The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-21

mont Bar association will be held at
; Montpelier Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan.
i3 and l. Prominent lawyers Of New
York. Boston and Montreal will speak.
i plate glass window being set in a
Bennington store last week slipped from
the hands of the workmen and was
smashed to atoms. James AIOTrissey, one
of the wOrkmen. was badly cut on one
wrist and had t. have the attendance Of
a physician.
Rev Henry ii. Chapman was ordained
to the priesthood at Trinity church, Rut-
| land. Sunday He Will remain in Rut-
| land as assistant to the rector of Trinity
church until the latter part of June,
( when he will leave for Alaska to take up
I his duties as a missionary.
| With but half a month left in 1921, the
automobile registration work is practi-
cally closed for the year, and the COM
| parisOn in figures shows 31.2J4 machines
registered in 1921 against 31.61J in 1920.
The sum of S66S. 12l.15 was collected in
fees from that source this year, as against
SJJJ. 272-SS collected in 1920.
Certain federal aid road contract
awards were not made by the state high
way board at Bellows Falls Monday. as
expected. but it is thought that the delay
is only temporary. The projects included
are No. p in Highgate: No. Is, a bridge
in Sherburne No. -, between MarShheld
and Cabot; and No. p in Cambridge
William Outher of Athol Mass one of
the three men arrested early Saturday
morning after their car had broken down
near Johnson. was fined $500 in court at
Hyde Park Monday for Smuggling booze.
The cases against the other two were mol
pressed. They are said TO be novices at
the game and not professional rum-run-
uers.
George Wing. state librarian. has
bought for the library about 300 copies
of parliament proceedings in London.
These copies came from Cleveland. O..
and are considered a valuable asset TO the |
state library. Among other interesting
data trey rChearse the facts leading up
to the Revolutionary war, showing that
some of the lords were opposed to taxa
tion without representation.
The two large barns on the farm of
Hector Rock on the Georgia road out of
st. Adams were totally destroyed by fire
Sunday with an estimated loss of $4,000. !
The cause of the fire is unknown. Mr.. |
Rock went to the barn to milk about = |
o'clock in the morning and found the /
aged to save all of the cattle The Silo !
was partially burned. Rain assisted in |
subduing the flames
The egg masses of the tent caterpillar |
show a probable large increase in numbers |
of this pest in the state next year, &C |
cording to II. l.. Bailey of the state de- |
partment of agriculture. The worms |
have been steadily ON the increase for |
several years past. They appear princi- |
pally or apple and wild cherry trees and |
Mr.. Bailey urges that the egg masses be |
looked for and burned during the winter. |
Interest is increasing in the forthcom- |
ing book of Governor Hardness, Industrial |
Progress and Human Economic, the first |
copies of which We're put together in |
completed form yesterday. Since Gov !
crnor HartnesS has siguifed that he in |
tends to pay for the printing of the books |
himself, the secretary of states Office Is |
undecided as to what shall be the method |
of distribution. On that account inquiries |
are coming in orally and by letter as to |
how copies may be obtained. y confer |