The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
echoing the great thief's words. pro-
nounced il a ''scandalous attack on Brat
tleboros institutions" Indeed.


"Wad some power the gifte gle US
To see oursels as itheI see US"
What contemplate pictures they would
see of themselves over at the FnS"'1
Office.
By an accident, in tho hurry Of Its
makeup" last week, the REF0RMEK
omitted its report of the Catholic fair.
one of the most brilliant and enjoyable
occasions of the season. The hall was
filed each of the three evenings and
the last evening nearly thousand peo-
pie must have dropped in. The re-
freshments and fancy articles were OF
the usual fine order. In the rattle Fat
rick Moran drew gold watch, Mrs John
Breen barrel of flour, VIM. Martin, an
order for ton of coal, Morris Ryan.
silver pitcher, A. M. Mcdonald. a nice
satin sofa cushion, John Flahive, an oil
painting, and Mrs. G. g. Turner, silver
cake basket. A grand dance with masic
by Knapp & Burnett's orchestra. closed
the last evening The receipts were
about $1,000.
The cases of Hildreth & Holmes, manu-
features OF tanner machinery Of Boston
against John M. Grout and E. l.. Wat
erman, which have been pending in the
county court, are being heard before j.
M. Tyler, referee. at Davenport & Eddy's
Office to-day The controversy is over
some tannery machinery. costing about
$500, which the plaintiffs claim. Grout
purchased it in Boston, as agent for his
wife, and put it into the Reed tannery
building in Jamaica in November, 1877.
Grout soon after failed and Hildreth &
Holmes. wishing to save all their rights.
bid off Grout's interest in the machinery
at his assinees sale the next year. The
plaintiffs also claim that the sale was
conditional, that the machinery should
be theirs until paid tor. Defendant Wat
erman. who ownes large interest in
real estate, claims the machinery is q
part of the real estate, and cannot be
moved. That the transaction in Boston
was only in the name of Mrs. Grout. in
Mr.. CIRCUITS interest, that the sale was
not conditional. Mr.. Tyler will settle
the disputes in regard to the facts, and
the case will 60 to the supreme court in
law poi nts.
The narrow gauge did not get in till
nearly nooa to-day. A box car left the
track at Jamaica last night, delaying the
up train all night, so that it was unable
to get away from South Londonderry
till 9 o'clock this morning. One car
also left the track to-day, though causing
only about ten minutes delay.
The thermometer has been scoring
20 and 80 below zero up in Canada this
| week.
The selectmen's Office in the town hall
| building has been moved to the room for
merly occupied by the North Eastern In
surance Company.
Nelson A. Miles, colonel of the Fifth
United States infantry, has been appoint
ed chief signal officer of the army. This
gives him the full rank of brigadier-gen-
eral. Lieuenant-Colone Alexander Nc
Dowell McCook, now on General Sherman's
staff, will succeed General Miles as colonel
of the Fifth infantry.
Helen Potter's Pleiades will occupy
Crosby opera hall, Dec. 9th.
The one great block to Brattleboro's
prosperity, is the lack of competing
railroad outlet to the South. New man.
ufacturers will not locate here because
they cannot get freight rates which will
allow them to compete with those in
other places. The Estey's wouldn't re-
main here day, were it not for their
large and expensive plant of property.
and local associations. Four years ago
they had to pay 20 cents hundred for
freighting their organs to South Vernon;
they could do it by team for 10 cents and
SO put on a lot of teams. Then they got
the price down to 10 cents, where it re-
manned for awhile, but has lately been
raised to 15 cents. A case of Saratoga
water, which is delivered at Greenfield
for 30 cents, here has to pay tariff of
80 cents. The same outrageous dispro-
portion has to be paid on all goods from
Boston and New York The result: is
as our merchants must and do sell as
cheap as any where else--that business
in Bratrleboro has to be done at very
much smaller profit and good part of it
at dead loss. Nobody in town can buy
and ship farmers produce, because
the freights will eat up their
profits. No refrigerator carcan be OBJ
tanned from Gov. Smith to ship butter
in the summer, and so all business
men and neighboring farmers have to
stand still and see Bellows Falls, Green
field, and Keene control this business.
0. L. Miner this year shipped 20 car
loads of apples to Canada, and had to
pay freight on them of $53 car to
St. Adams, vastly more than it would
cost to get them from Chicago. The same
railroad management which thus throt-
ties our local enterprise, has got contract
of the narrow gauge, and it looks from
the freight and passenger rates that they
have established, as if they proposed to
manage this in the same wav, robbing
the county wholly of its anticipated bene-
fits from the line. There must be a change
and new railroad must be got some
how or our business prosperity will con-
tinue to wane. The Conn. River roads
affairs are so mixed with Gov. Smith, and
Waite that there is little hope from that
quarter. We understand that an effort is
to be made to get charter from the pres
bnt legislature, for an independent line
eetween Brattleboro and So. Vernon.
Every business man and tax payer in
Brattleboro should put his shoulder to
the wheel and help such a road to be
built not by bonding but by subscrip
ton if in any remote contingency,
Gov. Smith should not be able to pre-
vent the granting of the charter.
This has been week of runaways.
Sunday DR.. Dearborn's team, hitched
back of the Brattleboro house, got fright
,ned from some cause, ran up South
Main street, and overturned and demol-
shed the carriage near Piper's store
No other damage was done. Wednes-
lay had three runaways. The worst
vas that of j II. Atwater's double team
which he left unhitched in front of
,tarkey & Wellman's store. 1t dashed
lown Main and around Elliott streets.
ollidea with two wagons and knocked
hem clear of the horses. then overlook DR..
Bruce with one of Burke's teams in front
f the Farmers and Mechanics Exchange
reed the sleigh from the horse. smash
ng it badly, and Knocked DIR. Bruce to
he sidewalk, senseless for a few mo-
1ents. then proceeded up Green street.
ringing hitching posts recklessly along
lie way. and finally bringing up against
tree on Oak street. Meanwhile
urke's horse took "a trip by itself up
reen, and down School and back Elliot
reefs, till it was caught in Mrs. Simond's
ard. The damage by the scrape. as a
hole, was pretty heavy.
There is a strong movement among
e political managers of the county to
ect Hon, c. B. Eddy of Bellows Falls
place on the bench to succeed Judge
arrett. Congressman Tyler was at
last week in Eddy's interest.
I'd the mere sight of him there was
Tough to put it into the heads of some
the rural members to vote for him.
hat was all there was Of the movement
his favor and this much he has squslch-
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