The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-23

DR.. y, |, NJ lIltf was dDlr 10 rlup
out for the first lime Wednesday after
his several weeks illness with rheu-
matte fever
There was brush fire back of
the store house at the depot Wednes-
day that looked quite threatening for /,
time. 1t was overcome only after con
Meeting hose with the Canal South
Main street hydrant.
Rev. j. II. Babbitt of West Brat
tleboro exchanged pulpits with Rev.
c. 0. Day Sunday morning. In the
evening Mr.. Day conducted half
hours praise service, followed by a
fine discourse on Muster notes. or
impressions which he received while
attending muster.
While taking down the rear wall
of the town hall, the workmen found a
brick upon which was written the fol
some 40 years ago: ''Why will you
thus my hopes destroy, ! cannot bear Il
rivals JOY 1t was evidently written
on the brick before it was baked at
West Brattleboro, where the bricks
were made and it was signed June. :"
On another brick was the deep inn
preSslOns OF cat tracks.
The Retormer story this;week In
the Shadow of Death" an English de-
tective tale of an experience with dy-
namiters, is wei worth reading 1t is
an effective piece of literary art and
notable in the present production of
short stories, in which some critics
believe the hest of American writing
is done in these days. Ii is all the
more interesting from the fact that it
is from the pen Of son in law of
Brattleboro. Truman h. Thaycr of
Amherst, Mass. who married Jessie,
daughter of Daniel Dutton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thayer. who have been stopping
with her fathers family at the cottage
on the Bliss farm for few weeks re-
turned this week to their Amherst
home.
Springfield, Mass, officers were
here this week in pursuit of girl
whom they suspected of having stolen
team there from Livcryman c. f.
Warehouse. She got it Sunday noon
to go TO West Springfield on what she
said was an urgent errand. promising
to be back 10y , O'Clock and not show
ing up all day, the police were put af
Ter lltI. ISllt Was tltSt1lllttl dSIDlL
years old, rather stout and with dark
curly hair. dressed in grey skirt,
light shirt waist and green cap. The
police thought they knew who she was
and that she had come to Brattleboro.
They traced her here all right and
found her but she proved not to be the
thief who was afterward arrested in
Chicopee.
The fourth week of the trolley has
now opended, with the long expected
dropping off of the business is still TO
come. In spite of the GOODNESS Of the
evenings, which almost affect the pleas,
ure riding, the daily footings of the
business somehow, because of the in
crease " business travel or something
else. keep up very close to the level
maintained from the beginning, Fri
day between 1000 and 100 fares were
registered, Saturday 1900, Sunday
300, Monday lisO Tuesday 1900,
Wednesday 1900 and yesterday 1900.
Total about 1900 against 1900 for
the week previous. In the first three
weeks of the running of the road end
in Tuesday night. the total was a little
over 40. 600, besides the dead heads on ,
he opening day. This week, there
'ore. is only 1900 below the average for |
he three weeks previous. 1t is to be /
noticed now that the people who at |
irst avoided the box car, are glad now 10 I
take it.
There are three more accidents (
his week on the trolley account. Mrs.
Harriet Goodnow of Nottingham pre-
'ers claim against the company for II
yrenched knee sustained in stepping .
IF the car. She claims that il started /
90 quick before she had time to get .
,tf. The company CLANS that it wait (
ID a suitable time, while Others got off 4
It the same time, and that she did not .
ret up until they were off substantial
y. p. p. Cobb undertook to board a
,ar which was going slowly down the
Main street hill Monday evening. and
lold of the perpendicular rail with the
wrist he broke last winter, and the
myers were stiff he got it twisted and
'roke the third finger near the third /.
oint. He did not motion for the ear
o stop, but took il for granted that it
vas going to. so he does not blame the
ompany in any way. Carl Winches
en- who was disciplining Mrs. +. f.
Brooks horse to get used to the car
at watching it on Oak street Wednes-
ay, when the animal squatted down
nder the thills, hoisted him out.
tripped off the harness and ran into I
he yard. He was not hurt and no /
ther harm was done. y
There is likely to be a large at ]
enhance tomorrow at the special town .
leeting to act on the question of {
eding territory from the town to the ,
illage school district. The people of ]
wedeville especially. or that part of ,
/ not now in the village district are !
ery anxious to be annexed. as they ,
ave been trying to do for several ,
ears. and they will get out every vote 5
ossible. Only a part of the people of i
-estern Avenue, who would be includ- ,
1 in the change. are in favor of it. |
nd the farmers are almost solid against I
. The matter is to be put in an IN /
,rtunate shape. for while there is no
uestion that the :Swedeville people, q
no desire to participate in the advan v
lges of our graded schools ought to be @
lowed to do so. and undoubtedly t
ould if that was all there was to it. /
lie opponents of the change argue Y
18th force that together too much O
as been attempted TO be included. b
D say nothing ofthose who do not f
ant to come in. Judge Wheeler. 7
no has looked up the matter carefully. g
1ds that the change would take |
I about $500 of the town districts $
and list, or IL of the whole with K
IT lessening the number of school n
be maintained. He says that I
II over 10 pupils would be in h
uded in the change So that for each &