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

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Dewitt visited their old homes last week.
The first thunder shower on the 18th was q
severe one.-Judge Clark and sheriff Shum
way visited the jail MOnday.-Bills are out
for dance In Union hal! May night.-.A
number Of tramps have been making brief
visits to the jail lately,-A class IN singing
conducted by Mr. Hamilton has been well at
tended every evening this week IN Union
han.-Dr Weston has set about 300 straw
berry plants and number of red, white and
! black current bushes besides considerable
other planting.-Isn't 1t about time to clean
the commony Why wait until Arbor day
when the grass has such an early start.-A
walk through the cemetery shows good
many slabs that need Strengthening and two
or three days work would 90 far towards
taking away the neglected appearance of a
part OF TT Bradbury has flushed work on
the hotel buildings and Is now painting for
George Johnson Henry Wellman Is able to
go Out.-Sabin Morse Is still confined to the
hOuse.-F Gould from Boston was at Mrs
Chase's last week.-Plentv of summer wealth
err including thunder and lightning during
the last week Geo Knapp Is improving his
cottage by adding piazza.
So. Neutrality-suspicious. Covey of New.
fame is visiting friends and relatives in the
place.-Miss Nettie Clough who has been
working at Jamaica has returned home for a
few days rest. She will soon go to work at
BrattlebOro where she has good POSITION
Miss Hattie Lion has returned home from
New York where she has been studying elo.
cutiOn for some time past.-Mr and Mrs
George Curtis are visiting In Boston with
friends. We understand they will make
quite an extended trip before returning home.
The school In the village will commence
the 9th of April with Miss Nellie TwitchelI
of Jamaica as teacher. School In district No
4 will commence the first Monday In May
with Mics .Tannith teacher. -T1ns.la Silua
Whitman we are pleased to see Is once more
out and Is able to work In his shop.-Lee
Gale took bis first look at the village this
week il being II weeks since he was taken
sick.-Dennis Frederick who has an all sum-
mer engagement on farm In Springfield. Is
who has an extensive job of getting out sythe
sticks In Ludlow has gone to that place
Mrs B johnson Is In Gardner. Mass, caring
for sister who was terribly burned by an
explosion OF stOve.-One of our leading cit.
Zens was heard to remark the other day that
be could make sticks that would serve better
As selectmen than these men who have the
office at present,-Miss Josie Huntington is !
visiting few days In Jamaica.-Mr and Mrs
Moore of Windham visited this week with A
W Shattuck and wife Mrs Lucy Phelps re.
urned home from Bellows Falls last Satur-
lay accompanied by her daux hter Mrs Frank
Phelps and her little child.-Charie Stewart
Who works in bakery at Brattleboro has
'een visiting his parents here, and returned
ZONE Monday morning--W G Lampson of
Manchester was IN town the past week.
Norman Hescock's brother from Stratton
listed him this week.-Rev w A Bryant at.
ended conference this week, Rev T Macble
Hing bis place in the pulpit next Sunday
irs Rev o p Fuller and son are visiting
riends and relatives In Massachusetts and
Jew Hampshire for few week.-Mrs.
rank Faulkner and little son are 10 town
boxing after her farm here and visiting
Iieuds and relatiyes,-Mrs A H Wheeler of
V ardskoro visited her sister Mrs William
Whitman and other friends In this place and
Cummings Of Winhall visited
Is brother Chauncey here this week.-Elmer
'rench and family of Jamaica are visiting
riends here and In Andover.-The personal
fleets and farms Of the late NJ Davenport
,ere sold at auction last Tuesday. the farm
yas bought by Rev w "A Bryant F G Hos
~ is out with his meat cart this week.
rank Eddy of Bondville and viii Childs of
10. Londonderry will commence running
leir carts In few days.-Mr Hardy of Lud-
wv who owns the hotel here was In this i
'eek with his lawyer, Milo S Buck, looking
fter his business bere.-Mr Z II Hyde has
,turned to Bellows Falls having got her
pods all packed.-H B Yearley is in Boston
lying horses and will sLon be here with
BOD Trading supply.-Our merchants are
ulCiuS Ill d IdlRc lOt VI SOOuS anu lLOjluOH-
cry can well be proud of having such en- .
rprising merchaDts.-NO new developments
the infanticide case. Our selectmen do l
)t deem 1t necessary to act.--Last Friday d
'ening a large humber of people gathered
gether and then repaired to Dea Kinsman's e
,use 1t being the date of theiS 5Qth anniver- a
{dspl Sys;osssi as stss sisy y ,
any OF Ill ~ ientAs AND neighh0rs with Il
any ORR tsntives IL their home. AllIit
6 week "a Q{eog were; Leing made'fQF1
q event w ~ IN every sense . grand b
specfed citizen and has been hard work.
8 man. He formerly resided on farm un. II
II the mountain out last summer purchased y
e farm house of j Gale In this village. 3,
bout 100 persons attended the wedding and
'out $50 was presented In money to him, 70 "
ce hanging lamp, large lot Of linen anal y
any other things too numerous to mention. = Z,
Last Wednesday morning States Attorney y =,
lit visited In this place and 10 short time q
mmie Hoey was arrested and fined $14
9 disclosed that the stuff was brought to D,
5 house by one Frank Percy week e
o Tuesday night and In all three kegs, of 10
hich Jim took too much and as a conse- Y
fence bis senses were displaced. Ana all %
st week Hoey was very badly under the in. q q
enee OF the liquor. Percy was arrested Sc
d plead guilty and fine of $50 was given pt
IN. This nquor or cider If we are informed ca
hit was moved by this Percy on the night 9
sntioned for fear or the states attorney who . O.,
me here that night lom the hotel. Percy ca ca
lined to Hoev that three kegs were given A.
N by somebody If he would take them he
'ay. Percy came over from Jamaica with 81
laia Cobb who is son-in-Iaw of Hoe, 90
bb going on from here to Windham to ..
rchase pair of oxen leaving Percy at the ~ ~
tel. Having bad luck Cobb did not get ", W.
TX WIN MS team ana oxen I'LL about nine 10
n and so the TWAIN decided 10 stay over W,
int at HOey's. Then Percy took Cobb's OK
RE and wagon and carried the stuff down 81
HOey's and he being very fond of llquor a,
* bis pay for storage in drink. The states a.
orney has done good thing and all good "
norabe citizens wish he would not stop, pc
give some of the persons who are selling -
uOrs fine which will forever stop the
,iness.