The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-19


by ~ inches containing three yOlks.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
executive committee of Bennington Post
No. 13, American Legion, Thursday
evening committee was appointed of
men from the different shops in town,
who will work with and advise ]. 5.
Griswold, post employment officer, of the
conditions of the different shops. State
Treasurer Robert w. McCuen has ypur-
| chased the Middlebury Register and 1t Is
planned to use this paper as the Official
newspaper for the department of the
state of Vermont. American Legion. The
Middlebury Register will print all notices
and bulletins of the department of Yer
mont.
City Clerk T. r. Merrill of Mont
pelier was asked last week to in
| Spect the head of a hedgehog brought
| in by Roscoe Irwin to collect a bounty of
| 80 cents. Roscoe said he failed TO col
| ect the bounty on two other hedgehogs
| for the reason he was such good shot
| that when he fired he blew their heads
completely off thus destroying the evil
| dence which he must furnish to the city
| clerk in order to collect the bounty. Kos
coe assured the city clerk that he pro.
| dueed the hedgehOgs within five days of
| their death required by law. Roscoe
| was not asked to tarry in the office with
| the heads because of any red tape.
| The railroad station at Concord was
| burned to the ground early Saturday
| morning and very little was saved as the
| building was all in flames when Frank
| Cobleigh. the station agent, arrived there
The building was quickly destroyed with
| practically all the records and furniture
of the station agent and the goods IN
| storage. The fire started just before the
| east bound Montreal-POrtland train had
xKrnG INN thH
train to pass the station until the blaze
| had subsidized. 1t happened to be one OF
/ the heaviest trains of the summer, being
a double header with six sleepers bound
'or the Maine beaches. and it was de-
aged nearly two hours by the fire.
The Boutwell,, Milne & Varnum Co.,
L marriers of Barre granite has sent out
| notification that they do not intend to
educe the price of rough stock. Their
statement says: Owing to certain ru-
nors in regard to reduction in the price
f rough stock, we deem it advisable at
his time to announce that there will be
| 10 decrease in the price of our Rock OF
Ages granite. The wage agreement
hat is still effective. the continual in
reased costs of quarrying, owing to the
| lepth of the quarry, and no reduction
# any consequence in the price of ma
erials used in the quarrying industry,
| loeS not warrant any decrease IN price.
| n fact, present conditions warrant an
tdyance rather than a reduction"
A Hardwick Boy Scout. Mando Ga
;etta. son of Mrs, l.. F. Thayer saved a
10Y from drowning in the village known
| Is Mackvile last week and incidentally
demonstrated the Scout motto BE Pre-
| jared" A young son of John Berry OF
| Nackville was swimming in Mackville
| ,ond and while the youngster could
4 oil he, ,o1n nn ntfnmnf
swim across the pond. He started all
light, but soon developed trouble and mad
one down for the second eime and was
n the verge of going under the third and
4 asst time. when Mando, who was riding
n team, drove across the bridge.
/ NIando did not have any too much cloth
| ng on. overals being about all, off those
anne and in he jumped BY his quick
ction he got the other lad onto raft
md finally ashore.