The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-20
VERMONT NEWS.

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Lewellyn J Egelston, principal of the I;
Rutland Business college, has received ,
word from the supreme council of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, now
n session in Philadelphia, that he has
oeen elected to receive the 33d degree in
Masonry. There are now 30 men in Yer
mont who have reached that sublime emf,
hence in the Masonic craft. Il
Under the plan which is being used by
the federal government to ship cattle to
France, Vermont has shipped l,223 head
of cattle thus far The testing for ship
ment purposes is being pushed along as
last as the cattle are selected that APP
pear to be desirable for use IN that conn
try. This is probably as good showing I
as any state has made
At very enthusiastic get-together meet
ing at Smugglers Notch in Stowe Thurs
day at which many Burlington people |
were present, plans were discussed for
building summer hotel in the near fu-
ture somewhere near the notch and a |
number of men throughout the state
signed for stock to the amount of sl2,W0, |
which will be the beginning of the money
to be raised
The new central telephone office locat-
ed III White River junction is one of the
most up-to-date in the state. White River
Junction is the center of the toll calls
OF the state of Vermont and is also a
junction for many long distance calls from
New Hampshire going south. There are
81 toll circuits going out from the office.
Some of these go direct to New York,
Rutland, Boston, Greenfield, Burlington,
Montpelier, st. Johnsbury, Littleton and
Concord, y. H. In addition there are five
leased telegraph circuits Including the As
soclated Press wire
Col. Walter Harvey of San Francisco
has been assigned to duty by the war de-
partment as inspector and instructor of
the national guards in Vermont and has
commenced his duties in the adjutant gen
| erals Office at Montpelier to which he is
attached. His work will be similar to that
which has been done in Vermont before
| by the sergeant instructors, only there
will be more of the work. He has seen
| q years in service He carries wound
|
pine Islands and was the commanding of
fcer of the sd infantry of the regular
army in France.
Miss Maud F. Harris, who has been en-
gagged in \. NJ. c. A. canteen work over
seas for the past seven months arrived
late Thursday evening at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harris in
| bennington. She sailed from Brest, Sept.
IL. Miss Harris was one of four young
women chosen from Vermont to repre-
sent the National Federation of Women
clubs~in Y. VI. c. A. canteen work over
seas. Miss Harris has been overseas since
i the first of February She was chosen
from the members of the Fortnightly club
CT Bennington.
The new Masonic temple at Johnson
The gift of Hon. Charles H. Stearns, ant
brought about through Hon. I. T.. Pearl
is to be dedicated Friday. Oct. 10. The
I dedicatory exercises viii be under the
direction of Right Worshipfull Master E
L. Wells of Lyndonville, assisted by othe
grand lodge officers At 6 o'clock a ban
net viii be served and post prandial ex
ereises take p4ade Among the speaker
viii be Lieut. Gov. NJ $. Stone, Judg
II c. NJ. Powers, Hons. r. w Hulburd,
G. Fleetwood, and I. C. Cheney Judg
Darling of Burlington, a past grand mas
ter, has been invited to aotlas toastmas
| ter f- aT
II The extra allowance which the board o
| control granted the department of agri
| culture at its meeting this week was 70
4 the purpose of securing extra veterinar
! ans to test cattle. Under the appropria
tons of the last legislature, which wer
I increased. there has been marked do
I mand to have cattle tested. Last yea
I the department tested II ,3Si head of cal
tie and this year it will test about 80 .00
[ head, or about 1000 herds of cattle Tn
I | federal commissioner has recently il
! formed Mr. Brigham that yermont's pla
Of eradication of tuberculosis in cattle i
getting much greater results than tina
used by any other state in the union.
L The Howricon will case will be taken II
next Tuesday in Grand Isle county com
at a special session. The will is that
the late Maud Howricon who bequeathe
about $4,000 to the Mary Fletcher hasp
III tai of Burlington. 1t is contested by ht
; brother, John Howrieon of North Her
, Miss Howricon, an unmarried woman II
ing alone in North Hero for many year
committed suicide last July Before h,
death she left some notes and in one
these stated that she was killing herse
to remove, all danger of being buried aliv
h Her attempts at suicide Were persistel
for on the first attempt she tried to c,
her throat and then shot herself I'll
ID grounds on which the will is to be COZ