The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-05-29

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Wilmington.--The Universalist church
will he dedicated next Tuesday and Wednes'
day with appropriate exercises. TUESDAY
evenino a praise service will be held at seven
with a sermon. Wednesday morning, SER
mon hy Rev A B Church followed by, com
mnnion. In the afternoon, music by the
choir invocation and response with scripture
by Rev C T Mckenzie. Introductory by Ed
ward Titus, impressive dedicatory exercises,
dedicatorv prayer, by Rev A Chu:Gn, deul-
Fins. sermon by Rev r w Illman, anthem.
address to the parish by Rev d l. Fisher,
hymn 347 by both choir and congregation.
The exercises will close with benediction by
the pastor-Mr Whipple and his hired man
from Athol who will carry on the" Raponda"
hotel this summer are In town. also the heIp
| for the hotel-Edith Boyd Is home from New
York.-Mrs F Ward who has been here ON
a visit for few weeks has returned to her
home IN Westminster.-Mr Frank Donelson
of New York Is on visit In town.-The
store, will close during Memorial services to-
morrow, The ladies of the Congregational
society will hold strawberry and ice cream
festva at their parlors wednesday evening
June 23J. All are cordially invited to attend.
dent of Wilmington In Chauncey Cobb VINO
died W ednesday. His fuseral was tended at
his bomeTbursday at 2 p m by RevEW Pierce.
The UniyersalIst church Is being painted
straw color and trimmed with white.-Jonn
Buell. goes to New York this week but VIII
return again with his wife and cnildren ano
| stay through the summer we understahu.-
! MANY strangers have been at the vermont
| House the past week.-A hard frost here
! on Wednesday morning. The hardest yet.
-Watsos Davenport and son from Lydon'
| Mass, have been here this week on business.
Our highways are being put In good re.
pair all through town.-The 20, -
ing them 5000 and will take the hlenwav,,
for their road bed and Whitingham VIII
probably build road to Readsboro eitner
side of the Deerfed river but not ior tne
present hut travel through No y, the olu rvsa
only a little further around.-The 1oilow.n VIE
clergymen from abroad are expecte,u " sHnt
part In the dedication OF the OhN Thoa"ss
Church, June 2nd and 3D.: Revs, Th0mas
W IIman. Concord. q; D L Fisher, Inns
| dale: A B Church. No Adams, MASS,
Priest Adams Nv HBarDer, Granny =
william Miller and his son, HerberI Milier,
from Brooklyn, came to town On auest 10y
The former will remain mere through on ons a
short visit 10 town.-David Spencer. VINO
died on Sunday last, was buried from MS 'ale
home on West Main street. Tuesday at p m.
Rev Mckenzie preached the funeral sermon
His remains were buried In the Cutting GEN.
etery at the Upper Interval Mr. Spencer
was good man and consistent Christian.
He was respected by all. He lost bis hea'tn
by hard work and exposure. he VIII DE
missed here In town. His daughter VINO
came to visit him in his last illness. was her
self Frustrated with heart disease and died
Thursday. The affection Is doubly sad
III Ray of Bridgeport, Conn. Is on visit
at f z Rav's.-Will Thayer who lived here
In town years ago with Newell Adams Is
now on a visit here.-It Is expected that there
will be large gathering here to-morrow.-C
M Russell has returned from Philadelphia
Some improvements have been made on the
sidewalks this week on West Main street
more are caled.-The Harris bridge and abut'
ment that was damaged some few weeks ago
by the high water and logs Is nearly com
pleted and will be opened for travel this
week.-The ladies OF the Universalist church
will serve ice cream and cake at the town
hall Decoration day, afternoon and evening"
Boxer engine meeting comes tomorrow
evening the last meeting of the month.-A L
Childs has placed in his billiard room fine
new table.
East Dovsr.-Dea Halliday has returned
from Newton, Mass, where he bas beer Wis
itng his son.-Mrs Ephriam Moore has re.
, turned from Hinsdale, N H.-Samuel Yeaw
recently lost a valuable horse.-Mrs Sophie
Sherman Is visiting her daughter, Mrs l. l
4 Stowe.
;, Westminster.-w Fem Is the agenl
> for the Sunday Repubcan.-GeOrge Metcall
has returned to Sawyer, Mass, after visiting
bis father for few days.
The Westminster Listers.
! EDITOR OF THE REFoRMER.-
4 Sir: In your last issue we noticed among
( the Westminster items the following: at 4
!. rumored That the Westminster steam mill VII
q he torn down and removed at an early date
Cause assigned to unjust taxation. The town
agreed to exempt the property from taxation
. for five years, which agreement they nave
; violated and certainly In SO doing have saaiy
i over-reached.' The correspondent will hnd
2 byllooking at the laws of 1SS4.No 9, that man
! ufacturiDg establishments hereafter erecteu
e (expect establishments for the manufacture
e of pup or sawed lumber or charcOaD may oe
{ voted exempt for term of five years. Ac
s cording to this section, 1t has always seemed
!. very doubtful II the mill was legally exempt
Z although 1t is true. the town did vote 10 ex
r empt 1t, but II was done under that sweep'ns
!. clause, to do any other business though
!. proper when met, which made the vote "
q legal. After consulting the council TOT tht
{ town Zone CT the leading lawyers IN the state
be told US very empbatically that the vols
j was illegal. and the mill was not exempt, ane
z again the owner Of the mill does not claim U
e legally exempt. After ascertainipg the aooV'
= facts our duty was very plain. we nsd a.
s much legal right to leave out any or ever,
e farm In town as the mill. We teok our oatt
q that we would. and when the li-t was 'om
Is pleted we swore that we bad set all propert,
IS not legally exempt In the list, II we nao no
l. set the mill In the list we should nave sit
u ourselves liable to prosecution, peIJureu our
J. selves by taking false oath, and inc hst o
the town would have been illegal.
Hence the correspondent will see ,na, ne
J through ignorance of the facts ana listing
A laws, has over-reached instead OF the listers
LISTER.
q Ve.n,n.--E der Hemenwsv OF Atnol
q Macs. will preach In the chapel next Sunlsl
r at 10 80 m and 30 p IN.