The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-15


The Rev. j. A. Lawrence, for IL years
pastor of the Congregational church at
Chelsea, has resigned, to take effect on
April /.
The farmhouse at West Arlington.
owned by Arthur Grout. was destroyed
by fire Saturday night. The family were
away from home at the time and nothing
was saved.
Mrs. Gav L.. Bouilette has been elected
to the office of collector of taxes in fire
district No. / of Hartford town. This is
the first election of a woman to a like Of
fee in that town.
Word has been received in Brandon that
Lieut.. w. III. Dangdon, a native of that
town, who was an engineer on the T.. S.
| Cruiser Albany, was fatally shot by a Jap-I
anese sentry at Nladivostok.
Henry l.. Puffer. an inmate of the Sol
diers' home at Bennington, was found
dead in his room, Wednesday, IN Troy,
\. Y, where he was visiting. There Is
much sickness at the home. three inmates
being critically i'll.
The threeyear-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Clough of Washington, Vt: was
badly burned when he set fire to himself
while playing with matches. The mother
left the room for a few minutes and re-
turned to find the child in flames.
Collins Jones', colored of Rutland, who
was charged with manslaughter III the
fatal automobile accident a week ago in
! which Richard I. Crowley. nine years old. )
met his death when he jumped from an
electric car directly in the path OF a Ford
car driven by Jones. has been discharged.
the states attorney haying mol pressed
the case.
Mr.. Miller of West Fairlce is the oldest
person in town, being 81 years old. and
has never missed an election since he
! commenced to vote. and only one town
that on account of a death in the family.
He works every day and. while a man OF
much property, would put some Younger
men to shame along the line of labor.
Mrs. William Holden, %, of Highgate
Springs. is in a serious condition as the
result Of an attempt to commit suicide
Friday morning by cutting her throat
with a razor. Her husband found her ly-I
ing in a pool of blood nearly lifeless. She
was revived somewhat by physicians but
her recovery Is doubtful. Dependency
over ill-health prompted the act. She has
three children.
The place of honor in the January ST
Nicholas IS given to n Burlington story,
of Colchester Point" hv Leon w. Dean.
who is a steady contributor to several
magazines, now lives in Lake Placid. NJ
Y. but is a native Of Bristol and a grad
uate of TIE University Of Vermont. class
of 1914. He was quite prominent in coll
lege. being at one time editor of the
Cynic.
Two children of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Dubuc of Schenectady. \. Y. were de-
serted at Rutland the other day by their
mother. Miss lena Ross, denuty proba J
ton officer of the board of charities and
probation. conducted an Investigation, lo-t
Gated the father who sent the children's
aunt, a Mrs. Seymour of Burlington. toI
Rutland and the Youngsters are now in
her care. This is the second time the
mother has deserted them.
Burton C. Dean of Mount Tabor has
brought suit in Rutland county court
against DIR. w. G. Hodsdon of Rutland to
recover $4,000 damages on the Ground
of malpractice. Mr.. Dean alleges that his
wife was badly burned while receiving
Rutland. her sufferings being such that
she became temporarily insane and was
confined at Brattleboro Retreat.
Many Vermont women assembled
in Burlington Yesterday and organized the
branch of the American Legion. Twenty,
four units were represented. These Off
GERS were elected: President, Mrs. Eliza
p. Clifford of Randolph: vice presidents,
Mrs. Henry l.. Horton of Montpelier,
Mrs. EIvira Nourse of Rutland, and Mrs.
+. l.. Thomas of Enosburg Falls; secre-
tary, Miss Marguerite Snow Of Montpel-
;or: treasurer. Mrs. Il. W. MeCuen OF
| NeTgennes.
It is interesting to know that the thous-|
ands of deer that have been shot in Yer
mont since the first open season in 1896,
came through n number Of sportsmea llv-
ing in Rutland and Bennington COUNTIES;
including the late L. s. Senator Redheld
| Proctor. They raised n fund with which
10 purchase deer and start a wild herd ~
the state. They secured ten from a park
1T the New York state nrison at Dame.
mora, which wore released in April OF that
year. The following month four mroe
were secured and taken to the southern
part Of the state. /
ARRANGEMENTS have been finally COM
nleted for the freeing Of the toll hridge
between Waterford and Iittleton, \. II.
This bridge Is a long one-sDan bridge,
with considerable distance between the
bridge and the water. A report was made
to Governor Clement last summer on the
matter. but II. NJ. Mcintosh was asked
70 look over the bridge, with the result
that Governor Clement did not agree to
its being made public because the stTuc-
ture would not carry the traffic Of today
Now ARRANGEMENTS have been made for IN
rreasinr the strength Of the bridge anal
it viii be freed, probably shortly.