The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-12

ME BRAIILEBORO j.
Marden, Friday night and presented him
a gold watch and chain and gold handled
knife.
Another case of smallpox has been dis
covered, the fourth in Rutland county
within a week, this time the case appear
ing at Lake Bomoseen. A general vaccl-
nation has been advised In that section.
w. R. Knapp post of the American
Legion at st. Johnsbury has decided to
erect a memorial tablet to contain the
names of St. Johnsbury men and women
who paid the supreme sacrifice IN the
/ World war.
Postal service from Europe has not
reached its pre-war schedule yet. A year
ago last September friend Of Barbara
and Bernice Bashaw of st. Adams, de-
string to send them dolls for Christmas
put the package in the mails. 1t has Just
arrived in that city one Christmas be-
hind time.
Delbert Martin, who was arrested Sat,
urday afternoon on the charge OF being
intoxicated while operating an automo-
bile, was fined $500 and costs in Montpel-
Ter city court. This is said to be the the
stiffest penalty imposed thus far IN the
state for that ofense Judge Harvey, IN !
imposing the fine. said the court at Burl-
ington seems disposed to put a man in
jail but Il guess a fine will do
Three Cinnamon were taken into Gus
tody at Alburg by deputy collectors IN
charge of f. L. Corse of the customs
force last week. The men were found
IN the Rutland railroad yard and We're
looking to board a .sOuthbOund trelght
due to leave in a few minutes. The cir
cumstances so far as possible to learn,
would indicate that they were brought III
from Canada in an automobile by some,
one familiar with the surroundings and
the movement of trains.
George p. Twigg, 70. of st. Adams:
died Saturday after a II months period
of i'll health. For many years he was the
owner of Twigg Brothers clothing busl-
ness in that city. He was also associated
IN the dry goods business with a. =
Richardson and William Doolin under
the firm name of Richardson, Iwlgg x
Co. He sold his interests in the business
to William Doolin in 1918 and retired
from active business life.
On Oct. IS there is to be dedicated at
the site OF the Tilden tavern, now the
farm of George B. Hathorn, about one
mile north of Hartford village, a bronze
tablet, erected by the Vermont society,
Sons of the American Revolution, in
honor of Phineas Parkhmst, l9-year-
old boy, who, though wounded, rode
, from Royalton, Vt. to West Lebanon,
n H, on Oct. Is, 1850, warning the set
tiers Of the coming of the Indians. who
were then burning the village Of Royal
ton and killing the people there. Pres
ident Guy w. Bailey of the Vermont So
ciety will preside. The tablet viii be un-
yelled by Miss Harriet I. Parkhurst OF
! Concord, \. H., a gTeat-great-grand-
daughter of Phineas Parkhurst
An organization was formed in Mont
peHer Saturday evening for the purpose
of conducting winter sports here by elect
ing the following officers: President, DR..
| w w. Brock; secretary, W. r. stock
we'll: assistant, Miss Ida Osborne; treas
urer. c. F. Lowe. Representatives Of the
Dartmouth Outing club were present and
told the some % persons who were pres
ent and who viii form the nucleus or the
organization how the sports are con
Quoted at Dartmouth particularly as to
skiing and suOw-shOeGg. Probably slid
ing viii be added to the list here and 1t
is possible that an expert from Dart
didates' how to handle the winter
sports.
Miss Anna Lenehan, domestic nurse,
was strnck Saturday night by an auto
mobile driven by Wallace {. Holmes near
1 ne SlIouE LIedleT III DURING ION d-i'i
died a few hours later at the Mary
Fletcher hospital. where she was taken.
The accident happened shortly after nine
o'clock when both sides of the street in
the vicinity were filed by the automo-
biles which those attending the minstrel
show had left near the curbjug. Accord,
ing to the story of eye-witnesses, Mr.
Holmes was proceeding up the street at
very slow rate of speed. Miss Lene-
han, who was accompanied by her sister,
stepped out from between two automo-,
biles directly in front of the truck which
Mr. Holmes was driving The deed was
done so suddenly that Holmes did not
realize he had struck anyone until he felt
the iar Of the front trucks going over
something.
Harrv Young and party from Danvile
met with an accident while on tie Barre
East Montpelier road Sunday afternoon,
caused by combination of gasoline and
LIGHTED match. TIE party STONED in
East Montpelier to have the tank filled
with gasoline and some of the surplus
in the nipe was spilled upon the trousers
Of Mr.. Young in ramOving the pipe from
the machine When near the Fiheld
place the man ATTEMPTED to light a ci
car and soon wae ablaze LOSING control
of his car in his attempt to fight the