The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-15

| House of WaitsfeldA who was badly
wounded. supposedly by hunters stray
bullet, while at the telephone last week.
| Mrs. House is now expected TO recover.
DR.. John NJ. Allen, on whose "Jayema"
| farm in st. Johnsbury all the buildings
| and crops were burned recently, has
| decided to sell the farm and go out of the
farming business. For many years DIR.
Allen has promoted a fine strain of pure
bred Holstein cattle.
The company commissioned officers of
the 172d Infantry, National Guard of
Vermont. are ordered to assemble at the
state house, Montpelier, OH Thursday,
Dec. {. at $50 p. m, for the purpose of
holding an election to fill the vacancy of
major, 172d Infantry.
DIR. Jesse f. Thompson, 60, of Rut-
land is dead. DIR. Thompson had been
member of the general assembly both
in the house and senate. He was a mem
Der of the knights of Pythias, Elks and
was a 33d degree Mason and had been
potentate of Mount Sinai Temple of
Shriners.
Clayton Duprey of Mortified was
brought before City Judge f. l.. Laird
of Montpelier Monday afternoon on a
complaint lodged against him by States
with selling watered milk. the complaint
resulting from an investigation made by
the state department of agriculture
There will be a hearin" later.
I. D. Leffard of St Adams will be
taken to Richford this week to stand
trial on charge of cruelty to animals.
4 dog starving and in weak condition
was found in the house from which
Leffard had moved about 10 days ago.
The animal was in a dark closet and was
so weak that he was unable to stand. 4
veterinary chloroformed the animal.
While H B. Hayden of Barre was
teaching r. Magne of Montpelier how
to drive a car Saturday. Mr.. AIagne
stepped on the gas instead of the brake
and the car went off the road into the
river near the Marvin farm on the Barre
Montpelier road. Both men were bruised
and the car was damaged somewhat
A cottage house occupied by John
kidler and family was burned to the
gfsund a house owned by Gilbert Violet
Pelkey was damaged, and four other
houses, three of them the property of
Jones Bros. Co, were threatened Mon
day night by fire which broke out in
Websterville in Barre. The property
loss is about 81 500.
\ Cole eight touring car belonging to
Graham Wilson of Burlington was
stolen from near the Majestic theatre
while Mr.. Wilson was attending the first
showing of pictures Monday night. The
car is painted Il battleship gray and is
thought to be the only car of this make
in Vermont painted that color. 1t is
equipped with Westinghouse shock abb
sorbers, while its wire wheels are painted
white. The machine bears the Vermont
license number 19,767 and the manufac-
turer's number is O30,2S6.
There has been a boom In candy in
Stowe since the arrival of Miss Betsey
Mansfield at, G. c. Burt's last Tuesday
afternoon. Betsey is plump little
brown lady bear. nearly a year and n
half old and weighs 125 pounds She
has been purchased of bear raiser near
North Woodstock, \. H., by the Mt.
Mansfield Hotel company. She will have
home at Mr.. Burt's during the winter
and next summer will be taken to Mount
Mansfield as an added attraction to the
place.
After starting two fires one at the
barn of William Grove and the other at
the house and barn of Ernest kempter.
nelghborS whom he knew were not at
home, Fred Morrison, So. of New Haven
Mills committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid shortly before dawn Saturday.
He awoke his wife, who is somewhat
deaf, when he fell across her body as
she lay sleeping in bed. Mr.. Morrison is
said TO have had grudge against both
men, having worked for both and being
discharged by Grover.
One Barre man, who owns a car of the
popular brand known as a Henry"
thought Monday night that his Henry
had turned into a hennery when he
stepped out of his car on North Main
street after driving all the way from
home. Hearing a cackle from the rear,