The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-18
THE REFoRMER: BRArTLEBoRo FRIDAY OCTOBER 49, 1885,


hall has been awarded to Ryan Bros
and work will begin at once.
The contractors now promise tina
the post office rooms in the town hal
will be ready in about fortnight.
Children of both larger and smalle
size should be cautioned not to toucl
loose wires which they may see round
The Mrs. f. p. Carpenter resi-
dcnce on North Main street is to rem
furnished for the winter at REASONABLE,
terms. Inquire of A. W. Chitls a Co
David Pierce who recently bough
| the Alexander milk route, has now
! bought the Clifford route from NORTH
/ IIinsdalc and will continue the two.
Sundays Springfield Republican
contained Il picture of the Avery Giant
Oxen which where exhibited al the
! fair here three years ago ard are now
being exhibited through Massachu-
sets.
Rev. }. b. Green, the Unitarian
pastor here dozen years ago, has ac-
cepted call to ST John. n. b., and
seconded by the American Unitarian
association and began his new duties
this month.
DR.. II. Nelson jackson, assistant
physician at the Brattlcboro retreat has
been called as assistant surgeon to the
Alma Proctor hospital at Burlington
in charge of Dr. Bingham, and will
leave for his new duties tomorrow.
Mrs. 4. 4. Doolittlc whose farm
house back of Centreville. was recently
burned. was again Il sufferer Friday to
the amount of some so by fire in lot
of corn from II acres of land. which
probably caught from Il spark from one
of the huskers' pipes.
The annual convention Of the
State Sabbath school association of
Vermont will be held in st Johns
bury next week Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday. The delegates to at
tend from the Center Congregational
church are Miss Lillian Park and
Arthur j. Tidd.
Mr.. and Mrs George Arthur are
taking a trip down the Mississippi in
their own steamer and letters this week
received by Mrs. Arthur's mother re
port their safe arrival in Memphis.
Mrs. Arthur will be remembered us
Alice. daughter of Mrs. c, j. Cook, of
she lived until her marriage to Mr.,
Arthur some years ago. Mr.. Arthur
has received the charge of large tim
Der lot in Mississippi and left for that
place from Iowa in this novel way.
There was a surprisingly small al
tendance at the special town meeting
Monday, only 10 to 100 voters being
present, and the business was ALP done
up within ID minutes Notwithstanding
the general suppressed wrath, because
there was no other way out l.. +,
\ dams was made chairman on motion
of Col. Hooker and then Col. Hooker,
seconded by Thomas, Manning. moved
that the additional repairs called for
by the warrant be made. and the mo-
tion carried Then Col. Hooker
moved that the 5000 be appropriat
ed. Questioned as to the need of new
Stating for the roof. he called on \. +.
Ryan who explained that when the
slate were laid. the alternate ones
were so narrow that water leaked in
under them: the slate should not be
less than l. inchess wide, S. W.
Richardson said that the new stating
was needed. for now the building
ltuhtAl ltht t l'dltl. ANU hilth
have you got there but barn. cX
claimed }. c. Pellet who had before
criticised the building severely, But
the motion carried viva vocc and the
meeting adjourned
A sharply contested justice suit
vas that before Judge Royal Tyler
Tuesday David Downer V. Chas. +.
Iattanach, an action to recover $40 for !
, month rent from july II To Aug. |
- and 81. 80 for moving ashes. 1t APP
,cared that defendant left the teue
nent Aug. Z because, as he claimed. |
le did not have Il sufficient supply of |
water. He claimed that the contract |
vas that there should he a supply of |
water provided by Downer's |
Wind mill and if il failed that the
landlord would connect with the |
'rowell main. that there were a
number of times when they didn't |
lave any, that most of the time from
he latter part of June until he left he
lad To pump the water for domestic
lse and to flush the closets. that as
one Of his children had
Iiphthcrctic sore throat which DIR.
Bruce attributed to that cause. that
Ic and his wife both called Downer's
ttention to il without result They
10Th testified. as did Frank Powers
nd Miss Gertrude Wood Ia the fact
( the shortage. while there was
lentv from the same source at Down
RS own home. and the claim was
hat Downer had shut them off because
revoked with the children. Downer
nd his daughter both testified as to
he contract, that he told Cattanach
hat there might be times when he
'ould have to pump. and the pumps
n the tenement Were all right for that
urpose. having been there long before
ne wind mill device. He denied that
t. ever shat them off or that he could
O So without shutting himself off
lso. at any rate until July 3 when a
top cock was put in. but being in the
'nement above him was as easily ac- !
essible to Cattanach as to Downer.
L. denied receiving any complaint
xcept about the packing of faucet
hich was attended to. He had no ,
ump in the house in which he lived
nd SO had to be supplied by the wind {
ill first. p. Fleming testified rs an
spert as to the plumbing. after the f,
the premises with both {
irties. He said that the closets were ,
the best kind to flush with a pail,
ut of course running water was better
nd they had been there for years be- :
ne there was running water. Judge i
ent for plaintiff for $40 and costs.
tits for ptf.. Stoddard for deft.
Get at Pullens one Of those new '
GLASSES Jugs free with a gallon of the {
'st Gnr. molasses. adv. i
WELCOME, welcome. do sing.
Mr.. and Mrs Stacy of Gill, Mass.
g visiting Frank Mcclure and wife.