The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-17

Neutrality-suspicious. Stearns was I'M
lucky enough to cut an ugly cash in his knee
while hanging scythe last week Thursday
Sara A Thompson closed successful term OF
school in district No l, last week. 1t is hoped
that she may be engaged for the fall term
Mr. and Mrs Alvin Burbee made VISIT Raw
sonville, the first of this week.-Sewell L and
Harry Howard have returned from their visit
to Keene and Marlboro.-Ida Sloane has return
ed to her home in Peru.-Mrs julius Johnson
is enjoying a visit from her father and sister,
Mr. and Miss Dorste, Of Winhal.-Henry Moore
is home from Bellows Falls, where he mas been
engaged for some time in making the roofs wa
er-proof.-Chauncey c Harris returned home
the first of the week from quite long visit to
West Townshend.-Mr Leora Morse of War
rem, N H, is visiting her father, Barnabas Giles
Mrs Earle Eddy has returned to Bellows Falls
after long visit at A H Mack's.-Loyal Stood
ley is at work for VIM L Cronin through hay
ing.-George Far has sold his farm to William
AIdrich of Londonderry, and is to give posses.
sion in November. We do not know where he
intends to go, but we can say that he and his
family would be valuable acquisitions to any
community. Certainly they will be greatly
missed here.-Miss Sadie Gilbert Of Derby, CT,
is at Dea Asahel O Prentiss' for the summer
Israel Gould is assisting Archibald H Mack in
shaking out bis hay after our numerous show
ers this summer.-Harriet Howard Is assisting
Mrs ] A Pollard in her homework
complain some of the catching weather for hay
ing, but they do not grumble near as much as
they did at the dry weather of few weeks ago.
The grass crop has improved very much of
late, though there will not be heavy crop by
any means.--Henry Whitcomb drove up to J
I Britpall's the other. day. assisted his wife 70
alight and went to the horses head to see what
was wrong with the harness. The horse did not
like this, so he jumped over the wOod.pile in
front of him and posted into shed with the re-
mains os the buggy behind him. few dol
lars will repair the damages.-Frank Smith is
haying for Samuel Moore.-Nellie Rhodes is
home from Grafton. She celebrated her eigh-
teenth birthday Saturday, by very enjoyable
party.--Warner Townsend was in town look
ing after cattle the other day.-Mrs George
Goodwin Of Troy, N Y, is stopping with her
sister, Mrs Warren Rhoades.-Our genial Post
master, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Librarian,
l. b Chapman, has been exercising his mechan-
ical skill in building farm wagon for himself,
on an improved plan.-Wiliam Penor was in
town Sunday, from West TOwnshend.-Some
who attended the celebration at South London
derry, the Fourth, say it was the most like
real old-iashioned celebration they had seen for
long time. They had not seen SO many drunk
en- men for many yearS.-Blanche Harrington
Harris and Mrs A NJ Goodell have returned
from teaching in Jamaica.-Ida Holden is with
Mrs E Gould for the present.-Miss Gertrude
Fuller of Salem, Mass, is visiting at George Ad-
ans, and looking over the scenes of her former |
labors in the line of instructing the young idea
in archery practce.-Misses Lucy Deane and |
Sue Daniels of New London, Conn., were up |
Monday for breath of fresh mountain air.
George B Howard and Frank Smith have each |
lost silver watch while mending fence lately, |
and now they have to depend on the sun and |
stars for time.-Wiiam Harris freight wagon |
got smashed up atlChester, Monday, by the hor.
ses taking fright and turning around too sud. |
denly. A borrowed wagon brought the freight |
and the disguised driver home.-Lyman Jami-
son killed his big dog Monday, and the post
mortem examination showed the cause of his |
suierings the lastsix months or so to have been |
a stub Of wood, some three inches long, in the !
region of the eye.
Wilmington.-The North Adams Tran.
script says that within forty eight hours M
Flagg has suffered seven hemorrhages and his
condition is very low, in fact his friends have
very little hope of his rallying again. His
brother, F A Flagg, has been with him almost
and John M Flagg was expected
rom New York yesterday.-This years hay
,rop pi omises much better, taken as whole,
han that Of last year. The late copious