The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-06-29

minutes
The school directors have appointed Il
nest, son of Hon. Il. l.. Waterman, clerk
their board
The BARRIERS have agreed to close at
O'Clock the Fourth and keep open till 10 Tue
day evening.
A number 90 from here to Charleston,
H., on the Fourth for the picnic which Il
Forresters have there.
The Republicans have caucus this evel
ing to elect delegates to the county conventiO
at Newfane next Tuesday
H. M. Wood says he is u little late wit
his fireworks this year, but will make tn
price to correspond with the times. adv
Andrew Krugge got quite badly bitten b
Walter BoyntOn's dog on Flat street last ever
ing, but us yet no serious results are feared.
The regular semi-annua ciyil-service eN
animation for clerk and carrier in the post
Office will be held by the local board Angus
II.
e. John Deyine killed fully Il dozen ad
ders on the mountain Monday while following
the anenometer line for repairs. They seen
tie be thicker than ever before there.
The New York Tribune says that Rudy
ard Kipling is to build residence in Englan'
as well as America, somewhere on the sea
coast and yet within easy reach of London.
A large delegation from here ATTENDED
the Sunday School convention held at New
! fame Wednesday. The party rode up in
tally-ho, fifteen going in all. The convention
was very interesting and beneficial one.
-Rudyard Kipling in a recent interview
with the st. James Gazette, said that il
America he lived on the borders of the ''grea
pie belt which extends through New England
and across northern New York"
Some % Rebekahs attended the lawn par
tInI n
Mrs. Geo. Harris in West Brattleboro. A
fine supper was served on the lawn and gen
eral good time was enjoyed by all.
Services in St.Michael's Episcopal church
on Sunday neXt-9 80 Il. m, Sunday schoo
10 80 a. M, Morning Prayer Holy Commune
ion and Sermon. I 80 p. M, Evening Prayer
the Rector will celebrate the Holy Commun.
ion in Christ Church Guilford at 2 p. IN.
Rev. FIR. Reynolds of Bellows Falls and
Rev. FIR. Houlihan of Ludlow, who have been
examining the parochial schools here together
with Rev. FIR. Therien of Windsor and Rev.
FIR. Cunningham had a convention at the
rectory yesterday.
A writer in recent magazine compares
the man who buries his business prospects
wehn hard times bear him down, by refusing
to advertise, thereby withdrawing his name
from public gaze, to the ostrich, who, when
in danger, considers itself safe when its head
is buried in the sand.
The alarm of another robbery was sound
ed Wednesday. Merchant c. w. Puffer's
horse was found to be gone, Officer Gordon
called, and Mcclure got out of bed because he
knew the names of chiefs in other places and
$3.50 spent in telephoning. Then it was found
thatEmery had put the horse in another stall.
Gov. Fuller will preside at the national
convention of good roads associations, to be
held at Ashbury Park, N. j., July 26. This
convention is to be held under the auspices of
the national department of agriculture, and
under the immediate charge of the good roads
of Pennsylvania, New York and
New Jersey.
-Supt. H. E. Howard of Springfield, Mass,
well known in town especially by the bust
ness men, from his connection with the Con-
lecticut River r.. r. and later with the Boston
4 Maine, has resigned his position as super
ntendent of the Connecticut River division,
0 accept promotion las car superintendent
or the entire system of the b. & NJ. X. r.
President e. C. Smith of the Central
toad and party of 10 reached here on spec
u train in the car "Bellevue" Wednesday
light at 10 10 and spent the night ut the Broosk
louise leaving Thursday morning for New
ondon. where they went to attend the Yale
arvard boat race. They returned here
rain last night Jas Hooker was one of the
tests.
w G.Shaffner is laid off as the result of an
jury mt the stable of the Brattleboro Livery
D., Monday. He was cleaning off horse
ID leaning over at work on the front leg
hen the horse struck with the hind foot,
raping down the calf of Mr.. Shatfners leg
way that made very painful wound.
There Is some sound horse-sense In the
iyertisement of the New London Business
ollege, New London, Conn. Any one can
lad it and not De bored, while parents, guar
ans and others who are looking at the prac-
cal side of life may find something of special
lterest. ,
Michael Shea, the Flat street tailor, has
)mething unique in the line of clothes press,
,hich he invented himself 1t is in the shape
an oblong box of perforated iron, and also
as a rod of iron extending through the
entire bored with half dozen holes and is
I'd by gas through which it passes in a rub
er tube attached from the gas jet to the
ress. This saves all expense of keeping a
re to heat irons in hot weather and does not
eigh as much as an ordinary hand clothes
ress. See his adv this week.
Few people realize to what an extent
Opulation is drifting back to unoccupied
rms in Vermont. In one district in Gull
'rd, No. 8. for instance, five farms have
cen bought and settled upon since last fall
he town within Il year has had an increase
20 families in this way. The truth is coming
be realized, and it is truth, that nowhere
the country can good farmer with the ,
me capital and labor do as wellas Vermont.
he one great element of Encouragement :
the past 20 years has been that no matter I
NV well he did, no matter how much he i'm /
owed the property, the depreciation in sell :
g value beat him. He could turn off 5000 \
$500 in cash in year and still find himself /,
e poorer for it because of the tremendous !
tie at which the depreciation has been going n
|. This depreciation has been due to va 7
pf air,1x nafr nj net;
Il, and chief among them tariff that must 8
evitably skin agriculture and craze for
estern investments that has drained away !.
ady capital to such disastrous extent. But 8
e tide has turned at last. A lower tariff, i;
ough not low enough, is coming people who :,
We been so anxious to send their money r.
ing off to distant parts of the country will :,
W be satisfied to invest what they get back :,
it at home and farms are going to increase n
value instead of every year going down. n
ere are surely better days ahead for old ii
rmOnt. ",
The Athletic contest between the Brat fC
boro high school was held on the fair +
FUNDS Saturday large audience being pres 81
!. Hinsdale scored 81 points and Brattle- fo
70 % The summaries are: ri
ole vault-Won by Paul Mann, Hinsdale; r. n
laugh oaughe IN Hinsdale End; }. McCaughern, u
90 yards dash-won by r. McCaughern; J. a
rcell. Hinsdale, End; J. McCaughern, Sd. N
unning hop, skip and jump-Won by f. III
lker, Hinsdale; Hayes Morey, Brat.lebOro, M M
!; Fordyce Thomas, Brattleboro, Sd. W
iO-yards dash-Won by j. McCaughern; j. NJ
Apply, Brattleboro, I'd 4. Walker, Hnsdale, fe
time, 20c. T.,
unning iump-Won by Hayes Morey; Nor w,
er StOddard, I'd. ~.
alf mile bicycle-won by Mortimer Stoddard ., /.
e. 1:l7. "A.
clay race was won by j. McCaughern of re
sdale. Isl
anding hop, skip and jump: Morey LIST, For We
c Thomas I'd and Walker 3D. nj
utting shot: Hinsdale secured LIST and pa. NJ
Morey 3D.. w w
anding broad jump, won by Fordyce WI
mas LIST, Moeny 2d and Purcell 3D. lei
collection was taken TO cover expenses In
was followed by ball game in which fol
sdae won ) to in the fifth inning Tho n , \