The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

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lincry opening next Thursday and Fri
day and will have special decorations
and attractions.
The insurance rate on the town
house has been fixed mt 2ia per cent
Bellows Falls pays l1n, That smoke
stack is the bad feature Of our hall.
! Miss Belle Emerson held n most
successful opening at her millinery
rooms Wednesday and yesterday which
was largely attended by a host of ad-
miring ladies.
Rev ID Bcvoisr Of Keene, occu-
pied the congregational pulpit last
Sunday morning and spoke in tho in
terest of the kurn Hattin home at
Westminster. Mr. Mroore, superintend-
ent at the home with four of the boys
were present the former making short
remarks and the boys singing several
hymns. a collection amounting To some
$50 was taken.
Manager Fox Of the opera house,
has introduced 4 city improvement that
patrons appreciate, in the passing of
water to the audience between acts by
the program boys in handsome uniform.
The fireman on duty at the hall has also
been supplied by Mr.. Fox with neat
regulation. uniform. Fox also has had
made new ticket case which is almost
a counterpart of the plan of the house
and shows the location of every seat.
The case is original with Mr.. Fox and
really an excellent idea.
L John Reece the millionaire presi
dent of the Rcecc Buttonhole machine
Co., Boston, who ha, had sister at
the Retreat for several years, lost his
life Wednesday afternoon in the vain
attempt to save the life Of one of bis
workmen, George Moore. He saw that
the workman was IN danger of being
crushed between the elevator and
fourth floor. He sprang for the ele-
vator rope, intending to stop the
moving car, but missed his hold and
footing. He fell to the bottom Of the
we'll, three stories, and knew no more
until he regained his senses at the
hospital. The workman was killed
and he ,!ied that night.
Following are the scores of the
Wheel Club tournament games for the |
week: Three ball billiards. Harris, |
100; Tyler, So, Harris, 100: f Perry, !
As; Harris wins on handicap Tyler, |
100; T. L Perry, 1863; Tyler wins on |
handicap: Harris wins LIST place
Tyler second. Four bali billiards,
Chlde, 300; Jordan, So: Harris. 100
Childs, "A; Tyler, l20 Jordan, 60;
Harris wins first place: second not yet !
decided. Pool, Smith, $50: Pettee. 79;
Smith wins the tournament. Whist,
Thompson and Gregg, 81; Bracket
and Crosby, 49, Streeter and McRae |
finish first with 2S7 points: Thorn pson
ttNi sh
points. Dup. Whist, Gale and Minor,
167: Hunt and Robbins, 145: original
play "A deals.
Babies left on the doorstep have
been the subject Of romance from
time immemorial, but it is not
often that the experience Of
Chestnut street citizen is duplicated
with one brought right to his kitchen
by Dame Nature. Monday night. a
damsel from Afric's shores--at least
her prolenitOrs we're, who had been
ON Elliot street called coupe
and gave directions to he taken to this
citizens house, making mistake in
the surname for another house where
she is supposed To have arranged to be
taken care Of during her accouchmcnt.
as the Christian name in both cases
happened to be August. The unin-
tended August had gone to bed
and his s ouse was on the point of
to do 50, when the dusky
maiden alighted from the coupe, stag
gered in through tine kitchen door. and
in less time almost than it takes to
tell 1t was delivered of her child. The
excitement was naturally rather in
tense in that vicinity about that time.
no one seemed to know exactly what
10 do, and DIR. Conland was sent for
and attended the case as best he could
under the circumstances, until DR..
who had previously been con-
suited by the girl, arrived and then he
hustled back to the street and engaged
communications for the mother and
.hild and DIR. Conland staid 10 placid
y receive the obiurgations of the mul,
.itudc. a room was engaged on Elliot
street and the mother and child taken
% it. The child died the next morn
ng, but the mother is doing well.
The sale of tickets for the 'Old
homestead Friday had rush that was
beyond precedent in local annals and
with a result that practically every seat
II the house was taken by it, spectators
capped quite a harvest and there was
kicking from disappoint-
ID ones. first because a third of the
house was reserved for out of town
people. second because each person was
lllowed TO buy 10 tickets, and third be-
'ausc there was in Il number of eases
out of line. especially with
,oys who had been hired to hold places
or intending purchasers. The latter
rouble was remedied finally by calling
n officers, but not until considerable
wrong had been done. As to the other
mplaints Manager Fox, who is willing
o learn from.cxpcriencc. will try to pro-
'ide guards in the future and by doing
more than belongs to him or is custom
ny in cities. 1t is an aasolutc necessity
o provide for out of town patronage in
ONE way, because without it a show
would be n losing venture in nine cases
ut of ten; but he will do it by employ
ng boys to take places in line for such
ut of town orders as he has in advance,
hus placing them on an absolute equal
o much out of his own pocket. The
INIT of tickets permitted to each pur-
haser started ut IA, under the Y. NJ. c.
|. plan. He has reduced it to 10, and
DIV proposes further reduction to so
hat people who want more must
ave more than one representative
a line. Last Friday there were
purchasers there Waiting at three
r four O'Clock in the morning or four
ours before the sale opened.
Why don't you mark your cloth
ng: ii. NJ. Wood has rubber stamps \
n great variety. adv.
You won't use as many pounds of
lild soad-liarmless.
Order your carpets early to avoid
iSappOIptmpnt if won hrv az Emerson