The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-20

the Grange Hall. Music by Leitsin-
gers orchestra, A. II. Hines promptcr.
Everybody invited.
The enormous work of handling
the fair report will very probably make
the Reformer several hours late in pub
LEGATION next week as it has been in
previous years on fair week.
Through A. V. Mays agency Miss
Ida Hotaling has exchanged her meat
market, fixtures and accounts for
Jas. A. Pullen' IS new house on Southern
avenue. Mr. Pullen has taken possess
sion of the market.
The annual rally of the Baptist
Sunday school was held last Sunday
the attendance being 800. The home
department were nearly all present and
interesting exercises were held at the
opening services including Il hymn
written for the occasion by }. T.. Hall.
Manager Stevens has reported his
third sale of beef cattle from the Yer
mont live stock company's range, in
Chicago Monday. The number sold is
"a, for which he received about $40, 900.
Another shipment is to be made before
winter, making in the aggregate the
largest sale in any one year since the
company was organized. Besides 6
per cent. dividend, the company will
have something like so, 600 surplus
from this years shipments.
Miss Anna Cummings, associated
with Andrew Murray Cape Colony,
South Africa, will speak in the NJ. f.
church Sunday afternoon at o'clock
under the auspices of the y. NJ. c. ~.
Miss Cummings gave one of the best
addresses at the recent G.. f. conven
ton, Burlington. The seminary with
which Miss Cummings is connected
is called the Mt Holyole Of Africa
All women are invited.
AS will be seen by the advertise
ment in another column, +. +. Blood
has bought of W. F. Richardson ~
Co. the transient and boarding stable
business at the former stand of j. III.
Chamberlain. and will at once add a
livery business. besides continuing all
else that Mr.. Chamberlain did except
, the sale of horses. Mr.. Blood was the
foreman for Mr.. Chamberlain for a
r number of years, knowing the business
, thoroughly, is popular with the public
and can count on a large patronage.
There was another fire, evidently
incendiary. on the railroad track Tues
dav evening. The alarm was rung III
l at 7. 30 o'clock and the fire was found
to have been set in four or five places
back of both Barrows' and Bonds coal
sheds. Steamer No. 3 and hose cart
No. 3 went to the scene and worked
three or four hours to subdue 1t. Even
with the steamer set in the brook II
required 1850 feet of hose to reach the
scene. where one cart carries only 1000
: so that several extra lengths had to he
| brought 1t ought not to require many
, more such experiences as this demon
strates the need of a hydrant down
there.
Patrick Fitzgerald freight brake
man. whose home is at SO. Vernon.
l fell from rear car in the yard of the
= Boston and Maine railroad company al
Springfield, Mass, Monday morning
about 10 O'Clock, and was badly shaken
up and bruised. The train started
suddenly and, losing. his balance, The
' was thrown to the ground, distance
of about ID feet, striking on his head.
DR.. c. F. J. Kennedy was called and
ordered the man to be removed to the
Springfield hospital. He was uncon-
, scious for several hours. but Monday
evening had regained consciousness
and will probably be around again II
a few days.
The manner in which David X.
Locke Petroleum V. Nasby") pro
duced his famous Letters from the
= Confederate Y Roads, . which during
war times and for some time thereafter
n attracted attention because of thell
witty philosophy, is thus described by
il the newspaper maker: The Letters
began TO appear when Locke was
struggling with poverty as an obscure
= country editor. first at Bellefontalne'
= Ohio and later at Findlay. in that
, state. He never reduced the Let
u ters'' to writing he simply took his
$ composing stick, went to his case anC
put them in type, impromptu, as Il
a were. As an aid, however, he frs
n procured an overlooking glass of gin
which he placed on printer s stool a
a his right. He would take swlg o
It the stuff and then begin business
After setting stickful of type hi
n would interview the glass again, ant
4 SO on. The gin and the Letter
were finished at the same time, ano
- Locke was about finished, too, al
I far as his usefulness for the rest of thu
= dav was concerned. Locke. SAID
= friend to him on one occasion, you
: Letters show downright genius.
IS "Ginius. you mean" was the laconi'
y reply. This story is altogether cred
J. ible to Brattleboro people who vii
e remember how they waited over hal
an hour beyond the hour advertised
y for Nasty to begin a lecture here
: while, as it was afterward learned
II Locke was being energetically walked
: about out doors to get him sobe
) enough to appear on the stage. Blu
the lecture was bright and witty on
n when he did come.
h Over 1000 Dole nickel alarms hav
t. been sold by Chas. A. Trip N 90.
} jewelers.. adv
Israttleboreans and Others.
,e Congressman W. W. Grout, Lieut..
(. Gov. Z. NJ Mansur, QuartermasteI
d General w. II. Gilmore and a: l.
At Bailey were in town Saturday ON thei
'. wav to Chattanooga to attend the dedl
cation of the national park on Chlcka
=, manga battlefield. r. Charle
a. has returned to New York from Europ
IL with the purpose of spending mont
- in that city.-James Carey and Bird
: returned from their wedding trip Sa'
40 urday and spent Sunday with his pal
ents. Edmund Carey and wife. Inc
49, left Monday morning for their ne
- home in Newport. C. W. Pierce wa
,9I tbe iudpe of Holstein cattle at tn
y, y, Greenfield fair this week.-W. ID.
10 Uovells. the novelist and son-in- la
( Of Brattleboro. is contemplating tn