The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-08-10
BRATTLEBORO NEWS co.
No. 3 Elliot Street, at the sign of the golden
hand
BRATTLEBORO.

Many wells that have never been known
to fail are fast drying up.
Rev. F.. J. Parry will occupy his pulpit
in the Baptist church morning and evening
next Sabbath.
The thermometer fell some 40 degrees
this morning and there was a white frost in
some low lands
We should Judge by Durham Bros. adv.
this week that they intend to make the dull
season busy one.
Sit is suggested that that visit from the
temperance girls at the county convention is
what ''rattled" the Democrats.
Was that order about bicycles on the side
walks of the pe-crust order-made to be
broken? If not, why not enforceit.
May & Crown have sold Harry G. e.
Pratt's restaurant to Charles Potter of New
York city. Possession given at once.
The Sunday excursions to the camp meet
ings at Lake Pleasant begin Sunday, August
18th, and continue through the month of Au-
gust. Train leaves here at a. M, returning
reaches here at 500 p. m.
The Estey Guards will attend the Con-
gregational church in body Sunday morn
ing. Rev. DIR. j. F. Lowering who is past
chapIain-in-chief of the G. A. r. is to preach
the sermon on ''The National Flag
The many friends of Frank S. Holbrook
formerly of this place will be grieved to hear
of the death of his wife at their home in
Newall, Iowa, July %. Mrs. HolbrOok was
A years and eight months old and died of
consumption.
"A gang of telephone linemen are stringing
new line from BrattlebOrO to Wilamsville.
The business between Brattleboro and Towns
bend and points nOrthward has so increased
as to require another line to handle it prop
erly.
Christie Crowell was with Harry A.
Hodgden who was drowned at Deerfeld, n.
H., last week, and was in the boat with him
at the time. Instead of being tipped out, the
boys were out boating, and he dove down and
never rose. His companions got him out as
soon as possible but he was dead.
While Miss Elsie Brown from New York
was out horseback riding with Miss Maude
Essex last evening on the West River road,
her horse was frightened at something and
threw her off. She was unconscious for some
time after, and could tell nothing of how it
happened but she comes out with a lame
shoulder and some other slight bruises mere
ly.
There is more evidence that kiping is the
best paid author of the day. The English and
American rights of four short stories of bout
1000 words each were sold recently for about
5000 each, and to this must be added the in
come from Australian, Indian, Canadian and
German rights. Seven words or so for a dol |
lar is not at all bad.
There is a vacant scholarship which some |
Windham county boy is entitled to have at |
the Norwich university. 1t means TO who
ever will take it. free tuition and room rent |
for four years. Application should be made
at once to either of our county senators. Hon.
+. L. Ball of Bellows Falls or Col. Haskins of |
Bratteboro. III not taken soon the vacancy
will be filled from some other county.
Louise Putnam of Brattleboro. depart
ment inspector of the Vermont Woman's Re-
lief corps, has appointed the following assis-
Mary b. Goodwin of Wells River .!Delia Need
ham of Rutland, Eliza Cutting of Bennington.
Lucy Gibson of Bennington, Alice Henry of
Chester, Fanny Parkhurst of st. Johnsbury,
Mary Perry of Bellows Falls, Mary w. Gould
of Ludlow, Helen Bfidgman of Hardwick, n.
Louise skinner of Barton, Ellen Seayer of
Montpelier.
The New London Business College. New
London. Conn, which begins its regular fall
term Tuesday. sept. 4th, offers exceptional
facilities for thorough Business Training in
Bookkeeping, Shorthand. Typewriting
Penmanship and Telegraphy. The arrange
ment Of the courses Is such as to obtain the
best results in the least possible time, while
the equipment embraces quite number of
features hitherto not found in institutions of
this class. II you are interested. you will
want TO see catalogue of this school, which
viii lie sent free on application TO II. A. Bru-
beck, Principal.
Boyle 4 Brockington will during the
muster week serve hot clam chowder during
the day and evening. wv.
Mount Holly sage and plain cheese at
PuIlen's adv.