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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
THE FRATERNITIES.

The Algonquin tribe of Red Men of St Johns
bury, which was organized in April with a
charter members, now has 20 members. This IS
the second largest tribe in the state. Bratleboro
leading with 1903.
The eth annual session of the great council
of the United States of the Improved Order of
Red Men met in Providence, X j, Tuesday
morning. There were 9s delegates present, rep
resenting 81 states The report of the chief of
records shows membership July LIST of 1885,
4s5; increase during the year, $40: totalnum-
Der of tribes, 1892, an increase during the year
of % tribes. Ii was reported that there are SUR
ordinate branches of the degree of Pocahontas
in Is states.
a regular session of the Knights and Ladies
of Honor will be held in Red Mems Hall the 2nd
and ith Wednesday each month at : 80 o'clock
y. m.
Fort Dummer Royal Arch CHAPTER held a reg
ular meeting last night and worked the ith de-
gree.
The Rebekah Assembly of the state of Yer
mont will be held the first week in October at
Bradford The delegates appointed to attend
from Dennis Lodge are Mrs. Alice Landry and
Mrs Ida ellison.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We shall take sound, ripe Apples thi wee
and until notice to the contrary. Bring them As
early in the week as convenient, Price Ice. per
hundred lbs. Cash Dec. Is.
III BRATTLEBoRo JELLY Co.
H. IT,. Thompson, successor to Ranger Il
Thompson, Matchmaker and Jewcler. Business
established in 1913. Watches, Clocks Jcwelry,
Diamonds Silver-warc and Optical Goods. Re.
pairing promptly and thoroughly done at the
old stand ~ Main st. AVA
Change cars Tor Canal ST. Job Shop, and get
your cabinet work and odd jobs done at reason
able prices. Wrnger and furniture repairing a
@NrrialtV u. A, WILDER. eff
Croguct, good quality, low prices, and Lawn
tennis, at Clapp Il Jones 43tf
Use Clapp x Jones' Transferring Fluid for
iun. i3tt
Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings of best quail.
" CLAP Il JONES. -
Fine Watch and Clock Repairing. Prices are
moderate. c. W. SAWYER, 50 Main ST. 3otf
stationery for fine correspondence. Full sup
ply in latest tnts and styles.
32tt CLApP & JONES.
Removal.
Sewing Machines sold on monthly instruments
without interest ANY make of machine taken
IN part payment. Needless Oil and Supplies for
any machine. Oflicc over Durgin's Drug Store
Iii Main st. w. &. COLLIER, Agent
att
Picture Frames in upwards of two hundred
styles, at Clapp & Jones'. l2tf
Popular Songs, and Instrumental Music and
Books, at Clapp & Jones'. 29tf
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
VACATION IS OVER

and after long rest the children are at their
book, again.
They will surely need Il few school supplies of
sUmc kind II takes II lot of money you say to
educate Johnny and Mary and Willie and
susie. True enough it does but do you know
penccii You need paper, ink, pencils, pens, pen
holders, pads, tablets, sponges, crascrs, states
rulers. or anything of that kind.
1t will surprise you to see how far dollar
SKILL 90 at the News Store.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
ElittingN.

Miss Mary Austin spent last Friday
in Boston, Mass. Miss Annie Dahlin
spent Sunday in Springfield. j. H.
Chamberlain has returned toIndianapo-
lis after a two or three weeks stay in the
east during which he sold several car
loads of horses. Herbert Woodward
of keene. n. H.. of the firm of Spen-
Ger a CO., has been in town this week.
Merchant II. l.. Emerson is in Bos-
ton this week. j. j. O'Neill spent
Sunday with friends in Whately,
Mass. Merchant G. ". Durham is liz
Boston on business. Miss Mary Gun
ningham, who has been stopping in
Rutland few days visited here yes
terday and today enroute to her home
in New York city. II. NJ. Wood. NJ.
j, Moran and Herbert Elmer at
tended the bicycle races at Spring
field this week.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13

The Brattleboro Gas Co have beer
iiade extensive repairs ON their gas
holder on the north side of Bridge
street to remedy leak.
Mrs. John Devine fell over the ton
of chair on which she was standing
to hang up curtains Friday, striking
her right side across the top of the
chair and fracturing one rib. She is
able now to be up and about the house
A. Borhman had the index finger of
one hand badly bruised and manglcd
by a log falling on it while he was at
work at the Estey shops Tuesday. 1t
is not yet certain but the finger will
have to be amputated.
Thomas Parker Morse II, of Dunn
merston, died Wednesday night after
an illness of about year. He was IA
native of Newfane, and moved to
Dummerston in 1871. His death is
supposed to have been caused from
cancer. He was "A good citizen and
was highly esteemed by his neighbors.
He leaves a widow and step-son.
His funeral will be held tomorrow af-
ternoon, and the burial will be at
Newfane.
The death of Mrs. Catharine Wal
ton Murphy occurred Monday at her
home on Elliot street of heart disease.
She leaves one daughter, Mary, and
also sister and mother who reside in
Putney and who were with her at the
time of her death. The funeral was
held in st. Michaels Catholic church
Wednesday morning and the interment
was in the Catholic cemetery here.
Mrs. Murphy was a kind hearted
woman who had always worked hard
and was ever ready to help anyone in
time of need.
The thunder storm that filled
good part of Wednesday night with |
such terrific succession of flashes and /
claps, did far less damage here than in |
most places in the wide territory coy
cred but the lightning struck almost |
numberless times. Eighteen trees on
the Retreat farm were hit and many I
torn to pieces. The Woman s Summer T
Retreat, the Miles place. had things /
shaken up by the lightning following
in on IA telephone wire but happily no
one was hurt. On Walnut street a
tree near the railroad bank was struck, |
a broken wire falling against it and
stripping of the bark. At S. H. /
'NAi'' man 2 wa IiiEb stifNt
struck chimney cap and broke it into
pieces, taking with it some of the
chimney brick. The 6-pound chimney
cap on ". II. Adams house on Wash
ngton street was also knocked off. "A
big tree in Col. Chase's yard was
shattered by force of the wind or
and part fell on his side
and part into Mai. ChiIds' yard
\ tree in james Bowler's yard was
thrown over on Brook street 1t is
similar story that comes from every
side, and doubtless it Is true that the
of wires is what saved
'illage houses. All along the narrow
sauge trees and limbs were strewn over
he track and the morning trains were
delayed for the trainmen to
lear the way. \ sample case up that
way was Samuel Pierce's orchard at /
3ondville where II out of l. trees were ,
evelled. The highways were badly /
washed by the heavy rainfall. side {
walks undermined and in some cases !
= in Col Goodhues driveway con /
rete dressing actually tloated away. /
he money damage to the town will, !
owever, be covered by few hundred ,
ollars. {
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13

, North street school begins It's ia
term next Wednesday.
Mrs Alice Knight opened he
olrcssmakng rooms Monday after fv
weeks vacation.
The Telephone Exchange have go
their new metallic switch board whicl
will be run by two operators, Mrs
Carl Henkel and Miss Lena Hcnkel.
The Epworth League have engaged
Mrs. Sarah Lord Bailey, the noted el
ocutionist, to give an entertainmen
for them in the near future.
The many friends of Chas. +.
Boyd will be sorry to hear of his
death in East Dummerston Tuesday,
leaving wife and five young children.
Mr.. Boyd was formerly night watch
man at the Carpenter Organ Go.
The bailitfs have granted the peti
tion for an incandescent light at the
! Pearl Central street corner at the
| terminus of the electric road. Prob
ably it will be an arc light there next
week.
C. II. Thompson furnishes from
his place in Dummerston the ash for
the new Episcopal church at Barre,
besides large bill of lumber for the
town hall job He has also sold lot
of stumpage to the Fitchburg X. r.
Co.
This has apparently been week
of concerts, the Artillery band having
given two, one Tuesday evening on the
Bratleboro house balcony and one last
night at West Brattleboro. The First
Regiment band also gave IA concert on
the Brooks house balcony Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Timothy Moynhan died this
morning after two years OF declining
health since she was taken blind. She
was a native of County Kerry. Ire,
and came here with her husband
about B years ago. He died several
years ago, and only two children sur
vivc, John of this place and Jerry
whose present location is unknown
here.
There was another close call for a
big fire yesterday afternoon at S. A.
Smith n Co.'S. \ gasoline plumbers
pot. left for a few moments while the
plumber who was AT work making re
pairs, stepped out of the room, explod
ed or caught fire in some way, and
communicated the blaze to the wood
work around. But an Emergency Fire
Extinguisher, which Mr. Bannigan
is introducing in town. was located
only - feet away and David Weld. an
employee, and A. W. Childs, who
happened to be there, grabbed it and
applied it and extinguished the fire
instantly without using more than two
cupfuls of the fluid. Without it and
in five minutes that great factory
would have been in a blaze.
The two bipeds in the form Of men
who have made a practise of following
and frightening women, did it again
On Grove street Monday evening. The I
victim was a young lady employee of
lne of the Main street stores, who had /
oeen paid off that evening and who /
thought they wanted to rob her, !
Though it was early in the evening |
hey spoke to her and one Of them /
cached out his hand as if to seize her. /
Her hat was knocked off, but she /
escaped by running. She gives dies
:ription of them that accords with
hat Of others who have been pursued
)ne is Of medium size, wearing a
louch hat and the other was tall and
lender with dark coat and light pants
They are pretty certain to be caught
ct and then the whipping post is Just
he right treatment.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
BrattlebOreans and Others.

| The good roads association of Virgin
| ia have asked ex-Gov. Fuller to address
| the association in Richmond mex
month. Frank II. Burnham leaves mex
week for his old home in Biddeford,
Me. to work at his old trade watch max
ing. miss Ellen McGovern leaves to
morrow for her old home in Richmond
Miss Eva C. Wart of this village
corps of teachers last year has entered
the school for Christian workers al
Springfield, Mass, for course Of
study D. Stolte jr. returned Wedncs
day to the Y. M. G. \. training schoo
at Springfield. Louis Carpenter and
Joe Hackett have finished work al
Estey Organ Co and are this week
visiting in Keene, n. H., after which
they leave for Boston where the former
will take up the study of music and
the latter will enter a business college
in Pittsford, this last week. Allyn j.
Crosby has finished work as conduc
tor on the electric railway and goes to
Dowigile, Mich, where he will spend
a month in mill studying the business.
Druggist Geo. f. Greene spent Sun
day in Springfield, Mass. returning
home Monday with Mrs. Greene, who
has been visiting there. They were
also accompanied by Mrs. Chas. F. Root
who has been visiting her son. W. f.
Root. Miss Carrie Shattuck left Sat
urday for Amherst, Mass. where she
has accepted position as teacher. -
Frank Wheeler has gone to Chicago to
take a position in wholesale spice
house there. Mrs. +. II. Morse re-
turned Wednesday from three or four
DAYS shopping trip to New York. DR..
Fremont Hamilton, wife and son leave
next week Wednesday for a ten days
vacation. and will COLON carriage
drive. Miss Ollie Warner. a graduate
of the class of 80, \. S. s., takes a
position as teacher at the North street
school. N. L. Ryan is at Pittsfield,
Mass. for few days. People there
are irving to get him to locate an office
there. Mrs. C. =. Dewitt from New
fame. accompanied by Mrs. S. s.
Hunt. went to Boston "Wednesday TO
consult specialist about her arm
broken by fall last spring and never
healed since. Mrs. Charles Laughton
of South Main St, who has been an
invalid for years, was able to :call ON
some friends this week. the first time
for II years.-Ed. Whitney has pur-
chased a lot at the lake just north of
the Webster cottage. Miss Lillian
SpelIman left Wednesday for Mortified,
Mass. where she will enter the sem
inary. Misses Florence Pratt.and Flor
ence Wellman left yesterday for Smith
college. Miss Bertha Houghton is at
Springfield. Mass. for the bicycle
races. E. p. Carpenter is now located
At New York. W. Putnam has re-
tnfned to Staunton, Va, after short
stay here because of his fathers illness.
Prof. l.. A. Butterfield, the elocution-
ist. has taken a house at l3 Central st.
The Springfield. Union reports Archi-
tect Wilcox of Brattleboro as having
submitted plans for the new high
school in that city.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
4 Household Treasure.

ID. W. Fuller, of Cana oharie, n. y,
says that he always keeps DIR. Kings
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would
not be without it, if procurable. G.
4, Dykeman, Druggist. Catskill, n.
y. says that DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry is undoubtedly the best Cough
remedy: that he has used it in his
family for eight years, and it has never
failed to do all that is claimed for it.
Why not Try remedy so long tried and
tested: Trial bottles free at f. H.
Holden Il Co. s Drug Store. Regular
size, 50c. and 81 co. adv
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13

neeu changed from i.ot 10 p. III.
Rudyard Kipling has nearly com
pleted a fine golf course on his estate
near Brattleboro. " Or so says the
Boston Sunday Herald.
The Century company announces
among its new books for October and
November Kipling's new collection.
THE Other Jungle Book. -
David Pierce, for two years past
in the employ of Drs. Holton and Con
land, has bought Walter Alexander s
milk route and will take possession
Sunday.
Rev. Antonio Alright, pastor of the
Italian evangelical church in New
York, has been at the Brooks house and
will return again next week Saturday.
The bailiffs and selectmen have I'M
lted in offering reward of 500 for
the apprehension or evidence leading
3, The conviction of the burglars who
nave been operating SO aggrevatingly
here for several weeks.
Here is a model advertisement
appearing in one of our exchanges.
Motifs, Wanted to trade boss for d
mule or a mule for boss: don't make
no dltfurnce which the idee is this :
| have got a mule and a boss and
want two of a kind. -
Alfred F. Waite, long a prominent
and respected citizen and brother of
the late S. NJ Waite and C. C. Waite
OF the Brevoort house at New York, was
committed to the Brattleboro Retreat
Wednesday suffering from meloncholia
induced probably by Instrumental mis-
fortunes recently.
Thomas Eddy, one of the most es
teemed citizens of Orange, Mass, and
father of Amasa Eddy of this place
died Saturday at Orange, aged 10.
lie Was native of Orange. and had
lived there nearly all his life, was a
wheewright by trade and had been
ID the employ of the Rodney Hunt
machine company at Orange for over
1O years. Besides a widow and his
son here, he leaves one daughter,
Mrs. Hattie Baker whose home is in
New York. state.
Senator Faulkner of West Virgin
IA IN private letter to resident of
Vermont says: Il do not hesitate to
say that of all the small cities / have
'oAH III T.uIbpt anu hHiCiiSu,
! nave seen none that equals Burling-
e9H IN the beauty of its location and
me arrangements of its streets, etc,
was perfectly charmed with it. The
sunset that evening back of the west
srh mountains was as lovely as any TO
ot seen IN Italian skies The Sena
!of Is perfectly correct as to the beau |
Iles 81 burlington. He can find no
superior place until he visits Brattle |
hurO
=. Aibert K. Willard, formerly of
shi7 place. son of the late Joel +. Will |
laIi. and superintendent of the gas
N"iks at Greenfield. met with a bad |
s,cident at the latter place Friday at
.tinopn: He was trying TO pass be- /
tNreh The cars of freight train at the 1
;,el'tt when the train suddenly backed |
" 'rier 10 take up slack and caught 4
~, Willard. crushing his right foot |
NJ and slightly injuring the other. /
las taken al once to the Office of
70 Fierce on Main street. who dres- /
me wound. 1t will be several DAYS /
Fft the physician can tell whether 1
. tafs d the right foot will have to be
uiste,l.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
Grange Setes.

The Young people of the grange gave q
Mystic supper" in their banquet hall WeJincs-
day evening. The supper was as usual, a good
one. and the "mysteriously named viands"
caused much merriment. After the supper an
excellent program was carried out. which con
sisted of a piano duet by Misses Lillian and
Carrie Clark: solos hy Walter Stearns. Ernest
GoOdenough, Zetts Weld and Oracle Mcouadc,
recitaiious by Mrs NAV Edwards, Misses Amy
Wheeler and Cora Eames. and TO cap the climax
i've little "topsy turvies" made their appear
ance.
arranged the program for the grange meeting
next Tuesday evening Change seems TO work
well 50 far. Probably each meeting will be
better than the preceding one.
Windham County Pomona grange met with
West River grange at TownsheDd today The
afternoon session will be public. Dinner was
served on the basket picnic plan.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
improvements

Chester Bailey is renovating the in
terror and exterior of his Elliot street
house d. P. Cobb has reprinted his
two story tenement house on Central
street. A concrete walk has been laid
on Chaplin Extension street from Oak
to Forest. Mrs. Jacobs is fitting up
new and commodious rooms for her
baking and lunch business in Boyden's
block opposite new grange block, Elliot
trppt
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
sick Ones.

Merchant John Calvin has been on the
sick list. &C. NJ. c. Richardson is laid
up at his Green street residence with a
sprained ankle. Mrs. Silas Richard
son is i'll this week from the effects of
the fright from the burglary Sunday
night. Mrs. Martin Scott is among
the sick ones this week. Mrs. Kate
Cutler is improving from her long i'll
ness The venerable DR.. 4. ID. Put
nam is in serious condition from
heart trouble and other complications.
Ed Burnham is on the sick list.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13

Thrives on good food and sunshine,
with plenty of exercise in the open air.
Her form glows with health and her
face blooms with its beauty. If her
system needs the cleansing action of a
laxative remedy she uses the gentle and
pleasant liquid laxative Syrup of Figs.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
BRATrLEBORO.


We ran still supply the demand for the SOU
Tenir Retormer of July 2G-SiNteenlpages richly
Illustrated and beautifully printed about Brat
tleboroS. Price cents per copy, 50 cents per
dozen, 81 per 100. Patrons who wish extra
copc, should order early as the supply is being
fast exhausted.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
!!

is the price that we shall make on
a full size lounge, six feet by two
feet wide, upholstered in import
ed Corduroy.
How can this be done? is the
exclamation of all who use these
lounges, which would be consid-
cred cheap at SO.
LIST. We bought large quantity
tity of corduroy of a firm just
closing up their business.
I'd. We buy our frames by the
hundred direct from the manu.
facturer.
Sd. We upholster them ourselves
by the most approved methods.
BY the above three savings we
are enabled to place these lounges
with our customers at less than
wholesale prices.
Samples of corduroy mailed to
out of town customers upon APP
plication.
These cool nights and mornings
gently remind you of OIL HEAT
ERS. We have them.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13

The hour for the Sunday evening
service at the Episcopal church has
been changed from 730 to p. m.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
An Unapprecfated Joke.

As he took his seat in a Brooklyn bar
Der establishment, says the New York
Tribune, the fat jolly looking customer
turned to the knight of the shears and
said:
Dot vas a bretty goote joke on Hans.
vat keeps the barber shop aroundt the
corner-don't it?"
Vat vas it? guess I don't already
barber as he stropped a razor before be-
ginning work on his customer
Non don't have heard that joker said
the latter. 1t vas so funny l laugh my
self all over efery time L think of it. 1t
vas like this: A man come into Hans
place and Hans shave him. He says to
Hans, There vas something der matter
nit dot razer,' ind Hans he say, Nix
Then the man laugh like the diVul nearly
out of his chair, and say: Yes, dots it
hicks, hicks h h@; ha' ha? Bretty good joke,
Il don't see where dot joke comes out"
replied the barber, as he daubed the lath-
er in the customers left eye.
"Yo GU don't see that joke-nicks?" asked
the customer, impatientiy
Nix. l see me no joke NIT nix; und I
tink. you vas crazy" replied the barber,
vel, if you don't see some joke nit
hicks you vas bretty thick-headed" an
you vas foolish or drunk-maype sun
stroked,' sarcastically replied the bar
"Maype I vas drunkard loafer,-
yelled the customer. but | find me a
barber who wasn't so thick-headed he
sees no joke init hicks" and with that
parting shot he went out of the shop,
slamming the door after him.
"Nextr' called out the barber, and as
the new victim took his seat in the chair,
he said: Dot Teller vat goes out vas a
flam-himmer or a crazy luniticks.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
nnr chicnro Nisitor..

We have a thousand or more Chicagoans
as our visitors to-day. They are repre-
sentative men and women Of the great
western metropolis. The majority Of
them are citizen soldiers. who are
professional and business men Among
them are the leading officials OF Illinois
and Chicago. We are glad they have come
to visit Us. We extend to them me mana
Of friendship and good fellowship. and
shan show them that we appreciate their
coming. We cannot IN the snort time tney
viii be here. do great deal 10
make them understand no" truly wei
come they are, but they viii see that the
welcome we extend them comes from the
heart.
They come from city Of nearly 100000
Of people-a new city wholly built with
in the memory Of men now living; and
they come to comparatively old city
a city whose history runs back TO colo
NAL times We have not a great deal TO
show them, judged from their standpoint
Of progress. but we hope for much in