The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-06-05

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,r Lester French Is one of the graduates this
= week with creditable rank from the Massa.
chusetts Institute Of Technology.
u Mrs. G. NC Richardson has gone to
II Boston to take her young daughter for treat.
ment for deafness brought on by cold,
!. Miss Susie Kirwan has been offered the
/. position of teacher of music IN the public
@ schools at Petrowsky, Mich, and will take it
r Sept. LIST.
The Guild has begun work on the Epis-
/. copaJ church lawn, altering the contour of
/. the walk new carpet and new doors have
n been put into the vestibl lie.
I The doctors say that May was about the
heathiest month they ever saw here. Ac-
tually the undertakers didn't have a job, from
In town or out. for three weeks.
: -.sThe Present Theological Upheaval:
Does 1t mean the eclipse or the revival of
. Christianity% will be the topic of Rev. F. L..
Phalen's discourse at the Unitarian church on
Sunday morning.
Canton Palestine will install its new Off.
GERS next Friday evening. One new member
has Just been taken In by card, and there are
three more applications with prospect of
still further increase before the Canton goes
, to Bennington.
Oak street people are pretty emphatic In
the opinion that their turn has come for
concrete walk. Though one OF the most i'm.
portant streets OF the village, lined with good
; residences, 1t has no concrete on either side,
nor hardly decent gravel walk for its full
length, ana suffers a.so for crossings.
The second and third meeting Of the
creditors OF A. n. Pierce, lately plumber,
was held Tuesday, the assignee fled bis &C.
count, the debtor appeared and submitted to
an examination, he was granted discharge
and a dividend of 20 per cent. ordered to be
paid on the debts.
1t Is very doubtful If the Barnum show
will exhibit here this year. 1t is billed at
Greenfield July Sth and Rutland the 9th, and
then goes to Burlington. The objection to
Brattleboro was the distance to Aliens or
had the island but did not know II in season.
The Newton, MasJ.. BicycIists club, an
organization of both ladies and gents, Is to
stop over here in July on the way to the
White Mountains. They will be entertained
by the Wheel club and one Of the features
talked Of Is trip up Wantastiquet, with
general run about town to see its marvellous
beauties.
Fuller Battery Is ma king preparations to
receive Cushing Battery of the regular army
which will arrive here about Aug. 13 OH the
way to Bennington and will remain for day
or two before going over the mountain.
Probably 1t will stop at Wilmington one night
A banquet Is talked OF as one of the features
of entertainment while here.
The Vermont association of Life under
writer's had its annual meeting and banquet
at st. Adams Monday. W. H. S. Whitcomb
was elected president for the coming year
and A. p. Childs chairman of the executive
committee. G. F. r. Jenne of this place was
| made a member OF the executive committee
and also delegate to the National convention
to be held at Detroit June 16 ond II.
Prot. Clark, the eye specialist, who Is
| now at the jeweIry store of Messrs. Ranger
& Thompson. extends his stay until Saturday
night, June 10. This supplies long.felt
want, as 1t gives our citizens AN opportunity
to have their eyes attended to by a skilled
specialist at home. Remember the eXamina.
tions are free. and the same as made by ocu-
lists In New York and Doston.-adv.
The Windham county board of UNDER
writers had Its Sth annual meeting here Tues
day with ten insurance men present. Dinner
was taken at the Brooks House, the usual
routine business gone through with, and
these officers elected PRESIDENTS H Sherman;
secretary, r. S. Leonard of Bellows Falls;
treasurer, E. l.. Walker, Grafton; committee
on rates. 7. ]. B. Cudworth. E. l.. Leonard
and l.. D. Taylor.
james Frazer, formerly of the Peoples
block restaurant has, exchanged the Centre
vile place which he recently got of Gee. I'll.
Reed with F. A.Hubbard for the Bratteboro
Plating plant and business, which the latter
gave up for the lack of time to devote to 1t.
1t Is Mr.. Frazers intention to push and de.
velOpe the plating business, adding silver
plating department-hitherto 1t has done only
nickel pIating-and putting canyassers on the
1t was proved Saturday afternoon that
Elbridee Honghton had been, As generally
believed, drowned while full of rum that he
obtained-where! AS Horace Goodenough
and Mr.. Horton were fishing off the road op-
posite the Pratt place they saw the body
floating along In the middle of the river.
They FASTENED to the village and
notice to Hinsdale, and the body was stopped
and recovered at the ferry. G. e. HoughtoE
son OF the drowned man happened to be at
the depot and went down and took charge of
the body which was taken to Putney and III.
TERED there Sunday.
News was received this week of the death
at Fitchburg, Mass. from pneumonia, Of
the late Frank w. Harris and of Mrs. c. E.
Alexander of Guilford. Mr.. Harris was
native of Chesterfield, where he was born
Sept. IA. 1882. He was a man of business
ability and activity had been merchant, and
trader, and also an extensive railroad con-
tractor, In connection with the well known
firm of Harris Bros. & Co. He was man
who commanded friendship and confidence
and his loss will be felt In various circles.
His venerable mother, now In her Goth year, |
survives him, residing with her daughter at
Guilford.
COL Hooker talked good sound sense at |
the Bellows Falls banquet, more fully than |
our correspondent reports him. He said:
Do not stand and say what Vermont needs, but |
take hold and do something. If you want
manrfactury, take hold and help establish it
with your money, and don't send it toFort PAYNE
or Dennison. Don't slet the young men go west
or south or to the cities. If 1t be possible to keep
them at home. There is certainly necessity for
alarm In the present exodus, but If there was
any capital for them to l,ee there they would not
be so apt to go. Cultivate all the natural adva
tages you have; r-stock all the trout streams
you can build all the summer resorts possible;
improve your horses, cattle, sheep and farms ali
you can, nut don't go away from home to do it.
He said that he believed the tide was turaing,
and that prosperity once more was coming
toward the state.
The summerers are already beginning to
arrive, and arrangements are being conclud-
ed In larger number than before for twenty
years. One large order has been received
this week by the Brooks House. from Mar.
ease against New York City. involving mil.
lions of dollars. is to have testimony taken
In July, probably continuing through the :
month. The parties have seen BrattleDoro
beauties at previous hearings before Judge
W heeler. and they and tneir lawyers, court I
fifteen or twenty on side :
ioing its progress-E. W. Woodard. | \
his wife and daughter, and c. w.
Woodland and child have been at tue Brookr q
House this week en- route for their summes D
,lace.-D. L. Ra1ney of the great Garnet ?
house of Joel Goldtbwaite & Co. of Boston '
md wife were here early In the week In tend. C
ng to stay for some time. but Mrs. Ranney :
vas called back 10 Boston Wednesday by the 9
Illness of her mother and will return later L
Mrs. 4. w. Saportas OF New York, who was |
lere all la.t summer will come July LIST, for d
h rest of the season.-Jno L. Ray and vile II
nd party of friends including F II Pitt I,
nd wife and Miss Jennette Pitt have been up Il
or few days, and Mrs. Pitt still remains n
Dr.. AMI Mrs. Highly of Northampton, are at n