF land.
for which S2,OS7.50 was paid. Several
other pieces OF land Will be purchased,
making the entire tract about 225
acres. extending half a mile each side
OF the Sugar Hollow brook.
The Blue Book. the official register
of the United States. lust issued from
the government printing Office. shows
that 1873 Vermonters are employed Dy
the government In the District OF Co
lumba, the aggregate salary OF tne
whole number being $251,7l9.oO, This
does not include Vermonters connected
with the army. navy. or marine corps.
d. ID. Muir, receiver OF the defunct
Merchants National bank OF Rutland
Saturday. Jan. 10. sold by auction all
uncollected assets OF the bank, large
ly notes of Marvin A. Mcclure. The
| face value was over 100000. The
receiver will pay final dividend OF
II 1-2 per cent, making 96 l-2 per
cent. paid.
A boy who uses tobacco In any form
hereafter will not be allowed to hold
office I'm the Burlington high school or
! to be member of any organization
under the control of the school con-
stitution. This action was taken at "a
recent meeting of the teachers IN the
! high school and results from a recent
| investigation which showed that 60 out
of $50 boys In the school used the weed.
The senate committee on naval af-
fairs at washington has authorized a
| favorable report on the bill providing
for deposits In the capitols of various
1 states the models of war vessels bear
ing their names. If the bill becomes
law. which is considered almost GER
tain. a model of the battleship YER
mont. now under construction AT
| Quincy, Mass, will be placed I'm the
capitol at Montpelier
Luke T.. Wright, governor-general of
the Philippines. has been named by the
president as the first American am
bassador to Japan. Judge Henry G.
Ide, vice. governor and acting governor
general of the Philippines, has asked
TO be relieved from duty June He
has been appointed governor general
until that date. Upon Judge Ide's re-
tirement. Gen. James +. Smith. now
member of the Philippine commissions,
viii succeed him as nor-generai
At the 18th annual meeting of the
Vermont Botanical club at Burlington
last week these officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President. Ezra
Brainerd. Middlebury; president
c. G. Pringle; secretary. Prof. l.. H.
Jones: treasurer. Mrs. Nellie f. Flynn;
additional members Of the executive
committee. II. H. Swift of Pittsford.
Mrs. T.. b. Davenport of Brattleboro
and Miss Isabelle NJ. Paddock of st
Johnsbury.
Preparations are being made to start
up the knitting mill of the Lyons Bros.
Remington. that has been closed TOT
about two years. IL VIII give employ
ment to 100 operatives. Already
large number OF orders have been
booked. with good prospects for con-
tinuance. The knitting mills in that
town are all busy, two of the largest
running all night five DAYS in the week
recurring an extra night gang, and the
output of all has been sold for year
in advance.
The annual meeting of the Windsor
County Agricultural society was held at
Woodstock. Thursday. Jan. Is. A. f.
Fuller OF Pomfret was elected presi-
dent; G. j. Paul of Woodstock. secre-
tary; C. H. English of Woodstock
treasurer. all re. elected. Treasurer
English reported the society IN gooa
shape financially with $500 now on
hand. II was voted TO pay $500 on the
principal Of the mortgage. The society
has paid nearly $500 in premiums al
the last exhibition and received tof
tickets of all kinds S2.362
James ]. Leary of Turner's Falls.
Mass. who has been appointed asso-
ciate Justice of the Franklin county
Mass. district court, has been practic-
ing law for the past five years having
been admitted to the bar in Boston In
1901. He Is a native of Richmond and
was educated in the schools Of his ma
tive town and at the Johnson state
normal school, it being his early inten-
ton to become a teacher. He taught
for three years and then took up the
study of law in the office or W. .
Dana He graduated at the Boston
University Law school in 1901. having
done the three years work in one.
John Durham and Miss Mabel G.
Hazen of North Hero. while crossing
Lake Champlain Friday. Jan. 10. drove
into a crack in the ice about 60 rods.
from the Swanton shore and narrow
ly escaped being drowned. They got
into the water but succeeded in get
ting ont though the horse was lost.
Miss Hazen was struck by the horse as
1t was floundering in the water ana
was rendered unconscious for ume'
but her injuries are not considered Sc
rious. Some men cutting ice AZ or oV
rods away came to their assistance and
succeeded in getting the wagon out OF
the water. The crack was seven feet
wide and filled with snow, so ii could
not be seen.
The Vermont society. Sons of the
American Revolution, have decided TO
,,,;J int
ton the evening of February %. The
Vermont societies. Daughters of the
American Revolution, and Colonlai
Wars, will be invited to attend. The
principal speaker will be Hon. Charles
II. Darling ex-assistant secretary OF
the navy. now collector of customs.
port of Burlington. Gov. c. j. Bell is
also expected to be present and speak
The annual meeting of the society
postponed from November last VIII
be held the same day. At this meeting
the proposition to increase the dues
from 81 to 81, the surplus to be used
for marking historic sites and erecting
memorials to prominent people Will be
considered,
The 31st annual meeting of the
Vermont Bee Keepers association was
held at Burlington Friday. Jan. IL.
with sessions both in the morning and
afternoon There We're Is members
of the association present The pre-
sentation of the several papers and
the accompanying discussions were
all practical and helpful and the meet
ing was accounted most successful
one. The officers are: President. NJ
f. Cram of West Brookfield; secre-
tary. w. G. Larabee of Shoreham;
treasurer, H. L. Leonard of Brandon;
i tx-
Spencer of Panton; Rutland county V.
N Forbes of West Haven; Orange