The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1888-06-01

~ ALEDOnOs IL, EniD'
Yesterday was the festival of Corpus
Christi.
Well, what about a Fourth of July cele
bration this year.
Sunday, June 10, will be observed ~
children's day at the various churches.
| Remember. Geo. III. Adams, the clown 81
the world, Is with the great Zozo.--adv.
! 1t was w. G. Horton, not w. d. Gibson
that bought j. C.. Wilcox's Brook street
house.
y. A. Taylor will come out with his hacks
and coupe on Monday, TO carry passengers 10
ana from the station.
&C. p. ellison sold 26 of his last lot OF
horses in four DAYS. He will have another
carload at his West Chesterfield mart this
week.
"A reception was given this afternoon
at DR.. fuckers residence by Mrs. Tucker TO
Mrs n. q. Wallace. A large number OF our
people were present. A delightfully."- social
Time was passed and refreshments OF cake
and coffee were served.
Many sat upon the Episcopal railing,
Saturday evening, and arose again and COM
muned with themselves. The Dlack pant
did not agree with their new spring trousers.
ii. Henry Kidder of Wilmington thinks
he has the best thing yet IN the Deering
moving machine, for which be has the agen-
cy. The particulars are given IN our adver-
Using columns to which the attention OF the
farmers Is asked.
Sunday evening at about 30 o'clock, a
fire occurred in the Office of florist e. E.Allen
caused by lamp turning over near
sheaf of grain fused for funeral purposes)
and papers. 1t seemed in an instant beyond
control, and the alarm was given by tele-
phone. but the blaze was eXtilguished before
the fire department arrived, though they
were promptly on hand. The loss is fully
covered by insurance through Cudworth a.
Childs.
Rev. DR.. Geo. Leon Walker, formerly
of Brattleboro. and now of the Center Con-
gregationa church of Hartford, CT. was
elected last Friday to the board OF visitors of
Andover theological seminary. to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Rev. DIR. Ellstis.
DR.. Walker Is himself conservative in his
views of theology. but he made noble plea
before the American board last October for
Christian tolerance of views like. those Of
the Andoyer professors. and the bOycOtted
missionaries His election cannot fail to be
fruitful of good, in the way OF harmony and
efficiency. to AndOver.
--Quartermaster- General Gilmore has en-
gagged the West Randolph band for the mill
tia muster this year, very much to the sur
prise of the line officers and the public gen.
orally, who, knowing that the Brattleboro is
the best band in the state, supposed there
was no doubt of its Encouragement. Gen.
Gilmore gives two reasons for his action,
one that he had understood that the Bratte-
bOro men did not want to put in an apDlica-
ton. and the other that il was "whollya Bra
teboro matter y meaning probably that lie
had got the misaprehension that the Brattle.
boro band could not attend to it at the time
of the muster.
We publish entire Rev. +. J. Parry's Dec
Grafton day address at Brattleboro, because
of all the addresses of this or any previous
year, it will rank rs one of the most notable.
AS piece Of Oratorical architecture it Is al
most perfect, and its grasp OF the high mean
ing of the day, its healthy patriotism. its
lofty conception of American destiny. and of
the Importance to human progress of the work
the veterans did, its whole reach of thought
as well as its singular power of sounding the
depths of human feeling, will impress the
reader only less than its fine delivery did its
hearers Wednesday. 1t is well worth read
ing and preservation If any speech ever was.
f. ] Parry is man who carries some guns
intellectually.
The selectmen viii begin work next week
under the vote of the town. directing a third
of the highway tax collected in this village
and the west village, to be expended on the
sidewalks. They have contracted with f.
e, Stockwel for the laying of concrete
walk on North Main street and up Western
avenue as far as they can 90 . his year. The
No. Main street walk will be carried to the
corner of North street. Probably mar
row walk will also be laid on Terrace street.
The Asylum trustees'haye voted to put in a
nice granite CURLING il the selectmen will lay
from Walnut st. to their entrance.
THIS will also be done IL the money holds out.
The amount available under the vote is only
about $500. There are also big petitions for
walks in Esteyville and on Prospect Hill, but
no one in Centreville or the West village has
yet asked for them.
The approaching convention of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church in Vermont, to be
held in Christ church, Montpelier, on June
6 and I, will be of more than usual interest
to the churchmen of the diocese. from the
fact that the occasion will be the both ami
yersary of the conservation of the bishop.
On Tuesday evening preceding the conven-
ton sermon will be delivered by the Rev.
ID. G. Roberts of Concord. y. H.. formerly
rector of Christ church. Montpelier. On
Wednesday the convention will be organized
and the convention sermon preached by the
Rev. Thos. Adams. ID. G. L., of LennoXville,
p. @. The bishops address Will be given IN
the afternoon and the missionary meeting
will take place in the evening. Thursday
morning will be devoted to routine business,
and the convention will probably adjourn at
noon. The delegates from ST. MlchaeIs
church are Messrs. +. w. Childs, John NJ
Hackley and Henry Devens substitutes,
Messrs. X. Haskins, f. D. W. Nichols and
Geo. A. Briggs.
The Maple Sugar Exchanges business is
cleaning up well. The cake sugar has all
been promptly marketed ;and brought good
prices. The tub and pail sugar is going off in
small orders and could all be disrosed of at
once, if the Exchange would sell it at the
same prices as other dealers charge. Big
quantities, and of a good article, are
going into the Chicago and other city
markets at six aud seven cents pound.
and some of it delivered at that. The En-
change holds stiff at eight and nine cents or
the cars here. has a steady demand at that
price, and Mr.. Harlow is positive that he
can realize that, though the result of the
competition of buyers all round the state
who are selling for so much less. is to
diminish the demand for a time, at least,
The commission and freight average to take
about a cent pound: but. this leaves from
one to two cents pound more Tor those farm
ers who have marketed their product
through the exchange than those who have
sold elsewhere have averaged TO get. Ihis
is certainly a good showing for the first
wear. but it will steadily improve, until when
the farmers generally put their product into
the Exchanges hands, we fully believe the
price of Vermont sugar will be 10 to 20
cents.
A gritty lawsuit L. f. Lawton V. DIR. |
Henry Tucker was fought out before a Jury |
mainly of business men from the street Mon |
day. Mr.. Lawton. in his contract for the |
Universaist parsonage, had the digging OF a
ditch and laying of water pipes. DIR. Tucker |
had , nine laid for himself i'm the same ditch |