The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-13

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the mills have shut down. Unless rain fa
IN Quantity before the ground freezes the
will be serious delay In business aud nut
Inconvenience II not suffering IN consequenc
Some Of the mill men talk Of SUBSTITUTE
steam. vt least In part for power There
the additional difficulty Of providing wat
Tor consumption In the houses unless I'll
pond fills up. A committee was appointed
the last meeting to look after the water que
ton, but so far as Is known their work n,
been confined to getting the pressure In tt
square under different conditions and at di
ferent times. So far as such operations E
they are valuable, but the discovery of
stream of water which would augment tn
supply IN the pond would please majorit
of the taxpayers more.
The Bohemian glass blowers are here th
week under the auspices Of the Brldgma
hose company. They are even better tina
they were last spring, and have with thef
this fall sharp sleight of hand trckstei
In voting for the most popular mill hand
L Goodsoe Is so far In the lead that 1t ISM
likely his competitors Will catch up. Tn
exhibitions are drawing full houses and PEG
pie are generally well satisfied with the en-
tertainment which closes with dancing ever.
evening.
The regular annual meeting CT the Below
Fails club was held Monday night and thu
officers elected for the coming year. Tit
president, Geo Fl Babbitt was reelected, ant
DIR Campbell, Mrs Chase, Fl D Ryder ant
Sidney Gage were elected vice presidents
Charlie Lataree is secretary and treasurer
and the other officers are practically the SAME
as last year. The membership Of the club Is
large but few attend its meetings.
The cabinet and other similar work OF Il
Phelps is fast coming into prominence. lie
is building up big business In his line and
deserves a heavy patronage. One Is led to
remark this upon seeing the case be lately
hniIt for the q A r. and the other
small but elegant jobs he is doing.
A visit to this town will show the stranger
that there is plenty OF business push and go.
A few such men as George 0 Guild would
revolCtionize The whole town. He has his
paper mill well under way and may be VIII
comes. He will build up the south end OF
the town. and the village will expand out in
to Westminster, so that it will lie IN three
towns, two counties and two states.
Holland w Church uied at Linlithgo, Z.
last Friday morning and the remains were
brought here Saturday. The funeral was at
Gagevlle, Sunday. with Masonic hOnOrs. and
the interment was in Oak Hill cemetery.
Deceased was manager of the paper mills
owned by the Livingston Paper Co. of Lin
Iithgo, and two other mills beside. He was
formerly employed here as foreman in John
Robertson's mill, but went away IN 1885 and
has been in Linlithgo since.
PFRsoNAL.-Mrs A N Swain is In Boston.
"A number of the w CT have been In
Boston this week taking advantage of the ex-
cursiOn rates.-Mrs G Osgood has been
visiting her parents In Bradford.-Mrs S f
Gov has been visiting Ia Beihel.-M Ward
ner Is recovering from an attack of fever
Fred Smith Is up from run OF fever.-Mr
and MrS G W Osgood and daughter were in
New York last week.-Mr and Mrs A I'll
Fisher have been visiting In MIDI ebury.-
Mrs John W Flint Is home from Milwaukee.
IS f Goodrich Is about the same with some
indications of improvements A Eaton is
well settled In his new home on Henry street
bought of Mrs Bowers.-A and Kate Lamb
are back In town. The latter is teaching
Miss Emma Fleming of Scarsburg. l. l. Is at
s Fleming's.-Mr Pierce has moved into
the house occupied by n H Pierce from the
WOoley house on South street.-Kit Cassidy |
has moved into town and Is occupying the
Woolley house on South street-A j Ather.
ton. an emplOye of l. T Lowell, buried bis
wife and child at Ludlow, recently with
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u I.abaree fitted the
Fullerton at Chester, with steam heating ap-
paratHS.-A correspondent told Of Mrs
Stiles who Is destitute with family of chill.
dren and who has been deserted by her hus-
band. II true 1t Is case for charity.-John
Pierce has arrived In town and Is at work 10
his drug store.-Nat Wheeler returned to
town Wednesday night and will probably go
back into the Andrews drug store.-Fred
Griswold, formerly an emplOye of the post
office, has finished work here and lett town.
"A man by the name OF GriswOld, who came
fo town not long ago, skipped the other night
,,"d Is probably, Cup with the angels now" I
: IRE his unpaid bls.-Allbee Il Bocline are
10 y. large amount Of outside plumb
IT, this faI.-D l. Sanford preached fine
"peraDce sermon last Sunday. the first ore
l.. Emmanuel church for yrars-RevJ Frank
thoades has resigned the pastorate OF the
Universalist church and accepted call to
iiddeford. Maine beginning there Dec L. {
st church last Sunday. He is president of
1t Lawrence University, Canton, Y. S
B1rs. Sewers and water pipes are being c
thoroughly overhauled before winter.-The =
hose company have bad their hose I
:arriage at the blacksmith shop undergoing I
'epairs the past few davs.-Tbe draping of a
ngines in honor of Gov Smith Is a peculiarly 9
itllng tribute to the worth of the man.-The
text entertainment 10 the Star course will be
IeXt Wednesday evening. Henry Rlgan will I
i've an illustrated lecture on Alaska and 1t v
sill be worth seeing and bearing. The first \
lumber drew crowd, and 1t Is hoped that a
his VIII also The Germans are to he here {
Vow. %. - Thanksgiving preparations are b
lready under wav.-Boarding places are N
carce in town. A dozen or more good, re.
pectable boarding houses with moderate g.
'rices attached would be profitable ventures :,
or the proprletors.-T Times Is giving the =
own the weather now by means of flag sig /,
ais. People are beginning to understand
be use OF them and to appreciate the ad.
antages Of the system.-Work on the new ;,
ngine house has begun, and the building will "
rUbably be ready for occupancy this fall r.
he cadet corps will hold Its next ball Nov ',
O-The next ball of the 0 o f will be In u
heir hall November II. Only those having ~
,v!tations attend.-Dancng seems to be a.
,v0rite amusement with the people here D
'lvision No 2. A o H, hold their 18th annual =
luch the best they have ever given. All D
'embers appear In full regalia, say the bills -,
Merchants are getting In goods for the fall a. =,
nd winter trade, which Is becoming brisk +
nder the influence of lively business and =.
rowing demand. Ell Knapp unloaded car =, "
ad of White sewing machines last week. ~
supplement to the library catalogue Il be- y,
70 issued. There are now 1870 books on the :.
eves.
Saxtons River.-E Sabin has moved into W W
IS village tenement for the winter Mark ~
cry has moved into the Severance house on ~
easant street.-The personal property Of j a., 10
illikin under attachment was sold at suc- ~ ~
Ia last Tuesday.-Mrs Emma Rand and son y.
we gone to Londonderry to visit her par y, 80
lts.-Potatoes are being carted from Jamai- "
TO Bellows Falls and sold for 80 cts per ~ ~
and look at the Gala blossoms ~
Mrs A l. Towards millinery window ~, ~
Inn Graves Is building an ice house.-Mrs IL
,leman, who was so badly scalded few
eeks ago. has entirely recovered.-NObody -,
umbles at the rain. it's welcome. .n
Vermont Academy. nj,
DR. Merrill E Gates president of Amherst on
llege gave fine address Monday evening Sc
"a Young Mans Fortune."-Next Mon j
y evening In Fuller hall pr & Winthrop no
itor of the New England Journal of ed IA
alton, will deliver lecture on THE Young oil,
an In the Land OF the Glants"-On account
sickness Miss Louise Robbins has left