The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-11-10
"A number of shows have cancelled their
lates at the town hall because of the hard

% "A number OF shows have cancelled the
= lines.
The latest intelligence received by Mr.
Ellen Schuster from her son, William, state
! that he Ia now In Seattle, w ASH, singing wit
}. the Calhoun Opera company, who are MOI
on q western tour.
nj Ladies' clean yonr kid gloves, cesner 70
sale only by T. W. Barnard. Headquarter
for the Foster l,cing gloves In all the mos
desirable shades for street or evenin
, wear. lava
II DIR. d. p. Webster is confined to bis be-
with severe attack OF rheumatism. an
some alarm has been felt as to his condition
but it Is not believed to be dangerous, an,
yesterday and today be Is reported more com
Portable.
Three or four horses have been badI,
frightened this week by fires Of heaps o
leaves on the streets. One Main street resi-
dent went out and put out the fire In front o
bis residence, n otifyine the towns men that |
couldn't be done about bis property.
As c. H. Thompson was driving from
East Dummerst0n one evening q short tint
ago be was acc0sted bv three men WHIT
ordered him to stop, but as his horse wa
going very fast he paid no attention and drove
at a swift pace out Of their reach. Robbery
was probably the motive.
The leading feature Of the November Ro
nance Is THANKSGIVING story. down the
Road to the Emer.on's," by Mary E. vii
ktns. The idea or the frame of the tale ia q
very old one, used almost from the beginning
of time for Thanksgiving stories, but dressed!
In her charming way, with her power OF
msking attractive the hard, everyday char.
acters Of New England life, 1t Is worthy Of
the place Romance gives 1t.
| t,hsa<h. cxcJdo-J loh ~ frua - eho I'D
as she rushed past them into bis immin Mt
apartment, ish 1t true that the silver dollar
ain't worth but so cents?" "Yes; that's
right replied the man Of Blackstone. "Then
- Grover Cleveland" she CIRCULATED, ~
she thought of the hard dollars she had
cared over the wash tub. she was convert
ed in just about the same way that some hum
dreds Of thousands of others have been, as
was shown Tuesday.
The 18th annual festival Of the Episcopal
Church choirs was held at Rutland. Tuesday
and Wednesday. There we're about 40 dele.
gates present aud every choir In the diocese
was represented. The Brattlebor0 and st. l.
bans vested cholrs were also represented. 1t
was pronounced by Prof. Whitney to be the
most successfulin the Is years Of the associa.
I tion. A grand reception was held at Grand
Army hall. given by the ladies of Trinity
church to the delegates Wednesday evening.
A business meeting was held and the old ex
| ecutive committees reelected. The next
meeting will be held at 81. Adams next year.
REMOVALS :-George Chattield and family
have taken the tenement vacated by H B.
Haus IN l. 0. o. f. b0ck.-Clarence Stock
we'll moves from the Exchange block to VIM.
Conant's on Canal street.-A. O'Leary Ia to
move his family from Wilamsvllle into D.
Crowley's house on Canal street.-D. w.
renney moves into the tenement recently
vacated by David Young who ha, moved or
to Chaplin street.-Miss Celia Ingram from
Organ street to 81 Elliott E. NJ. Douglas has
returned from Lake Preston, &c. OAK, where
he has lived for several years and taken
tenement at Spruce street.-F. E. Sampson
from % Estey street to bis new house ut 8
Cherry Herbert l. Bangs moves from Ged-
dis's upper house to the lower tenement In
the brick house on Green street.
e. c. Crosby and wife returned Tues
day from their Worlds Fair trip and Minneo-
polls which also included business trip
over In New York state. MIR. Crosby saws
he finds that people are beginning to feel
better out there. The crops are fine in quality
throughout the Northwest, though not so
large as In other years. But u Q low pri . o.
wheat continues to puzzle even the best ] d.
ges. and they are becoming convinced that
the trouble IL worlds over supply. A good
deal of last years and the years. before crop
Is being brought out. having been held back
70 get better prices. At present prices. farmers
4eynot getting their money back with fair
pay for their labor. Nevertheless the move.
merit is heavy because there IS desperate
need out there to get the MOI ey, Among the
for,n Bratteboreans whom Mr.. Crosby met
out there was Geo. e Highly who has been
In charge of the South Dakota building all
through the Fair but who has this week re-
turned to his Sioux Falls home.
IMPROVEMENTS: There are going to be .
decided Improvement on South Main street
hpfore long Maurice Bowler intends to mske
tho ''bus" into two separate houses, with
room for two families 10 each and will also
move them back three or four feet from the
sidewalk. He ia pushing the work as rapidly
a. possible before the cold weather sets In
He also Intends to connect with Crnwell's
street house coat OF paint. Also EQbert
Brasor on Frost street.-Dr. G.. F. Gale Is |
giving his Green street residence a coat of
paint. Rev. A. j. Hough is making reps'rs
on bis barn-A. B Clapp is making improv-
ments on bis Dummerston property.-Geo |
Crowell Is connecting his Western avenue |
tenament houses with the sewer.-The wirg |
wall at the east end OF the Chesterfield sus-
pension bridge has been taken out and rea'd |
this week.-H. G. Field has begun work re-
building SD p or office on the site of bis |
burned barn last week-D. l.. Cowes is re-
painting his residence.-A. f. Wilder has
swung new sign this week.-The new me.
talllc annex for the telephone Office has ar
rived AMI Will soon be placed In position.
The annual meeting Of the Valley Fair
association Saturday evening resulted 10 the
re election OF the old board OF officers with
out an exception. The reports we're In snb-
stance those noted last week as made before
the COMM tees or the Valley Fair. That NJ
Ten. E'tfy the treasurer showed only S503 46
Of debt to be left after the S457S'3t expend-
ed for improvements this year. In point OF
assets. figuring them at W hat they cos' the as
ISOLATION has nearly 81 90 for 81. It's con.
account or investment In grounds
snd buildings Is about 1000 while
me stock Is only $500. Another
year with good weather will doubtless
enable the association to clear away the
'est OF Its debt, make the ONLY
Improvement that now seems very nee !
,ssary 10 an enlargement of the grand !,
stand and pay good dividend to the stock.
holders. or what will amount to the same
nlng, Jay py surplus as against a stormy =
lay or two which Is sure to come sooner OF :
aver ana cause sizable loss. There is yet :
sl1OO stock 1 the treasury that has
'ever been sold. and there probably would :,
Tot now De any difficulty In getting It taken, 1
or the FAR Is now pretty certain to
'ield good dividends regulsriy. and II
snou,a STOP, now its property 4
ocId not yield much less than n
ar. In strictly money point of view OF
curse the Issue of the rest Of he stock would .
oi De quue equitable to the old stock holders
Who nave goue without any returns until =,
hey have Drought the institu, ion to its pres. .
ut safe. bu! as they went into It for the q
ublic good with very little idea OF ever get.
Ing dollar bick, they probably will not care .
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