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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27

Miss Ella Prouty left Sunday even
ing for visit to her parents in Ne
braska. She expected to arrive there
Wednesday morning in time to witness
the marriage of her brother, Ed
Prouty, which occurred at high noon
Yesterday. Miss Prouty's parents
| moved to the west some ten years ago
having been former residents of this
place. This is her first visit. Mrs.
Henry Wordsworth leaves for Boston
g LIST of January. j. }. Eccles re-
turned Monday night from Philadel-
mia. Mr.. Dean, father Of Mrs. Rob
ert Wheeler of this place, left Friday
for New York where he has secured a
position as policeman. Judge }. NJ.
TYLER and wife have returned from
BOSTON. Merchant f. u. Simpson
starts Monday on his annual business
trip.-Miss Maud Essex returned Mon
dav from her two years stay with ner
narents in London, Eng. "A. Y. Nc
Lane of Burlington was here for the
holiday, and next week Mrs. McLane
leaves for Burlington where they are to
livr.-Miss Addic Nimmo, milliner for
Mrs W. III. Phillips leaves next week
for her home in Flushing, N. y
Miss Estelle Tidd. who has several
times contributed stories To the he
former columns. has lust completed
course at Albany Business College
and has taken a position ut CobbSkiii,
n Y. Miss Amy Hines left to-day
Cor a weeks visit with friends IN
New York. Mr. Sherman. or
can tuner at Esteys, leaves today Tor
Boston to take a position in connection
with the Estey ware rooms there.
Ed Leitsinger will succeed, MN at the
shop. Chas. +. Sturgess has walked
ON crutches most of the week rs re-
sult of an injured ankle which he got
wh;lo fooling with fellow workman
Mrs. Susan Jones has gone 70 i n9s
ton for medical treatment. Mrs, WI
dor and Mrs George Wilder and Don
Wilder's two children left YESTERDAY
for Wai,sfcld. DR.. A. l. Miller nas
hecn reappointed health officer ior
Dummerston: Tuiiloiu
md Marlboro. Dennis O'NeiiL former
.antain of the local ball team. rs inc
Democrats candidate for cry soiicitol
AZ Holyollc. Mass. Geo ,. ferfy 20
tn Drawers. Mass. to assist 'h i"e
Troccrv business of his brother !
Something new! Celery cigars
Rest tobacco. > and ltc. trd lo 'ro
nerves. Try them. Sold NY '""'s
.roorp adv
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
..WeIcnmc. WelcOme, DO Sing g

Prof. Clark of John Hopkins Uni
yersity of Baltimore, Md, came Sat
urtiay to be the guest of his mother -
Irma Dion returned Wednesday FROM Il
three months visit with her brother.
John Dlon. in Worcester Mass. --
George II. Huugh came home from
Wesleyan University to spend Christ
mas and leaves today with the Wesley
an Mandolin and Glec club for tour
through the South. Thomas Brown of
st. Johnsbury is here visiting his
mother. Miss Alice McGee of New
York is here for visit at Mrs. Julia
Brosnahan's. james Fisk Hooker
from the Columbia Law school. New
York is at his parent 6. Col. and Mrs. q.
Hooker. Miss Margaret Lynch who
has resided in Holyoke for the past
seyen wears returned to her home here
Monday. M. z. Austin came Monday
from Pittsfield and will remain here
with his parents for a few months.
Mrs. Thos Roach OF Florence. Mass, is
4 guest at Photographer j. G. Howe's.
-Draper Phelps is ut Mrs. DIR. ORA
nar,s John r. Calvin of st. Mays
college. Montreal. is home for a ten
days' vacation. DIR. c. NJ. Wilkins of
Arizona is at the Brooks house, the
guest of Editor +. L. Houghton. Miss
Nettie Mooman from Northtield Scmin-
arv is spending her vacation at Rev. L.
~ Temples. Mrs Lucy Warner of
is a guest at L. }. II. Cud
rorth's. Miss Noel ]. Bullock of
plainfie!d. y. J.. lisa guest of her aunt /
Nrs. I. Y. Thorn during the holidays.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27

Mrs. VI. Dugan is improving from
her recent illness. Mrs. Jane Sheldon
is recovering from the injuries re.
ceived from fall 4 week ago. Miss
Elizabeth Cram is improving from her
shock of last week. Miss Nellie La
velle, teacher in West Chesterfield,
was obliged to give up her duties for a
week on account of illness, returning
TO her school yesterday. Mrs. Lizzie
Holland after being at the hospital
in Burlington for the last nine
months, has been visiting at J. p.
Elmcr's and left Monday for her home
in Dover. She is much improved in
health. Mrs. \. ID. Putnam has been
critically i'll the past week. Miss
Grace kinson is able to be out after
her recent illness. Mrs. Dunklee who
has been i'll several weeks at her
Mrs Will Powers, has re-
turned to her home in Marlboro. Mrs.
ID, p Dewitt is on the sick list.
Chas. Bracket is very i'll threatened
with pneumonia. Michael Manning
is now able to sit up after a three
weeks siege with rheumatism. The
Young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Ware
is very i'll. X. +. Wyatt is critically
i'll with Il tumor on the brain. C. b.
Dickinson who has been threatened
with typhoid fever is more comfortable
his morning.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27

Mrs. Frinll has returned to her home
in Amherst, Mass, after a visit with
her daughter. Mrs. Bert Morse. Miss
Agnes Coolidge returns tomorrow TO
her school duties at Athol. Mass. w.
{. Pettec returned yesterday to New
York. Miss Nellie Matthcwson has re-
turned to her Springfield. Mass. home
after !; couple weeks visit here. Miss
Winklcr who has been at Fred Smith g
for several weeks, left Monday for Phil
adelphia. E. Thomas has returned TO
Boston after Jews days spent here.
Allyn Crosby returned TO Hartford yes
ter,lay after a brief holiday vacation
here.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
..who Co.neth over tn. ANS"

Rev. FIR. Reynolds was the guest oi
Rev. FIR. Cunningham last week.
Mrs. Mary Kirkland was the guest of
her son. DIR. Edward Kirkland Il. Bel
lows Falls this week. Henry Robinson
spent Sunday in Chesterfield with his
friend. Perley Richardson. VIM krok-
strom, farmer for the Forest Steam
club at Wilmington. is here forH visit
with his sister. Mrs |. q. L. smith
returned Tuesday evening from New
fame where she had been caring for her
father. Mrs. %. II. Stctson has come
from jacksonville 10 spend the winter
with her daughter. Mrs. W. l.. Jones.
Miss Annie Rcddin il spending the
week at her home in South Vernon.
Miss Fife Gould is visiting among rel
atives in Putney this week.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
)x, the Newsman
ground on Elliot St"

fxGny. Fuller was able to be
Jed into his library the day be fore
ktmas
". Lord has purchased Il build
lot on Cherry street of Merrick
bwlcy.
ieo Z. Crowell has begun work
Feek on an addition 67x45 feet to
arm at Lindenhurst.
he Contra Vt Railway have been
BIZ in new switches at the station,
be great improvement.
During the high wind of last even
be West street barn of Fred Bohr-
was overturned. 1t was Il new
tuEe built this summer.
[be beer seizure case against VIM.
bne was closed up Saturday
a condemnation of the beer and
Of $3.50 taxed against him.
oad Commissioner Eames is at
with force of men relaying the
that fell out a few weeks ago be-
! Linden street and the Retreat
enc 20 of the townspeoplc, in
/ groups, took their Christmas
at the Brooks house and it was
/ the finest dinners the house
Eer7cd.
ouis Urban, for many years en-
as cigarmaker at Leonard g.
died at his home at Athol, Mass.
keek Monday. He leaves "A widow
II small children.
onday evening in the daily ties
drop harness and the electric
ctlons, there will be a hitchup
Eng up of the steamer to see
Time can be made to Box 81 at |
aln.High street corner.
be foot bridge over the Whet- !
brook leading from Williams
% v, II. Fletcher's saw mill
6Eted during the storm Saturday
me Ice piling up against it
aalt Is now on each side of the
Las Just become known here
H. Mcguire broke his leg a
FENCE i. l., several weeks ago
r qeen in a hospital there ever
ne was at work at his trade
'Ad On Job of setting boilers
Of them fell over on him.
local Maher and Fitzimmons
exhibition match back of
oloek yesterday, before an en-
s'I 5 rlng Of Overall girls. 1t
l9ree rounds and one of them
.nd the block. The champion
% take off his glasses after
u f9und. Blood flowed on both
a Tue Bangs more and More(y)
gFie raIned down. For further
'ars see the Union.
IL" Of the hard times the ,
us report a Christmas trade
al very neary if not quite equal :
noe To that of previous years. :
| FTt 1t to be considerably bet :
Oh them think it about an q
. snd only few note any great :
W. and those chiefly in the =
Apehslve goods. The express :
p.l's the volume of incoming !
lne largest it has ever had. L
Ie OUTGOING was less, and the Y
eApelence is similar. :
T.; aLas Long and Daniel Manning y
street. were hauled before 8,
80" ~ yesterday for celebrat- y
\, christmas too excessively.
H. slilty to a charge of in I,
'nu paid fines of 81 each 4
NJ amounting TO so each. "
dN suit was brought by {,
H.. vie Mrs. Kate Long. n
,aiiA +. Turner of the East r
IA claiming damages of .,
In. The whercwithaI to q;
= - action was under the New n
salute, the best kind of a a,
'as' allowing any one de- r.
~ whom a person is n,
!" ieeover from the liquor =
damage suffered by
To-, .iih.. Service WAS - Il
,,, III 81 this side and the IN,
''' l''''.r Jan. , Ia
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
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The Modern Mother

proved more by the pleasant laxative,
Syrup of Figs. when in need of the
laxative effect of a gentle remedy than
by any other. and that it is more ac-
ceptable to them. Children enjoy it
and il benefits them. The true rem
cdS. Syrup of Figs. is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
Fittings

/ J. j. Eenton, wife and child of
Bellows Falls were at his fathers
Joseph Fenton's, this week.-Mrs..
Vim. Murphy of Windsor visited
briefly in town this week. Roy Bull
lock of Mortified, a student of Nor
wich University visited with friends
in town over Sunday en- route for
Orange. Mass Merchant John Calvin
went Ia Barre Sunday night where he
has the contract for the plumbing of
the new Episcopal church. Theodore
Kirkland of Rutland. was here this
week Mrs. Harriet Smith is visiting
in Boston. Harry Walker, manager Of
the New England Branch Eclipse Co.
of Boston. Mass, spent Sunday in
town. ID. J. Sweeney of keene. \. H..
spent Sunday in town. Miss Eta
Adams of Dover, was a guest at j. i.
Elmer's last week. Bonnie Akley is
spending his vacation in Hins,isle
Mrs. Julia Knight Of Putuey. visited
her sister, Mrs CLARK Akley. this
week. Mrs. e. W. Bcmis left Satur
day 10 attend the funeral Of her father
in Dummcrston. Miss Etta AkieN nf I
Hins,lac. visited in town part uf this
week. Mrs. Harriet Elliot Of vii
Evansville. has been visiting in town
this wcek.-Telcgraph Operator n. /
Scott and bride uf Windsor, were
among the visitors in town last week.
Grant Danycw of Holyoke. Mass,
here Tuesday for short stay
with relatives on the way tn bis HON"
in Ferrisbnrgh.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27

Something new! Celery :lgaEs .
Best tobacco. ! and lCc 'o SSl. lT ' =
nerves. Try them. Sold Ivy '"corsT r.
Greene. adv
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27

Mrs. j. NJ Joy received MAS
1t consists of IA spread and pillow shams
made entirely of pieces of Hamburg, no
two pieces alike. The spread is hand
somely put together and is lined with a
deep shade of yellow. The gift was
sent Mrs. JOY by Miss +. M. Walcut of
Folts Mission Institute at Herkimer,
N. j., formerly a teacher at Northfieli
seminary.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
10 to 30 PER CENT

from our regular price for two weeks only
you to secure Il bargain in
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27

[X.Gny. Fuller was able to be
Jed into his library the day be fore
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28
Cheese the Best Bacteria Soil.

Cheese. the supposed-to- be-edible
milk curd of commerce, is the best soil
in the world for microbes and bacteria,
and on its surface flourish millions
upon millions of infnitesimal parasitic
plant growth. A microscopic examina-
ton of single grain of fresh cheese,
such as is usually sold at the groeer's
proved that it contained not less than
10000 separate and distinct specimens
of bacteria. After seven days this
same section of cheese was examined
and found TO contain $4,000 separate
and individual bacteria. Prof. De
Kahn says that 6 cheese properly
sliced and exposed will within week
be implanted with a bacterial growth
containing more separate specimens
than there are trees upon the whole OF
the earth's surface.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28

behalf of roads has been 1885 for each
$500 valuation in the improved coun~
ties, while those districts that have
spent their money in piling the mud
up in the center of the roads couple
of times year have saved 43 cents on
each 800, an amount that has in all
likelihood been spent many times over
in horses and repairs to wagons and
harness made necessary by the awful
condition of the roads during several
months of the year. The average cost
of constructing gravel roads is various
ly estimated at from 81 900 to 81, 500 per
mile. according to the locality. Dirt
roads require two-thirds of that sum
to keep in repair for ten years, while
the former method, it is figured, adds
$40 an acre to the value of the prop
erty
The increase in the value of the
property is not the only return that
farmer gets from his investment in
good roads. Gen. Stone, of the federal
department of agriculture, has found
three independent estimates which
place the yearly loss to farmers in the
United States from bad roads at about
5000. 900, 600, equivalent to 81 an acre
annually. Capitalized at per cent
this amount if saved would Increase
the value of farm land $40 an acre, or
total increase of $12, 600, 900, 600. AS the
total value of all farms is about $780,
600, 900, 600 this would be an increase of
SO per cent. in their value. AS the
total annual value of farm products is
only So, 600, 600, 900, one-fourth of it's
value is lost through bad roads,
Comparisons have also been made
with foreign countries. The English
horse does twice the work of the
American horse, the French horse three
times the work; not because they are
better horses, but because they travel
better roads. Mr.. Wollen estimates
the annual cost of maintaining horse
at 500. If only one-fourth of the
horses in Illinois could be spared, I'M
stead of one-half or two-thirds as in
England or France, the annual saving
in horse maintenance for this state
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28

octagon, which is after the form given
in the accompanying illustration.
Some very costly silos about here
were greatly damaged by having to
cut the cornerboards to bevel instead
Of using block A cut with sufficient
curve to allow the lining to match per-
fectly with tongue and groove intact.
Where the lining is cut to bevel the
air is sure to get in and do considera-
bic damage in silo. The matching
can be made still more perfect by TAX
ing off, with small plane, light shaw
ing on the inside edge at slight bevel.
These silos are constructed much the
same as other octagon structures, with
this exception, which we are satisfied
is a very great improvement over those
made with corners, and can be erected
with much less cost than the round
ones, and in every way give just as
good satisfaction.
One of these silos has been furnishing
ensilage put up last fall for a herd of
twelve cows, for the two past months,
and the ensilage is as good now as
when used during the winter months
and seems to be keeping the cows in
excellent milking condition.
This season is sure to convert many
doubling Thomases over to the silo, as
the very short hay crop is bound to
leave great aching void that will not
drive the ghost out of empty mows till
grass grows again. Many are prepar-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
BUILDING A SILO.

An Ohio Man Describes One Constructed
without Corners.
have looked over many descriptions
and diagrams of silos, but have failed
to find one that comes up to the stand
ard of perfection for neatness, and be-
ing air proof.
An enthusiastic siloist who made,
some years ago, one of the old-styled
square, double-lined affairs, and hay
ing given the subject much thought
and personal tigation, said to me
a few days since: why don't you give
an Illustration of the manner in which
the best modern silos are made?" re-
ferring at the same time to several
that had been constructed during the
past two years.
The only feature that we notice, that
places this silo ahead of those de-
scribed in recent publications, is the
manner Of completing the joints of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28
THE FARMING WORLD.
THE BUTTER BACILLUS.

Great Discovery Made by Prof. Conn. OF
Wesleyan University.
To the uninitiated and non-scientific
mind it must be strange and anoma-
1ous-perhaps an unsavory and forbid
ding-thing that the flavor and frag-
: rance of butter can be increased by
the deliberate addition to the cream
from which it is made of one of the
minute organisms known as bacilli
Much is heard nowadays of germs, and
the germ theory has wide vogue. It is
generally supposed, however, that the
fewer germs the human body is brought
into contact with the better. At the
same time, it is true that the malign
bacteria are few in number compared
with those that are either harmless or
helpful. Anyone with the slightest
knowledge of the subject is aware that
the sparkling quality of water is large
ly due TO the presence in it of an i'm
mense number of infusoria; and very
little research will show that bacteria
abound in milk to such an extent that
to count the number in single glass
would be an impossibility.
1t was in pursuance of his studies
of the bacteriology of milk that Prof.
III. w. Conn, of Wesleyan university,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28
ME 5AnF GARlEN zfRRAcE0

at right angles to the slope does not
wholly obyiate. The accompanying
sketches show plan for making level
sloping garden. Two or more broad
terraces are made, the level portions
being planted, and the sharply inclined
portions being sodded and kept in sod,
forming steps leading from the lower
level of the garden to the upper. The
dotted line shows that the earth re-
moved from one part is just sufficient
to complete the filling of the terrace.
Such treatment not only adds great
" to the attractiveness of a garden,
but also adds to its practical value, as
repeated washings seriously injure a
crop and the soil.-American Agri-
cuituriSt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28

returns than the money devoted to the
roads The League of American Wheel
men has been gathering statistics on
the question for a number of years.
One case that points a moral as well
as can be desired is that of the village
of Moorstow<n, n. j.. For number of
years real estate there was not market
able at any price. The country was
in wretched condition Finally the
town supervisors got together and
voted bonds to the extent of forty
thousand dollars for road building,
with the result that real estate is now
enjoying a steady demand and the
country is being supported by garden
truck that can only be trans ported to
market by teams.
Realizing that the matter Of road inn
provement could best be brought to
the attention of the farmer by an ar
gument of dollars and cents, the league
has compiled a great deal of literature
on the direct cost of building roads.
and the direct returns that such an
outlay will produce. Taking the state
of Illinois, it is found there has been
built during the past ten years 965.
miles of improved roadway. This inn
provement has been confined to thirty
counties. In f0rty-fve other counties
the roads are what are termed mud
roads. Basing calculations on the last
/ ten years tits found the thirty improved
counties have been assessed for the
building and care of the highways a
| total OF go. ga, BAG. In the mud districts
there has been spent So, 696, s4s, or near
| IL two-thirds as much, and they are in
no better condition than they were ten
| years ago.
4 comparison of values shows that
! lhe land in the improved counties has
an average value of Ss1.2s an acre, while
| that in the mud district is valued at
| Sl2.97 an acre. The total assessment on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28
CHuRNING WITH ACIDS.
Important Discoveries Recently Made in
England and America.

Important Discoveries Recently Made in
England and America.
Proba bly, in no department of re-
search is greater amount of investi-
cation going forward and valua able
data and actual discovery being made
says the Mark Lane Express, than in
dairy science, and while some of the
discoveries have been of little or no
value, wonderful amount of useful
and practical material has been placed
in the hands of the dairynan. Among
the things announced. since it has
been shown how nearly the fernents
and favors in butter are associated, is
that if certain acids are added to,sweet
cream it is not necessary to wait for
the development of Tactic bacteria in
the cream. but that it could be ehurned
at once and churned quite readily and
the true flavor secured. Investigators
have been at work on this problem
and an announcement Of the results has
been made. The most satisfactory re-
suits came from using hydroehloric acid
diluted in twice its bulk of water, and
adding this in small quantities to the
sweet cream. Everything was salts
factory, except that the butter had no
aroma, though it was pronounced fair
and good by the judges. The butter
kept well and had water content of
1913 per cent; but the low flavor was
against it, though not a trace OF the
acid was to be detected or found by
analysis. About the most important
thing brought out was that butter
seems to be fully dependent upon
bacteria for true flavor rather than the
food, provided that the latter is whole
some and not of a character to impart
obnoxious favors to the milk, which,
after all. could not be called butter
favor in any sense of the word.