The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-02-18

4 Surprise parties are catching. Herbe
8 and Alice Miller are the recent recipient
with fine SUPPER music and dancin
, Tuesday evening Everything passed O
I enjoyably.
} Massachusetts buyers have picked u
, some fine working oxen among our farm
ers this week.
: None of our kind-hearted tewnsme
would forget to suitably feed horse afc
he had been driven twenty miles, {
, course.
Loen Crosier, an industrious and rel
pected resident farmer for MANY year
} died at his home on Tuesday night, afte
lingering sickness. His funeral wa
attended from the house on Thursday.
Tho moving ice in the Deer6eld CAV
the CLARK Harris bridge" a severe strait
last week, but by timely attention our Sc
lectmen saved the structure.
A couple of drummers were stranded
at the Vermont House for two days las
week on account of the sudden thaw
while an occasional venturesome team
got ducking on the east road.
DR.. Swift's condition is much improved
and his friends are hoping for speedy
recovery.
Rev. Barber attended the funeral soi
Hyde Sranclih at Searsburg Thursday.
| Thanks to a few of our enterprising
| citizens the much-talked of telephone
line to Brattleboro is undoubtedly assured.
| The necessary funds for constructing and
| equipping the line have been secured. it
is said and a meeting will be held within
few days by the projectors for organi-
cation with view to awarding the con.
tract for furnishing the poles, etc.
"The wisdom of Washington" is the
subject of Rev. w. N. BARRIERS lecture
Sunday evening
Postmaster Ware has placed an iron
letter box on the outside of the post
office door for the convenience of the
public.
Rev. Mr.. Bishop attended Loen Gro
sier's funeral.
WESTMINSTER.
Miss Alice A. Brown, graduate of the
school of oratory, Boston, Mass, will gives
reading, at the town hall, Friday evening.
Feb. 10Th. No reserved seats. Tickets.
25 cents Miss Brown comes very highly
recommended.
Miss Minnie Wright and Miss Louie
Stafford, assisted by their pupils, will give
the operetta, Little Red Riding Hood, at
the town hall, Feb oath.
Mr.. Edward Holton Of Burlington, is
spending few days in town.
Mr.. E. A. Hills has been Obliged TO re-
turn from Eastman's college on account
of i'll health.
Miss Flora Page is visiting her friends
here.
Geo. Richmond fell from sled last
Tuesday, and cut his face badly.
Mr.. Ivan Farr is quite sick.
According to the Sc ectmen's report
we have $737.44 in the town treasury
after paying all debts.
Mr.. F. Church buried his youngest
child here Wednesday.
Whistis The favorito game this season.
Mrs. Hiram Nutting is ailing, and lit
tie hope is entertained Of her recovery.
More than 80 tickets were sold in two
days for Miss Browns entertainment the
25th.
sTRATToN.
The school taught in district No. 5, by
Miss Mary A. Sprague, closed the 4th
inst. The following are the scholars
which were not tardy nor absent: Wes-
ley Allen, Charlie Allen, Elmer Allen,
Frank Allen, Ralph Parsons and Sills
Parsons and only ten tardy marks.
Willard Shepard has rented his hotel
to Norman d. Allen.
WEST TowNsHEND.
Three couples went from this place to
Ge Old Folks concert at Warlsboro Fri
day evening.
About 30 of the young folks met with
Miss Lila Taft Tuesday evening,
VERNON.
THE Unwritten Word" is the subject
of Rev. E. W. Whitney's lecture in the
Universalist church next Wednesday
night,
The fair of the Ladies Circle Melted
the handsome sum of $4,000
wARDsBoRo
The old folks concert which occurred
last Friday evening, was success not
withstauding the bad roads. Each per-
formed his and her part well. Bhainard
Brown. seveniy-seven years of age, play
ed the bass viol, which added much to
the entertainment He has not PLAYED
any for Is wears, and performed the mu
sic with as much skill as in his younger
days, some of the pieces being particu-
larly attractive. The song entitled, "Reu-
ben and Rachel, Sustained by E. B. Bissell,
and Miss Ella Watson was well done. !
Their courtship was short but was more |
for all that The qulrtette en-
titled He shall feed his flock, was beau
tifully sung the parts being sustained by |
Messrs. Brigham and Read, and Mrs.
Morse and Mrs. Eddy. Martha Wash
ington was well personated by Mrs. Dex-
ter Brigham and was truly becoming to
her: she was the "star" of the evening
The tableaux were fac. The church was
beautifully trimmed with evergreens
and flowers much credit is due to Mrs.
Benson, under whose direction the work
was done. The whole closed with sup |.
Der in the vestry. About $50 was real
zed to be presented 10 the pastor
Gilbert White from Providence was in
own Monday visiting his relatives
Lamson 4 Holden have dissolved part
,ership. The business will be carried
IN bv Mr.. LamsOH. Success to HIM,
wHITINGHAM.
Adm Plumb, is sick as the result of
'accination.
LAWYERS Xix, and Brigham, hied away
o Newfane court, Monday evening.
Dea r. G. Streeters wife Fanny is criti-
ally i'll with the fever.
Geo. Haynes has gone to Rowe.
Carrie Mnrdock is quite i'll with the
aeasles
SADAWGA.
Nelson Mason has gone to Worcester,
lass.
Deacon Streeter's wife is no better and