The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

Our entcrprising mefchah.', W. -
Gorham is showing to the pupilc aui''
a display of Christmas goods ,,a,o
Quite number from Maple 1fo.e
attended the state grange held IN pfa'
tleboro last week. cu.in,iu,ool,
Ice houses are being filed tins week,
Ned Pettingill has returned 10 ny
home in Saxtons River having flhisnea
working for Henry Gorham, M ISIS
Mary Plumb came up Wednesday from
Invoke college to spend the vacation
m;tb her mother, Mrs Ellen Plumb.
Vim Rumril and Hugh Howard
have been chopping for A I wilcox. =
Nice Annie Chandler is home from
prny;dencc for few days. Miss Jen-
Mic Goodell is visiting relatives IN
Maiden, Mass. -Chas. Wcllman started
Monday as travelling salesman ior yea
and coffee firm. Mrs Loran 'ooaeli
has been quite sick the past lew
weeks,
Putney.
NJ \, church services, Sunday, Dec.
DOL. Morning worship, at lo:4o
cSclo.k sermon theme, Under the
palms or the Feast Of Tabernacles
sunday school, y O'Clock, Epworth
Taanne meeting, 7 o'clock Thursday
aSan ' prayer meeting at the church
at 7 40. Christmas eve Will DO %
Sawed Inv the Methodist Sunday schooi
with tree and concert ,t
Tho Stowell Mfg Co /, are now out
of work and have shut down Tor
while. j, ,;o., o,o.te1
.a:.,ar, ca, tbe coming six months, be-
ginning Jan. 1st, '96, last THURSDAY
evening. They are as follows; iresl-
dent Miss Gertrude Woodburn; wee
pres. Fred Harmon; Sec and
Treas.. Jewett Knight: Cor Ser.'
Mrs. Frank Fiiield. .at
The selectmcn have called a speciai
town meeting which will take place
IN the town hall Saturday, Dec. 2oth.
Nc business for consideration is as
follows. |. To see if the town VIII
vote to raise money to meet the ~,
penses of highway. :. 70 near 'i ao
report of committee appolhteo '. e'o
about providing the town WIN :, d
suitable protection against ilr': D.
To sec if the town will vote TO rai n d
sum of money, not to exceed % wv "
be expended for fire protectioh' hh'
Putnev should have suitable pfotec
tion against fire seems adFisapie' ai''
though past attempts To secure this
have failed, we hope those VINO opposu'
Il then will now rally to Its support
We have had object lessons IN inc
burning of Coles mill and Mr.. ingalls,
harm and we see that this town is no'
fire proof. Should any of our houses
out of range of the shops, eaten hie'
unless discovered at their very hegitni
ninu. would burn to the ground with
Int little oppos ton. Those who have
thc hest interest of the town at near
will helm TO secure for it IA fire protec
tion. even though it is of no dlrec'
benefit 10 them ,.,. =
The cantata. Under the Palms t
he conducted by Arthur Parker, WI
he aiven at the town hall Friday oven
mo. ian. I'd, instead of Dec 9th, IA
before announced. \, r.
Among the Christmas articles NJ, u
Williams displays this year his line o
dolls are prominent Don't you go on
of town for dolls. ,o,.
4. NJ. Corser has Santa Claus
method of gaining access to our nous ~,
illustrated in his show window
are Glad the old fellow doesn't AWAY
find such small chimneys.
, LYMAN Bailey is to have new coy
cred sleigh which he will run from IN
depot to the village. o.,
Our Masons of the Golden hui
!, Iodre. No. - celebrated their AZ
annual installation of officers IN tnni
hall last Wednesday evening. II
quests for the evening assembled !
The upper hall and in response to III
, summons formed in IA line and marche
q 10 supper in the dining room to ninsl
q Inv Mir. Pierce. the evenings enter
tainment began by violin solo by "
i. Aver. Then W.D. Waite gave som
> lords of welcome to the ladies. Nj
KimhaIl followed by reviewing u
\ rear and his remarks were both II
4 tcrpstinn and Instructive. the luat
q bad "a members at the beginning
Ii the wear % and that number has Zee
increased by five during the year an
# but ono member has been caIle.' awe
bv death, Dorr Blood. y quartet ga
very pretty selection. Wheh ~ y,
Kimball concluded, "The song OF u
Birds Then followed the lnstaii
NJ ton by Mr. Young of Brat.lepor
The officers installed were as ioiiow'
e NJ. d. Whitman, W. NJ. John l
II McRca. S. w; Frank ). Harris; ,
n ". II. &. Eveleth, Treas. wlll
Aver. Sec. Charles II. Simonds'
d D.. Charles ". Brooks, j; u
r Charles +. Harrington, 5: s.; f.
At Amlin. J. s.. Warren d. Waite, cha
re lain: C.. ". kimball, marshal 4
u drew A. Wing, 7. y solo by N
II Shelley. next in order, was followed
an address by Rev. y. j. Hough, t
az Methodist minister of Brattleboro, 81
N this excellent address was followed
10 n solo by Mr.. Gilbert. DR.. Fost
of who had charge of the program nc
called upon Mr.. ellison of New Ham
or shire. who interested those prese
re with a few interesting remarks IN !
u. card to Masonic signs. And LaWy
Rofb of Bellows Falls, who was ne
called upon, made further renar
along that line. Lyman Bailey, thouI
,e we know he wished to be let alor
10 pretended that he was delighted tn
the doctor called for remarks ire
he him. DIR. Munger had some remar
u. f. MAKE so Mr. Bailey said, but t
n. doctor got out of it by telling stor
B. The evening was concluded by mus
og by the quartet.
re At the Baptist church busin'
er meeting held last Saturday ait'
nd noon Rev. +. +. Mitchell acted
moderator and the following Office
we're elected: Clerk, +. y. Burdi
dcacons. II. O. Dodge. +. Q. Case
he executive committee, +. i. Fife
;es Mrs. S. Holton, G. j.. Pierce: ushe
J. J. Knight, NJ. b. Switzer. FL
he lIannum Austin Smith; committee
30 baptism. f. A. Fifield,.J j. knigl
Mrs. D. Frost. Mrs. +. \. fitielt
he nnlitnrs 6 L King Mrs. Fro