The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-18

/. has been giving sensational report
about trouble over the marriage per
formed by Rev. f. j. Parry of tw'
! children younger than the law permits
or course they deceived him.
Ground was broken Wednesday fo
the new street, "Highlawn road
through the b. S. Pratt building lot,
on the south side of Western Avenue
The new street enters the LOT opposite
Mr.. Pratt's residence and after going
to about the center runs parallel with
the Avenue, coming out on Crosby
street.
There has been another case re
Gently of development of low life in Il
neighboring town. one of the most de
graded communities we have, where
one of the participants in fight was
SO badly hurt that his death was
feared for several days. The particu
lars will follow the arrest of the assail-
ants If they can be caught
Alarming but exaggerated reports
have been circulated this week of the
] illness of Superintendent j. H. Holden
of the Estey Go. He had bad attack
of Indigestion that caused great dis
tress for several hours and rush of
blood to the head so that there was
fear of apopleXy. But he is now get
ting along all right and is about his
house.
The new choir organized by the
Sisters Of st. Joseph of the St
Michae's Roman Catholic church
sang at mass last Sunday and also
rendered their services at the bencdic-
ton in the evening, for the first time.
The old choir has disbanded after
faithful service for the last y wears.
Especial credit should be given Miss
Mary Martin for her efficient work as
organist. She is succeeded by Patrick
Guiheen, a pupil Of st. Joseph
school.
The ForrestvilIe book club had its
annual meeting Monday evening with
Miss Nettic Phillips and elected II. p.
Wellman, president; Mrs. ". W.
Walker, vice president Miss Minnie
Adams secretary and treasurer and
Mira. Geo. b. White, Mrs II. p. Well
man and Mrs. c. W. Durham. book
committee. The auction sale Of books
resulted better than last year and it
was voted to change the name of the
club to the STANDARD Magazine
Club.
Agents have been in town this
they will enlarge in crayon, free of
charge. They represent that they in
tend to open a studio and do this work
as an advertisement. Before leaving,
however, they leave receipt. which
states that the person will agree to
take a frame and as nothing is said in
h. I IN, ~,
good many of our people will
duped into the purchase Of one
The improvements at the engine
house are SO nearly complete that il
will soon be open To visitors. The
training If the horses with the new
" hanging harness is proceeding ia
vorably. The first trial was made
Saturday evening and three bitches an
evening are being made. Wednesday
evening it was done in Is seconds, /
TUESDAY evening in -. The quickest !
time that has been made at Rutland /
was II seconds. The horses are doing
we'll under the training and the fire
men say they act as proud as men un
der their new duties.
The Phoenix last week undertook I
To he complimentary to Liston .
Ketchum. but in the usual profundity I
of its ignorance made "A sorry mess of
it. Ii stated that he had been admit
ted to the bar after only two years .
study. whereas the rules require the I
certificates Of two attorneys and the .
sworn affidavit of the applicant that
he has been studying three years. All
of which Mr. ketchum furnished.
The Phoenix's bull brought out "a
letter from Col. Hall stating that If it
was true the committee had been i'm
posed on and threatening an investi
cation. and il necessitated some an
noying correspondence.
The Universalist church was we'll
filled last evening for the illustrated
lecture by Rev. J. j. Lewis of Boston
on the Passion Play of Oberammar-
gau''. 1t was an intensely interesting
etfort. finely illustrated with dissolving
views and uuquestionably one of the
best things of the kind we ever had
here. He gave n vivid description of
the devout peasantry who for centuries
have brought out this wonderful play
,nce in ten years under a promise that
if Christ would protect them from
certain ills they would forever do it.
His characterization of the people was
that of an earnest, loyai, genuine
Christian one. and the only personagcs
whom they do not fit he said were ,
Judas and PLATE. The production he
declared to be. in an artistic sense, the
nest in The world simply because :
rue To nature.
Several of the daily papers this
week have contained the statement, +;
irst appearing in the Boston Herald's |
able letter. that Mrs. Hattie Brasor
Pratt, who made great success in
,rand opera at The Covent Garden in 1
london. last summer, under the man ,
cement of Sir Augustus Harris. has ]
,een engaged to return there for three l
ears in leading contralto roles. 1t is
Ilso understood that during the win
er session., Mrs. Pratt will fill en-
,agements at St. Petersburg. 1t is d.
rue as announced by the Reformer d
eyeral weeks ago that Mrs. Pratt has
made the three years Covent Garden :
Engagement. but her Brattleboro
riends. who have heard from her
within Il few days, know nothing :
bout the ST. Petersburg trip. Both
Ir. and Mrs LAWN have made an en-
agement at the Royal Opera house in
Berlin, where she takes the place
{ leading soprano. Will Shuster is
nder contract for the coming season
nth the Tavary company. which re-
emily opened the new Montauk theatre II
n Brooklyn and will make a tour of :,
he principal cities of Ammerica.
speed the Parting Guest