The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-02

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oatmeal have beef In town this week denver
Ing free samples.
The Estev Guard have booked theil
drama, 18th. Octoroon,' at the town hall fol
March 20 and 80.
The date for the Ladies' Minstrels, in ali
of the Industrial Union, has been changed
from the 10th to the 2lst.
Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN will sail from Europe
Feb. 10 aud give their hrst concerts AZ WASH
ingtop the last Of the month.
The Unitsrians at Gseenfisli are to have
Kirmiss the last Of this month and Prof.
Wales has charge OF the dances.
&C. II. Davenport has bought Mrs. Esther
T. Housh's house on Oak street, and will
occupy 1t for home In the spring.
The ladies of the Unitarian society will
hold their supper and sociable at Wells hall
Wedne,day. Feb. 7th. Supper at $3.50.
The American House dining room and
hall are being reprinted and with few other
additions this gives very attractive appear.
ance.
j L. Jones received severe fail on the
ice last Thursday morning At the E,tey shops,
but broke no bones. he was somewhat
bruised.
j. Henry Myers has entered his publica.
ton, "Our Prison L'fe,' as seconu-class mat
Ver az LQ6 DT6JlieUOTO Pssb OulCOS uuu W
hereafter Issue 1t from here.
There are eight cergymen In the village
and everyone of them has signed the petition
| for Postmaster Childs' reappOintment. They
are not much more unanimous than their con.
gregattons.
To-day, being Candemas Day, mass was
! celebrated In the Roman Catholic church At
0 o'clock, according to the old custom and
candles were distributed among the members
of the church.
| There Ia to be donation the 14'h for the
benefit of Rev. Mr.. Meri'fi I'D. the Baptist
pastor at West Dummerston, and party will
60 up from here.
| APP. Childs has been elected president of
the Denison Land and Improvement COM
pany 10 place of B. j. Darby Of Burlington,
| resigned. and he goes to Texas next week to
attend the annual meeting,
| 1T may be worth observing that cause
| that has to be worked up by bogus Issues
now SO plainly demonstrated to be such that
not q shadow of chaEce 's left for doubt-ls
no. cause that deserves to succeed.
Mrs, Joseph Beemsn read the second Of
the series of the Chautaugua lectures at the
Methodist church last evening. The subject
was. "What ia Socialim?" and the quiz
which usually follows these lectures was
omitted.
The seventh annual meeting of the board
| OF trustees of the Brooks Library building
was held at The library on Monday evening
| when the following officers were chosen:
d. Harris, chairman; James N. Tyler. clerk;
j. j. Estev, treasurer; q. Fl. Wheeler, audi.
tor.
Some of the brethren among the Apostles
OF Straight Out Consistency object to the
REFORMER'S aIIuston to them last week as
"crowd." We apologize. The use Of the
word was q gross exaggeration. They are
nothing Of the kind, as the vote will show
tomorrow.
Next Wednesday will be Ash Wednes-
day, the commencement OF the season OF
Lent, and will be observed In the Roman
Catholic church by Mass and also services
In the evening. After that there will he the
Stations or Way of the Cross every Friday
and Sunday evenings while the Lenton
season lasts.
Among Yale's junior appointments of
those " ho have by general scholarship aver.
age during the first two and one half years OF
their course. secured stand emitting them to
the 'honor roll" which was given out at New
Haven Saturday. was the name OF James +.
Hooker. There are 1875 names on the llst, bv |
nine the largest number ever recorded by .
junior class at Yale. |
News wa received here Monday of the |
death OF Mrs Peter Pory of South Londonder-
~, Sunday, at the age OF 80 years. The fam
lily had been residents OF Htnsdale, and Mr..
Pory was we'll known here, being q teamster
for long while for r. NJ. Waite. Besides
Ter husband she leaves nine children. The
nterment took place at the Catholic ceme-
cry here Tuesday and services were held In
be church.
Il dreamed I was In heaven, and there were
zone there but Democrats, tried and true. Pres
ntly we heard voice outside. when the one
n charge Of tho gate inquired, "Who's there?"
The reply came back. "Charles Davenport of
x rs yo aae oes Of ss
,ou can't come in here" "How is that? Nick
3 an died two weeks ago; He was kicker
st sut Ss o,a
=! John calvin In Last Weeks PhGnix
1t must have been years ago instead Of the
,,ner night that John had this dream, and 1t
explains why he has since been trying to be
IN the safe side by being on all sides. So he
was "Windham County Kicker" with the
rest in the Democratic state convention OF
1890, and an anti-kicker In 1892. haying also
been on the same side 10 1886 John has at
last explained what SO long seemed mystic.
rious.
BRATTLEBOREANs AND OTHERS.-James f.
Hooker OF the class of '9o at Yale, appears Ia
the appointment list of his class, which shows
the highest average of scholarship any class
the college ever had except that of "a. HIS
appointment is that of "Second Dispatch"
four. The highest marx ever given any stu.
dent was rs. which was taken by the vale
dictorian OF 49, Mics Molie Austin, who has
been quite I'll for the past few weeks, was
able to sit up, MOnday.-Mrs. j. S. Wood has
bfen laid up all the week with illness. Mrs.
X d Adams of Dover, accompanied by her
sister, Maud Coane, who has been visiting
her. arrived Friday for stay with friends
Miss Blanche Laughton returned Tuesday
from her stay IN Putrey.-WiIl Bond Is re.
covering from bis recent attack Of scarlet
Streeter, Roy Cook and Frrd
Greasy are enjoying q week OF fishing
through the ice at Chesterfield lake.-Mss
Carrie II. Shattuck was one of the II gradu.
a'es from the Normal school at Westfeld.
Peake is home from Bes
ton. where be has been for treatment. He is
from bis northern trip.-Col. II Il.
Tay lor is on trip to st. Albaus and Mon.
real, 10 the interest Of the National |
Life Insurance Co.-Mrs. Adsit and I
Miss Ruby Clary left Saturday for .
A. Tyler aud Chas.
Pratt left Monday night for the midwinter
carnival In Quebec. The heavy storms Of the :
ir.t of the week delsved them II hours be-
ween Montreal and Q Iebec.-M. G. Robbins
ielu, Msss., Wednesday evening, and will
live the same 10 West BrattIeboro next Thurs
iay.-Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Whitney spent q
ew days IN Boston this week.-Mr. aud Mrs.
E. G Crosby are In Boston attending the re.
union and dinner 4 the California excursion
sis.-Miss Marion Fisk returned to school
Monday after her recent attack Of typhoid
fsver.-S. W. Edwards is on two weeks
s. W. EdRett was called
10 West Auburn, Mass, yesterday after
noon by the serious Illness Of her mother.
&C. r. EstabroOk 10 quite seriously I'll