The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-13
THE REFoRMER sRArrL9soao W. FRDAYgFEsRUARY 49, 1891

c0mpanied her niece, Mrs G o Abbott, to
Worcester, Mass, to pass the remainder OF
the winter.-Mrs II l. Fox entertained
number OF her friends ut tea last Thursday
| eveninr.-Mr and Mrs J II KIdder and theil
daughter, Mrs N L Goodnow, and ETA VIII
lard, Jr, have been In BrattIeboro this weeh
| 70 attend the Unitarian Deestrict Skule.-
| Buell. has set substantial and attractive
Barre monument on the cemetery lot Of Mr.
and Mrs o j G0rham.-A special town meet.
ing to take action on the railroad CUES ion, Is
called for, Saturday, the 2lst. No one with
an interest In the towns rise and prosperity
can afford to antagonize this too long delayed
project. From the day Wilmington votes, Its
| aidwili date Its newlbirth.-Mrs o Barnard
gave tea party to several of her lady friends
wednesday afternoon.-A dele satton OF So
clal lodge Masons attended the BrattlebOro
Masonic exercises Wednesday MIR and Mrs
Lyman Carter of Wardsboro, and Miss Mau ie
Mute of Northampton, Mass, have been at &
Lambs this week.-The Universalist
women held a bonnet sociable ut Vermont
house hall Thursdav evening. large stock
OF mid winter millinery was displayed by the
man miliners, who strangely misplaced the
flowers aud ribbons, and the enjoyment
netted a good proft.-The ladies announce
u social dance for next Thursday evening
with music by the Philharmonic orchestra
Mrs X Evans and II r Rose of Bratteboro
were present at the funeral of Mrs Geo Rose
last Saturday.-The q & L Co, have cut 90
trees In the Haystack region. the trunks of
which, 10 to go feet In length, will be used
for the Newton lumber boom at ReadsbOro,
&C d Wheeler has already cut 100000 feet of
lumber on his winter contract.-Will G
Wheeler has marketed some Uf his choice
apples this week. With an apple famine In
all the fruit growing regions Of the country,
save Missouri, Mr. Wheeler's orchard pro-
duced 100 barrels of choice apples, many of
which are as large and perfect specimens
ever seen In Vermont.-C M Russell has re.
turned after several weeks absence.-R M
house had fortunate experience with fire
yesterday morning, which. had It occurred at |
night. might have resulted disastrOusly.-l
When the political editor of the 0n-political |
Times. speaks of the party of free whiskey |
and free silver, which party does he refer tO! |
of Wilmington farmers and their families |
upon the sessions Of the State Board last |
Tuesday and Wednesday. The meetings |
were presided over by j II Stowe. with r A
Fitch as secretary. and the discussions were
led by VIM Chaplin of Mlddlesex; Justin o
Sanford Of Stamford; Rollin c Smith of
Pi'tsford and y l Spear of Braintree, with
general interchange of views by many prac.
tic al local farmers. e A Fitch. Esq, wei
coined the visitors Tuesday afternoon at the
town hall and j o Sanford addressed the
meeting interestingly upon the subject of
|
lowing. In the evening Mr. Chaplin of Mid
dleseX. the 'inteligence and virtue Of the
board" spoke on "FarmiHg for Profit"
which was followed by brief discussions. He
said the farmers had too long been duped by
professional politicians. Wednesdays ses-
Of Wilmington and neighboring towns. In
the forenoon Visitor Spear of Braintree pre-.
sented the claims of the sheep as against the
cow and an interesting discussion followed.
The afternoon session was largely devoted to
Farmer Rollin q Smiths address on the
we're both practical and interesting as show =.
ng the merits of the silo when properly con- :
'tructed and stocked. Wednesday evenings !.
session brought together crowded audience
o hear Prof w w Cooke of Burlington on !
Milk and its Care" Interrogatives from in. !,
crested farmers were frequent and served to !
leepen the interest, while numerous pleasan.
ries at the expense of the visitors were In. y
|rlged in. Vocal and instrumental music by !
Hiss May Smith, Prof King and others inter. =
persed all the varied discussions and much !.
PRACTICAL agricultural knowledge was stored. y
The visitors left for fOwnal on Wednesday =
ght.-The reception which was to be given "
lie Rev L Tucker by the church and con-
regation on Wednesday evening next, has
cen changed to Tuesday evening.-People
t Wilmington. You will soon be called upon s,
D act upon the question OF bonding this town n
4 alU Oh t0e TalITOaI 10 heausDOTC. 10 the u
e0ple OF this town fully realize the effect of II
UGH an Indebtedness as is proposed to en-.
all. Five times the grand list of this town, 8
fear will place burden upon us and q few
uture generations which we shall all live to
egret. Stop and think of 1t you who have
title farms with mortgages under which you
READY find 1t difficult to live. Do the par. r.
es most interested in this project need this ia
reat amount OF money to accomplish their CO
biect! What will the town have to show pa
,r 1t! Just stop and consider, tax payers Of ~
what this bonding without the 81,
'eatest caution, means. 1t means q tax I'D. ~,
! your children and your children's children IN
r years TO come. Look at the town of
'maica which Is so heavily bonded rs to IN
'mper the prosperity of the town. Bonding Or
r five times the grand list of this town CHI
cans high taxes, and high taxes interfere Z
|th the growth of town. Let us be rea. thu
nable about this matter and not take step CHI
at we shall surely regret. small sum COZ
III doubtless suffice. though it may necessi- the
ate larger contribution from its parties
est interested In the project. DO you say we
at the valuations will be exhausted by the j
Hiding of the railroad, granted, but will 1t De-
propOrtionable with the great tax neces. cu'
ry to obtain this result? Citizens of all up
the sum required of you Is too .
lch, and while l am in favor of a railroad, w,
I'm not In favor OF loading this town with
iebt which will interfere with its future ID =. =
Consider well your action and na,
member that the corporation most interest. r" n
should he willing to bear Its share of the ~,
rden. Don't say 10 the future YOU were Ro
ceiVed AS other towns have said. =
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