The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-03-16


grou y ~ OF L 'ndenhurst Mon lay.
-Tne winter ter OF Miss + ttI' Kinder
gen closes today for two weeKs' vacation.
The appoint nont OF Pos m ,ster Cnild
was cbnd md nv the senate yesterday.
LITTLE Ada Bascom found . g sssnoppe
asst Frti,y. r ,thsr early TOR grH.h ,o,srs
The children OF the various Sun i.y
schools ere preparing for their 'stsr con
certs.
All hut one scholar out OF the AZ II Mis-,
Minnie Br.zor's school, the Canal street pri
msry, have been out with the measles thi,
winter.
The Larabee.H ,rris case, for that Fourtt
of July ducki"g. IL on trial At Newfans today
amt number of Brattleboreans are up al
witnesses.
John Fenton has been lad up all the
week with an injured loot. An unruiv horse
got it, foot awav from him Friday and struck
his instep and bruised 1t badly.
| Mrs Z n Davenport will read Miss VII.
kins' be ,utiful little story 80 n.y. and other
selections IN the Brattebor Retreat enter.
lainnent course n-xt Tuesday evening.
Have we another tire bug opera ing In the
village? The two fires OF this week both
| look so. and the remarkable record since last
Nay, with the 10 alarms we have had, warrant
some extra violence.
AT s.. MichaeIs Episcopal Church. the
Broth Arnoo Of saint Andrew will hold daily,
b ginning at five minutes past noon and last.
Ing for five minu'es only, which business men
especially are invite TO attend.
-MIchsel Flaming was arrested and ar.
raixned Mnuday before Justice Newton for
assault. but "a his band was In a bad cnndi.
ton Che was injured on the railroa few
m 'nlhs ago. continuance for fortnight
was granted. The case appears to be an I'M
savory one. There has been an unpleasant
plent,tude of these here lat"Iy Including three
bastardly action within a fortnight.
The Connecticut and West rivers were
full of A rating ice Sunday and have contained
good deal since. The break I'D above Bel
lows Falls commenced We inesdav morning
and within an hour the river was cIesred IN
that Vicinity. The ice had rotted very thin
during the past two weeks. so th,t no injury
II reported any where. The river cleared from
the falls to the mouth 10 days ago.
Toe following members of the High
schnol gra iuating class are 10 speak In the
gradu itng exercises. The fir,t six were
highest In scholarship, the next six we're
highest In their English work Composition
an speaktng) and the last three were chosen
from the cI4>.: Walter E tidy, Fr.nk Morse.
N srion FISK, Ii ian Laveile, Lrcis Foster,
Fl allen Fent IN, Charles Boy den. Hsrrv White.
Charles Franklin, William DunIevy, Pearly
doImrs and Florence Wellman.
REMOVALS.: The widow and three children
of the lsle A. n. Mcdonald moved Saturday
from % SO. Main to her fathers home on
Cedar .trpet.-Chas. Bemis from the old toll
house to tbs corner OF Hudson and Vernon
streets &C. s. Hemenway and c. Streeter
from Is Green to IS So Main john Nicholas
moved from % Bryce to 2 MILESTONE block
70 do,a haf0lo tho FRI III M Lee
from Mrs Reeds house on Green street to
West Brartleboro. John HankeI from G l. |
Combs house on Pearl to E,tey street.-A. |
WYATT expects to occupy his new house
On No. Main street April 1st.-Mrs. 81 title
Wymsn moves from Clark street 10 % South
street to Crosby hlock.-Mrs. Mary Wsrder
"a 10 begin houst keeping the LIST OF May In
me tenement IN Cashier Averilps house, va.
lated by W. C. Carpenter.
An Albany correspondent OF the SnrinS-
ield Republican writes to that paper, about
be- death OF A. Hail:
I knew "Ad" when he was resident of the
I'm He was a gent eman. His kindly sye,
oft and melodious voice. and pleasant smile
made him pleasure when conversing with him
is was companionable man, and good story,
'isks Of Bratteboro fame At one time In the
lfer F1sk's career he sold lightning rOts Be
omng ANNOYED at not making any impression
,rned In disgust to leave. with the remark:
re YOU bigger man than Wiltiam
warts? Confound you. rodded himi" A.
oods with his gorgeous chariot and fourth.
and, he failed 10 make 9 satisfactory impress
on on farmers wife for the sale Of 2 silk
ttiLg on the wagon. he asked him II the goods
question were not Italian silk. Eyes. father
leekly said James. Jr; There. madam" said .
oppose brought my son mp TO- Hep" "Ad"
nsf nd ofs g0sd horse. He Will DO missed.
eace to his ashcs."
The exhibition Of the work ia drawing
one by thu pupils OF the public schools this
gar has attracted much attention and praise
ION all who have attended The exhibit was
rrangsd In room NJ. 7 10 the q gn school
uild,ng. and was open to the public Tues. !
~. Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, !
18th Miss Emma Houxnton. the teacher. In
1arga, and 1t was Q revelation to the Older I
eope OF the work being done 10 our schools =
ade In modern educational methods. Q
he work done BY the scholars WAS .
splavpd according to grades. and WAS pasted =
! large sheets of cardboard and fastened to 7
10 walls, besides several rows OF work. =
here were abou. 900 sheets Of paper 10 be- I
des clay work 70 ,dsl making. etc.. ma King q
al about 900 specimens on exhibition. u
be work Of the scsolsrs WAS IN three divi. =
Dns. that IL construction, representation and n
coration. and adhered to these lines riyh. Y
rough. In the primary work 1t Wa m ,.tlv p
rm study. and 1t wss really wonderful to
Q the work done even 10 this depsrt neut. y
the fifth, sixth. seventh, eighth and ninth y
AIDES there was special exhibit 10 counec- 81
N With the general one. The special ex ~
bit In the fifth grade consisted OF paper
ting aud folding. not for the sake of orns. o.
sntation but for the study OF gpometrical al
rms. Tue seventh grade had for their 70
ecial work free hand object drawing, while "
. work OF the eighth grade consisted of o
|g'cal designs, and 10 connection with this r.
ok W the principles of what constitutes 9 ~
cd design. etc. Tne ninth grade. special u
'rk Was historic art and included Egy ptisn, d
ecian, Z imam an Bye .utipe art II con- :,
ctlOn " tn thi' was taken up the study OF op
, customs, h.bits. NEUROLOGICAL legends, s e.,
,hitecturs aud many other Interesting facts W
regard to these countries. o Q IL really "a
szed at the amount Of general knowl 'dIe DC
i toe pupils obtain even In this one stu iy WI
9 three upper grades h:ve taken up geo. Le
trical drawing and model making. as ~
IsticsI application of their ge0matricsl -
'blems the work Of the Il 'gh &c iool Du. 10
a and pencil drawing. Much credit is due err
teacher for the great pains taken 10 this oe'
aud for the high standard which the no
rk has STAINED. MI
lARcHINGs: Col. VIM. c. HoIbrook, d.
Ixnt-r Margaret and son Chalmers re. TO-
n u to New Y ,rk Tuesday after few ~" mn
g VISIT vito bis "a her, Px-4ov. Holbrook. ~
returned to bis home 'nGrove o.
day after attending tn, Mort street ",
pol.-Mrs. ID. P Dewitt returned Sat- h. ,
AZ from a visit 10 Springfield and New 10,
t, N. H.-Mi.s Florence W nit' Will return n.
nd.y from her STAY 10 New York.-Mis.
&c Emerson returned yesterday from :
I!es'e, cnlsse for weeks vaca Ion IF. 9