The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-05-22

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. morning It wa
:. so cold at sunrise that the ground WAS froze
RI and ice formed.-The railroad has been start
ct this week commencing at Readsboro. Som
80 hand went to work Wednesday and NOR
will be rat on as soon as they come.-Comi
n. cal Brown had a full house Monday even
70 ing at the Vt. house hall.-Mrs M Rus
r sell's mother was buried from her HON
Is Wednesday afternoon, Rev K w Pierce o
" this place preaching sermon.-Bank Exam
Il liner Green was In town Wednesday to ex
n anime the local Savings bana.-David Spen
It Ger IL III and bis children have been sent fo
v In PittSfield, Mass, aud other places.-Th'
q painters in town find all they can do
/ Leander illus of Brooklyn, N Y, is here or
l. a short visit with his mother and br0ther.-
d The household furniture and effects OF Mrs
e Emily Robinson have been divided this week
= by her brothers and sisters and some $500
laid away In her trunk. Her land In Sears
| burgh, where was once located hotel called
q the Green Mountain house and run by Mr..
Robinson, has not been sOd.-Mrs Phyletus
2 Averill was called to New York Wednesday
on account of sickness In her sons family
A force of men have been put on the new
Times building this week. Mrs Chloe Rob-
inson who has been In feeble health for a
, long time has been much worse this week,
but ut last accounts she was little better
, A party from Brattleboro are fishing on
the west side and each branche of the Deer
day morning.-The farmers are fast putting
IN their crOps.-The fishermen returned from
the wilds Of Texas Wednesday night and
went to BratteborO with fine lot Of trout
but they think 1t little cold when they nave
to break Ice to fish for the Deautes.-Chaun.
cey Cobb. an old time Democrat and good
citizen, is gradually falling with dropsy.-Dr
Titus reports 16 cases of influenza In West
Dover besides several In this town.-Mr
Blodgett of the firm of Bodgett & Dewitt of
Brattleboro has beeu In town.-Mrs John
Stanley, who has been in New York for the
past few weeks, returned home this week.
c w Bissel and wife are in New York; NJ
Bassett will not rebuild for the present.-W
A Davenport Is teaching school In Jackson
yille.-Schuyler Ware has returned from
Providence and will remain here the coming
summer.-Over 80 copies of the proposed
Autograph of Wilmington village have been
sold and will be delivered by the last or the
first Of next month.-Miss Leone Russell
spoke In the Demorset silver medal contest
at the w q U convention at South New
fame wednesday evening.-The ladies of the
Universaist society are requested to meet at
the church parlors on this Friday evening for
| transaction of important business, per order.
New lead pipe has been laid to take the
place of old iron pipe first laid to carry wa
ter from the hill to the DR. Rice and Hosea
Mann, jr, residences.-The w G & l. Co have
received this week an order for 100000 feet
OF lumber to be delivered below the Davis |
bridge within 10 days. 1t Is probably for
work on the new rairoad.-J T e Fullerton
of Waterbury. Vt, special agent for the Ver-
mont Mutual Fire Insurance Co, has been in |
town and adjusted j NJ Bassett's loss at $4,000
for buildings and contents. Sunday. May "a.
Memorial services will be held at the Unver-
salist church at O'Clock p m, Memorial day,
Saturday, May 30th, at 10 a m. he process
sion will form In front Of the & Il hall on
River street. C NJ Russell, Com; B Lawton,
.Inhnsnp ~.
ceed to decorate the graves.-C Pamelee
has laid new steps at his store.-The Univer.
sast society are planning to have their dedi-
cation services on Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 2 and 8. Several ministersare expected
to ne present.-Hosea Mann is confined 10
his house with the grip.
,
So. Windham.-Joel Robinson cut Sc.
we're cash In his left hand last Friday while
splitting wood. He cuC nearly through the
bone just above his left forefnger; Or Ken .
yon dressed the wound.-Mrs Bailey who :
spent the winter with her daughter, Mrs Geo T
Richardson at Cobb Mills, knit five large mats s
while she was there. She cut and sewed all
the rags and threaded her own needles. Mrs G
Bailey is in her S5th year and she did al this {
without using her spectaces mucb.-lce 5
full quarter of an inch May 10Th, here.-Mrs a
Lucy q Votey and Mrs Luthera Putfer were
appointed by the church delegates to the w h
G I U convention at Pondvile.-W Adams T
and family are settled in their old home. |
Putney.--Rev MIR Douglass has been to y y
York slate this weed attending the funeral of r
bis fatber,-The services at the Universalist n
.hapel will be postponed until the 3lss on &C. s
count of Union Memorial services at the q
Baptist church next Sunday. Mr. Rice the e.
Jniversalist minister will preach at West s
next Sunday.-The "Orange Tea' r
ven by thew r c last Tuesday evening was a.
grand success. TherrOoms and ladies. were r
cry tastefully decorated with orange and r
White and the bill of fare left nothing to be +,
I the Department Commanders staff has Al
cen here this week to inspect Greenwood b
'ost q A r. y
Wardsb0ro.-Tha marriage of Fred Davis Z
+ Town-hend and Miss Eta NJ Clark of this G
lace May - was very happy event. Many T
elatives and friends were present, Will o j
Davis was best man and Effie Clark, sister OF K
he bride was bridesmaid. The bride and N
were dressed In cream albatros b.
With oeander blossoms presented BY Mrs M Pr
Gleason. The received number of hand. ii
ONE presents.-Miss Belle Farmer of Peru, IL
) at work for f Underwood.-Wm Eddy f
nd wife are visiting friends here. WIN Kid. 2
Ter OF Springfield mass, Is home for few NJ
ays.-Walter Jacobs went home a week ago In
ceiling Ill. We hope to hear his anvil ring b,
gain before long. fo
bt
Jacks anville.-Shepard Faulkner and al
wife have gone to Boston to reside with their pl
on, VIM A Fauikner.-E III StetsOn bias been re
lected town treasurer In place of Shepard hi
faulkner resigned-Mrs Lucius Mowry of A
Boston was brought to Sadawga cemetery to s
re buried last week.-Mrs. Henry Corkins B
vas taken suddenly sick last Sunday The in
'1llage improvement society have com. ey
1enced work upon their sidewalks.-Im- til
rovements are being made upon the mills te
)hares Putnam has commenced work up ed
is new buildings .-DecOration dav will be d.
bserved here one week from Saturday. be
Gui'ford Centre.-Rev W Sprague will fe
reach in the church Sunday afternoon at tn
Or an addition to II Taft's buildings found Tn
silver coin. in fairly good state of preser- In
alton. II Is Spanish coin dated l724, and La
caring the word "Phillipus," for Phillip v. W,
len the reigning sovereign. several other tin
bins. mostly copper cents, have been found d.
n these premises near the same place. rel
ION preached by Rev Mr. Goodnow next is
lnday May "a, at IL O'Clock m. at the -
aptist church In West Halifax. Members fro
Chas Clark Post will march from their dir
al to the church in body, and all old La
'ldiers are cordially invited. 1t Is hoped cat
at every member Of the post will be pres XII
It. Also Memorial services will be held at we
e same place on Saturday May 30, at 10 Ell
clock a m and after the address by Rev Mr. da,
prague of Brattle boro, line will be formed
the church headed by the Jacksonville
and, G A II Post, Relief Corps, Sons of no.
eterans, Sunday-school and citizens 10 Inc
neral, to march TO the cemetery to decorate hjf
e graves of our noble dead, after which wa
ey will return to the common for refresh the