The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-17
Schools reopen for the spring term Mon
day Alter a weeks vacation.

day after q weeks vacation.
g w. +. Boynton has THREE plates filed W
= fall blown and nicely budded Mayflowsrs.
Il. ID. Thayor has sold his milk route
{ A. II. Stebblns, who took possession vest
K day.
!. The New Male Safety for '03 Is on ex
bitiOn IN II. NJ. Woods window and Is We
, neat wheel.
+ Emerson & Sons horse got out OF {
, barn and enjoyed harmless run to the dep
Monday. where II was caught.
-Egbert Brazor has sold the lot In front
his Frost street house to II. s. Sherwin
the firm OF Rockwell & Sherwin.
Tho February meeting Of the Professio
al club comes Monday evening when Go
Fuller will read his paper on "Vermont in
Century of Inventlon.'
The Epworth League will give map
sugar supper at G. A. r. hall on Wednt sda,
March 3D. Supper served from to p. n
All are cordially invited.
r -"Kuowledge and Wisdom" will be .h
subject OF Rev. f. w. Sprague's Sunda
morning sermon and Temperance an
Prohibition" In the evening.
The trestle, temporarily erected In plao
OF the recently burned bridge, below Paine
was swept out for the third time Saturday
|
| Harry Whitney met with a slight run
away this morning while out on his rout
with fish. The sleigh passed over larg
knowl thus frightening the horse who starteC
on run down Frost street. No damage wa
done, however.
Druggist Ell. A. Chaplin < Co. have int
dis play of Bakers confectionery In his win
dow, the arrangement being very neat. AIsc
two full grown Florida oranges belonging tC
Chas. Thompson are displayed, one being IA
or lG inches In circumference while the othel
is net more than an inch and half.
The second of the series of athletic con-
tests given by the Junior class Of the Y. NJ
| G. A. gymnasium was held Tuesday evening
| AS the leading contestants now stand they are
Will Dunlevy frst, James Clark second, and
John Connors third. The next and last o.
the series will be held March "a, and will cor
slst of jumping, vauting and diving.
| The REFoRMER this morning announced
| an article on j. Humphrey Moves, the found
er or the Oneida community. But the cut fol
| portrait has failed to arrive from New York
| as happens In about four cases out of five since
| Harrison made political spoils out of that Of.
| 6ce-there is complaint about IT all over the
country. So the article will have TO SO over
| till next week.
DIR. ]. P. Lindsey, of Nashville. Tenn,
was In Brattieboro last week to transfer the
property and make final settlement of ac-
counts with the new treasurer OF the Ameri.
can public health association, DIR. HID. Holton.
DR.. Lindsey, who has been the treasurer for
Ia years. turned over wi b other property.
four IONS of bound volumes containing the
transactions of the board for the past twenty
years.
SO to SO Clark street into the Eddy house,
ID, s. Angler from % Green to Sc Elliott
J, w. Smith from 6 Organ to / Chestnut
street and C. l.. Hiliard to the tenement va
Gated by Mr.. Smlth.-A. A. Whitman has
moved back here from Putney and taken
quarters at II Clark street.-John Smith has
moved here from Hlnsdale and is stopping
with bis daughter. Mrs. Julius Nichols, on
Birge street.-Dr. Urquhart and his mother
have taken rooms In the Miner block.-A. G..
Adams, formerly of Ashuelot, n. H., has
taken tenement In c. H. Eddy's house on
Clark street.
There were something over q score of
school directors representing nearly every
town of the county and two members of the
Chester board, present at the lower town
hall Monday to discuss the new school law
and to formulate course OF action under It's
provisions. FL. D. Ryder of Bellows Falls,
the county supervisor, presided and G. M.
Russell OF Wilmington. was the secretary
The state superintendent NJ. S. Stone was
present and gave little address on the new
law. which he recognized to be crude and
dubi us In somelof its provisions and advising
to &C slowly and carefully. Judge
Fl. III. Wheeler who Is one of Brattlebor0's
directors, discussed the law and its provision
for the distribution of public money, the con-
cusion being In substance that nobody can
tell anything about It, One idea brought out
In the Talk was that the nabney be deposited
Ia banks to await tlecsif-Ss from the courts
and some good lawyers are said to advIse this
course. DR.. Holton advised the employment
Of superintendent by several towns sharing
The expense and thus deriving the benefit,
pointing to the good results that have been
attained In this way In parts of Massachu-
sets. There was general agreement that
none but good teachers should be employed.
II was the sense of the meeting that sum-
mer school for teachers be held, and that there
Llso be two county teachers institutes, one at
Wilmington and one at Newfane. Brattleboro
Or Bellows Falls. The meeting lasted about
.hree and one-half hours and adjourned with
ust about as much knowledge OF the law as
t had when 1t assembled.
The thaw and the rains have been count. |
I'd on for severe freshet, though we have
.ot along remarkable well, locally, IN this |
aspect thus far. Rarely have such vast ac-
he streams, and 1t Is a piece of good luck |
hat we have had just such thaw as this to
educe 1t. instead OF waiting for 1t to
% all at once. There hsye. however,
,een plenty of amusing expert.
noes and some Of them more serious in
he streets. which have made some parts of
be village to resemble Venice, the city of
annals. Last night two teams going home
rom the dance were overturned In the deep
treem on Western Avenue, and In one case
would have probably been rather rough
me- il there hadn't been another team just
ehind to help out. (Renjamln. Devoe
Who drives Mrs. Russeli's laundry
cam wa. upset yes erday while trying to
mitch his horse after being stalled in an at
,mpt TO drive into Il n. Hescock's yard, and
! the melee got under his horse which fell
yater but the struggles of the animal released
i'm. somewhat bruised from his experience,
nj likely 10 be laid up for several days.
he rush of W ter down the hill from tn @
IKE formed OF Z. Z. Aliens lot compelled
orses and catll4 to be taken out OF the barn
{ G. u. No, es, and there was for quite a
lille stream foot deep In that part of the
Illage. Fro Highland atreet and it, &C.
Imulston ID. j. Moran has had couple of
ems drowned. Many similar instances might
2 reported about the village.
When the cows get old, begin while they
e fresh III milk and give them more grain
ian they can convert into milk. II properly |
d tie surplus must 60 10 make flesh or fat,
id While tbs milk pays for the ordinary feed, !
e gain in weight should pay for the extra
'an, and beef fsttened In that way Is as good $
that OF younger animal, or better than s
&c younger animal fautened slowly.
West Warren + Walker
Is taken another four-years' contract to
try the mail between the East and West