The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12

The state board Of pharmacy met il
Montpelier Tuesday to determine whether
| T. M. Barrett, l.. A. Miner and M. +
| Bayliss, druggists of Rutland, who were
recently convicted in that city of illegally
selling intoxicating liquors, should be de
! prived of their licenses as pharmacists fol
bringing disrepute to the profession anc
for incompetence in managing decent Ii
censed pharmacies. The members OF the
gennes, d. F. Davis of Barre, w. F. Root
of Brattleboro, w. L. Gokey of Benning.
ton and j. g. Bellrose of Burlington. The
accused were all present, and after exam.
lining the cases all day the board decided
to revoke the license of T. M. Barrett and
to place the other two on probation with
the understanding that if any further COM
plants are made against them they may
expect no leniency. Mr.. Barrett, it is un-
derstood, had already arranged to sell his
store.
John A. Thomas, 40, an insane negro,
shot Police Officer John H. Ryan in the
left thigh Monday morning in Burlington,
while the officer was attempting to arrest
him on the charge of carrying. concealed
weapon. Ryan received flesh wound
which is not dangerous. Officer William
Collins undoubtedly saved Ryan's life as
he caught and disarmed the negro, who
was firing promiscuously with a 3S-calibre
hammerless revolver. The negro shot from
his overcoat pocket. Thomas is barber
who few months ago was discharged as
improved from the Michigan insane asylum.
He is a native of Burlington and has a
wife and mother here.
On Friday evening, Oct. s, an informal
reception was given at Proctor public IL
brary to the teachers of the public schools
There were about 45 present, including the
teachers and the library officials. Miss
Frances M. Pierce, president of the state
library association, gave an interesting
talk on The Library and the Schools. There
was social hour afterward during which
light refreshments were served. Much en-
thusiasm concerning closer cooperation
between teachers and librarians was ex-
pressed, and the hope that-the influence
of the library might thus be extended.
Rutland will have two new opera houses
within a year. Besides the theater which
the Cairo Temple of the Mystic Shriners
is to have in its new temple, seating 1900
persons, G. Tracey Rogers of Binghamton
and Leo H. Wise of New York, the heads
of the Rutland Street Railway company,
Dr. G. H. Young of Brandon and M: F.
Wheeler of Rutland have announced their
plan to build $4,000 theater next spring
on a site on West street, already chosen.
L uc HeW IousC Will oSdp INV PSiooho'
At the invitation of the Cavendish Ii
brary association the state board of library
commissioners and the state library asso
citation will hold public meeting in the
Adams opera house in Proctorsville the
afternoon and evening of Friday Nov. 10.
Miss Alice Blanchard of the Newark, n.
j., free library will be the principal speak
ar in the afternoon, while John M. Thomas,
president of Middlebury college, will give
the evening address.
The Cobleigh library of Lyndonville had |
a flower exhibit during the past summer,
when over 200 specimens of wild flowers |
were shown. Some of these were brought |
from Barnet and Sutton. Each specimen
was placed in a glass by itself. Among the
rarest flowers were orchids and wild rho
lodendron. The rhododendron were from
Barnet, one of the few places in Vermont
n which the flower is to be found
The annual meeting and banquet of the
Vermont alumni association of Dartmouth
College will take place in the Van Ness
House in Burlington Nov. IS. A business
ession will take place at 7 o'clock, fol
owed by banquet at s. President Mich
'ls and Secretary Hopkins of the college
will be present and speak, and delegation
rom the Dartmouth glee club will furnish
music.