The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06

by DR. IIaig of SprlngAeld.-M and Mrs
Henry Haskell have been visiting In West.
moreland and Lebanon, N II, for few days.
AndOver. The Andover Dairy association
will close their factory Nov 7, having sold all
their September and October cheese for II
cents net.-H J Parker made a business trip
IN Massachusetts, and Rhode Island last week.
Samuel Farren and family are visiting IN
RuDert.--Sardn G Parker and family made a
short visit at his brothers., II j Parker's, last
week.-Mrs. ID l. Dow Il visiting friends In
Rutand.-Mr and Mrs 4 ID Martin Of North
Springfield, visited at Abner FeI's last Sun.
day.
indsOr.-Mrs A ID Cotton has bought
the M G Hubbard residence post office
and u S court house are being extensively re-
paired.-Chas W Stearns has been awarded
the contract for building the road from the
highway to the granite quarries. The price
ia said to be $500. Work began at once
The Methodist society have bought of J ST.
monds the lot and building known as the
"Opera house" for 81 $50. the upper story
will be remodeled and used as their place Of
worship Nov I. They will rent the lower
making 1t into vestry at some future time.
&C ID Penniman Is around on crutches as the
result of injuries to his limbs by the caving
in OF ditch In which he was at work.
West Windsor.-Worko on the road on the
east side Of the mountain TO the granite quar-.
| ries has begun, Charles Stearns having the
contract for building It, Now for railroad
| as there are mines of wealth deposited In old
| Ascutncy mountain.--The lumber business
on the mountain has begun. The lumber
| company have road built nearly TO the top
of the mountain to what is known as the
"FIat Iron" piece and have shanty there
The steam mill will be built on part Of
Scott Mowers farm.-The apple crop is much
| larger than was expected at the beginning of
| the season. The corn never was better. PO-
tatoes are rotting quite badly but are bring
Ing 40 and 80 cents per bushel. There Is no
sale for appes.-There was large auction
Thursday at Warren's and sOn's.-The
auction Of the late W Hard Mansfield proper
ty last week Thursday sold high. The farm
was bought by Edison Pierce for $780,
West Windsor Cheese Co, have concluded to
run the factorysa week or two longer as there
Is about $500 lbs of milk carried at present
daily.-Mrs Alexander of Nashua. N H, and
her sister. Mrs Farbash, of Proctorsville,
were at their mothers, Mrs Mansfield's,
during the auction. Mrs Alexander will help
her mother move to Proctorsvlle where she
goes to live with her daughter. Miss Lucy
Savage, who Is In poor health. will go with
Mrs Mansfield.-Carl Falon of Fitchburg,
Mass, Is home on vacatton.-Dr Shurtlef
OI IrOCJOTSVIlt WAS Cdlcu utIc luo past WCCh
to attend to John Hale who IS quite sick.-E
r Spaulding and wife, who have been In Bos-
ton the past week, return home Friday
There was large husking at William Weed
ems last FRIDAY evening with dance to close.
Miss Kate Rooney of MendOn teaches the
fall and winter term in Dist No S.-Lampson
Ayers of Providence, r l, who has been
home on visit returned last Monday.
Chester Depot.-Dr. C. E. A. Hazen is
the authorized agent of the Reformer In this
place and vicinity anI will receive subscrip-
lions and receipts for the same.
ProctorsviIle.-C C Hines and family left
Mapleshade for New York Tuesday. Walter
Bailey Is low with cerebro spinal meningitis.
Frank Wheeler is now laying the founda-
ton for barn 100 feet lOng.--Martha Tay-
lor who has been postmaster since the death
of her father early IN 1887 has resigned, her
resignation to take place Jan 1.
Weston.-The marriage Of Fred French
and Miss Lucy j Hannum took place We'd
nesday evening Oct 20 at the home Of the
BRIDES parents by Rev A G Austin. They
are now away on trip to Connecticut but
will return and settle IN our midst. We wish
them prosperous and happy llfe.-Mrs | f
Smith IS on the sick list.-A H Drury Is hav-
ing his store building shingled and painted.
Miss Winnie NJ Bryant of Gardner, Mass, is
the guest OF relatives and friends here.-Dr
and Mrs Fl III Howe made their parents In
Springfield visit last week.-Three persons
were immersed at the Baptist church last
Sunday. C H Rideout of Westminster Ia In
town for few davs-Grace Gilmore Is home
from Springfield, Mass.
Notwithstanding the past summer a
club was formed here under the name of the
LakOta club for the purchase and improve
ment of track of land laying In Barnard
and Bridgewater, surrounding what has long
been known as Luce's pond. LakOba lake, as
1t Is now called Is In one of the widest spots
In this vicinity and the original pond has
been raised by dam and cutting out of the
trees so that 1t now covers some twenty to
thirty acres. The lake Is to be stocked with
trout, a commodious camp built. and will
furnish the members of the club with re.
sort as retired as the wids of the Maine
woods, and still within seven or eight miles
of Woodstock.-J Reed Pember, county
clerk, gave most interesting and instructive
lecture room talk In the town hall recently.
Mr. Pembers has for long time devoted
much of his leisure to the study of asti on
omy, and has fine collection of photographs
which with some excellent drawings of his
own he used to illustrate his "Trip to the
Stars" The lecture was departure from
the beaten paths and closely listened to by a
large audience-One Of the handsomest sights |
about here the past summer has been field
of over 80 acres of corn In the meadow near
the Fair grounds, belonging to the Billings |
estate. From As acres of this field Qhe |
balance being fodder CORN Mr. Aitken. the |
manager Of this farm, reports yield OF
over 1890 baskets. The Bowker Fertilizer
the field after the corn was cut |
and set up.-H Lockwood and his gang are
at work taking down the l. on the double |
stone house near the park owned by FL II
Vail of New York, preparatory to extensive
repairs and alterations he proposes to make
on the house.-In spite of the long continued
dry spell this fall. the water has run over the
dam all the time at the aqueduct reservoir,
and the croakers who always prophesied
water famine when the aqueduct water was
used, are compelled to confess them
selves at fault. The reservoir has capacity
Of some three million gallons, and from Its
260 feet above the base of the town
hall, furnishes ample protection from fire in
any part of the village We have had but one
small fire since the water was brought to the
creamery Is doing good bust.
ness and paying dividend on the stock,
while giving its patrons very good price
'or their butter.-Apples are quite plenty and
heap, also apple Juice. the latter selling for
81 per Dbl at the MILL Judging from the
mount of this article being made there will
De good supply of vinegar next summer as
If course no other use will be made of
I In this temperance community
Miss L E Hoisington has dissolved her
with Schuyler Hoisington, her
agent, and will for the present conduct her
in and stove business tor hersef.-Oliver
Hatch has sold bis High street house to Mrs
4 C Jones, possession to be given April 1st.,
( the tenants will move.-Wm Davis Is re-
ported to have bought one of the new houses
IN High street, lately built by Pinney and