The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18

Lincoln is to have a new library
building, known as the Burnham Me-
mortal. lit viii be two stories high and
will also contain large hall and soci-
ETY. rooms, with kitchens attached.
Howard Day, young child of Mr. |
and Mrs W. L. Day of Jericho, was
badly burned one day last week when
he accidentally upset a tumbler con-
tanning muriatic acid, the contents of
which struck him in the face.
Alexander Ross, 4S, of Barre, a mem
Der of the granite manufacturing firm of
Ross & Ralph and widely known in
Barre business circles, died at the BOs-
ton City hospital Saturday following AMI
operation for growth in the stomach. |
Charles Young of Barre was convicted
Friday morning of the larceny of goods
valued at approximately $500 from the
Peerless Granite Co. and the Grearson
& Lane firm, and was taken by Deputy
Sheriff Lawson of Montpelier to the
county Jail and from there goes to
tity of leather. valued at nearly 800,
was sold by him for less than $40.
The celebration of the 2Jth annivers-
airy of Rev. Father Eugene c. Drouhin's
priesthood and conservation of Notre
Dame des Victories church at St. Johns
bury started Sunday and will continue
signori and priests from Vermont, New
HAMPSHIRE New York, Rhode Island
Connecticut and Canada are present be-
sides many representatives of religious
communities.
Sometime Wednesday night the cash
drawer of the hotel at Washington was
robbed and Thursday night, well to-
wards midnight the house was awak
ened by a woman's scream, with the re-
suit that persons rushed to her assist
ance. The scream was caused by man
walking into the womans room and
flashing a light in her face. 1t was be-
lieved the yegg expected he was getting
into the landlords room, believing there
was money there after business in con-
neCtion with the fair.
Four men who gave their names as
r. B. Hill, Joseph Hussey, II. A.
Weeks and R. W. Lewis were held at
Newport Sunday pending the arrival of
United States army officers from Prov
incetown. Mass The men were rounded
up by Sheriffs Hill and SWEET after
complaint by section gang on the Can
adian Pacific railway who lost the con-
tents of their dinner pals and some per-
sonal effects. They are charged with de-
sPrtion from the both balloon company
of the United States army.
f. W. Kittredge of Mortified is in
Heaton hospital at Montpelier as a re-
suit of an accident Saturday night. Kit
tredge and a Mrs. Goodrich came TO
Montpelier in the early evening IN an
automobile belonging to Charles Good
rich of Mortified After attending the
dance in the armory they left for home
and when going down hill, the automo-
bile tipped over. bruising them and they
were both taken to the hospital for
treatment. Later in the night. Mrs.
Goodrich was taken home apparently
having escaped injuries other than cut
on her face. -.M T.
The Vermont Osteopathic association
in it's annual session at St Adams Sat
urday took action renOuncing the estab-
lishment of the proposed national de-
pnrtmeut of public health with a port
folio in the cabinet at Washington, as
an undemocratic institution. The So
ciety also denounced the attitude of the
Y w c. A. in discriminating against
osteopathic physicians; Tentative plans
We're made for establishing osteopathic
hospitals in the state. The following
officers were elected: President. DIR. II.
4. Drew of Barre; vice president, DR..
J. H Spencer of st. Adams; secretary
and treasurer. DIR. George ID. Eddy of
Burlington delegates to the national
convention at Cleveland, DIR. H. A.
Stevenson.
L. T. Kinsley who has been lookout
on Belvidere mountain this summer. has
completed his duties and reported to the
state forester's Office Thursday after
noon. He has constructed a lookout
tower on the top of the mountain this
summer which is about II feet square
at the top and suitably constructed to
withstand weather conditions. While
this mountain is not as high as many
in the state. it has probably as wide
range of view as most of the mountains
in Vermont and more range of view than
some of the higher ones. 1t is very fit
ting for fire prevention work. there be-
ing no other mountains nearby to hide
the view. Last year he built a cabin
This year he had a tent which visitors
occupied and some 30 remained over
night while about 800 have visited the
mountain during the seson.
! Whirling from Burlington to New
York city at an average speed of 10
miles an hour in an air palace, with all
the comforts of n Pullman car, was the
experience Thursday of Mason G. Beebe
of Burlington. who is the first Burling
tonian. so far as is known, to take the
air trip from here to New York. Mr..
Reehe was one of the eight passengers
in the big flying boat, piloted by w. II.
Alexander. which stopped here Wednes-
day night on its way south. 1T was
most delightful triD." said Mr.. Beehe.
THE ride down the Champlain valley
and over Lake George was indescrib-
able for its beauty" Mr.. Beebe went
on to say that Mr.. Alexander, the pilot.
who is one of the most experienced of
the younger pilots in America TODAY, de-
clared that he had never in all his fly
ing in Europe and on this continent
taken more picturesque fight than
that of Thursday.
A single tusk of an East African
bull elephant has been known to weigh
235 pounds. but the average tusk of the
old wild bull elephants of today are
said to be not more than 40 pounds.