The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-01

} Van Doom & Morris have chimney
for the Welsbach gas burners. adv.
Corn peppers for 10 cts. Is cts
and 20 cts. each, Mt Van Doom
Morris. adv.
The supreme court AT Montpelier
has taken 4 recess until Thanksgiving
week. No decisions were announced
SO there is another wait in the Mari.
boro pond case, though il is known
that il has been decided
Rev l.. d. Temple concluded his
course u sermons on the ProdigaI
Son last Sabbath evening, with one
specially treating Of music and dane
ing. The series has been a most
thoughtful one, both broadening and
uplifting, and has been followed with
much interest.
The Prospect Hill Book club held a
meeting Monday evening at the home
Of D. Il. Tasker, and elected Mrs.
Frank Platts president, and -. T..
Tasker vice-president, secretary and
treasurer
Miss Edith Greene entertained 16
of her friends last evening at her home
on Canal Street with Halloween"
party. Startling ghost-stories were
told and Halloween tricks played after
which refreshments were served.
Miss Alice Waterman entertained the
class OF '97 at her home on Western
Ave. last evening, Halloween" games
being the order. Refreshments Of ice
cream and cake were served and all
returned on the trolley.
1t turns out that the late b. A.
Clark had S., 900 more accident insur-
ance than has been reported, making
S26, 600 in all, in addition to tho 50. 500
life insurance. This last So, GOO was in
the Travellers, and was on two tickets
that he bought at the depot in Sep
TENDER. The New York Life policy of
$500, which was payable to the
estate. had to wait for the appointment
of an administrator. and will now be
paid at once
Henry Payne oflWardsboro and in
the employ of the Lime Co. there, got
full of prohibitory Juice when down
here October, 2lst. He was arrested
and brought back here Monday by Sher-
i'll II. N. Fits, plead guilty before
Justice Newton, paid the usual s.. 90
and costs amounting to SIG. His dis
close resulted in raid on Patrick
Manning of the Milestone block. where
Sheriff Starkey seized seven cases of
beer. Mr.. Manning was hauled before
Justice Newton and denied selling Ia
the man or that he dealt in any bever-
ages stronger than hop beer. But he
was convicted on complaint for keep
ing with intent to sell, and of five
otfenses of selling, corresponding to the
number of drinks which Payne sworc
he got there and which could not hy
any possibility alone have got him
drunk. Then the beer was placed in
the hands of Druggist Chaplin for
analysis, bringing the report Tuesday
that there were two kinds Of
it. one containing but trifle over 2
per cent of alcohol and the other about
434 per cent The latter Mr.. Chaplin
swore would intoxicate and had the
of ordinary lager. The re-
suit was that Justice Newton imposed
fines of s. for keeping and $50 for sell
ing, amountingtin all to sl0l. 40, includ-
ing costs.
The y. Y. World offers this crit-
cism:
''Out of india" by Rudyarl Kipling,s com
glomera zion of dull, commonplace descriptions
Of certai Indian cities and towns, railway
colleries &c.--thc sort OF stuff like.
" to be sent home for publication in country
weekly newspaper by the travelling proprietor
thereof. If sent by correspondent for pay a
editor would reject ninetenths
Of it at least. 1t is not only uninteresting as a
whole, but incomprehensible in great part by
reason of the authors habitual affectation OF
employing Hindu words Three or four good
little bits OF writing shine out in the mass like
vivid bits of broken colored glass in u gutter
full OF mud. &c " Dillingham;
The Bellows Falls Times gets wit |
BY again this week in its previous line.
Here it Isl
"Did you ever notice" asked II travelling man |
It Towns hotel the other day. show many PEG. |
,lciin Brattleboro have only one initial in their
names and that is IA? stood on the steps of |
he Brooks house recently and saw no less than |
sight or ten such names on sign boards and on
milk carts and delivery wagons that passed by. |
remember seeing names Ike these. A Hunt. !
\ Wells, A Knapp OF course stands for
Adam who was the primitive man, and town !
whose citizens are burdened by primitive |
ames must ne n primitive locality. "All |
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