The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-08-10

,o ~ T, Lillian Turner Co., advertised fol
, mere ri"estay evening cancelled its date
pio'oi '"'s W play in small towns.
LLne republicans will have their caucus
1or tno Illumination of candidates for the town
reprcs.n;."tNe and justice, Saturday the 10Th.
Ihe caa an VIII be by ballot and the polls open
-Dr. y. i. 'dAie assisted by DR.. 9. s.
Pratt performed successful operation Tues
day ~ removing tumor from the breast OF
MIS- inos. UConnOr. Mrs. OConnor's con-
Key. mr.: POmeroy of Northampton has
been mere This week looking over the town
with view to writing sketch of the place.
Mr.; folleroy was formerly a resident here
and was interested in the book entitled,
picturesque Brattleboro."
IMPRovEMENTs.-JOhn Stebbins' Canal
street residence Is receiving coat Of paint
Dan shea mas been making alterations and
Improvements on the interior of his Reed
street house:-Andrew Horton is laying a
granite GMrDlng along by his residence and
HORTON on. r'a ahe W: Sargent swings fine
Coleman mas put aFvAy steel ceiling into his
barber shop this week, adding much to its
handsome appearance.
THE SICK ONES Mrs Patrick Griffin on
Elliot street has been seriously i'll the past
few days.-W. II. Webb of the REFoRMER
force, left Tuesday for New York for treat
ment.-Mrs. ii. M. Burke has recovered from
her recent iiiness.-NIiss Eva Ward, who has
been quite III Tor few weeks, is improving.
Word has been received by local friends
that Mrs. Harry Hidreth, who went to the
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington, has UNI
dergone successful qperation performed
Monday .ffssPthS nl Of n tumor. She is
at present as comfortable as can be expected.
weeks past, is very low.
This is the best month to watch the stars.
because the earth Is now passing through the
meteor stream which gives us our shooting
stars" Last night and tonight these meteors
are particularly numerous as we are now al
most in the center OF the belt. Hundreds can
be counted with the naked eye, while with a
glass of small magnfying power many others
can be noted. Usually the earth in its passage
through the meteor belt encounters only stray
ylers, but occasionally the main body lies
icross its path and then occur those grand
phenomena known as meteor showers when
Millions upon millions of these luckless OBJ
ects are ga s up BY the earth in the
move in so large belt that showers occur
'nly at periods of 1OS-years, but the number
If stragglers is so great as to afford us an
lually fine display of celestial fireworks.
The August meteors, in whatever part of the
leavens they may be seen, all seem to radate
rom the constellation Perseus. Hence they
re called Perseids. 1t is an interesting way
0 pass an evening, and if you have pretty
irl to help watch, the enjoyment is increased
Many fold.
Gov. Fuller was one of the orators at the
towe centennial celebration. He dwelt, as
very true VermOnter is so fond of doing, on
,me of the extraordinary and inspiring chap
RS of our history and searching for the rea-
IN and the philosophy of them said:
Your history is part of common life and amid
e Businesses of mountain homes you have
reathed in the pure air of loyalty that i'll some
ysterous and wonderful manner creates a
ntiment that stands alone in the history OF
ces and peoples. In mountain homes ana
nong a free people there need be no fear of
larchy, the breeding of corruption or the crea-
IN of a community of discontents, but rather
e outflow of pure and devoted lives that
rengthen and make enduring our public insti-
tions, which rest so largely uponi the inteli.
nee, love and loyalty OF those who live and
II unmoved by such surroundings. Grand as
e century has been in our history, may the
cOnd new dawning present stronger outline
d more brilliant setting because of the foun-
ton so broadly laid with opportunities so
arly presented and upon a scale sufficiently
for the events which time alone
II reveal.