The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-04-11

The Heaviest Storm Of the season Disco
luton OF Law Partnership OF Twenty
superiniendsnts- The Lyceuns ~ a Val
liable Educator In our schoois-Social
happenings.
From our Regular Correspondent
HYDE PARK, April 10.
The heaviest storm OF the season was cxpcr-
fenced here the four days succeeding the End
inst. Snow fell to the depth OF foot blocking
railroad travel and delaying business generally.
The little sugar thus fAr made Is selling at 10
to IL cents per pound. gnc q
Saturday evening, the 9th inst, was the oc-
casion qf party of young people at Edgar
Noyes'. Miss Carrie Noyes and Miss Belle
Noycs, who are at present home from Boston,
spared no pains to make the evening enjoyable
as 1t was.
Brigham & Waterman, law firm of twenty
years standing, composed of Waldo Brigham
and Geo. S. Waterman, have dissolved part
nership.
At the meeting of the county board Of SUPER
intendents at this place the LIST inst, Superin-
tendents II. w. Hubbard of Hyde Park, Geo.
M. Powers of Morristown, Rev w. L. Ander-
son of Stowe, b. A. Hunt OF Johnson. and Miss
Emma Tillotson Of Wolcott were present. Ques-
tons were prepared for spring and fall exami-
opations, which were SGT, tor April Nth and Now
22nd respectively. R.W. Hubbard was elected
secretary Of the board, and Il. w. Hnlburd,
Miss Tillotson and Prof H. S. Wilson of Peo-
pies Academy Morrisville, county examining
board. This board will give public examine
ton at Morrisville April 25th and Goth. Let all
who wish to obtain county certificates avail
themselves OF the opportunity and be present.
The lyceum at Academy hall Friday evening
last was well attended. The question "Does
the average country boy have greater school
advantages than the average city boy" was
surprisingly well discussed by Masters Harry
A. Noyes and Clarence Sawyer in the afflrma-
tive, and Leon X. Wiswell and Charles Conant
in the negative. Thes, boys are all under IA
years Of age, and yet in language, manner OF
delivery and logical argument they were not
excelled by boys of much larger growth. One
Of the disputants, a boy not more than ID years
Of age, without the aid Of notes, kept upon his
feet and held the audience with logical and well
delivered argument for six to eight minutes.
Where is the man who says that we'll conduct
ed lyceum is not powerful auxiliary to
school in making men and women of our boys
and girls
Owing to the success of the sheet and pillow
repairing the town hail. another masquerade
is set for this Friday evening, Let all who
wish to have good time and desire to lend
helping hand in q public work turn out and
come TO the town hall, where, though known,
you will know not the many faces about you.
Come one, come all.
Ned Canaan, son of Andrew Canaan, received
severe cut in the foot last week which came
near resulting in death from loss of blood.
G. w. Brown, a livery stable keeper, lost a
horse last week.
Mrs Felson +. Keller, a long time resident of
our village, and teacher in the Sabbath school,
will shortly 60 to Minnesota to spend year
with her son. She will be missed from the
many places that have known her SO long and
well.
Frank Finnegan who has been absent from
home in California for the past four years is
now seen again among us.
Edison Preston of "Green River has sold his
store to VIM. G. Bundy who will enter the
mercantile business. Mr. Preston moves upon
the Bundy place on the road to Morrisyille.
Mrs Richmond Fairbanks, sister-in-law of
Danforth Eaton, whose death was announced
last week, was buried Thursday the 3rd inst.