The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-23

hundreds of tons of coal day, but they
could make time in the face OF the
greatest storm which could be antlcl-
pated on the lakes.
"A few days later / was on little old
boat built twenty-five years ago, with
its sputtering engine. 1t is as useless
to try to run the big ocean liners with
the steam power of that little boat as IL
is to run the modern church with the
degree of spiritual power we have had
in tbe mast The power of God Is unlim-
tied. The greatest need of the hour Is
the DEVELOPMENT Of moral and spirit
nal mower which will match the com
mercial and industrial masteries OF our
age
VERMONT NEWS,
Six children of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
johnson Of Leicester have the measles.
Rev. Hervey Gulick. has resigned. the
pastorate of the Bridport Congregational
church, to take effect June 10.
Two thousand persons, attracted from
all parts of the state, participated IN the
winter sports and carnival held at Stowe
yesterday, under the auspices OF the stowe
Civic club.
Farmers in Shoreham have begun CO.
operatiye marketing of eggs. The eggs are
taken to the home of the manager OF the
scheme and the next day are shipped TO
the city markets.
Mrs. Jane McCarty of East Berkshire
has Just completed a bedquilt of 1,93o
blocks besides knitting several pairs OF
gloves and mittens this winter. Mrs. Nc
Carly is in her S1st year.
w &c no Eh
department of the Middlebury college has
accepted an appointment on the teaching
staff of the summer school of Northwest
ern university at Evanston, Ill.
Louis Casey of Burlington planted pota-
toes last summer and overlooked the close
proximity of the land to the gas works.
with the result that the potatoes absorbed
some of the gas and are not palatable.
Clarence G. Carr, a well-known Barre
resident and for rs years rural mail car
rier on route No. > out of the Barre post
office, died Sunday evening at has nome,
after being ill only week with pneumo-
MIA.
Mrs. Blanche NJ Spooner of Newport
has been appointed to the office OF deputy
sheriff Mrs. Spooner is the first woman
deputy in the county and was appointed
by Everett ]. Hill, high sheriff of Orleans
county.
Walter s. Pierce, 30, of Danville, was
trampled to death Monday by his horse.
He went into the stall to feed the horse,
and it is supposed that he fell, frightening
the animal. The man was unconscious
when found and lived but few moments.
f.. f. Hall of Whitefield, and Hector
Benoit of Hereford, Que, were taken to
s,.l
arrest at Canaan, charged with having IN
their possession 100 quarts of liquor
| brought into this country illegally. Mel
Their could furnish bail.
The fractured skull which William y.
Steward of Barre sustained Friday eve
ming, when he fell down flight of stairs
| leading to Keith avenue in the Northern
| hall in that city. ended fatally Sunday
afternoon at the Barre City hospital to
which he was taken soon after the acct
dent.
The Green Mountain club of Rutland
yesterday made the ascent of killington
peak, making the ascent from the foot OF
the mountain on snowshoes. WoOdstock
held what it calls 1.-THE Carnival of the
Winter Hills" with winter sports of al
kinds.
| The five-county hospital proposition
whereby Addison, Chittenden, Franklin
Grand Isle and Lamoille counties are tC
unite in establishing and maintaining q
hospital for the treatment of tuberculaI
patients. will be submitted to the voters
in these five counties at the coming March
meetings in the several towns.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Hastings celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary at theil
home in ST. Johnsbury Feb. ii by giving
4 kIneY. fpfn dc a N~frA n.
wedding was held on Valentines day sc
years ago, when three Carpenter sisters
were married. Mrs Hastings being the
only one of the three surviving.
The estate of the late Otis Abbey Of
Il NTiddlebury has recently received one o.
i the. Oldest insurance policies, ever paid il
i Vermont Mr.. Abbey's policy was taker
out in 1869. It's number was $500
while the present series OF policies IN the
same company have reached more thar
the million mark. The policy was ).
years old.
Frank II. Tracy, sheriff of Washington
lcounty, has accepted an invitation to speal
before the Story club of Boston Saturday
evening, Feb. &c. The Story club is made
up of newspaper men from the different
daily newspapers OF Session some OF Whom
were here during the trial of George Long
including Charles Drury, who is presiden
of the club.
Fire which broke out at 4 o'clock yes
terday morning completely destroyed thu
Kerr Evaporating company and postofic'
building and other property at Craftsbury
causing a loss of about SIS, 1000. The fir,
is thought to have been caused by someon'
thawing out water pipes. A hardwar,
store in the same building was burned a
were the Masonic records, which wer,
kept in the postofice.
At a meeting of the board OF directors
of the Vermont Congregational conference,
and the Vermont Domestic Missionary so
ciety last week, Charles Il. Newell of thu
lGitizens Savings bank and Trust coIhpan,