The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31


by q certain sheet last week bears a
the ear marks of a blackmai scheme.
, Mrs. Chas. Durham gave a receptio
Saturday afternoon from to 8 in hon
or of hor guest, Mrs. }. ID. Horne q
Lawrence, Mass. The table was prettil
decorated and the chocolate was poure
} by Miss Stella Dalton.
} Chicago papers OF last week con
tain interviews with Gen. j. j. Estey
speaking quite enthusiastically of tn
outlook for the organ trade. And i
is a fact that it is picking up quit
hopefully lately.
The Ladies Aid society entertained
the S. of ", G. A. r., and Relic
Corps last evening at G. A. Il. hall
A fine program consisting of instru
mental music and recitations was rem
dered and refreshments of coffee, sand
wiches and ice cream served. A socia
time followed with cards and games.
B. G. Newell, the "Whitinghan
Schlater" or magnetic healer, was il
town yesterday. He is just now
gathering: rich crop of advertising,
not only from the local press, but from
the Boston Herald that did him up OK
tensively last Sunday and the Spring
field Republican that is going to dc
so, even more deliberately, next Sun
day.
The annual meeting of the Sover-
eigns of Industry was held at grange
hall Tuesday evening and the follow
ing officers chosen: l.. NJ. Howe,
Pres. D. w 1enney, Vice Pres. +.
d. Weld, Sec. ; +. A. Bagg, Treas.
A. Williams, sentinel; L. M. Howe,
A. |. Williams. Lewis Yeaw, executive
committee. Six new members we're
admitted.
At the First Baptist church during
February, the pastor Rev. l.. d. Temple,
will deliver new series of sermons at
the evening services, as follows ::
Feb. 3, why l believe in God. " Feb. 6 .
why believe in Christ. - Feb. 16,
why | am a preacher" Feb. 2" why
l am Baptist " Mr.. Temples series of
sermons have in the past been exceed
ingly well attended.
The Detroit Free Press of jan "a,
contains long article about ban
quet given by the Republican club, at
that place, last Thursday night o. r.
Leonard, brother of Mrs. l.. J. Retting
of this place is mentioned as one of the
executive committee in getting up the
banquet. He is one of Brattleboro's
boys and has gene into the music
publication business, having lately
purchased solo interest in the Central
Music Publishing Go.
Maurice Goiheen was found shiv-
ering and unable to walk further, on
the Brattleboro house steps about 4
O'Clock Sunday morning with broken
leg. just how he injured it is uncer-
tain from mis- statements. Evidently
he had come from the East, though
he showed no signs of intoxication, and
said once that it was done by slip on
the ice just this side of the bridge and
at another time that it was while fool
ing with some mates He was taken
over to the Brattleboro livery and the
leg stripped and found to be badly
swollen and intensely painful and the
boys hitched up n team and took him
home.
The advertising for the Singing
Skule' has been altered since it was
put out. so as to say that it is to be |
given in the new part of the town |
house. instead of the ''opera house. "
evidently there Is to be objection to |
he latter expression, because of the
egal objections to the town going into
IN Opera house. enterprise But the
words used will not alter the facts
The only difference it can make is as
o the validity of the debt, and we do
lot believe there is any disposition on
he part of any citizen Of Brattleboro to
Ittempt to repudate that. There GER
ainly ought not to be, as long as not a
ingle one raised peep of objection at
he town meeting. Every man who was
resent at that meeting by his silence
ave assent to the scheme and it would
re a dishonesty no better than thiev.
ng to attempt to avoid paying for
that we unanimously instructed to be
one. In fact, the thing is too clear
Or argument. On the other hand it
3 not the creditable way to seek to
void owning up to ourselves what we
ave done