The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-15

Halifax visited at A W Putnam's this week
The Changers held meeting at their hal
Wednesday evening. There is quite good
DIAL of interest manifested. There have beer
quite number of new members added TILL
past season.
West Halifax.-H l. johnson has cold bill
farm anu advertises bis personal property q
auction.-M w Plumb, who has been at worl
in grocery etore at Hyde Park, Mass. for thu
past two years, has been Obliged to give uI
bis position on account of Ill health.-Luke
Woodland returned from his visit to Boston
Mass, and vicinity last week.-A y Gates hal
finished work for Ira Lsrrabee and gone tc
Montpelier to wOrk.-Mrs A 0 Gates Is stop
ping for the present with her mother, Mrs
p Hudson.-DrJ W Seudder has purchased
a fine driving horse of j Z Tholnpsou.-M
Larrabee. wife and son of Brattleboro, are
stopping At Mrs = c Larrabee's for few days
Mrs G Larrabee will open her house fol
the accommodation of the public fair day
Sept 2Oth.-Nettie g Whitney, who has been
stopping In BrattlebOro for some time. re.
turned home Saturday Baboitt ofSouth
Londonderry, visited at F Mays this week
Emery Whitney. wife and baby of Brattle-
boro, visited at Amos Whitney's Sunday
Our village school under the instruction Of
Edith n Evans, is progressing fnely.-The
teachers IN town are as follows: No 2. Alice
gate; 6, Mrs A G Jones; 7, 18th Evans; 8,
Eva Griffin; o, Helen 81 Thurber; -. Mrs N
Spencer; ID, Z 4 Thurber.-Remt mber the
fair Sept Goth. Bring the old folks and the
young and don't forget the babies.-Be on
hand Saturday. Sept 16ih. to help tx the fair
grounds and floral hall: II stormy Saturday
come Monday. SUNDAY school concert at the
Baptist church next Sunday.
South London derrv.-Miss Ayra Kings.
bury from the Brattleboro Retreat Is visiting
at home.-Prof Brown from Pawlet, is teach
ing the High school and Miss Mary Pierce the
lower gradc.-The cobweb party was sue
cess. It being pleasant evening and goodly
number out.-Will Peaae and mother are Wis.
itinE In Hoosic, N Y.-5 w Melendy and son
started last week for the Worlds Fair and
this week Alonzo Drury and wife and n
Holden and Wife, s McAllis'er 70 visiting
Nc s.,. = h es. old i .ls
visiting with their sunt.-Our jeweler 10 60
ing to Chester to engage 10 tho business there.
We are very sorry to lose him.
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Grafton.-C c Colver has on exhibition =
potato of the Telephone variety that weighs
lbs and 10 ounces. Judge Walker, Thos w
Davis, Alden Walker and Il burnngame
are attending the session OF court at Newfane.
Mr. and Mrs W E l. Walker started Men
day for Chicago.-Charles Baird and family
of Providence, are In t0wn-lt Is expected
that Rev A NJ Murray will accept call to the
Baptist church here and remove to this place
at once.-The largest and most enjoyable
gathering the town has witnessed since the
demise OF thu clam bake association, occurred
Friday evening at the residence OF Allan j
Davis. Grafton Grange and les friends, more
than 100 strong, accepted his invitstion to a
corn roast and right we'll were they re ward
ed for so doing. The house and grounds were
gavv lighted with Chinese lanterns and a
number OF the kind made from pumpkins 30
dear 10 the small boy heart. In the meadow
close by huge bonfire was burning and to
this everyone was invited and provided with
a sharp stick and plenty Of corn. Young and
old Joined in the fun and scorched faces
and fingers and wept smoky tears but de-
clared they never tasted anything half SO de-
lcious. An adjournment was made to the
house where coffee was served. The Dung
people played games on the lawn while the
older ones gathered about the organ and dem.
onstrated that the roof must have been se.
curely fastened to the building. Everyone
wanted 10 stay . week, but as this could not |
be. the party disbanded in season for oil to |
reach home at an unusually early hour.
West Westminster. - Maple Grove
Grange, No 1855, will hold basket picnic at
the residence Of Hon william Cutting.
Sept 2lst, at 10 O'Clock. Dinner |
will be served At O'Clock, after which IT.
erary work will he In order. Let every mem.
Der after reading this notice make their plans
to be present promptly and each one lending /
4 helping hand to make the meeting Of inter-
est to oil.
; West Dummerston.-Mr Mary A Coyel
Of Fall River, Mass. Mrs N O'Brian of Roy
aston, Mass, and Mrs ID O'Keete of Brattle-
b0ro were up to attend the McCarty wedding.
Miss Neitie Norcross of Chicopee Falls is
visiting relatives here.-E Granville Pratt Of
was the guest OF McCarty
several days.
9oPt0AnUOA w Oshuihk IN w 0ft ASuAhhhsOAssVAsI
A very quiet wedding was Witnessed by .
lew intimate friends Of Patrick Francis Nc
Csrty and Mary Ellen Hopkins Ia st MI
,hael's Roman Catholic church OF Brattleboro
Tuesday ut 30 m. Toe BRIDE was bec0m-
ngly dressed 10 dove colered bepgaline with
Drocadsd silk trimmings. Tue BRIDES sister.
Miss Katherine f Hopkins wore blue cash.
mere with chsngeabie silk trimmings. VIM
Naley of Chester, Mass, was best man.
Many useful aud valuable presents were
received. Mr. and Mrs McCarty took the 4 %
rain south for an extended Trip.
Stratton.-Miss Lena Chase commenced
he fall term OF school IN district No on the
ith. She boards at N II Forrester's Carrie
wilder Is quite sick, a,so Mrs Lizzie Lowe
las the typhoid fever.-Miss Alice knis
" Worcester Is visiting ut A ID kntehts, ner
lnce's.-H B Atwood Is st work Tor sydney
Jones, her uncle In Jamai,a.-The potato
,rop 10 reported good by those who are dig
ring. Styles is hsahng LUMBER 70
20 do some repairing on the farm
bought by him.
Jamaica. The Baptist psrsonage has just
been reshingied, aud also II Il Reeds on Me-
chanic's STREETS Fuller aad vile OF Gam
bridge. Y. are passing few Gays mere 81
A Howard's.-Mrs Mary Wood OF fut-
ney and Miss Sarah Aver Of Graffon, made
week.-OIiver Shumwsy of Northseld, Mass,
Is passing few days here With Der parents.
Mr. and Mrs q Shumwsy.-h Spencer u
confined to his bed with ualarisl lever
Trey are dig ing the holes for the teiepnone
posts between here snd Wndsooro.-bimer
White and oiel Wilder. who have been psss-
Ing q week ut VIM Whites. Ell here TUESDAY
for Cpesters-A game of bsl was PLAYED mere
last Saturday by Bondvile and ysraaics
tesms. Score. g to Elk In favor Of Bond
Vile, also the came Gay the soys OF this VII |