The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Grating wax Mt Gleason g. Robbins.

Il -Ine grocery SIoIes VIII po oioSou Tvs
day afternoon.
Opening base ball game next Tuesday
probably with the st. Jeromes.
The selectmen now talk of concretine
Main street from the Elliot to High stree
corner.
The Farmers & Mechanics Exchange MAJ
contracted for a hydraulic elevator ana II
will be put in Immediately.
-Drs. Ketchum Il Gray take the Office II
Crosby block vacated by DR.. Pettee ana they
have moved into 1t this week.
Before YOU leavefor tie Centennial In
sure against accidents with Cudworth 4
Childs, agents for the Travellers.
--Herrick & Boyden's new block on Elilo,
street, is to be made In its second and thiro
floors into two flats, the first Brattleporo mas
had. -,
Geo. Shattuck, for two years with Ernes'
f, Perry, will 90 on the road for Hawley
Folsom & Martin, the gents furnishing goods
house of Boston.
A, III. Combs has purchased wood lol
of VIM, Leonard of West Dummerst0n, ana
intends to haul the wood here as 1t is an eX'
ira wood market.
Cards Are out announcing the nuptials at
New Orleans, May 4. Of Chas. f. Tones, sou
of Mrs. A. h. Hall Of this place, ana MISS
Emma Lafitte, of that city.
-House.cleaning season is upon US; the
| dull thud of the carpet-beater is heard IN tne
land and the sold man" takes his dinner In the
wood-shed and leaves his boots there nights
Howe made some fine photographs of the
Little Lord Fauntleroy Company when u
was here in February, and they are on
exhibition at the entrance Of Howe's studio
in Bank block. :.
r. G. Hardie, Jr., is painting portrait
of Chief Justice Morton OF Massachusetts,
ordered by leading members OF the ounolk
county bar and which Is TO be hung III .ne
court house at Boston.
A .speckIed beauty" II IL inches long,
weighing two pounds when caught, was on
exhibitioA In Druggist Greene's window
Monday. 1t was caught by that veteran fish,
erman, VIM. johnson of Putney.
"A handsome job of turing has been done
length of its curbing on Asylum street.
There Is nothing that adds more to the beauty
Of village than these even, well-kept lines
of turf.
compiled the reports of the two reunions and
the roster of the Sixteenth regiment. rms
regiment was commanded by Judge Veazey,
and an excellent portrait Of its war colonel
adorns the fronts page.
Francis Goodhue, Jr., has returned from
his winter in Florida and will sail for Eu-
rope May - in company with his cousin,
Emerson Brooks. This tour will take in
ENGLAND. Norway, Sweden and the continent.
There is a report that Col Il. w. Higginson
will sail with them.
1t is of course hardly news to say that
Miss Mary Howe has had some flattering Of
1ers to come to America and sing this year
Rut she has decided to devote still year
more to preparation, and she and Mr.. and
Mrs, Il. r. Pratt are quietly pursuing their
studies at Paris though under different mas
tiers.
$. L. Chapman, for many years on the
Newport and Springfield run and A. NJ. heh-
dali who also for number OF years ran
through here and later on the Essex Juhctlon
and Boston line, have been reappointed TO
the railway postal service. Who the Demo-
Gratis that they displace are Is not yet known.
G. NJ. Davis began work as short stop" pc
tween here and Springfield Wednesday, but
will eventually have one of the long runs
probably.
AT the annual communication of Brattle-
boro Lodge No. 102,F. and A. NJ. held April
25th, the following officers were elected and
installed for the year ensuing: II. l.. Cooper,
w. NJ. VIII. Bracket, S. W.; VIM. b. Vim.
ton. j. W.; II. d. Hoton, treasurer; VIM. G.
Horton, secretary; Win. III. Proctor, S. D.;
F. d. Weld, j. d. D. A. Young, marshall;
VIM. H. Vinton, chaplain F. r. Vaughan,
S. S.; S. w, Edwards, j. S.. T. A. Whitney,
tyler; w. Ii. Taft, musical director.
A special train to leave here at 80 We'd.
neslay evening has been arranged for, to
carry members of the Murray Club and
others who wish to attend the presentation |
Of "Longfellow's Dream" at Bellows Falls.
The price for round trip tickets. including
admission, has been placed at $1.1O and it is
probable that q large party will go up there.
Already between 30 and 60 tickets have been
poken for. No pains is being spared in the
PREPARATION of the entertainment and there
no doubt 1t will be a first class presenta.
ion. te
- he heavens In the vicinity of the sun
PRESENTED remarkable appearance at 8
o'clock Tuesday morning. TIE sky was par
tally cIouded and luminous ring. some six
v degrees in diameter, appeared with the
Jun in its circumference, while two other
ings, smaller in diameter, were linked into
he largest one. In the circumference Of the
arge circle there were three bright spots re.
embling the sun breaking through cloud
md with the sun dividing the circumference
nto four equal sections. The phenomenon
va, visible for some thirty minutes. when
t gradually faded away. 1t attracted gener-
i attention and was witnessed by large
lumber OF people.
The warrant Is out Tor the annual village
Meeting at the town hall Tuesday evening
Iav It'll. at 80 o'clock. Besides the routine
work of hearing the reports and electing Off
ers the only articles are to see If the village
will vote to sell hand engine No. 6, and if it
will instruct the baiiffs to build new Hook
Ladder house on the site of the present !,
ne, or if 1t will convey the property to Mr.. /,
rowel provided he will erect building and =
Ease in perpetuity rooms sufficient for the =
ompany and for village office for the bai-
ifs, clerk and treasurer to transact their bust
ess. The annual report is now being print v
pr,r-. tnt. nff. Il i,aI q
ut early next week making very creditable i
rowing indeed for the years work. S
The Sugar Exchange has had 5S5 consign- !;
ents of sugar and syrup aggregating 35,42l r
Ounds cake, 4S.44S pail sugar and 6.125 gal J.
ms of syrup. Shipments continue to come y
from the north of the state at the rate of /
)out one ton daily. The Exchange has con- =
acted with San Francisco firm this week l.
furnish ton of sugar in bricks of exactly :
he pound each. This is an entering wedge y
the Pacific coast trade in bricks. A trade h
ring of 1876. A letter from a California !,
dy asks for maple sugar saying, "Vermont i
APPLE is only memory with me. and sand 1
ich Islands sugar is too cheap. Cheap t
lgar has strange affinity for maple IN the t
ties. n
We have bought large stock of that y
)pular ice cream freezer that we have sold u
many of. and shall be pleased to show you "
good points soon. Gleason & Robbins.
will observe the Inauguration :,
ntennial in the right way next Tuesday. d
lie Catholic church in obedience to the or !,
r of the bishops all ever the country. will A.
We service at a. M, consisting of High h.
iss and remarks by Rev. Father Cunning =, ~
m. The other churches are to unite on the u,
Dadest lines, as BELTS such day and such h.
occasion. in service at the Congregation a,
81 church. The dav will be ushered in a.