The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-01-28

yesterday, as auditor, case of Howa'
A. Pratt of this place Us Henry I
4 Wilder of Guiliord Plaintiff hid triu
med number OF carriages for deiendal
and had taken his pay In carriages fro
time to time, and when they came
settle each claimed n SIN, II balance DIT
from the other.
Rev. Mr.. b ,rber Of Bernardston wi
preach in tho Unitarian church Sunday
There will be no evening service.
Gum Il Co, the enterprising Ash an
oyster dealers on Elliot ST., annount
that they are selling standard oysters !
the old price, 50 cents a quart, and the
have such mpiete and well ordered N
engagements that they can fully suppl
their trade. For the fish and oyste
business, few IL any villages of the siy
in northern New England have an equal
ly well equipped establishment.
The bailltfs have reappointe' Alexande
Allen rs night watcbmen, and have NJ
vet DECIDED whether to have "a secon
one as HERETOFORE or n t.
There are rumors of an effurt,to gel
the post office away from Mr.. Mansui
during his sickness, when he is unabil
TO defend himself Whether there is an
foundation for them or not we are uti
able to say. Speculation connects the
name of b. ID Harris with the enter
prise, bur he declares that the idea never
entered his MUD. that he dosn't wall
the Office and wouldn't take it anyhow.
Other candidates are mentioned, but
without evidence that it is anything
more than the imagination OF gossip
If there is any such movement, it ought
to be defeated. Mr.. Mansur has made
model postmaster. and the public in
terest requires his retention. The fact
that he happens to be sick just now, is
no reason tor giving his place, for four
years to ANYBODY else.
Rev. w. II Mlburn the "blind man
eloquent" will lecture at the town hail
next Friday evening on The Mouth OF
Gold"
Denman Thomas in his famo1s piece
Josh Whitcomb" is expected to appear
in Brattleboro next March
Willard sells almost 100 tickets to par
ties up the West liver for the Wilhelmj
concert tonight.
John H. Dunklee, for ten years with
.. j. Pratt, resigns his position next
prospecting for business opening.
Otis A,waer has another attack of
most violent insanity and was taken to
the Asylum Friday. He had been EN-
ployed for about year in the chemical
laboratory at Harvard College. on the
Recommendation of the Yale faculty. H
is an enthusiastic and profound student
in the sciences and his misfortune
blights an exceptionally god intellect
When taken home he could remember
everything clearly up to within two
days of his attack, walked from the de
pot to his home. an ! seemed very calm
But the next day after he reached tn
asylum, the violent tits came on rh-
doctors nave strong hopes of his recov
cry, which wide circle OF friends will
devoutly hope for.
AS will be seen BIZ their announce
ment in our advertising columns, the ex
tensive and well known clothing firm of
Pratt, Wright & Co, has dissolved
Messrs D. S. Pratt and Wright retiring.
The business will be continued by o. d.
Estabrook and f. r. Pratt.
We are happy to learn that Postmaster
Mansurs condition is much improved |
and his medical advisers and friends |
have every confidence that he will be
out with warm weather.
Owen has just put . neat and C ,sv new
coach on to his Hinsdale stage line.
1t is stated that the will of the late A.
c. Howard of Townshend, bequeaths
$4,000 to that town for the support of
the poor.
Judge Barrett, on applica ion of citi
zens, has rem Tered legal opinion re-
-erding the present village controversy.
He says that an action accepting the
amen dments next Monday afternoon,
would be Illegal They have once been
rejected, and since the first meeting pro
:eeded to the election of officers and
,ther business, in the warrant, new
public and private interests have been
reated which cannot be disturbed, and
is not in the power of any subsequent
1eeting to annul the action of the first
The sensation of the week has been the {
,ial of VIM. TrendalI, at the lower
,wn hail. for keeping nuisance. The Il
,mpaint, arising from the midnight row e
his house two weeks ago, contained two {
,unts, under sections one and eight OF the
ew nuisance law, charging him with 'sell !
lg, furnishing or giving away" liquor and !,
knowingly permitting" it to be done on
ia premises. The law, however, does
OF make a private house nuisance, I'M
,ss the liquor is furnished to ''habitua
or the house in place of ''pub-
C resort" The Deyo boys who were pres
mt at the rumpus, testified that they were
n the habit of getting drunk occasionally,
nut not habitually. One of the witnesses
estified that he had seen great many peo-
lie going to the place Saturdays and Sun |
lays, he thought as many as 10, but would
lot swear positively to more than eight or
en-. Nothing appeared in evidence as to
he character of the women, and the wit
lesses swore that nothing improper was
lone. However, cider, wine and whiskey
mixed, was pedded out to the crowd, and
hey got 5eastly drunk. Tr' ndall admitted
intoxicating liquors, but said the ,
rowd was merely invited guests. And the
ury, which consisted of Gen. w. w.
.ynde, F. w. Brooks, II. F. Smith, w.
l. Estabrook, H. W. Simonds and j. W. /
'urnap decided that he was not guilty I'M {
er the law. The place is nuisance, but /
ot as they think, the kind of nuisance
escribed by the nuisance act Not once
n a hundred times can SO strong case be {
lade out against any disorderly house or |
ellar GROCERY. If this decision is correct, s
pparently it is nothing but hotels, drug s
torres and public saloons which the law can /
each. Z. W. Stoddard appeared for the t
tate, Haskins & Goodnow for Trendall v
About IS of the employees of ]. Estey 3
. Co., have taken policies in the Trav- d
ller's Insurance company, within the t
asst few days. k
Rev. G.. B. Cows lecture in the citi-
ems course. Wednesday evening on 'The
truggling ideas of human societv," had
discredtably small audience. but was T.
very superior production, thoughtful, n
urgent, and bristling with healthy. q
opeful enthusiasm for human progress q
he grea; struggling idea he thought =
las deeper than the catchwords of any
overnment or revolution Thus far in \
STORY. it is the right of every man to i
3 and become the best possible" no !,
iadere.l TO DO develop all be can in the r,
ursuit of happiness and good. without "
on others. This idea it has r
zen tie aim of despots in all history TO III
rangie. but it is bound to work its way ~
the surface Like Milton's ''tawny lion nc
wing to get free it has been strug W
ng through the ancient oligarchies, h;
SCALED republics" through the dark tn
es, conspiracies, or treaties of despo s. Ia
got a foothold in the French revoluti on, IN
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