The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-11

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Mihiel, France, on Oct. % when Lieut..
Aldrich was mortally wounded.
William ". Forrand of Orange, was
instantly killed Saturday afternoon about
Plainfeld shopping trees for Charles Coch-
cram OF that place. He was chopping a
tree when it fell onto him, falling across
his chest and head, killing him immediate.
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After finding one OF his ducks dead in
the poultry yard, l.. G. Trumbull Of Hart
ford set trap expecting to catch a skunk
which he suspected caused tho depreda-
ton but instead found the next morning
in the trap great horned owl, that
measured A inches across with spreading
wings and was p inches in height.
Willard Bressc Iaghthall, son of w. II.
Lighthall of bennington, was saved from
drowning few days ago by Mrs. Girls
void, after the boy had broken through
the ice while skating alone on the Girls
void pond. She pushed 4 plank where
he could grasp it and then threw him a
rope with which others who had gathered
pulled him ashore. He suffered no i'll
effects from his dueking.
In response to a challenge by the BIZ
State Educational club the high schools
of Bethel, Bradford, South ,Royalton,
Hartford, Windsor and Woodstock in
Vermont, and the Charestown, Hanover,
West Lebanon, Knnball Union academy
of Meriden, Lebanon and Claremont high
schools Of New Hampshire, there will be
held at White River junction Friday
evening the DIST Vermont and New Hamp-
shire inter-scholastic public speaking con-
test
The recent change in train schedule
has resulted in worse situation for news.
papers published in the central part OF
the state than has existed in great
many years 1t has forced the Montpelier
Argus to print three editions in order
that the paper may reach its readers in
the towns adjacent to Montpelier on the
same day printed. The Barre Times
prints one edition, but is unable, because
of lacl; of train service, TO get its papers
to points on the Montpelier l. Wells Riv,
er railroad the same day they are printed
A young man dressed in United States
uniform has been selling posters in the
business section Of Rutland during the
| last two days. The placards bore the
words Soldiers: Welcome Home and
| the cards sold for Is cents AS man in
the service, or one wearing uniform
is not allowed to barter articles or beg
| the police officers started out yester
day to find the person in question. IIe
evidently had 'dare" the town or had
gotten wind of the officers intent for h,
had disappeared.
Eleven thousand wooden boxes designed
as munition cases for the Russian army
and manufactured by the Horatio Kick
ok company in Burlington two years age
have been purchased by Rutland woot
dealers TO be broken up into kindlins
wood. These boxes. which are vert
strong, are made of the best quality o
spruce. When they were completed the,
were shipped to munition plant in New
Jersey hut one Of the factories Their
blew up and the boxes could not be use,
at that time They were shipped back t.
Burlington where they have been in stof
lage ever since
John AIoriarty OF Montpelier was az
rested in Springfield, Mass, Sunday, fo
obtaining money under false pretenser
Siorialty. who has been recently d4
charged from the army, has been doing
thriving business during the past fes
Idays, according 10 reports, by representa-
himself over the telephone as a frien
81 almost everyone and borrowing MOI
: cy on the strength OF that. His bushes
got on such a scale that the Wester
Union company took an interest in b
actirities and was one means OF causin
his arrest
II In recognition Of Miss Rose G. Carr
: gans long and faithful service as teacl
t or in the Rutland public schools the boar
Of commissioners voted at the meetiI
hcld this week to insert in the warnii
4 for the March election an article askif
n the voters to grant the board the autho
r ity to give Miss Carrigan pension
/. 500 year For "a years she has taugl
= in the Rutland schools and for over
years Miss Carrigan has been the primo
| t'oi ~ ti't buluii&- III "hlNii sue mas Dct
i located She is herself graduate Of Il
T high school and since that time, in lSs
r she has taught continuously until Il
k was taken i'll about two years ago.
r. A veteran railroader of the Central We
mont line at Barre says that the whit
OF l9lS-l9 promises to eclipse any pre-
Z. Gus season within his memory in so I
re as the rolling stock is concerned. Coz
d, pared with the rigorous weather Of
r. year ago, railroad conditions have be,
ID almost ideals On only two occasions ha
he the yard crew in Barre been compell