The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-24
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An Inhuman Mother.

A young woman with an lnfant IN mel
arms got off the early train at Richmond
last Sunday morning. who was evidently In {
distressed statesof mind. She inquired OF I
citizen of the tow n, who ereturned from Bos
ton on the same train, whether she would OF
| able to get team to carry her to Hunting
ton at once. She was directed to livery
stable, and while the team was being hitched
up she left her babe on the doorstep OF the
| residence Of Station Agent J. II. Bates. The
night was bitterly cold, and, before the wall
was discovered. Its back and limbs were
badly frozen. The girls name was Mates.
| She was brought from Huntington the next
day and confronted with her guilt. She
denied It at first, but finally ackno wledged
that the child was hers, and took II to Hunt
had any interest In the child. but she wanted
to get rid Of 1t, and thought he would care
for It.
The Vermont Missionary for March says
Misses Billings and Kirkland, evangsllats.
have spent most of the winter 10 Gaysvillc,
where the Congregational church has been
without pastor.
The Universalists Of that section held q
grand revival at Barre Tuesday evening un-
dee the direction of Stenley Mitchell Of Bos.
ton, the Universalist evangelist and tenor So
loist. Rev H. s. Fiske of Rutland and Rev.
J. M. Atwood. president Of the Canton, N.
Y, Theological school, are amc ng the spesk-
ers. The meetings will continue until April
2.
The Rev. H. Spencer of Lawrence. Mass.
has Just accepted an election as Financial
Agent OF the Vermont Methodist Seminary
at Montpelier. Mr. Spencer Is well and favor
ably known throughout the state, having
successfully served most of the important
pastorates IN the Vermont Conference. For
the past three years be has beer 1.-THE pastor
of the wealth.est church IN the !clty OF Law
renee, aud the school at Montpelier is to be
that he has consented to take |
the field on :its behalf. This will serve to
still further extend The fame and influence OF |
this flourishing Institution.
An application has been sent the state
for charter for camp Of Sons
Of Veterans at WILLIAMSBURG, and the camp
will lie organized at once.
Gen. B. W. Lee has sold the Arlington
House, Newport, to w. G. Lindsay OF West
Derby and j. O. Grow of LvnGonvllle, Gen.
Lee and bis wife, who had lived there about
30 years, went to Lowell, Mass hoping that
The change will benefit Mrs. Lee, who has
Ieen In failihg health for the past two years.
Gen. Lee was one Of the oldest Masons In
Vermont.
At the meeting of the national grange at
Concord, N. H., In November last, A. Mes
Ter, master OF the Vermont state grange, as
chairman of the committee on education,
made full and valuable report on the aeri-
cultural colleges of the country, which, by
rider OF the national grange, has been very {
extensively circulated. OF the author of this
eport the Colorado Farmer says: "a typical
yew Highlander Is Messer, and he has the I
ail,ng of most OF his fellow Yankees in that
he acts as If his little Green Mountain state c
we're the centre of the world, educationay {
nd geographically"
Peter Barkeyout, farmer of East Fairlee, !
vent out TO water his cattle about O'Clock l
asst Friday evening. just as he reached the
arn door he was struck on the head ana '
elled to the ground by missile supposed 10 s
ave been thrown bp some one whom he had S
cen skulkipg about the place early In the e
yening His head was badly cut but his In. Il
lr,es are notsof serious nature. +
Chapman Burroughs of West Townshend, t
Tipped while skidding logs the other day, e
nd large log fell across neck. pinniug him 8
, the ground but not ipjuring him. Y
MontE eller's trustees voted Wednesday to !.
stablsh an electric fire alarm and to put In
iamewelrs system with fourteen boxes. The y
Ietbodist bell. and one or two others are to !,
, utilized. q