The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-04-24

tne Worhmcn tuis Week.-lne DOXeu enBIu'
meeting comes on Saturday Tomorrow.
evening.-The special school meeting comes
next Wednesday evening at the school house
Mrs Allen Canedy's mother from Benning
ton is visiting her this week.-G l. Clary
from Brattlebor0 has been here this week II
Some extra improvements have been made
on East Main street by DR. Rice placing .
blind ditch near his premises.-J Ii Kiddel
has shingled his house this week.-Most Of
the sick are getting better.-Wm Stearns
who came to town few days ago returned
TO his Brooklyn home on Wednesday last
Mrs G M Russell has returned from New
York with II fine line OF millinery goods
Our fields are now covered with Il mantle OF
green, and spring Is as early as for many
years pasta bard wood floor has been
put In the post Office room of late the work
Is an improvement.-Quite lot Of painting
of buildings will be done In The village the
coming summer.-Our blacksm!ths are full of
work these days.-Mr Hubbard and his
friend. agents from Springfield, Mass, have
been here this week.-A highway has Ueen
layed out from the Beaver Brook bridge to
Samuel Pixies new house.--Advices from
New York are that JOhn Buell. and family
are fast mending from their recent sickness.
The railroad, 1t is said. Is coming up from
ReadsbOrO on the west side of the river be-
fore they cross the Deerfsld, on the fiat of
Edmund Boyd's, near his housewife got
the pipe? Is the question asked by many
this weeb.-A L Childs has taken the agency
for Davis's Vegetable Remedy of Boston, for
this town. 1t Is one of the best remedies in
use.-Msny strangers were In town the past
week. II Kidder Is completing his bank
wall this week.-Soon our boys will start
with their fish poles MAY 1st but look out
about the size of the fish that you CATCH
lage, coming from ReadsbOrO.-Tbe Davis
bridge was tipped on one span by the abut-
ment falling out at the upper side. 1t came
near going off hut was saved by setting the
derrick ard bringing 1t back to place only til
the water gets down again and now all travel
goes over the Castle bridge to the west side
of the river.-Eggs sell now by merchants
for IS and IS cents per dozen.-Hon A. P.
Chids will deliver the Decoration Day ad.
dress at Bennington.
Guilford Centre.-Opening service Sun.
day at the Universalist church with sermon
by Rev FW Sprague.
Vernon.-J M Morrill,, the efficient and
popular railroad conductor, formerly of this
place, was the victim of pleasant surprise
party at his Keene home Friday evening.
While he was engaged In his lodge duties ut
the meeting of the Lodge of the Temple
mes senger was sent to the lodge room to |
notify him that friend was ut his house
waiting to see him, and as the party vas TO |
take the ten o'clock train north, his attend
ance was desired at once. Reaching there he |
found instead of one about 40 friends who had
invaded his home during bis absence. After
general hand-shaking John w Sturtevant
stepped forward and presented Mr. Morrill, in
behalf of his friends, with handsome roll.
op desk and chair. Mr. Morrill, responded In
lis usual manner, accepting the gift which
lad so kindly been presented. He excused
himself from making any very extended re-
marks upon the ground that before he went
o the lodge he had loaded himself with a
peech to deliver at the banquet which might
lot apply well to the situation Of things there
It home. Mr. Slurtevant also presented Miss
lea Morrill, with IA five dollar gold piece. The
vening was pleasantly spent In social con.
'ersatiOn and ice cream and cake were
erved.-The wire ferry between Hinsdale
md Vernon is now in operation Wednesday,
and Sunday Of each week.-Rev l.
Rice will preach in the Universalist church
lext Sunday at $50 p IN, also at Dickinson
lall at West Mortified at p m.
Wardsboro.-Mr Clark Harris has placed
tin roof on her piazza.-J B Muzzy bought
wo yoke of oxen here last week..-John
Tarnum has gone to Londonderry for few
lays visit.-Mrs DR. A f Bliss, who has been (
lutte sick is little better.-Miss Ella Payne
rom West WardsbOro has rented rooms at s
Mrs L d BARRIERS and will soon be in readl-
ness ~ show the ladies IA fresh stock of sum- {
ncr and spring millinery goods.-Tke farm. t
RS are busy with their spring work.-The i
hunder siorra last. week was quite severe, l
lail stones fell as large asrrobin eggs, and Ie
Q1non1E in(IPw aAess damaged.-W Ii Willard t
ttlAll I. 4 sar odd which he
!!| sls me- ~ drives through The
s''Aae - n Z s's 81
south Windhunl The u ,nisn's mis- /
opxfy meeting which WAS held II the Hap. II
vt church last sunday evening, was ia ~ K 1
lrs V0tey. Eight or ten other ladies' took e
5 r / w was very !o;sEs;{i9
j Windb ID. Sara Thompson vii sSszc6 4
gain IN Plymouth DR. o r Baker and Mr. t
nd Mrs BoWker spent the Sabbath with 4
heir brotLer Dea Alison Baker. DR. L; d
'aker who lives In Nebraska has been alb 4
INT IL years. n
Grafton.-Allen district Pomona grange /
iii meet with Grafton grange Tuesday. May
Miss johnson of West BrattebOrO will
each in the grammar school and Miss Mars
Ell OF BrattebOro In the primary. Rev Mr. a
odd of Bellows Falls Is to be Memorial Day v
rator here.-Frank Sparks has returned for q
le summer.-A o Mason will carry on the II
lizard White farm this summer. ii
Putney.-There will be Universalist SER b
ices in the chapel next Sunday morning r
prl 26th at I he usual hour. Preaching by n
le Rev A A Reice of Mt Hermon, Mass. Ii Ct
hoped that arrangements will be made to G
,ntlnue the service. John Henry Joy, for b
erly of this place and who was employed In "a
e baroer shop of p Rate at Bra'tIeboro, A
tipped out about year ago, and has been Z
card from In The role OF IA horse thief In D
as>acnusetts. He engaged team at "A liv- h
y slab e in HolyOke, drove from there 10 b,
Amer, thence to Munson, where he sold the a
,rse for $40, receiving $50 cash ana note n
r $780, He skipped for parts uDAnown-- b,
be case of w X + johnson Putney was to
lard before Justice = II Sherman Tuesday. to
e sued the town to recover taxes on what at
claimed 10 he an excessive appraisal Of ht
: property. His farm WAS placed In the bi
adrennlai appraisal or 1898 at 81 600. HIS liz
ildings which he considered worth 80 900 b,
ID which other evidence showed To he
Drth certainly 81 900 were bound, and the
ace was pCt into the list the next year at
$40, and the year after, or 80, at $500 The
stute In case of fire or flood requires the hs
tiers to make such reduction as they think 4
,ht. johnson claimed that one Of the list sis
} In the talk with him agreed that $500 pc
ould be cut off, and thus reduced by only =
W. The justice held that 1t was necessary az
show Lad faith Counsel for the town hav. tic
conceded its liability In that easel and or
y there was at most nothing to show bad be
th on the part of more than one of the list sy
and he therefore gave judgment for de- 80
dant. Waterman, Martin & HIT for ga
intlff, Raskins Il Stoddard for defendant. to
Observation-Disclosures Fox died Wednes.
, anu the funeral Is to be held Saturday. rel
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Winn of Worcesfer Mace pa