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

4 hS .''uSc scHoolS close to-day To-
a two weeks vacation.
"A party of young men took trim tc
heyes. hill one day this week looking
Tor bear, but we're unsuccessful.
AL of the stores have been oper
every night this week and will con
tinue so until after the holiday season
--Brattlcboro has more snow thar
the surrounding towns and there j,
less here than down the valley ii
Springfield.
Durham Bros. shipments by OK
press alone from their wholesale dc
partment in one day this week. amount
ed to one ton.
L. +. Mason is tearing down tn,
summer postoiiice building and is tc
convert it into "A dwelling house on the
Trendall place on South Main street.
Watson S. French was trisd Tues,
day at Concord, n. H., for selling
liquor without ii government license
and fined $50 and costs. He plead
guilty to a charge of not displaying the
license and SO got off thus easily,
The department has authorized
the postmaster to give the letter boxes
two coats of vermilion paint. But he
has asked to have the color changed to
green or white to distinguish them
from the fire alarm boxes.
G. A. Billings of Hatfield. Mass.
representative of Sutter Bros, of Chi
caso has been in town and vicinity
this week picking up some '9i tobacco
crops and few of this year. He will
open the Suffer Bros, stripping and
packing establishment here ahoutsJan.
LIST.
Pratt, Wright ~ Co.. have an AZ
tistic bit of decoration III one of their
display windows. 1t consists Of Il wood
land scene, with pond, shrubbery, etc. E,
and number of rabbits sporting
about at their leisure. The window
has attracted considerable attention
and is delight to the little folks.
Quite party of skaters went over
to Chesterfield Tuesday for an even
ing's enjoyment on the Lake, and
while they were there the Wyontha
cottage caught fire from II gasoline
stove which some one of the party had
started, but by smashing through the
door the blaze was squclchcd before
over about sl5 damage had been done.
Electric road development has only
begun among our hills. The parties
who recently purchased IA large tract
of land for fish preserve in Stratton
are reported to have asked the Ben
nington & Glastonbury company to OK
tend its road, Offering to furnish a
part of the capital and to establish a
big summer resort there.
Mrs II. G. Willard of Greenfield
formerly of Brattleboro. cousin of the
late Eugene Field, has received several
copies of a Field memorial sheet issued
by q. II. fcnowinc of Chicago. 1t con
tains Il number of pictures of Mr. Field,
selections from his verse, and tributes
to his work from eminent men. 1t will
be priced by every one who knew the
poet.
The town hall committee expect to
have the opera house completed by
Jan. 20, and the question is what and
how shall be the opening. Rev. Mr..
Day made strong appeal. backed by
several business men, to let the Old
Folks Singing Skulc for the benefit of
the Boys Battalion have it; but the
selectmcn said they planned to have
for the benefit of the town.
But the town hall committee plan to
have free entertainment for the open
ing. There is liable to be considerable |
friction before this point is passed.
Then the selectmea are strongly in
clined to tho policy of giving the con
troll of the hall to some one man, and |
friction is pretty certain over that.
Miss Carrie Hall. who has been
stopping at G. ID. Whitman's, |
has started on visit through towns in
before returning TO her
home in the west. Miss Hall is the
first lady who ever joined the grange |
and it was through her influence that !
ladies' were admitted. Her sentiments |
are fully with their banner, 'Faith,
Hope, Charity. Fidelity which was
4 handsome and artistic piece of dec |
oration at their meetings last week. |
The background was pure white with |
gilt letters.
Prof. Bristol of Vermont Academy, |
Saxtons River, gave a public address
1t the High school building Wednes
lay. His subject was "A Talk to
Teachers in which he pointed out
he fact that teaching is guidance and
on the idea in many ways.
He also illustrated What Teaching is
Not and What ii Should be. Mr..
Bristol is an easy speaker and spoke
rom experience on the different points.
Mrs. +. II. Smith hopes to help
,ring Merry Christmas to a good
many people by the sending this week
# five barrels of clothing and bedding
or distribution among the poor One
,arrcl to tn. Everyday church, Boston,
dass.. one barrel to home for dcsti-
ute men in New York city, and three
barrels to the Gospel Chapel Mission
chool, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BrattIebOreans and Others.
Postal Clerk G. II. Beach of the
,rattleboro and New London route re-
eiyed news Friday of the death of his
,rother. r. O. Beach. at La Janta,
yol.. whose critical condition from
was reported last week.
Ion. Franklin II. Hale of Lunenburg
,as in town Tuesday auditing the ac-
cunts with county and state officials
nd magistrates. Fred Brazor resigns
is position as choirmaster of
he Episcopal church January lst -
Hiss Zetta Stewart is to be or.
anist at the Unitarian church the
oming year. Original invalid pension
AS been granted to Napoleon A. Chen
V. late of Co.. G, 10Th Regt. n. V.
;avalry, under the new law. Rate, So
er month from April %. 1888. w. II.
Ienlev of Boston, traveller for Brown,
)urreil &ICo., with hisjwifc and son,
rere at the Brooks house over Sunday,
nd they will return January lst.. to
,ake their home there. Eugene
dams leaves soon for Springfield,
fass.. where he takes position with