The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-22


next week, SO that the REFORMER force may
have n few hours of on Thanksgiving day.
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The New York Life Insurance Co.,
has this week through the agency Of
A. w. Childe 4 Co., paid its $750(
policy on the late b. A. Clark.
There was an auction sale ycster-
day of Judge II. W. Clark's shares in
: tho Prospect Hill Aqueduct Co., and
they brought from $3.50 to 81 share.
The cap of the chimney on Vinton
block was blown of Friday afternoon,
and Artist r. g. Hardie who was pass
ing, narrowly escaped injury in the
shower of pieces.
A dozen or fifteen men anil a
number of teams have been at work at
the Valley Fair ground, covering the
track with loom. The work is ex-
pected to be finished tomorrow and
the track will be equal to any in New
England.
A pair of big sale horses owned by
r., E. Blood were out ON the Avenue
for exercise with heavy cart one day
this week. and frightened by the
trolley. ran away down Green street
colliding in front of the Reed building
with single team. All these horses
were thrown in heap, and the driver
of the runawayslgot a few slight bruises,
and there were some breaks about the
wagon but no serious damage done.
- The late Eben Jordan, of Boston,
was not only the friend in need of
Richard Mansfield and the early patron
of Nordica, but also the "discoverer'
of the celebrated Jim Fisk, Jr., who
came to the merchants store to re
plenish his peddler's stock and made
so good an impression on the head of
the house that he was engaged as a
clerk. Fisk was soon in receipt of
the highest salary paid by the estab-
lishment and eventually becamea car
penter.
Miss Anna Sargent, aged 40 years,
and niece of Mrs. Electa Dutton of
this place. was found wandering
about the streets of Denver, Col,
one day last week apparently unsound
in mind. She had gone to the latter
place from Worcester, Mass, and was
to marry ranchman at Denver the
day she was found. The cause of her
trouble was the fact that upon arriv-
ing at Denver she found her betrothed
a corpse and grief had evidently
driven her insane. Her father was the
late Nelson Sargent, native OF Dunn
merston. who was at one time a
wealthy hotel owner in Denver.
Rev. +. b. Leavitt's lecture Sun
day evening on MANS Duty to His
Mind' the second IN the Christian
Citizenship series, was largely atten-
ded and like the first was noteworthy
production. He argued that reading
and education were as necessary for
the mind as athletics for the body, to
keep it in training and sound con
dition. 1t is the best defence against
temptation, for the man who is at the
mercy of another for his recreation
and amusement must needs become
worldly and grow to have worldly stan
dards. The more man knows and
understands. the more he can read OF
the great truths of nature, with its
farmland of exquisite beauties, its
vast and imitless reaches in every
realm of science The fuller and richer
life is for him. What man sees in
this world of human life and thought
is not what he looks at but what he
has been trained to observe. The
speaker discussed the place of the
newspaper, the magazine, the library
the public school and the college in
the wants of culture, finding that
these all in their way help a man to
educate himself, but not even will the
college help him to be educated.
For ii is in the exercise of the mind
like the body that strength is ac-
quired.
The Musical Courier of this sweek
has an extended notice by mail of Mary
Howe's triumpts in Berlin, IAN un-
qualified and a most hearty and unani-
nous one" it says, and adds:
The house was sold out to the very last seat
and among the audience Noticed great many
Americans. Miss Howe, who looked a. charm
ing as possible in her own native beauty and In
her costly French costumes. sang the first two
acts in German, and although the strangeness Of
the surroundings (she not having been on the
operate stage for over seven years. as well Is
the difficulty iof the Language, seemed to be
vocal powers, she nevertheless ereateda most
profound and decidedly favorable impression.
The mad scene of the third act, however
which our lovely countrywoman sang in the
language in which II was composed viz in ltal
ian, carried the audience with it and such
storms of applause ,broke forth ut the end Of
Z.
several times after each of the preceding acts
had to again and again appear before the cur
tain and bow her thanks. Such perfect vocal.
ization as in the duet with the iiute, such sweet
ness, clearness and purity of voice. together
with fawnlcss information and rare lneNibiiity
rs well as resonance in the very lhighest notes
(up to in att have not been heard since the
palmiest days of Etclka Gerster. That this is
not only my Town, perhaps T. trifle prejudiced
opinion, but the verdict of the entire Berlin
press with nnanimity (which $50 far have not
yet seen equaied here.
-Pulen the grocer has a big layout
for Thanksgiving: Six lbs. raisins 25c.,
new figs Zoe. h., new honey Zoe. h.,
new citron 20 and SOC. h.. new dates
Zoe. h., new California and English
walnuts at 15c. b., Cape cod cranber-
ries Zoe. qt., potatoes 3Sc. bushel, lard
Sc. h., cottolene Sc. Id. Remember
the place. at Pullen's grocery. adv.
..Welco,ne. Welcome, DO 1 Sing"
Gustave Smith of Waterbury, Conn.
is visiting friends in town this week. -
Melvin Harrington, of the firm of
Harrington. Haskins Il Co., of Phila
delphia. called on friends in town this
week on his way to Bethel G. p.
Beach of New London, Conn.,, was in
town for few days this week. DIR.
Shoaies of Boston has been in town
this week, returning yesterday. He
will leave about Jan. !st for trip to
California. Mrs. M. Brown of New
York is spending month with the
Manleys at the Brooks house. Over
Sunday guests at the Brooks house
were +. =. Wilder of st. Louis, II. d.
Carey of Buffalo, j. r. and J. II.
Lockwood of Burlington, W. G. De-
Calignay of Boston, Thos. McGinnis
of Boston. Chas. b. Dales, L. +.
Pettee and J. NJ. Washburn of New
York. C. H. Houghton of Syracuse, N.