The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-02

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l,asl ihai kmnisil finally sigs ~ and drove
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cas-, How them oihri iolks, ihlFr Il en-
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ftgion thai l. i,ml inf,ak,n rnough 10 ihr
,ummsr. and hlcalsF than ANYTHING |
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lhrfr ii ihik dhlnl nnd stsiF humse u
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lbs hiilr marr that ilr sac mrn AMI che
woman va. dtialn hnall, ,oullnf - ~
iufihrf ani ihr mrn hai "a s.s nul sid
had her ahils iht Numau walked ~ thr
A A. a.. "a. N.aI.n 4
isa,ir Toe a. Il Was alatut midnight, iili
the iToilr ~ the farm hoil-r "a. siill 90
The hnfsr ihirNrs plogrd their Nay niu
the laorN aii ard one II them fapi~d At
the dpur
n Aunan come ta the denf ju.i -
though ,hr Was rNprriin SOMEONE, hut
wh.n he srr tNas .tTiuerrs she lnukc'l
mighty pat out She siid she couldn't put
rm ~ possibly, that an Old woman vas
dSin' IN the hou-r aud had been all day 4
The, had srni inr the doriof. hut hr
wauldn.i ,umr way up there "a the storm, /
She Wa all cat NJ and wouldn't take ~ no 1
stranger. Well, the little mare she
couldn't go No further. - the men they
just invited their woman into the kitchen .
aud pui their horse out "a the harm with
out - much a. hy your leave, | don't .
know how many folks there was hyin' ~
that hnnse hat anyway they wAs busy
with the .ick woman aud they hadn't any
mote linu 10 k,,k the people out than thcS
had To- invite EN- IN II go, Ia bc along
about . o'clock IN the morning. and they
was an sittin around the kitchen fire, the
hor,e thieves. male, and female and some
81 the people IN the house
IAN At once they heard someone drive
into the ward. and minute later there
was great stumplng Of snow on the back
Al. IL. II q
said. There. that must be the doctor come
now. and she jumped NJ 10 open the
door But them unbdden guests. they
knew better and their womnn says, i
guess it, going Ia he . consultation ~ doe
tofs hy the sound they'r maxim out
there In a minute the dcput, sheriff
from down Orange way and another from
North Adams come into the kitchen
and - the chase was ended. The officers
had Just stumbled on to the place by &C.
cident They was about all in and when
they see light they just made ior Il.
maxim up their minds To spend the rest !
OF the night there. How the dyin' woman /
came out | don't know. hut n she died that /,
night. she missed hearing about more PEG. .
pie being at her farmhouse on that \
stormy winter night than there had been /
before, storm ~ shine, for many wear ! 4
guess 4.
An arrest wa nj much more'n a for n
mality up there IN the mountains, for all /,
If EN-, prisoners and officers were storm.
bound until morning II took long time
before that little mare got over the drivin'
hem folks give her that day. hut | heard !;
hat she came out all right IN the end. \
The woman was wanted hy the police in u
Springfield and they sent her there. and h
think she got jail sentence for some. Il
ii. No. in
here. But the story OF the men didn't i
nd with their arrest They was tried for !
iorsc stealing and sentenced TO the New y
ane iail IN Vermont Ncwfane is a little !,
,illage up in the hills. but il : the county .
eat and the jail, such as it Is, Is located h
here. They don't have many prisoners, !,
md the ;ail is a part of the hotel there, !,
ort of wing on the backside, a. ] re- NJ
member it, The two men was kept there N
II summer and they was peaceable T,
nough. Finally it come along fall and y
ime for the Brattleboro cattle show. Now, Il
hats the big event of the year up there; II
he thing they reckon time by and every II
,ody that is able to, always goes. ;,
80 on the day of the Brattleboro far n
he town of Newfane was deserted, except
or few old folks and the prisoners in
he jail They was kinder lonesome. look q
a out of the Jail window with nothin' to IN
ee. They had the run of the inside OF h,
he iail, as | understand it, Finally, they na'
ee a little girl out back of the jail p'ckin h,
D apples. They hollared to her through ,a
he window and asked her to bring them ~
ONE apples. She was willing enough, ami v
DIN around to the front door of the jail d,
he slipped the bolt and handed the pris- y
ners some apples. She want particular 20
bout lockn' the door again, and they -
idnt mind if twas unlocked. So, when p =
he had gone, the two thieves with their IL
pples in their hands, come out OF the al
iii and locked the door after them. A pii
ouple Of old men was sittin on the steps p
the store and there was an old woman
ut hangin' out clothes Nobody else was d.
, sight. The thieves waved their hands al
nd called out, 'Goodby, grandpa; good. er
y, grandma, we're gon' on The old co
zen they waved their canes and hollared, 8
nd the old woman she put her hands on ne
err hips and gaped at EN-, but they want he
obody in the town able to give EN- chase. of
o they finally come back here to this
tate, and one of 'em lived near here for b
ONE time and | used to see him often. pa
Ie knew / knew him, but ! never said re
othin'; for he want bad boy and was Fl
,orkin' steady enough. Finally Emmett tn
Taskins got wind of him and arrested of
im but as | remember it, they let him w
fl because he had Strengthened out. The til
oman was at the bottom of the whole st
rouble, | guess, and they liked to have nj
lied that little mare" hs