The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26

Y. DISCHARGED Monday from the first gang of
y drivers now engaged in driving 100000 feet
J. Of timber on the east branch of the Deerfiel]
y for the Newtons Of Readsboro. This drive
u has now nearly reached that place having
Y made I'VE miles Roadway in one day this
: week.-Frank Aldrich has hired Joseph
- Courtemaache's pasture In the Hepsey Vale
:. RusselPs pasture on the hll.-Herbert Ware
! bought $500 horse for his own use at Reads.
= boro Tuesday.-E. e. Wheeler and X. A.
> Willard, Jr., gave J. @. Wilcox and VIII
:. Brown Of Jacksonville, and ID. Stafford of
!, Sadawga, and other friends supper at the
:" Vermont house Tuesday evening. The jack
, sonvie party were champions at card play
ng which followed the supper.-The vii.
mington cornet band will give social enter
: tainment at Vermont house hall Saturday
: evening. There will be plenty Of good music
and bountiful supply of refreshments.
EVERYBODY invited.-Coinical Brown Is booked
for next week among the entertainments
The village engine house has recently been
improved with fresh coat of paint.-Rev
d. W. Phelps breaches his farewell sermon
at the Baptist church next Sunday. He will
60 to his New Haven, Conn.,, home for the
present.-Chares Stearns and wife of Brook
lyn are here on visit.-E. Gorham and Mrs.
Geo. Rose are improving.-E. A. Willard
and father have been in Brattleboro this week
on business.-JOe Courtmanche has just re.
ceived from market fine assortment of new
carriage wheels that can be seen ut his shop
I-Phyletus Averill has made arrangements
to accommodate trancient boarders.
in and about town are very Iowa. good sap
day Tuesday last.-BOys better take more
care in measuring fish hereafter.-John Fitch
has been quite sick the past week.-Many of
our village homes are receiving fresh coats of
paint and thorough renOvating inside of
wall papers.-Wm. Mier's auction was large
y attended;-John Stanley, who has been
housed. is able to be out.-A large quantity
OF maple syrup and sugar has been shipped
to market this Week.-Village people are quite
interested in the log drive, and have watched
i with good deal of pleasure.-Aunt Maril-
la Chllds was remembered with nice ex-
of Chicago. The grass is looking finely in
our fields. but the snow banks still hang on
and are visible from our streets,-Many
strangers have rbeen in town this week..
People are making their gardens and prepar-
ing for early garden vegetables.-Henry Z.
Ware has the contract for collecting the
cream for the creamery for one year from May !
1st.-Ei Wheeler was. taken to Brattleboro to
the insane asylum on "Wednesday last
Thomas Vose has moved from Mest DoVer
Miss Net lie Atwood returned this week G
from Greenfield where she has been at work. 4
Engine meeting on SATURDAY evehin4;-J. y
r. Ouimby returned last night from busl- u
chusetts. Some nice lumber is being drawn e
from off the mountain near the Hay Stack to 4
our Village saw mill by Will Hall and Charley b
WoIcott.-Miss Nina Miller. Is visiting s.
friends in Brattleboro this week. 5
John Morris has returned from West Brat. &
tleboro this week. Burton B. Fitch has gone t
to Holyoke where his brother is.-Mrs j. L. n
French VIII be at the Vermont house for Il
one week commencing April q, with fine tf
lot of millinery goois.-E. A. Willard. Jr. v
recently paid Howard Russell $50 accident Q
Insurance for injuries received last winter l.
Walter Wilder came very near getting hurt bl
his week by one of Leonard & Rices horses. in
Fred Willard is at work for the Whining. Oh
on Grain g. Lumber Co.-Miss Nellie Blsh. pc
~ of Barre, is at work for Mrs. G. NJ. Rus. err
= III. her millinery rooms.-The remains of W
edward Bell were transferred to Mrs. Bells rec
lew lot in our village cemetery this week.
letta Alvord is home on visit TIL, ,ye,r
H-7e=------ der
Jacksonville.-Mrs. J. L. French of Die
hester and Mrs. Homer Hicks of Read,bo arc
vii be in town soon with a full line of mil at
merry goods. Freeman Hagar has gone Pur
ack to his old stand of tub-making at the Ed'
utnam mill.-Tuesday the smoke stack at lie {
ne mill was taken down aud repaired-Se- ing.
n Hoibrook has purchased the Joseph Car lar
" farm. Price S4OO.-N. L. Stetson has so ueo
II recovered from his late sickness as to and
isit his daughter at Brattleboro Monday. visit
Rev. H. Eastman was taken suddenly sick The
the village and Is at present at JAG OBJ com
hase's.-Fred Holbrook is at work for Don
aylor.-Elliot Browns building a new barn "
4 his premises this seasOn.-A lbert Gates Opef
I'd his son Willie are boarding at Mrs. Dan ing {
Fowler's. by a
in til
all out of the lake, its VI
ri wbeelino il pettjno to he very GOOD for discl
e season.-We are to have some schools in OF pt
e west part of the town while some other oI u
arts have none, for the short spring term. auct
rhoo in district No. IL will commence its ton'
bring term the Goth inst, under the charge ~,
Lula Baker of Sadawga.-A. j. Hull. near -"
O Davis hrdce is fitting nm this sprinp for turn
e manufacturing of brick, which will add Scho
other enterprise to our vicinity. 1t is Dunl
Ia Inv tboso ,rbo nrofevs tn know that the bOro
Nv ia as ,oddtor better than any in the leste
lie Ia oIso exnresses his mind to sell at Sund
aSon.hIo nr;oes yVe wish him snecess 1 80.
Putney.-Monday the steam whistle VI
ghtened Mr.. Corser's horses which were oue.
,Tndina in 'front.' nf tho store but tbev snc. Clart
adad Ia rnnino mi, os for as rho loctun No.
Il did nor do sprion: damage Wednesday last t
C.. Marietta while attending to his horses -
t his leg badly broken. DR.. G. E. Foster
ended him and he is now doing WE'LL
e ladies of the Congregational society gave
ca party in honor of Rev. Ii. +. Forrest Cd
d family who leave this week for Union Or
llage, where he has an appointment to
each for the Methodist church of that
St'-lttbs VT. Iilllau VI D'"'Nnvi" VIZ
liver the Memorial address at this place
l Dummerston on Decoration Day.-Wm. New
hnson caught trout weighing one and
ee-fouth pounds, in the brook that runs
ough the village, last Saturday.-Rev. N.
Parsuns, formerly of this place, gave
v eloquent address on the &c. A. X. and imam
at it is DOING" at Keene, few days ago.
Vest WardsborO.-M. d. Leonard has
lght the Hubbard place.-Fred FittJ has IT,
Ight the Durkee farm of ii. n. Fits asu
'mers have commenced their spring work.
,reen River.-The ladies' aid society
meet with Mrs. John Walden Thursday
rnoon. All are invited.
BEN NINGTON COUNTY. n
4 Accidental Death.
rank Bowen, son of Albert Bowen OF NJ
til Readsboro, last week Tuesday morn
met with an accident which proved fatal.
he mill as he attempted to belt onto
nall bench saw from the main shafting.
arm was caught under the belt. which
Re and wound around the pulley, carrying
with II around the shafting. Inc arm
broken on just below the shou'uer irec-
him from the pulley aud leaving the arm
Mi ~ he shnfting lie was taken home
upon converting consciousness told how
asri,ieni occurred, on examination "
found besides the arm being torn on that
d leas we're broken, Que twice above the
~ aud lis ankle turned out OF joint. tits
u sids VAS crushed aud there were inter.
injuriFs, Tie Was bruised nnd mangled
'iblv but was very brave under The drcss-