The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03

nounced that for the position OF rural
mail carrier in Swanton women who are
unmarried or who are wives of soldiers
or sailors serving in the present war are
eligible.
The Congregational church at Sharon,
without a pastor for nearly six months,
has extended a call to Rev. Hugh Penney,
student in the theological seminary at
Bangor, Me-, which he has accepted. and
will begin his pastorate at the close Of
the seminary year, the middle of June
At thu time of last weeks blizzard. a
Stowe woman. Mrs. Riley, heard a blue
bird singing in her house Sunday morn
ing and found two in her sitting room
stove, that had come down the chimney |
One had died and its feathers were
singed, but the other was all right.
The Odd Fellows convention to be held |
at Burlington May Is, will be. the Largest |
convention of Odd Fellows ever held in !
the state This convention will represent
all Odd Fellow lodges throughout the
New England states The convention will
make It's headquarters at the New Sler-
wood. Eighty. reservations FOR. the occa-
sion have already been made
George Bruno, who was in Montpelier
Lefty court Monday in connection with al
liquor case, was injured at the Lawrence
stoneshed Tuesday afternoon, although
not very seriously A stone being carr
ried through the shed by the travelling
derrick, hit him on the back of the head.
cutting quite cash IN his neck. @
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dexter at the Orange county jail.
! Mrs. Dexter was formerly Anna Fetch and
is now in the county Jail upon the charge
Iof numbering her husband, Joseph Felchi
on Easter morning three yeats ago This
is the second child to be born to the wofn
an at the jail, Mr. Dexter-yses a Top.
sham man and has beep in the army.
Miss Mary A. Burns OF Kansas City,
Mo. formerly Of this city has been en-
gagged as superintendent of the It. Al
+ bans hospital to succeed Miss Helen l..
Little, resigned, and expects to take up
her duties about April Is For the past
fyc years Miss Burns has been superin-
, tendent Of the Research hospital al Kan.
! sas City.
One of the largest real estate deals in
Caledonia county was made IN the sale Of
the Vail property at Groton TO the Park
cry Dung Co, of Lisbon, n. H., the trans.
: fer being recently made at the town clerk S
office in Groton. This property consist;
OF around 5000 acres, the larger portion
being timber land, the purchase price il
reported to be $4,000.
Rutland is to have another industry
: negotiations having been completed and
a building leased to a Canadian cotpo~a
ton which has headquarters in Montreal
This concern intends to manufacture {
onepieee piston ring and expects to star
operations in three weeks 1t has al
ready placed an order for 100000 casting
for piston rings with the Davis foundry
:. Edward Payne, mail carrier, employed
at the Winooski postotiioe, on q complain
issued at the Office OF the L. s. attorney
IN. A. Billiard. was brought before t. $
Commissioner Enrght yesterday charge
y with appropriating War Savings stamp
: asd he was allowed out on bail in tn
K SUN OF 500. His case will be held owe
3 Until the May term of The district court
e to be held at Windsor.
9, Fire which originated from an over
o heated boiler in the basement of the Cit,
t Drug store at Burlington Tuesday morn
4 ing spread to the store above and cause
/ lal loss estimated at $1,000 The store
II owned by Brown and Finregan and thei
loss is practically covered by insurance
II Danger from exploding chemicals hand
A., capped the iiremen in controlling the tits
IS The loss was largely from smoke an
water
O Miss Marion s. Gilmore OF Swantor
le who for some time has been connecte
I. with the work OF. the College hospita
lg Long Island. y Y, has been appointe
IN dietitian and Instructor in dieteties a
- the University Of Maryland Miss Gi
more was preparing for overseas dut
a when the armistice was signed. 50 sh
remained in this country She is the fte
&c iietitan the University of Maryland no
Il pital has ever had
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LII G n Stafford ,ba now lanaIord IL Il
~ Putnam house. took possession of ii
hotel aEordav Mr. Stafford comes fre
1d Poultney where he had conducted q het
n during the past three years. The Petna
er hous2 is one of the largest hotels betweS
- Albany and Montreal and has long hi
Is. tory. manv. famous people having been /
rs. Tnests The bar viii remain omen uni
"a, tho nresent stock is sold qut.aafter whit
8. the bar room will be used FOR a grocer
s. store, i, ffss. Il. -. s6S
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