Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
BRATTLEBORO.

BRATTLEBoRo.
G. l.. Brown probably keeps the lar
gest stock of furniture and undertaking
goods in this part of the State, and be-
sides these he invites attention in his
advertisement in another place, to
large stock of goods suitable for the hol-
idays.
Over 400 voters attended the annual
village meeting, resulting in the election
of S. NJ. Waite as first Bailiff by a vote
of 225 to 173 for E. w. Stoddard. The
other bailifis are j. w. Burnap, J. B.
Coffrin, Peleg Barrows, Geo. A. Hines.
Chief Engineer, Elijah Wales, treasurer
A. G. Davenport, collector, j. w. Sim
onds, auditor, Geo. s. Dowley.
Thomas Long and John Eagan came
up from Northampton on the 4th inst,
and both got drunk at the Revere House
where they put up for the night. Dur
ing the night they attempted to break
into rooms occupied by ladies, who were
of course frightened, and created much
disturbance generally. They were ar
rested and served one day in the lookup
when they were brought before Justice
Newton, and fined each IS for being
drunk, SO for frightening the inmates
of the Revere House, and Eagan fined
SO once more for having furnished liq-
uor from bottle which he brought with
him from Northampton. Nash, the
keeper of the Revere House then came
in for his share of the riot and was fined
SO and costs.
AN IMPosToR.
The young man protesting to be
Baptist minister and a graduate of Col
by college, and calling himself I" Rev.
II. w. Tilden " proves to be an impos-
tor. He recently married Brattleboro
lady. He claimed to have a call to
preach at Brewster, Mass, and on his
return last Friday to visit his Brattle-
boro wife was arrested on charge of
bigamy, and brought before Justice
Newton. 1t is claimed that he has a
wife and child in Maine, and he has
been sent to jail at Newfane to await the
evidence of his first marriage, and his
examination was expected to have taken
place Thursday of this week.
Since the above was in type a CORE
spondent at Brattleboro sends US full
account of the impostor's operations. 1t
appears that he has a wife and child in
Lewiston Maine, where he worked in
mill under the name of John NJ. Wash
burne. He came to Brattleboro about
year a ago and made the acquaintance
of Alice A. Cary, lady of respectable
family and to whom and others during
the year he has made pretentions thathe
was student of Colby University, and
studying for the ministry, being absent
a portion of the time. He applied to
preach in the Methodist and Baptist
pulpits, but this was denied. He then
applied to Rev. Mr.. Burchard for money
stating that he had lost his purse con-
tanning $40 while working on the noun
tain. Mr.. Burchard questioned him till
he was satisfied he was an impostor, and
declined. He then went to J. J. Estey
who loaned him So During these OPP
erations he was making his home with
Mr.. Cary whose consent he asked to mar
ry his daughter, who replied that he
should prefer to know more of him be
fore granting his request. Tilden alias
Washburne then left but wrote to Miss
Cary from Lowell that he had been Sc
verely SICK but he nevertheless sudden
" appeared to her while she was visiting
an aunt at Springfield, Mass, where, in
his greeting he fell upon the floor with
feigned weakness resulting from his sick
ness. Here he desired the young lady
to marry him forthwith, to which she de-
INJURED but on the advice of her aunt
she was married to him. He continued
his wonderful stories to his wife of how
he was to have $50 for his Thanksgiving
sermon at Brewster, and how bis parish
there had put an organ into the parson-
age for her use, when he was to be or
dained, &c. DC. Returning with his
wife to her fathers they we're not cordial
Iy received. The rest is already known.
Everything points to him as fraud and
impostor of the first water On his ex-
animation he refused to say word, and
has now waived further examination and
will be tried at the Spring tesm of the