The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-29
West River TOUnS
TOWNSHEND.
Deer Hunting and the New Deer Law

loh, iNNSi liiC WIZ nave DIOubn
in little does do not seem to feel very
proud of the achievement. The real joke
however, seems to be in the law regarding
posting land. This town has more or less
farmers who have been cursing the deel
for the last three or four years, praying fol
law to kill them off and asking the state
to pay deer damage each fall. When the
new law came out they were 'tickled most
to DEATH" but this fall most of them
rushed t., the, mill for lumber and posted
their land and at least one who posted his
farm was found hunting on neighbours
unposted land. If some of our hill farm
ers can get fair-sized deer damage in the
fall, a few ten-dollar bills for trespass and
a good big buck off someone else's land to
salt down they ought to get through the
winter in good shape.
There have been nearly hundred
licenses made out in this town and good
number of deer taken, most of which were
does. Herbert Barber went out and got
big buck weighing 240 lbs. He says he did
shoot it with gun. Some people think
Herbert ties big buck up in the barn,
feeds it meal and shoots it with an axe.
Ralph Snyder, the game warden, showed
his son, Wilbur, that the cold man" was
still active by getting one; but Wilbur also
got one, his fourth in four years. Dr.
Nash shot big buck and Park Holland,
not to be beaten by his nearest neighbor,
Bernie Phillips went out together and
each brought one home. 1t is rumored
that Haynes Sanders was taking a nap
when deer jumped on his gun and hit the
trigger in such way as to discharge the
piece and commit suicide, but Haynes says
there is no truth in the rumor, and that
he shot the deer. Earl Hamln stopped
work three hours and brought one in.
Dennis Jones took his brother-in-law
a-hunting and they each shot one. Milton
Thayer was one of the lucky number,
run the mill boarding-hous on venison
this winter, each getting one. Some of
our friends from sister states who have
been hunting here this fall report poor
luck, and one gentleman had the misfor-
tune the other day to either get lost or
to lose the rest of the party. 1t is said
that the rest of the party in their wild
stampede to find him stepped on and
killed several partridges and that the big
fellow from Townshend who was with
them threw a full grown buck out of his
path so violently that the deer broke off
IL antlers when he fell; but they found
their friend. The students of Leland 4
Gray seminary have had unusual luck this
fall in getting game. Charles Lowe,
Geo. Gale Perley Kidder, Abner Bristol,
and Walter Wright each shot deer. Ray |
Bemis has the distinction of being the
boy to bring one in so far, get,
ting out of quarantine Saturday and
the deer Monday, but there are
still several parties in the woods to hear
from and number of deer have been
killed in West Townshend.
Late reports raise the number of deer
killed four. George Gale got a fine buck
with seven points and Arson Mccarthy.
thinking the meat supply at the mill
might run short, brought one in yester-
day morning, while Sidney Jones and
Homer Ambrose each secured one.
Mrs. Tina Cobb is quite i'll again.
Mrs. Nettie Townsend is on the sick list.
Mrs. Allston Gushing is on the sick list.
Mrs. H. Kidder spent Monday in Brat
tleboro.
Raymond Watson is i'll, threatened with
liphtheria
Z. B. Batchelder spent Wednesday in
Brattleboro.
Miss Harriet Fletcher spent Tuesday in
Mrs. Mary Phillips is so far improved
Is to be out.
MISS DtGUHd L 10 SptlilIS q Lew
lays in Brattleboro.
Deacon Pierce of Putney was in Towns
lend Friday buying cows.
Miss Packard spent the weekend with
Miss Emerson in Jamaica.
Miss Lucille Cushman of Jamaica is
listing at Mrs. Julian Taft's.
Cortez Boutwell, of Putney is spending a
ew days at Gilbert Boutwell's.
I. E. Chase is improving the interior Of
lis store greatly by coat Of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Barnes of Athens
pent Sunday at Clarence Woodlands.
Ormando ,Jennison of Woonsocket, R. l.,
5 visiting his brother, Romance Jennison.
Robert Shepardson of the Hotel Kim {
'all, Saxtons River, spent Wednesday in
own. '
Mrs A. A. Blood is exhibiting some very
retty chrysanthemums in her front win
ows. {
Frank Harris, who has been visiting :
ew days at William Bruce's, left We'd :
esday
Mrs Daniel Mcintyre and Mrs Boutelle !
rove to Brattleboro and spent the day :
fonday :
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Derry of Brookline a
pent one day last week with friends in /
istrict No. 9. S
Special prayer meetings were held in the !
congregational church Tuesday and Fri '
ay afternoons. Il
frankie Woodland is very ill. He has
OF fully recovered from diphtheria and
as had dysentery. Z
The West River grange held its regular g
eeting last Friday evening and had i,
cry pleasant time T
Carroll Franklin has spent few days
Bellows Falls and Brattleboro with his n
rothers, Ernest and Clinton. @
Mrs Cora Hayden of West Leyden, a
lass, and Mrs Ella Cobb of Grafton Wis Il
ed recently at Charles Halls. CT
Miss Addie and Miss Grace Morse from Il
ratteboro spent Tuesday and Wednes- c!
W with Mrs. E. B. Bachelor. 81 3
Miss Cummings, who has been visiting IL
W days at Milton Thayer's, has returned ,e
her home in Mt. Tom, Mass. II
George Dompier, who recently purchased al
e house occupied by George Hebb of b,
rs Kidder, is moving in this week. T
Mrs. Charles Willard and Miss Nellie al
lizard arrived home Saturday after IL
ending week in Schenectady, n. Y. b;
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Bigelow have re- NJ
rned from Boston. Eugene Bemis cared e
r their poultry while they were away. o.
Mrs. Fred Lowe gave very pleasant h,
a Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
tker, entertaining several of her friends.
Herbert Benson and Ernest Scudder
We taken the contract to husk III. Cham A
rlain's corn after Benson gets his deer.