The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-10
NEWFANE.
william Flynn Gets Two Months Sen
tence.

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The trial Of William Flynn, who has
been In jail awaiting the results OF in
iuries received by Leonard Ice, was
held In the Office of the Newfane Inn
Wednesday afternoon before Judge
ney Frank l.. Barber appeared for the
state and Joseph u, Martin represented
Flynn, The witnesses. were Leonard
Ice, Sidney lleseoek, William iley.
drick, Arthur Harvey aud DR., l.. II,
| White. Flynn received sentence OF
not less than two months aud not moro
than three months al hard labor NJ
the windham county Jail.
Ernest Hardy spent Sunday and Mon
dav In town.
William Nido has gone 10 Bellows
Falls 10 work In n sAwmill,
Arthur Farnum will break ground as
soon ~ possible for his new house.
Don I forget the play. His Last
Chance. this evening at Union hall.
Miss Ruth Farnnm returned home
Saturday from visit in lladley, Mass.
Mrs, Clarence Nichols will 90 Monday
20 Westhnmpton 10 visit Mrs. Eta
Bntchelder.
Mrs. Clarence Nichols mother, Mrs.
Hill, returned Monday TO her home in
Lunenberg.
Mrs. Earl Davis has been quite i'll
in Jamaica. Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Maher
went 10 see her Sunday.
Five telephone men from Brattleboro
are in town this week. repairing poles
and wires and cutting brush.
The Union Hall Helpers served an
excellent dinner town meeting day TO
over SO people. They will clear sig.
Henry Miller of East Dummorston
was in town Wednesday on business
and called at the home of Mrs. Il. y.
Butterfield
Mrs. George Wilcox. who has been
STAYING with Mrs. Nelson GRAY for a
few weeks, has gone TO Dover 10 care
for sick person.
Rev. n. $. Moore win preach next
Sunday morning on the subject. What
the Minister Has to Do With Politics.
from the text Titus Bal.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Smith of
BrattlebOro spent Wednesday az a. III.
Farnum 5. Mr.. Smith has purchased a
piece of timber land of Justin Reed.
Mrs. Lucius Martin and little son,
GRAY, spent part of one day last week
with Mrs. Lucy IIosley. They also
visited at Henry Martins in Brookline.
Mrs. n. $. Moore. who left last week
for Denver, Col, arrived there safely
at $ O'clock Friday evening. Mrs
Moore stood the Journey better than she
expected
James Fitzgerald. plumber for George
Allbee of Bellows Falls. is at work at
the Windham County House, putting in
ventilation and fixing the water works
in the Jail.
Mrs. A. II. Farnum has been engaged
to teach the village school this coming
term. We consider ourselves highly
efficient teacher.
II. d. Newton viii 20 the first of the
week to Boston. Richard Park and
George Bush will assist in the store
during Mr.. Newton IS absence. Mrs.
Newton will accompany him.
Ransom Rand came Friday to his
home Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rand are
expected soon to make their home with
Mr. Rand. They plan to 90 into the
hen business to quite an extent
Miss Ruth Streeter. a former teacher
in our public schools. is now teaching
in Amherst. Mass. Mrs. Streeter has
moved to Amherst from Brattleboro.
They have purchased summer home in
Marlboro.
There was n good attendance at the
town meeting on Tuesday. Several wo.
men attended the meeting in the after.
noon, thus showing their interest in
town affairs. The town voted to pur.
chase the piece of land lust south of
the schoolhouse on which A. II. Far
summer, stood. The town also voted
$75 for sidewalks.
Hermon Eddy, Herbert Howe and
Charles Benson left town Saturday
morning at $50 for East Dummerston.
They went with three spans of horses
and drew back boiler, which they
took Monday to the lead and silver
mine in Wardsboro They found the
road bare a good part of the way to
DummerstOn, and. together with an
accident or two, were consequently un.
able to get home until 2 o'clock Sun
day morning.
The home of Henry Hescock escaped
destruction by fire Wednesday morn
ing, owing to the vigilance of A. II.
Farnum. When Mr.. Farnum went to
chimney at Mr.. Hescock s to be on fire.
After few minutes he went down to
the house and found the family work
ing to put the fire out around a stove.
pine opening. After helping to make
things safe Mr.. Farnum returned to
his shop. Happening to look out few
minutes later he thought he saw smoke
coming from the roof around the chin.
ney. He went down to the house at
once, and upon going into the attic
found that the roof had already caught.
With HELM he succeeded in putting it |
out Immediately. and after making sure
that everything was all right, he re-
turned To his work