The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-03-11
Local News.
local Notes and aosslp.

u. l.. Clary after u three months i'll
ness, ia just able to be out.
those sloppy days have comc.--th
slushiost Of tbs yea,
The village schools close to-day 70
their spring vacation. q
Rev. Il. W. Whu ey deli&Ifs he mex
lecture in the Cllizens Couise.
Old razor owners should read Clark
advertisement in another column.
There Is an ombry onic movement /,
run telephone line from here To Jack
sonville.
The new board OF selectmen appoin
w. Il. Eason janitor OF The town hall, Il
succeed Ii. +. Taylor.
Besides Gus. Phillips and the New
York Combination for tomorrow even
ing and Dennan Thompson to close tn
season, Crosby Opera Hall is engage,
by the Fifth Avenue Theatre with lie,
Aslray" for March 2SLh, and "All til,
Rage" April 10Th.
Mr. l.. X. WINS has an engagement
to sing IN Hartford ct. with Airs. Ma
toon's Springfield Mass. Opera Co. whel
II appears there.
Mr.. A. p. Hall has just arrived with
fresh carload OF Vermont and Yorl
state hO.ses winch ne offers for sale a
good bargains. Call and examine.
Bishop DeGoosbrland Will utliciate al
the Catholic Church next Sunday, and IL
Is expected he will announce his APP
polnlment OF pastor. Rev. Falnel
Curnan OF Mldalebury occupied the pull
pit last Sunday.
Letters from Boston say that John l..
Ray Is getting along very encouraging
| iy. He has been aDle " 81 up Tor a
brief time each dsiy-since MohH{y.
The Unitarian people had "a very
pleasant sociable win Mrs. j. A. Stav
ems alter Rev. MIR. Greens lecture We'd
nesday evening. Music ANA singing by
mem bers OF the Oclet,e Club, anu cna.
rade, closing with dancing, made up the
programme.
he Methodist ladies had no idea that
SO large number Of friends would favor
Them with their PRESENCE at the social
Wednesday AFTERNOON Ia the ram, bur
they were pleased 10 know that So many
were Interested TO help them 10 secure
funds with which 10 furnish then new
church in lew weeks. They declare
they Will try 1t again Two weeks from
the same day.
We will club the REFoRMER with Serb
ner's Monthly and furnish the two for 50
a year, Scr,tner'S being 81, or will furnish
the REFoRMER and 81. Nicholas for "a a
year, S. Nicholas being So.
A man who has the means to provide his
own family with newspaper who ;neaks
around each week to his poorer neighbor
and borrows, is too small souled to ever
reach heaven, while his parsimony and
meanness cheat the publisher out of an op-
portunity to improve his columns by lib
eral subscription list.
Lsrkin e. Mead, the sculptor, is said
to be making at his studio in Rome a
marble angel for Brattleboro. rhe
story is that Mead surprised the good
people rs years ago by moulding the fig
ure of an angel in snow, ard in couse-
quence of artistic ability displayed. was
helped to continue his studies Perhaps
an angel is hardly as fitting for Brattle-
boro now as rs years ago -Repu6ltcan.
Lucian Howe, L. X. Willis, aud others
are preparing to bring out the Pirates of
Penzance," at an early date.
The Burlington Free Press says it has
information that Col. Hooker has a good
prospect of getting the Second Assistant
Postmaster-Generalship from Garfield.
Larkin G. Mead has designed his sec
ond bronze tablet for the Washington
monument. The first represented the
surrender of CORVALLIS, this one shows
the inauguration of Washington as pres-
dent on the balcony of the old CITY hall
in Wall street, New York. These tablets
are about 80 feet long BY 10 nigh; and
TINS VIII contain some 40 principal fig
ures OF Important persons, besides some
other figures, a couple of children among
tirem. Chancellor Livingston is admins
tering the oath to Gen Washington. and
JOHN Adams, Madison, John jay, Hamil-
TON, George Clinton, Roger Sherman. are
REPRESENTED among others. flames Jack
sun Jarves says the work is veil done in |
the clay model.
Robert T. Lincoln, whom Garfield has
made secretary of war, is the law partner
If ED. lsham," son of the late Judgt
sham, formerly Of Bennington. Edward
sham, while at Block Island, last summer,
ave the writer these details of Mrs. Lincolns
insane decisions. She often had the idea
hat Chicago was again in the midst of
great conflagratIon and would insist that
er son, Robert, should hurry her in car
age to the imaginary scene She would
ather all her valuabes, bonds, etc, for
light, removing them from the fire-proof
ank vaults for the purpose. Her worst
abit was a passion for purchases on credit
er rooms were stored full of plumber,
'untless and costly silks, velvets, kid
owes, jewelry, ETC., etc, the merchants :