The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-15
VERMONT NEWS.

GAY brothers mill in Cavendish got
| off the looms last week the biggest pro-
duction of cloth in the history of the
mill, 1895 yards.
The toy makers of the United States
are to hold their summer convention in
Manchester July 1929 A program of
/ sports has been planned for entertain
ment.
The trustees of the Troy Conference
academy voted today to authorize the
! immediate construction of two new
! buildings. One will be a dormitory for
/ the boys in the junior school and the
other viii be library building
Leo Riley of Mortified sustained
compound fracture of the leg between
] the knee and hip Tuesday when he was
| knocked from his bicycle by an auto
mobile driven by Mr.. Clark of Wood
stock. Mr.. Clark is not blamed for the
accident.
After driving around Rutland and
! West Rutland and back, from $50 to II
/ o clock Tuesday evening. two small boys,
| George La Joice and Patrick Sabataso,
both of Rutland, were found on Pine
street with horse and wagonaeelong
| ing to Myron Sherwin. The Egys are
/
IF a suitable landing field can be
found in Rutland or its environs, Z. f.
| Greenwood of Enosburg Falls, man
over 60 years of age, win come by the
| air route to the state shoot of the Yer
mont Gun club which Is to be held there
June 20 and 81. Mr.. Greenwood never
misses a shoot and is a former champion
| of the state at the breaking of clay
pigeons.
George a. Larkin of Medford Mass,
has been fined 800 and costs for using
| explosives in Moose River in Victory,
| according to report made by war
dens to Fish and Game Commissioner
III. P. Sheldon. Four convictions have
and two for failure to have fishing Ii
censes, in different parts of the state.
| In q recent issue, the Los Angeles,
Cal. Daily Times published an inter
! view concerning Stephen c. Dorsey of
| Rutland, who is in Los Angeles attend
| ing the International Rotary eOnyen-
ton as delegate from the Rutland Ro-
| tary club. Mr.. Dorsey is referred to as
the only Vermonter attending the con-
| yention and the work which he, repre-
| senting his club. is doing to boost Yer
mont through the distribution of maple
sugar, is highly praised.
R. s. Currier of the state highway de-
| partment went down a 40-foOt bank
| in the Smuggler Notch section on the
| Jefferson side of the mountain last Fri
! day, in his Dodge car which rolled over
| once or twice. Mr.. Currier. who was
alone, was shaken up and bruised by
| the accident but managed to walk a mile
and half to the state camp. The ac-
| cident was caused by some bad holes in
| the road following a rain storm. One
| wheel was broken as well as the wind
! shield and top.
Eugene Sargood who was convicted
! in Bennington in 1908 of poisoning stock
| and of attempting to poison two OF ms
| neighbors in Arlington. and who served
| eight years in the Vermont prison,
| crossed the state line from New York
Yesterday and was placed under arrest:
| In December, 1919, he was convicted OF
assaulting Bennington truck driver,
| was fined $500 and given suspended
| sentence Of two and one-haH years. In
| January last he was convicted of vlolat-
/ inc the Volstead act in New York state,
| which broke his parole. and warrant
| for his arrest has since been in posses
/ sion Of Sheriff Perry b. Gardner of Ben
| nington county.
! The residence of Hubbard MCGOWAN.
| of Fair Haven Center. was entirely de-
stroved last night by fire which was
| discovered about midnight The people
| in the house were awakened by the blaze
| and escaped only with their night
| clothes. Everything else in the house
1 was burned The residence was one of
| the finest in the village and was elaboT
| ately furnished. The origin Of the FIRE
| is unknown, but it is thought that the
| blaze caught from the chimney to the
| fire place as last evening the fireplace
was used for the first time in a, long
/ while. The property and furnishings
was partly covered by insurance.
| Ernest J. Hewitt of South Royalton.
| a feed merchant, filed a voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy in the United States
/ court Yesterday, placing his liabilities
| at Sl0S.4O6S7 and assets at 4,O34.43.
| of which 81 800 is household furniture
| claimed exempt John II. Hewitt of
South ROyalton holds a MORTGAGE for
| $4,000 on the real estate, which has an
estimated worth of the same amount,
and is the only secured creditor There
Is due him the sum of $25. 3S0.06, while
the next largest creditor listed is the
National White River hank of Bethel.
which loaned $l2,951.1S to the petit
toner. There are no other Vermont
creditors.
When a dog barks at night in Japan
the owner is arrested and sentenced to
work for a fixed time for the neighbors