The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-06
Chasing ofthe Bridge.

lne ia ra;nst crossing. No one knew
met What was intended by the railro :s
folks and all sorts of rumors "e'9
No other subject was discussed ourins
the dav and the outcome OF the aiiail
r,as The calling of of mass meeting
sunday to take such action as y ~a as
naaded Very little good came OF " DIS
thera was nothing done but to select
,.nn,n,; ttee az three to wait upon tne
d e M folks to see what arrange
n,ants could be made to keep the
hr;doa omen until such time as IS, Some
athar way could be provided. Inere
eaa,ns to he but one opinion amohss.
tbe neonle and that is that whatever
nov he done at this time by THIS CON
m;itee would be only be OF temporal,
ra+,,re and that the near future "ouiu
saa the h, idge closed to public travel
Such being the case the only aiterha,
five is the tollibridge and this Is 80
far from the valley that IT is apou'
, 10" TO expect to depend upon H..
Conservatiye men both in bellows
Falls and North Walpole express !n '
an;nion that the time is ripe Tor actIo ii
laoL;no TO the purchase OF the .oii
bridge franchise and the erection u, d"
new travel bridge from Kock Ih VAN
street to Court street IN NoIln Wet
mole. OF course the toll pfiose n nr.ar
first be purchased as py lls ;,3 Im", am on
and under the law no other prius1 o" na
be built as near as this proPoseu h G ;nh
would be. This is matter III w. ,,nr,,
Fellows Falls business men are .,o odlS
deeply interested and woulu saui.
lend their aid to freeing the ' ~,
means of communication between 'nn
village and the surrounding .o"a?
the New Hampshire side OF the i in,e
Some years ago the Times asiua let
the question to cohslueiaon .4o,,t;on
and did much to call pubic al.en' tba
to the = question. IN we" 81 would
present condition OF things ~ hand
appear that the time Is close a. 10 taL.
when some decided action WIN ~ r,,nra
en- and the sooner the pel1er. ,na " aro
is but little question that .nIao ho
many people in North, Maipoa e;lraad
raaard the closing of the railroad
hr;daa as a beneficial action rather
+t,an otherwise for as long as IL is
allnwed TO be used as public thorough
fare nothing will be done toward Sc
n'r;no some other convenience. III is
S.id that figures have been gwen Dy
two bridge companies that would lndl-
cate that for from SIS, 600 to slo.ooo
IRON bridge could be thrown across 1he
nil dam. Assuming that the toli
hr;doe can be bought for SS,Wo OF
s1O O0O II is reasonable to suppose t,lat
co. OO0 will cover the bill and at tnat
fr,,re we can not see how the erection
II a new bridge can well be dispenser
with.
George Was There
-, Al ,,f the 18th UT.
10 its description OF the isi's
Templar parade at Boston, M VS., on
TUESDAY told of rather an amusing
incident of lady in the grand stand
who had a boy in the crowd near lile
rone a few feet away. At every at
te,nnt If the policeman to force the
crowd hack the mother would shrek !:
n0h, Georgia Come out OF that
crowd, Youth be killed. On. dear !:
I shall not enjoy the parade bit II II
Won don't come up here in the grahu
stand. do come up here" But George
Who had red blood in his VEINS ue1
lined TO be imprisoned in grand
stand filed with ladies and shouted
s.I'm all right, mamma. I'm having
lofts of fun. This is fine fun, TINS Is
And there George Childs stayed and
en- loved the parade and pushed ana
vas rushed in turn and declared to the
good natured policeman that ne was
having an elegant time.
Local Thought and Movement.
Alta spceial meeting of the Nortn
Walnole fire district held in the scho"i
house last Friday evening,it was voteo
10 mt in two additional electric lights.
F. B. and H. l.. Underhill have soid
thier lunch room TO Melvin buxton ~
Cold River, n. IL. The Onaerll III ~
brothers started in about year az
a,d Inv their accommodating disposl-
ton and strict attention 10 business ;
bnilt mn one of the best paying busl,
nees nIaces for the amount of capital
invested in town. The boys will be
,,I;osad Inv their many patrons. But as
M Ruyfon has been an old restaurant
man in wears past we hope that he WI
keen the place up to the high standard
achieved bv the Underhill boys.
The:infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Hartnett of North Wapiole'
died Thursday morning. The funera
was held Friday afternoon and the III.
termept at the Catholic cemetery al
Drewsville, N. II.
w. f. Aver and j. w. Shelly of Put
ney have opened their insurance ofhc'
in Tina II. Albee's law office.
Quite a few from this place attended
the races at White River Junction TINS
week.
Amussments
.sSpecial Delivery New York ano
Bostons big meiodramatic hit whlcf
will be seen here at the opera house
Friday evening. Sept 18th, has tive
scenes especially worthy of mention
One is the interior of the New 1orl
postoffice in full operation, during
which some very clever musical spec
;alties are introduced. The other Ii
i.Oid Harlem Bridge" by moonlight
opening and closing as the various
craft pass through.
The Guy Bros. Ministries which ap
near in Union hall on Saturday even
ING. Sept. 18th, under the auspices o
the Knights of Pythias Lodge are sur
TO have a full house. The company i
composed of first class artists in ever.
respect. They are obliged to give thei
show at the above place for tn
reason that the Opera house was rented
to another party for the Monday nigh
following and the rules of the hous
allow only one show week. And a
II is for the benefit of the local lodg
If the above order every one SHOULD
attend and help swell the fund in tn
treasury: for the money obtained b.
such societies is always used for
good cause.
Accidents.
Nike Bowen. while playing bal
Monday afternoon fell in running afte
a f,y ball, breaking his arm at the el