The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11

Death of a Prominent Citlzen-Musical
Matters and Some Of Our Talent-Repub-
lican A~pathy-The Glorious F~ourth-Lo-
(From our Regular Correspondent.) ma Of
10 onft WOODSTOCK, July9 81
Charles Dana, the oldest merchant in wood.
stock, and a man widely known and respected,
died at his residence Saturday morning at the
age Of II years. Mr. Dana had been amerchant
all his life, continuing the business began by
his father, and always bore the reputation of a
close, careful buyer, an honest merchant and a
good business man. For years "Dana's" was
the headquarters for farmers and their wives for
miles around. His wife died some few years
ago and for q year or SO Mr. Dana has been
failing in health and strength. There was no
particular disease but a general breaking down.
Mr. Dams was one of the prime movers of the
Woodstock railroad and was on the board Of
direction from the first, though for a few years
past lie has taken no active part in the manage
ment. He fought the battles of the road, both
in and out Of town meeting, and his arguments
though not as flowery as some were always con-
vincing. He was a lifetime member of the Con-
gregational church and society, and for years
was a member of the famous old "White House
SuOl Will OpOllOu Il duu OlLcI
now passed away. His funeral, Sunday after
noon, was largely attended by citizens and rel
atives. Four of his five sons acted as bearers.
the fifth is in the far west. Mr. Dana will be
greatly missed in the social, business and po-
litical circles of the town.
The Ottaquechee musical association held a
public rehearsal at the town hall, Monday
evening which was as largely attended as free
cbovyc a1,rov-c ~ and was q crJponse m a MN
steal way. This society owes its origin to the
persistent efforts of Mr. j II Pember who de-
serves great credit therefor. Prof Meitzke of
Rutland was present and directed the choruses,
which considering they had been p~ractIsed but
very few times were well rendered. TIL or
chestra also did good work. An additional at
traction at this rehearsal was the singing of
Miss Perry of New Bedford, Mass, and the vio-
lin playing of MI Edward B Marble, of Boston,
a native of Woodstock. Miss Perry, though
suffering from a severe cold, sang with good eff
feet. Mr. Marble is a young man of marked
genius and ability and plays his selections with
an accuracy of touch and wealth of expression
excelled by but very few artists. He is amem-
Der Of the Boston symphony orchestra and con-
ducts the orchestra at the Crawford house,
White mountains, this summer.
Everything is quiet in the political line just
now, in fact there is Il general apathy on the
Republican side and a general disposition not
TO Work IOf Tie great ana gOou Dlalne, al
though they may vote the party ticket in the
fall. It looks now as il the Republican major
iy would be very much diminished if ticket
is nominated at Chicago this week that will not
be too hard for the more independent portion of
the party to swallow.
Fourth OF July passed off very quietly here.
The small boy fired his tar barrel and rang a
few bells, contrary to law, but the fathers reso-
lutely slept through it all and no one was mo-
Tested. The streets had a Sunday quiet broken
by not so much as a procession of horr1bles.
We had a welcome rain Friday night and
some showers Saturday, which relieved the
drouth, but it was too late for the hay crop.
The grasshoppers had harvested most of it in
the southern part of the town. The pastures
are bare, and now they arc giving their time and
attention to oats and wheat, which will have to
be cut to save it.
City visitors and boarders are arriving in
force and the prospect is that the village and
vicinity will be thronged with guests.