The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-02
III. Q. Coolidge lost horse this morning

H. 0. Coolidge lost horse this mornIl
from collie. tV
The marriage Of Miss Carrie Vinton a,
Ferris Vaughn. occurs Oct. Sth.
. "A White sewing machine. nearly new
for sale at Kirw,n's. very cheap.-adv
Col. j. j. Esfuy viii be at the Brood
House from to this evening to pay of pr
miums.
BY request OF many of his patrons, d
Prescott will prO0ng his visit here until fu
Their notice. Room l., Brooks h0use.-adv.
Dancing school at Harmony Hall. Chi
dren's class. Saturday, Oct. Sd, .. M; FIR;
lesson TO adults, Tuesday evening, Oct. 9th.
w. q. Doolittle has bought of Geo.
Lyons the Wilder farm of about 800 acres O
which there are about two million feet O
lumber. Mr. Lyons reserves the quarry.
"A lady from Halifax, who came to tn
fair Thursday was taken quite III from drink
Ing Ice water. DR.. Miller was called ant
1t was several hours before he succeeded II
bringing her to consciousness. She was ab
to be taken home In the evening.
The suit J. C.Joslin vs.. G H Reed wa.
heard before s H Sherman at Waterman
Martin & Hit Office Monday. Joslin, .
Keene conductor sued to recover for lumber
sold to Reed In 1885. Reed claimed an offset
for work, and was willing to pay the balance
II the Offset were allowed. The court held
the Offset claim, ana rendered judgment for
the full amount of the bill, over 800.
The class Of '92 of the B. H. 8. held a
class meeting at Harry Esteys, Tuesday even.
Ing. The following officers were elected
president, Harry Estey vice president, Mary
Wilson; secretary and treasurer, Leon Lamb.
also the following committee; Estella Cooper,
Cora Clay, Frank Haskins, Edgar Sanders.
The evening was pleasantly spent In playing
games. and refreshments were served.
Newton Moran, while attending as lamp.
lighter, last night, loft his horse htched to
the corner Of Hudson and Reed SITS. The
animal became frightened BY the steam from
the engines at the depot, freed itself from the
post and also the carriage, and started to
run. He was captured by Orlando Adams
near Prouty's studio. when be began to kick
and bite. Adams sustains a slight bruise
from kick, but otherwise no serious dam.
ages were sustained.
The last volume of the Windham County
Gazetteer projected by Miss Hemenway Is
now nearly completed. 1t Is IN press and
will be ready for delivery soon. This volume
Is, In some respects, better than any which
have preceded 1t, not alone in matter but in
arrangement. A great deal Of time and mon.
ey has been spent on this volume which.
with the historical events that have occurred
In Wlndham county In the past, make the
book the most valuable Of the series through.
out this section Of the state.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher Ia writing an
interesting series of articles In the Ladies'
Home Journal on "Mr. Beecher As l Knew
Him." and II ever there was wifely reverence
1t Is shown by her, towards the memory of
this remarkable man. In the first article,
telling of their engagement while he was IN
college, she gives an Incident of local interest
about the way the money was earned for
their engagement ring. She says:
One day Mr. Beecher walked from Amherst to
Bratte boro, Vermont. to give temperance lee.
ne walked back the entire Journey, using the
money, sent to take him there and back, for
reserving enough to buy a simple |
gold ring: That ring, worn out by hard labor
lgain-the mending paid for by sewing at night
while others slept-was. when we came to
Brooklyn, go thin It could only. be mended by
quarter of a century's use, 1t could be no longer
epaired. To-day II rests close to me as
yrite-sacredly kept as the result Of Henry
Ward Be- =. first earnings BY public speak.
ay, showing her engagement ring: There!
lways said / would never be engaged If l
ould not have diamond rirg.'"
The celebrated optician Of Boston, A. j.
landry will be with US until Saturday Oct.
I'd, O'Clock o. m. CHAR A. TRIP & Co.
,welers.-adv
"A diabolicaI attempt at incendiarism was
nrd and one that looks as II the taking of
fe was intended. The fire was set In the
mber next to the part of the building fin.
he'd or for living rooms, and right up close !!
the partition on the other side Of which
eeps. The incendihries poured kerosine
trough cracks In the boarding, and 90 much
1t that cigar box was found half full and I
1ere is still stroug smell Of kerosine. Then
1ey put In lighted matches to set the Gre.
so happened that Mrs. Marvin, bis house,
eeper, who slept above, discovered II about
80. and aroused him by shouting that the
uildlng was all afre. Mr.. Reed threw on .
)uple of pals of water, which happened to {
. handy, and his son ran IN his night clothes
} the spring, and between them thew soon
lenched the flames, but II he had undertake
n to 20 to the alarm box 1t would have been
N late. If, also, few more moments had t
apsed before It was discovered, there is
,ry strong likelihood that the flames would
ave reached Reed and bis son. The damage
as about $50.
Rev. DR.. Samuel d. Burchard, he of
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" fame died I
riday afternoon at Saratoga from peritoniits :
the age OF 70. He was nativelof Steuben. =
. Y, graduate of Centre college, Ken
cky, early acquired reputation as tenn
a Presbyterian chnrch In New York city.
e has at different times been chancellor of Il
gham university and precedent of Rutgers a
male college. He was an uncle of the late t,
sv. Fl. Burchard of this place and In 1881 a
ade several weeks visit to Mrs. Burchard 81
re and preached In the local Baptist church. v
hat threw him into national prominence 81
as the speech In the dosing days g,
the 1884 campaign, when the Re- 81
rs reception to Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Burchard
as the orator and used this Alternative
ase in characterizing the Democracy.
obably Mr.. Blaine was busily thinking Of a,
nat he was going to say and didn't notice :.
as he made no allusion to 1t. II be had =
ticed It he would have been showed
ough to forsee and parry It's effect, for bis q
sat reliance for success had been on the n,
th0lic and Irish.American vote, into r
Itch up to that time he had made ri
, increases. There is no boubt that the "
rase changed votes enough to give Cleve. '
ID his HOO majority In New York. Mr.. v
richard when be came to see the benefits V
blessings of the Cleveland administration,
bind that bis blunder was:providentinl. he IN
} since became Mugwump and Democrat. IA
personal Drivip' is good, exceedingly Pl
ID, considering all the circumstances, the -
,rts Of the author, Of the remark to imi-
E, and bis failure to more than half do 1t.
,ewise the allusion to the copyrighted
the RsRORMBR. which 10 . sour grape to ,
aforesaid author. =
The ladies of the Industrial Union hope -
people will bear in mind, and plan to see p!
unique entertainment they sre preparing fI,
soon to present, for the benefit Of the :