The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-15
FRANKLIN COUN Ty, MASS.



All interested in forming a dancing schoo
viii please leave their names with Hugh Miller
One of the peasantest dancing parties of tn,
season was given at the residence of Chester
smith Friday evening, Nov s. in honor of Mis-,
Edith Stowe of Putney About % invited
guests were present and the spacious dining
room was cleared for dancing, McClellan's or
chestra furnishing music. Refreshments were
served during the evening and those not dane
ing enjoyed whist.
Rev Mr. Terks preached at Bernardston las,
| sunday.
| The city" bridge is in very poor condition
| for travel The top layer of planks are rot
ten. In several places the planks have com
pictcly rotted or worn away.
"Fortune fayors the bold" William Wilbur.
| whose recent uns 1ccessfnl attempts to marry
| his ffteen-year-old fance, have been noted in
these columns, waslat last successful. He finally
entered the state of matrinony by entering the
state of Vermont at Vernon, RevlAfr Washburne
of that place performing the ceremony, Wed.
nesday, Nov 9TH Verify, "Faint heart ne'er
won fair lady,
Martin Brown recently lost yearIing bull
under peculiar circumstances. Painters, who
had been ut work ON the house, left pail of
white lead about which was discovered by said
bull. As it happens this same animal has, un.
til recently been fed from pail ana therefore
proceeded to deyour The paint. A short time
after swallowing the paint in the pail the ami.
nal began to look pale and although il was
white paint he began to paint the town red, or
to be more exact, the barn in which he was con.
hned. In q snort time III X III went off in spasms.
General dissatisfaction is being caused
throughout the town by the recent action or the
school committee in regard to the Wilson Hill |
school. During the past term the school has |
been taught by,a conscientious and HARD work. |
ing teacher. But this district is full of neigh, |
borly jealousy and the teacher boarded in a |
family disiked by one of the pupils parents |
This parent withdrew his children from the |
school for a few days and the committee |
thought this expressed the idea that the parents /
were not satisfied with the school SO they con |
cluded that 1t would be better not to rcengage |
this teacher for the winter term, but no fault |
was or could be found with her teaching. The |
same performance was gone through with dur
ing the summer. At the close of the summer
term that teacher was reengaged for the fall,
but about two weeks before the fall term began
she was Uniformed that there was dissatisfaction
in the Wilson Hill district and that she could
have a school in another part of the town, her
services would not be required in that district.
She did not take another school. The ultima.
tum for teacher to be popular in this school
district seems to be gcither to "board around
)r else board herself. In either case there
would probably be jealousy by these same par
les so the school committee will keep saving,
next" A few terms ago a teacher gave dis
satisfaction because she taught too much DO
iteness. For the past few years there has been
cry few, il any who have been hired for
second term.
Messrs Ray Cookingham and Howard Under
wood of North Adams, visited friends IN town
lst week.-Robert Thompson, accompanied by
W Jose of Boston, made flying trip home,
list week to buy a carload of apples FOR the
Boston markets