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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10
Shoots.

Mrs A Fullerton is In town, the guest of
her daughter, Mrs F w Chds.-John Plum
mer is in the west for month.-The Fuller
family, 70 in number, picnicked at Chesterfield
lake last week. 1t is an annual ceremony with
them-Burr Taft returned this week from fine
Vermont Live Stock company's ranch at Da-
kota. He comes home with view of purchas.
ing another herd board on the ranch and in
the end probably to start another company
Mrs S NJ Kidder OF Springfield, Mass, is stop
ping at Col Haskins.-T J Boynton, the new
postoffice inspector made his first official visit
to this place and Wilmington this week.-Mrs.
Henry Thompson is spending few weeks at
her Westminster home with her mother. Mrs
DR. Stevens. MIR Thompson accompanied her
and made a few weeks visit there. =
David Herr1ck, son of Rev James Herrick and
a recent graduate of Williams college is spend
ing his vacation in town. He goes this fall to
Madura, India, to take position as teacher in
a college there.-Miss Hattie Colburn and her
sister have gone to the White Mountalns.-Mrs
Sarah Bradley of Brooklyn, Y, is visiting
her sister. Mrs Henry Burnham.-Rev and Mrs
Geo Martin of st Louis, Mo, are visiting their
friends in town-Gerald Lee, recently gradu-
ated from Middlebnry college, is here at his
fathers, Rev II Lee.-Fred Thompson and
Clifton Sherman ere home from Amherst col
leca on a Observation-Disclosures Barber formerly
a clerk at Keucb's, greeted his friends in town
briefly this week--Lucien Howe acted as Or
ganist at the Unitarian church Sunday and will
play the organ there again next Sunday.-Dr C
S Clark is away on two weeks vacatien.-Rev
S H Lee is spending few days in New Haven.
Mrs ] NJ Fisher, of st Louis, granddaughter of
the late Judge d Kellogg, is summerng at the
Brooks house with her four children as is also
Miss II Humsley of Hartford, CT, and f E
Nash an old pupil of Col Miles at the Burnside
institute now of Fort Wayne, Ind, with bis
famiy.-Miss Carrie Houghton has been
spending the past two weeks with friends in
Merden and Hartford, Ct.-Fred Franks, trav.
cling represeptatiye for Hawley, Folsom g.
Martin, is breathing Brattleboro's cooling
breezes through July.-Gilbert Smith is stop
ping al Northield Farms for a few days.-C
M Colhun showed us this week strawberry
measuring IA inches ami weighing one ounce.
1t grew on IL Chamberlain's farm.-Jobn
Williams is stenographer for the Boston Belt
ing Co--Iinwood Taylor had his face filled
with powder while celebrating the Fourth last
week.-Mrs. free library trustees held their
quarterly meeting Monday, but no business
was transacted.-G Lucan Howe returned
from Boston last week.-Seyeral couples OF Brat.
tleboresns have taken drive to Greenfield and
supper az the Mansion house to-day.-Ed-
mund Cary reached home from Ireland Mon
dav and Gso Spofford has returned to his Old
duties.NJames P Lilis has been spending his
two weeks vacation In Bridgeport, Conn.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10
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GO WEST

Via Boston s. Albany r r and its popular connec-
tions. the N Y Central Lake Shore or Michigan
Central roads. Can leave Brattleboro 800 m,
reaching Chicago early the next evening, or st
Louis the cond morning, with Through Cars
from Springfield
Lowest rates to all points.
LSHAYEJ, Bellows Falls, Special Ticket Agt,
q & r. for all territory north of Northampton.
CUDwoRTH & CHILDs Local Agts,
wa7tf Brattleboro, VT.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

Meteorological Record, Week Ending July
9, 1885.
Barometer Daily Mean, 29912
Thermometer Daily Mean, 60
Maximum, SIS
Minimum, SIS
Relative Humidity mean, $50
Wind direction prevailing S W
Rainfall, l.53 in.
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
WHOLE NO. l,54O.
Annual Meeting of the State Al
lance,

The annual meeting of the State
Temperance Alliance was held in
Dover Thursday. In the absence of
DR.. w. H. Purnell, president of the
Alliance, the Rev. ]. B. Quigg acted as
temporary chairman. The Rev. ]. b.
Otis was made secretary pro tenn. 1t
was agreed to appoint a committee of
nine on resolutions whose duty it
should be to report permanent order
of business. The chairman appointed
from New Castle county, Allen CAV
thrOp. G.. w. Wells, and w. d. Pickles:
from Kent county, Albert Cowgirl, the
Rev. J. V. Smith and Mrs. Emma
Parsons; from Sussex county, the Rev.
w. :. Robinson, the Rev Z. S. Will
liams and Miles Messick. Messrs.
Kellum and Stewart, of Dover, were
appointed a committee to arrange for a
public meeting to be held in the even
ing. Mrs. A. NJ. Beatty, w. Morgan,
the ReVs. w. FAIRIES and c. II. Sent
man, A. B. Moore and T. J. Stevenson
were appointed committee to report
the nomination of officers. The COM
mittee on nominations reported as fol-
lows: For president, DR.. w. H. Pur-
nell vice presidents-New Castle
county, John II. Adams Kent county,
Albert Cowgirl Sussex county, Miles
Messick; recording secretary, the Rev.
J. p. Otis treasurer, r. NJ. Cooper; cor
responding secretary, Rev. +. L. Hub
bard; executive committee, George
w. Wells. w. T. Kellum, James r.
HoiIecker, Rev. ]. B. Nixon, F. c.
McSOrley, Wesley Webb, Charles
Moore, G. II. Register, J. Y. Stewart
and Rev. J. b. Quigg.
The Committee on Resolutions made
the following report:
WHEREAS, During the last Presidential cam
paign we pOlled upward of 500 votes for our
Legislative candidates, and being highly encour-
aged by This result we are resolved to continue
our efforts in that direction until we meet with
success And recommend the county com
mittees to make every honorable effort to secure
additional Slguers TO the compact, 81 that we
{ may be prepared for such contingencies as the
4 future may develop.
/ ReS0lred, That tits our desire that the county
/ committees shall remain intact Us now organized
/ and that they shall add to their numbers from
/ time TO time the most available temperance work
/ erS of their several counties and we do hereby
extend to said committees the thanks of the ALI
ance for their efficient service during the past
1 year
BeSo'red. That a committee of seven be appoint
/ ed to represent the Alliance before the Legisa-
4 turc and 10 urge the adoption of a local option
/ law: and IN lieu of said body determined such
law to be unconstitutional to request said body to
change the present license law 50 that q majority
of the voters of the district shall be required to be
placed the petition Of an applicant in order to
secure for him lcence.
Resolved That we thank the General Confer
ence of the N. T. Church for the adoption Of a
( resolution requesting the district conference to
appoint temperance agents for their several con-
| ferenceS, and we urgently request that the Viii
mington Conference appoint said agent
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
JENKINS EARS.

On April, 90, 1871, the English vessel
Rebecca, Capt. jenkins, is visited by the
coastguarls of Havana, who accuse the
Captain of smuggling military goods.
They find none on board, but they i'll
treat him by hanging him first to the
yard and fastening the cabin boy to his
feet. The rope breaks, however, and
they then proceed to cut off one of his
ears, telling him to take it to his King.
Jenkins returns to London and claims
vengeance. Pope writes verses about
his ear, but England does not choose to
quarrel with Spain Just then, and all is
apparently forgotten. Eight years after
some insults offered by the Spaniards to
English vessels brought up again the
topic of Jenkins ear. He had preserved
it in wadding. The sailors went about
London wearing the inscription Ear
for ear " ON their hats. The large mer.
chants and shipowners espoused their
cause. William Pitt and the nation
in general desire war with Spain, anG
Walpole is forced to declare it. The
consequences are but too well known
Bloodshed oil over the world, on lanC
and sea. Jenkins's ear is indeed avenged
If the English people were poetical, say
Carlyle, this ear would have become {
constellation, like Berenice's Crown.
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
ROMANCE OF A SOLITARY GULCH.

In one of the gulches of the gold
mining district of the Divide perhaps
twenty-five miles from Denver, stand
the remains Of a cabin, if few black
ened and charred timbers and pile of
stones, evidently at one time a chimney,
can be called remains. To the miners
and prospectors who pass over the rough
trail to-day the place has a lonely and
mOurnful look, and many speculations
are INDUCED in as to the history and
fate of its former occupants.
From 1853 until 1864 this wild and
almost uninhabited country was filed
with busy population who had left
comfortable homes and loving friends
in the East in the wild pursuit of gold in
these rich diggings. In the latter year,
however, the number dwindled from
several thousand to perhaps less than a
score Of white men, newer excitements
having carried the restless tide i'll other
directions. Among the few who re.
NAMED were two brothers who had left
their home in a pleasant town in Illinois
to make their fortunes in these marvel
Ously rich places. These were Thomas
and William Coleman, who, though so
closely related, were rs utterly different
i'll disposition and manner as could we'll
be imagined. Thomas, who was of
dark and swarthy complexion, who al
ways morose and disagreeable, and
generally disliked by his neighbors.
William, however, with his bright, blue
eyes and sunny hair, was even a favorite
with all. But little was known of their
previous history save that the elder was
unmarried, but that William had left
/ young wife and one child i'll the East,
1t was known, also to a few, that this
marriage was continual source of con-
tentiOn between the two, and it was
generally understood that the brothers
had been formerly rivals for the hand of
the girl whom William afterward mar
ried. One day, III the summer of 1864,
the stage, which was still running in
that section, brought rs a passenger q
beautiful woman to the cabin who
proved to be the wife of William Cole
man. The meeting of the young couple
was joyous to degree, she explaining
that parents and child having both died,
she had resolved to join her husband
and individually share his fortunes and
hardships. Upon her arrival Thomas
went out of the house and wandered q
long distance over ridges and through
gulches not returning until long after
dark. Just exactly what happened after
he reached the cabin was never known,
but it is surmiSed that fierce quarrel
and double murder ensued, rs late that
night q man passing near there Oh
horseback thought he heard loud and
angry words followed by two reports
from n pistol. and looking back aftel
getting on top of the ridge he saw the
bright light of n coufagrNtion. Upon
reaching the nearest settlement he re
ported what he had seen. A party o.
men started the next day to investigate
the matter, and found the charred re
mains Of the cabin, and beneath the still
smoking ruins the burned bodies o
William Coleman and his wife. Thomas
Coleman was never afterward heard of
The place to-day has n mournful loneli
ness and silence, unbroken save by th'
twitter of birds by day and the howlint
of the cayote at night.
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
THE MURDER OF THE DE WITS.

THE MURDER OF THE DE WITS.
Two corpses where all that remained
of the great citizens who after faithful
and glorious services, had been immo-
lated as their country's enemies. These,
too, were not spared. Having brought
them to one spot, the train bands next
the prison form into a circle, and dis
charge their pieces in sign of rejoicing.
The corpses were then dragged to the
scaffold; they were hanged up by en-
ploying the locks and bandoliers of the
muskets. A sailor tied them back to
back by the feet, and fastened them to
the highest steps of the gibbet, declaring
that "criminals such rs these ought not
TO be hanged by their heads" Their
clothes were torn away and the frag-
ments divided. Adrian Van Vaalm, a
postboy, one of the chief conspirators,
got hold of the velvet cloak of John de
Witt, and ran through the streets crying
out, "Here are the rags of great John
the traitor !" In the midst of the howl
ing of n mob thirsting for blood, the
victims after death received treatment of
the most barbarous kind. The first two
fingers of John de Wits right hand
were cut off, as if to make him expiate the
use he had put them to in signing and
asserting to the Perpetual Edict. In
wanton outrage the more excited
wretches in the crowd mutilated the
corpses in the most shameful and OBJ
scene fashion. AS if to exhibit the last
excesses of savage brutality, one of those
at this abominable work took a piece o.
I flesh and boosted that he would eat it
The mangled remnants of the bodies
were sold at auction. 81 bought" ar
eyewitness said, "a finger of John d.
Wits hand for 2 sous and a pot O
beer.
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
"By oh ! Baby Bunting,
Mammals gone a bunting;
Gone to get rabbit skin
To wrap n Baby Bunting in. I"

"Weally shocking!" said Gamble to
himself. "HOw fortunate this person
happened to be at home Iuever should
have known these things. How dirty
everything is? ?"
Aud he sucked the head of his cano
violently.
"They're quite long away" said the
masculine nurse, looking over his
shoulder "but when the ladies get ont
you don't know when to expect them
home, you see. I've known them to be
drinking tea and coffee somewhere at
two o'clock, and me sitting up for them,
half dead with sleep. You know suf-
frage ladies claim equal rights in those
respects.
ooh do theyF" gasped Mr.. Gamble.
"No, weally, did not know they went
so far. Weally! !"
"Sister-in- law goes farther than wife
does, said the man. "'She chews, and
she says her husband must take her
name and wear aprOps when she marries
him. There's young man named Gam.
BILE in love with her, I'm told. You
don't know him, do you? Iwonder how
he'll like it She says she's going to
marry him on account of his fortune,
though he is fool"
I'm weally glad called. Glad to
have met you, you know" said young
Gamble, rising. but I can't stay any
| longer must meet a man at the club.
Good evening! Good eveningl"
I'm very glad to have seen you,
said the bald man, with a queer CLEAN
in his eye. q don't often get chance
to speak to another fellow. If you'll
wait until I've put the children to bed,
and given the cranky ones soothing
syrup, and corrected the three worse
with my slipper--I like to bring them
up well-I'll toast some stale bread anG
make pot of ten, and we'll be comfor
table and talk the women over lit
tie. used to be able to offer my friend,
champagne and cigars, but that wa.
before my money went into the cause
All, I'm sorry for that young Gamble
that's going to marry Evelina."
"I-I believe you are misinformed
I don't think lie is" replied Gamble
"Oh, thanks awfully; but must go
Good evening""
"Who shall tell sister-in-law calledG
| oela1 tba bo1d rroutlar,oD
"NO matter Very kind of you bu
no matter, replied Gamble, as ho van
ished into the dingy street
Scarcely had he gone when the balt
gentlemen took off his apron opened tn
door, addressed the children with tn
words; Ego to your mothers they van
YOU" And opened closet door
whence hoped, i'll semi-smothere,
condition, Skivington Fink and an oil
IrishwOman.
Didn't you do it illigant, honey ?
said the latter.
"You ovoracted, Tom, )" said Skiving
ton; "but hirJt you've done it."
: "I know I have, said Tom but it
) well had such donkey to deal Will
Now remember, Skivvy. L borrowe
the children at sixpeuca a head, and ow
: Mrs. Murphy five shilling for the us
: of the room, and that is your bill. An
l. you'll not forget the cigars. You'll g
il Evelina if you want her now."
}. And he did
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
MARK ANTONY'S GRAFTON
OVER CESAR.
FROM R. W. cnlswr1rs new SHAKESPEARE


Friends Romans, countrymen. Lend me your
ears:
will return them next Saturday come
To bury Caesar, because the times are hard
And his folks can't afford TO hire an undertaken.
The evil that men do lives after them,
In the shape of progeny, who reap
The benefit of their life insurance.
So let it be with the deceased.
BrutuS hath told you CUsar was ambitious
What does Brutus know about it?
1t is none of his funeral. Would that il were!
Here under leave of you | come to
Make speech of Caesars funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me;
He loaned me - once when was on pinch,
And signed my petition for a pOstOtfCe.
But BrutuS says he MAS ambitious
BrutuS should wipe OFF his chin.
Cesar hath brought many captvCS home TO Rome
Who broke rock on the streets until their runSOms
Did the general golfers fill.
When that the poor hath cried, Caesar hath wept
Because it didn't lcOSt anything
And made him so id with the masses. Cheers.
Ambition should be made of serner stuff.
Yet BrutuS says he was ambitious
BrutuS is a liar and can prove it.
You all did see that on the LupercRl
/ thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse because it did not fit
him quite.
Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was am.
bilious.
Brutus is not only the biggest liar in the country
But he is horse thief of the deepest dye;
you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
Laughter
You all do know this ulster
l remember the first time ever Cesar put it on.
II was on Summers evening in his tent
With the thermometer registering 9O' in the
shade;
Blu! it was an ulster 10 be proud of.
And cost him s. at MarcaluS SwartNmeyeTS.
Corner Broad and Ferry streets, sign Of the red
flag
Old SwartZ wanted $40 for it.
But finally came down to 50, because it wa
Caesar
Look in this place ran Cassius' dagger through;
Through this the son Of gun of "A Brutus stabbed
! And when he plucked his cursed steel away,
/ Good gracious how the blood of Caesar followed II
fChCcrS, aud cries 0f " Giue something on tn
Chinese BIZ - " HIT him again! - etc
/ I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts.
! / am no thief, as Brutus is.
/ BrutuS has a monopoly in all that business,
| And If he had mis- deserts he would be
! In the pententiary and don't You forget it.
! Kind friends sweet friends, do not wish to stil
you up
! To such sudden food of mutiny,
! And, as il looks like rain,
The pail bearers will please place the coffin in th'
! hearse,
! And we will proceed to bury Caesar
! Not DraIgp him
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
AFTERNOON.

prising how Evelina CHATS Miss Speak
er, you know takes after wife. Wife
has very fine mind, and l rather think
sister-in-law's must be finer, for she's
not at home even rs much as wife is
and wife has only spent half an hour a
day here since the beginning of the
month. wanted her to stay i'll morn
ings when the children had the small
pox, because that made the work heavy
for me- Washing, ironing, baking and
mending, and no help; but she said,
The great cause first, and children
afterward. So did sister-in law"
"Why-a-a--why did you not insist
upon your wife's obedience?" gasped
Mr.. Gamble
"Why didn't what?" shrieked the
father, dropping a spoon with crash.
"Why, I daresent. Don't you know,
sir, when you marry woman's rights
lady, you always have to promise to obey
her, and you have to do it, too. Any
body who mal1ies sister in-law will have
to do it. The society sees to that, you
know. Children, take off your stock
ings, all of you. I've got to darn 'em
tonight; tomorrow is washing-day."
"Gracious goodness! I never saw
anything like this, sighed Mr.. Gamble,
under his breath. "How awfully awful,
you know"
Meanwhile, the head of the family put
on a pair of eyeglasses, threaded a
needle with blue yarn, took raw potato
from pan and put it in the toe of one
of the little socks which were now heaped
up before him, and began to darn, max
ing something that resembled a window
sash in q great Ii lie in the stOcking-toe,
and saying, You're Il bachelor, I sup
posel"
eyes, am." replied Gamble, taking
a long breath. Eyes, indeed, I am."
"I was once" said the damer, ga
bachelor, young, well-dressed, with q
little money of my own-a good deal OF
money; but I met Theresa Speaker.
She seemed to have such a fine mind-I
adored her. All, her sister resembles
her exactly at that age and very fine
mind also. She took my money to help
the cause. It's very hard to get a penny
now Dear me- Sally is sleepy. Come
here, Sally, and be walked to sleep"
And catching up the smallest and
dirtiest of the children, he threw it ovel
his shoulder and began to stride up ant
down, believing at the top of Iii
lungs -
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
The odd Fellows Cemetery
SMYRNA, DEL.

The Trustees Of this Cemetery are now
ready to sell lots and issue deeds for the
same. The size Of a whole lot is 3Ox32 feet
and the prices are as follows: For n whole
lot, $50 half lot $50; quarter lot, so.
There is not badly situated lot in the
Cemetery, but every one has a choice Of
location, and there being but one price
according to size enables those first select
ing to get their choice Of location, and as
there have been several already sold, we
would advise those who have no place Of
burial that it will be to their advantage to
select them as early as possible.
This is undoubtedly the best location in
this vicinity for Cemetery, being all high
and a nearly level piece of land, beauti-
fully situated on the State road within
sight of the town, and yet at such a dis
tance from it as to guarantee that it will
never be used for other than Cemetery pur-
poses land the deed of agreement positively
forbids its use for any other purpose than
that of sepulture). For further particulars
call on or address
L. NJ. FOWLER
Secretary and Treasurer
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
--e-~---Ae . - -
GOODNESS IN A TRYING SITUATION

The GOODNESS and self-possession of
that very remarkable man, Sergeant S.
Prentiss, was strikingly illustrated in
the following anecdote of his second
duel with'the late Henry S. FOOte (Gen.
Foote), which is taken from his memoir
by his brother The meeting occurred
on the right bank of the Mississippi
River, opposite Vicksburg, and at the
first fire Mr.. Premises pistol snapped,
while Gen. Foote missed, shooting over
him. This increased the eagerness of
the large crowd assembled to witness the
affpir to such degree that they pressed
up on each side of the line, until there
was left quite a narrow space, scarcely
room enough for the passage of the
balls. After the parties had resumed
their positions, pistol in hand and trig'
gers set awaiting the word for a second
fire, everything being rs still as death,
Mr.. Prentiss observed little boy, who,
anxious to SEQ the fun" was climbing
sapling in his rear and said to him,
"My son, you had better take care
J Gen. Foote is shooting rather wild"
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
Mother and Son.

smother, saw boy in town
With little gold watch and chaiu.
And a cut-away suit of wineish LfOwn,
And it made mine look so plain.
"The same boy had velOcipede
That he rode like bird in the afr:
think he had more than would need.
And nicer things than wear.
"And. mother. can't we move into town.
Aud I wear a watch and chain?
OF the two I'd sooner buy blue than brown
The blues arc neat and plain"
MY son, the boy you saw to-day
Was the son of a bankers clerk
His father defaulted and ran away
With the money men earned by work.
"Pm sorry, my son, your head was turned
By the cut-away suit and gold;
The suit his father richly earned
Should be prison striped and old.
"But, son, no matter; the tide will turn.
The poor go up and the rich come down,
If you'll be noble and brave, and earn
Your money to buy your suit in town"
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14

$50 old Scrapetill is dead at last 4"
observed David from the interior of his
evening paper. Oceans of money.
too" "What did he do with itS"
uueried Dora. 20, left it here and
there" said David. "That scapegrace
son gets a quarter of a million. If he
doesn't paint the town red now. then I'm
a Canadian" 81 should think, mused
Dora, softly, as she helped herself to
another needleful Of silk, "I should
think that quart Of Vermillion nigh!
paint q town very red indeed"
Smyrna times., 1885-01-14

The cholera has scared away so
many visitors from Naples that it is
said a number of artists, sculptors and
bronze workers are on the brink of
starvation, through failure to obtain
orders. A committee of English and
American residents has been formed to
solicit orders for them.