The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-11-25

Loca Notes and GOSSIP.

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After next week the barber shops wi
be closed Sundays.
Twenty five acres of tobacco wer
grown in Puiney this year.
d. P. Cobb, who has bought out Gil
sons blacksmith shop, has something {
interest to say in another column.
Hon. Farley Starr, wife and daughte
left Tuesday for visit of month @
more at Atlanta, Ga.
A. III. Wright with his family left 70
Natlck, Mass, Saturday, where he is run
ming a farm, and where as has before bee
announced will be heir future hume.
o. l.. French will read the paper befor
the Proft s,ional Club, next Wednesda,
evening. Subject" The newspaper as
factor in American education"
The second annual examination O
teachers will be held at the High Schoo
room tomorrow at A. NJ. Public ar,
invited.
Rev. j. B. Green read paper and fur
nished the principal topic for discussion
before the Brook II Evangelical Asso
citation of ministers Unitarian at Green
| field last week.
A. Z. Dickinson is now located at Car
son City, Colorado. The REFoRMER will
publish a very interesting letter from
him about miners and mining mex
week.
If you want cut flowers or plants, C. Z
Allen can supply you with cho ce ones
IN quantity and variety. Orders tele
phoned direct to his Office from about
fifty stations in the village, ais from
Hlnsda e, Wilmington and Che terrified
Now our correspondents asset that
Jamaica has band of petty thieves
With the Hinsiale and Halifax develop.
mentS in The same line, it only proves
how great is The need Of the social mis-
sionary on our own New England hills.
A Greenfield item in the Republican
says: G. n Parker, for Il long time fore.
man of {. r. Fields shops, goes in c
business for himself al West Brdttleboro
and will employ several hands in the
manufacture of wood work for children's
carriages.
Miss T. hcl Dalton, niece of James
Da ton, who has been travelling in Eng.
land and Europe for the past six months
arrived by steamer this morning at New
York, where she will meet her friends
and come on to Brattleboro tomorrow.
Left-hand fingers were unfortunate
last week. Mrs. Belle Wilson chopped
off G end of one, the index, while
splitting kindlings; Willard Edwards
lost the tips of two while repairing q
saw and Dana Cain the tip of one at
the machine shop. All were attended
by DR.. Gray
Cheney & CIapp make special dis
play of Christmas cards. The stock COM
prise selections from the leading Amer
can and European publishers, such al
Prang & Co, Marcus Ward, Raph@-
Tuck & Co., and others, and is certainly
very extensive for any city.
Rev. G. E. Martin is at work on a Sc
ries of lectures, the'first of which has al
the Psalm titles. The second lecture
will come in few Sabb tbs, and will
introduce the rendi ion of the 24th
psalm in Hebrew, to music written by
Mr. Martin. This is the same as was
sung at the graduation of the pastor.
The Keene Telephone exchange is pat
TIM in line to Ashuelot and Hin dale.
As we already have line to the latter
place this gives us complete circuit to
Keene. The Brattleboro company has
pnt in an office at Marlboro, and beg IN
Wednesday erecting line between Will
mington and jacksonville. AS another
line is now being built from Jacksonville
to North Adams we also get communica-
ton to the latter important city.
The abolition of capital punishment is
+I,o W h oh tha Toff.rSpniap ri In n
is invited to wrestle with next Tuesday
evening. Disputants, II. j. Davenport,
A. w. Chi DIS and j. Calvin in the af-
frmative; DR.. James Conland, James
Ferriter and D. w. Cavanagh in the neg
alive Everybody, whether a member
of the cluD or not, is invited TO attend
thee debates.
Two years ago, Frink, the now popu-|
lar jewe Ter, commenced to do wat 'h-
work in one of our drug store windows.
In fourteen months he was obliged to|
secure larger accommodation for his in
creasing trade, and little later 10 secure
the services of an expert, Mr.. Hubbard,
to help him, and to-day has one of the
best selecte and newest stocks in town,
and the largest line of watch repairing
in southern Vermont.
1,os uo,,hh, 1va,Lh, o,d p,-or
iiu T,E pei .non,ty' hee~,S anu ah 20 ~
anu 4ne 'emMy l'1 tLI, -, eaon ~ooo
$3.50 before Dec. GOTH; Demorest's, $l.75.
Club rates on all periodicals at Wilcox's
agency, at pust-otfice.,
Unio, 70 ,no,.rc. serv;ce of the town
hall Snnd do a. go ~ ~ Row 7 r
Green speaks
Tho GO, ro;tv of ob;oLers ia attributed
TO the two snortsnen who went to Towns
bend hunting last week.
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CHICAGO Times of last sunday. mentions
he nnptials at Waukepan of Mr. Frank
Baker of this place to Miss Hattie Hal
Dwell, for many years teacher in the
Walkegan pubic schools. The cere-
nony took place Thursday OF last week,
'hu ne iWteS saVs Tue piiue wac {"
beautiful as could be desired, Wnlle inc
n ON was as clever and manly as |
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