The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-28

Mrs. ID. G. Briggs of Miller 81
dakota, recently sent watch to i
II. Thompson to be repaired.
Town Clerk Newton is moving hi
effects into his new Office in the tow
house and will be ready for bushes
there to morrow.
Leroy Corbett has s,li his photo
graphic studio in Williston block
A. j. Robertson who takes posscssio
next Monday.
There has been an advance thi
week of about two cents each in tn
price of corn and oats and wheat is a
SO triflo higher.
A traveller passing through Cen
tervile was greatly alarmed yesterda
at what he took to be thunderstorm
But it was only J. G. practising fo
town meeting.
DR.. Geo. F. Barber has through
the agency of A. W. Childs Il Co.
bought the Judge Il. w. Clark hous
on High street and will occupy it 70
a home about April LIST.
Gov. Pingree has to day rendered
his amended report in the Searsbur.
land case Of G. II. and II. j. Daven
port against the Newtons. witt
specifications called for by defendants
And in general way it strengthen
thelprevious::one.
The management of the Il. a NJ
railroad have ordered all advertiser.
matter removed from their buildings
fences, telegarphic poles, etc, anc
Il ,k,<nl hn T,f cI,nh Of Ia
in the future. This is an eyampl,
worthy Of following.
&C. f. Mason has bought the plat
ing works on Fiat street of f. A. Hub
bard of Springfield, Mass, and is tc
put on a force of men and do first
class work He has engaged an exper.
fenced platter. The sale was made
through A. V. Mays agency.
An arrangement has been conclud.
ed under which Mrs W. +. Neal will
move her millinery store into the
rooms in Sherman block now occupied
by Vim. Mettee's barber shop and
Mettec will take the room which she
vacates in Market block.
The New York, Life Insurance
Co., has Just paid the widow of the
late VIM. P. Fairbanks of st. Johns
bury SS2i9.55 also a $1,000 matured
endowment to Geo. +. White of Rut-
land. The claims we're paid through
the local agency of the A. Childs Il Co..
Mrs. Allan d. Grown has presented
the Barre mission of The Good
Shepherd, of which her husband,
Rev. A. ID. Brown is the rector, three
handsome volumes heavily bound in
red morocco, Bible, Altar Service
and Hymnal, together with Il brass
altar rest, all of which were used in
the service of dedication at Barre
Sunday.
Rev. l.. D. Temple gave anothe~
notable discourse Sunday, his topic
being "Why | am Baptist. :, His
treatment of the subject was broad
and strong and while he gloried in
the fact that there is not case in a
history where the Baptist church
has raised a hand in persecution. he
recognized the good in all churches,
the genuine Christians to be found
all, and the work of good for all to do
along their particularlines.
&C. C. Holland of Fall River is at
the Brooks house for stay of several
weeks. Over Sunday guests there
we're S. s. Allen. st. Albans J.
Peytrenet, Hornellsville, n. Y: ID.
New London: c. II. Wy
man. Fitchburg; +. V. Hubbard,
New York; W. Kelley and W. T.
Ahearn OF Hartford, Conn. f; G. E.
manager Cleveland s min
strels; Geo. Hopkins, Greenfield. =
Other notable registrics there during
the week were Gov. U. A. Woodbury.
Monday VIM. }. Whitney of Portland,
Me-, Chas. f. Trcadway of Cleveland,
Ohio who made stay of "a day or two,
G. l.. and E. NJ. Dexter of Philadel
phia and Howard Tremble of Hunting
Ion, Pa, and Henry G. Dunlap of At
ANITA, Ga, who came yesterday.
The general expectation is that
The March term of court which con
,enes at Newfane week from Tues
lay will be short one, but the docket
shows 30 cases "set for jury, and some
IF them are liable to be pretty hotly
contested, like that of Lazsll V. New
'aue for the fatal accident, Whining
ON V. Deerfield River Co. for bridge
carried off, Hidden Y. Hooker and the
sherman Estey cases, though Gov.
Fuller's illness may prevent these com
ng to trial. Other cases expected to
De tried are Crown V, May, May V,
Waite, Crosby V. Harris, the Miller
Stickney estate tax case from Dunn
nerston, Read V. Worden, Fletcher V.
Beers, Iwilliams V. Smith, Howard
:. Barrett, Mooselcy V. Kelliher, Rich,
nond V. Bettcrley, Allen V. Bissnett,
Dodge, Thompson a Co. V. Stowe, Taft
:. Redfield, Mcclure V. Casavants. and
Pierce V. Baker.
Hero is a story they tell about
2udyard kipling indeed, | won't be
urc that it isn't he who tells it. He
tayed at hotel once upon time il
| think it was, and when he
anne to 90 away he asked for the
andlord. The landlord appeared. II
want to see YOU" said Mr.. Kiping.
because you are a wonderful man. l
lave never known your equal, | have |
oiourned in hotels all around the
world have never seen any one like |!
his The landlord swelled with |
ride. He intimatcd that the thing |
vas really nothing when you know |
low to do it, Mr.. Kipling waited till
lie neared the earth again. Then he
eplied: II want to tell you that OF
ii the hotels under the shining sun
ave never seen one that for unmitigat-
d. all round, uncomfortable discomfort
ould even be named in the same day
With YOURS And when Mr.. Kipling's
ill was made out one item in it read !:
10 impudeucr, 90" But what is So .
ghen one has spoken ones mind?s--i
Washington Post.
The Wilmington stage only got us
ar as Marlboro Friday night because
# the drifted snow, and came back |
rom there Saturday morning. One
# the local parties that started for
L ~. LIZ, rrn,.n IN In liscnurapnmn emf.