The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-09


Another excursion to Block Islant
is announced for tomorrow, leaving a
go a. m. Tickets, which cost 81. so
good for return Monday.
Miss Fits kindergarten will oper
Monday Sept, 9th with class for the
advanced ones and one for those com
mencing this year.
The friends of Elias Kohler. form
erly tuner at Estey's and now OF
Guelph, Cam, will be sorry to hear OF
the recent death of his wife.
The National Life Insurance Co.
wrote II, million dollars of new bust
ness the past month and II. f. Taylor
a. Son wrote the largest amount of any
agent in Vermont.
John Galvin's phiz is one of those
that shine large picture just got out
by the Richmond Stove Co. showing
100 representative advocates of the
Richmond Steam HEATER
The two houses on Elliot street be-
were sold at auction Saturday in order
to close up the estate. VIM. Martin
bought them for $3.50.
The Boston and Maine railroad has
already laid over 1000 tons of new steel
rails, 76 pounds to the yard, on the
Valley road between Bellows Falls and
Brattleboro. The road is being
ballasted with gravel from the East
Dummerston pit at the rate of so car
loads day, large steam shovel be
ing employed in the work.
Editor +. l.. Houghton announces
the preparation of the manuscript for
a work on Holstein Fresian cattle, on
which he has been engaged for several
years and which he will publish with
over 100 illustrations. with all authen
ticated records and advanced registry
tests, andjwith a history of the breed and
valuable treatises on rllied subjects,
provided he can get 1000 subscriptions
in advance.
Burke a Pigeon whose purpose to
establish a hosiery mandatory here
was announced last week, have began
work putting up a building for that
purpose on Frost place. 1t is to be 40
ks in size, and 3 stories high except
the ell which is to be used for the
dyeing department. Mr.. Burke is
man of experience in the business
and has had as many as 30 men IN his |
employ. 1t is their purpose to start |
with about dozen hands.
"A. j. Markham, who has been sing
ing at Onset Bay, Mass, for several
weeks past, left there yesterday for
Temple Heights, Me-. where he has a
similar engagement. He has a very /
fiattering offer to go to indianapolis,
Ind, for October and November. and |
also one of Sl2 Sunday to sing in /
Berkeley hall, Boston, and doubtless
will accept one or the other to fill the |
time until the assembling OF congress.
when he goes to Washington, where he
is slated for position.
Brattlcborean ans and Others.
Rev. Thomas Cub preached at the
Baptist church at Vergennes, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Guellow, who have
been visiting at d. p. Cobb's since
hey broke up housekeeping, left Tues
lay for Boston. Miss Belle Scott
caves tomorrow for Keene, n. H., for
week S visit, after which she leaves
or Ware, Mass, where she has posi-
ion as clerk in store. The friends
# j. III. Woods. formerly of this place.
will be pleased to learn that he has
cceped very good position with W. j.
lady, one of Holyoke's leading photog
aphers. Hon. B. ID. Harris and wife
we're called to Keene. n. H., Wednes-
lay, to attend the funeral of Mrs
lords Harris. The many friends here
4 Misses Maude and Mabel johnson of
ieene, n. H., will be grieved to learn
f the sudden death of their mother.
rom heart trouble. Miss Mabel was ,
clerk at O. j. Pratt's. I
Tilt b. Goodkind, editor of the 5
,eformer Souvenir, and wife left Mon
ay for Bellows Falls, he going on his
heel. Miss Estella Cooper, formerly {
f this place but now of keene, n H.. {
as resigned her position in the tele t
hone exchange and accepted posi- {
ion as bookkeeper in Frank G.. bort IL a
20. s drug store. The musical papers '
nnounce that William J. LAWN has been :
ngaged to sing in France in l'Afri L
aine, les Hugenots, William Tell, La t
uive. and Romeo and Juliet, the {
)urnee to begin in November Joseph |
[ackett has taken Edison Burnham's a
lace in the Esteyvile band, as he had i
, resign, being conductor on the cleo h
'ic, railroad. NJ. B. Goodkind, the
litor of the Reformer Souvenir, is in
ew York for few days lay-otf. He II
now under contract to get out !.
Ouvenir for the Claremont Eagle He !.
to get out one for the Bellows Falls =
lines later in the season. The Misses !.
urke of Brooklyn, who have been at =
rs. Mary Shattuck's for the past
lree weeks, returned to their home in
Tuesday. Mrs. n. c. Saw Z
II left Monday for the White Mount .
ms, and will give natural history talks z
the different hotels Byron A. Stone n
Mohawk, n. T., was in town yester- d
~ with line of samples from the "
pocket book mandatory
it'll which he is connected. 1t was il
s first business trip to Brattleboro II
nee he began his successful bust n,
,ss career He is also interested, as I,
planned in the sketch of him in our a
ms of Vermont department last fall, re
the knitting manufacture at Mo n,
lwk. He and his family go to Will ii
ington tomorrow to spend some time T.
the Forest and Stream club, of of
lich he is member. Eric Landry in
turned Yesterday from Plattsburg, n. d,
where he was called to attend til
e funeral of his sister. F. H. ar
apg. formerly of the Reformer at this tb
ace and Greenfield, is employed on nc
e staff of the Boston STANDARD, the
P. A. organ. Miss Nellie Brown r.
turned this week from several "
,nths' stay with relatives in Passump- al
R. A. Brown and family and Miss en-
ary ellison leave tomorrow for two I,
eks' outing at Block Island. Mrs. 81
len Fish of Orange, Mass, is the "a "a
est of Mrs. A. B. Goodale. Mr.. md III
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