The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

The ladies OF the UnlVersailst congrt
CATION will hold their first sociable mex
Friday evening at the residence OF MI
A. Il. Hewitt. All friends Of the caus
are cordially invited.
Dwight Willard has moved into hi
new house on the Brattleboro road.
The M. +. and Congregational church
es will open ut II o'clock Sunday ant
after until further notice.
The Methodist ladies will hold theil
annual fair and festival at the town hall
Wednesday, Dec. LIST.
Union services Thanksgiving day al
the M. L. church. Sermon by Rev. Mr.
Wight.
Puffer and Starkey have sold the Fitch
farm to parties from Weston for abou
$1,000, giving possession mex spring.
VERNON.
Rev. Z. w. Whitney will preach in
the Universalist church next Sunday at
2:30 P. NJ.
The Citizens Club met Nov. 18th, and
elected the following officers for the en-
SUNG year: President, +. w. Johnson
vice-president, j. M. Morrill,; secretary,
Mrs. S. b. Houghton assistant-secretary,
I. Webb johnson; executive committee,
Mrs. G. III. Newton, Mrs. s. B. Houghton,
Mrs. A. Withheld, Mrs. T. Eason, Mrs. M.
l, Reed, Annie Brown, B. A. Streeter, J.
M. Morrill, committee on music, f. l..
Brown, George Fairman, ]. NJ. Morrill,,
M. /. Reed committee on membership.
Mrs. G. +. Davis, Mrs. G. II. Hubbard.
1t was voted to hold the meetings every
alternate Saturday evening during the
winter. The next one will be held Nov.
9th, in the vestry of the church. Ques-
ton for discussion: RESOLVED, That there
is more truth than error in the world.
w%ARDsBoRo.
INTERESTING HISTORICAL MATTERS.
W~ardsboro was granted and chartered
by Vermont Nov. 9TH, 1850, to VIM. Ward
and sixty-two others, with 1894 acres of
land. 1t was first settled by John Jones,
Ithamer Allen in June, 1850. The first
town clerk was Aaron Hudson. Asa
Wheelock was town clerk from 1907 to
1910, serving a term of thirty-three years.
First justices, Aaron Hudson, 1850, Asa
Wheelock, 50 years; Perley Fairbanks,
"a years Silas Dexter, 20 years; Emory
wheelock, 10 years John Tufts, 12years.
First born, Sarah Sparks, Sept. Goth, l772.
Inc cenIenDldl Vi VdiooboIo sCttiCiiCib
has passed unnoticed unlike many of her
sister towns.
The crystal wedding of Leonard Plum
lev and wife, which took place on Mon |
day evening, will be long remembered
by al! present as one of the bright spots |
in life. About one hundred of their |
and relatives assembled in the
evening, bringing with them an abun-
dance of refreshments and various useful
of glass ware. The presentation
speech was made by Rev. W. NJ. ellis, |
very pleasinglv, and quickly responded
70 by Rev. d. Wells, after which supper was
The table was heavily laden
With those things hat please the eye,
empt the appetite and crafty the taste,
ind were decorated with very choice and
beautifully arranged boquets. Young and
I'D entered heartily into the enjoyments
md it was in the small hours of the COM
ng dawn that the company babe their
lost and hostess goodnight, with many
vell-wishes.
WESTMINSTER.
Despite the ~forbidding weather, some
0 of their friends helped Chas. Church
nd wife to celebrate their silver wedding
tulud CNCiliiSs 4NuiIlCIouS pItStlUS |
7ere made including some beautiful ones
rom brothers in California. Woods
rchestra furnished the music. One of
he venerable mothers partook delight
dly of the festivities, including the re-
asst.
SOUTH wINDHAM.
The Town meeting Friday voted to ac-
ept the Commissioners report accept
lg of the Gulf road, and also voted to
aise a tax of So cents on the dollar of
rand list to pay for the same before Jan
airy LIST, 1881.
This week brings a goodly number of
eople into town to spend Thanksgiving '
18th their friends. ;
Frank Smith has Just arrived from the /,
r West, where he has been railroading 8
r nearly three years. A host of friends
e delighted to see him. s
Miss Isadore +. Clough of Grafton will a
teaching in this village on Mon '
", November 18th. The scholars are q
forward with pleasure to meet J
9 her again. a
K. Jennison and wife have inst u
rived in town from Brattleboro. b
WILMINGTON.
Justice Williams had Dolphin S. Rich a
dson of North Hadley before him at L
reenfield Friday on the charge of the
rceny of household furniture from Per- T
y Rich of this place. Richardson plead II
guilty and was put under 5000 bonds n
appear before the grand jury. The q
st of the story was that Richardson had
N away with Rich's wife and had taken
le household furniture with him. X
lille making no complaint on account q
the loss of his wife, Rich wants pay y
r the furniture. '
Saturdays first snow storm of about
x inches turned into a furious blow
ling the snow into drifts, thus leaving [
le sleighing decidedly thin.
Think of it, six below zero Wednesday |
I'd SO unexpected, too. Already the ice b
op Is being harvested, which promises
,cellent quality. n
Rev. w. n. Barber was visited by
any of his parishioners Wednesday
who presented their pastor with
handsome student lamp together with
sum of money, all of which was cheer
lily accepted in a neat speech, which f
out an evening of unusual en- S
yment. l
Mrs. Joel May has moved into the !
-idow Gorham house on West Main .
rect. /:
Mrs. Volney Forbes is visiting in Win '
lester, n. III. a
John Stanley is in Boston this week.
Eight persons in Jasper Boyd's family '
e down with measles. 9
Who got the basket, ha?
1t is generally conceded that when one {
mt put his cider on the stove without I
5 freezing, something is wrong, either
the wool or stove. !
The second lecture of the course at the !
niversalist church was postponed until
ext Sunday evening on account OF the
Gather.
A Young colt belonging to Mills Brown
retty thoroughly used up a harness N
ay this week while performing some
ntics on Main street. Fortunately no
ne was hurt.
Lewis and Byron Stone have been in
,wn this week.
Mrs. Luman Norton has rented her
ouse in the village and removed to
-orth Adams tn reside with her son,
uring the winter. |,
Alonzo walcott, while dip! ing up
-ater through the ice on the village pond
thursday, lost his footing and received a
Did bath. Earnest Pike or the same
ay skated into the same opening, but
18th timely help succeeded in escaping
18th only a thorough d%renching.
A pleasant wedding took place at the
esidence of Israel Haynes Thanksgiving
the contracting parties being