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

Vermont has S73O veterans of Nh
war for the Union according 70 tb
tpulletln Just published by the censu
H. G. Barber, who has been locotc
az W ilmlnSton in the practise of law fo
the last year or two Is to return here
and occupy the Office with A. v. Ma,
now 6clng fitted up in the Vermont N11
tional block. Avn
Inc teachers for the summer terr
or school in tho town districts are n
follows; No l, Mimic Rawson; No 1
higher department, Wynnc Wards
worth; primary department. Len,
Crosicr; No 5. Margaret Hill: No G
Mary Croclier; No 7, Lillian Miller
No 8, Florence Thurber: No 9. Man,
Stark; No IL, Olive Miller: No Il
Sarah McVeieh. The higher depart
lnent in No 1 begins next onday
April g, and the other schools excep
numbers and Is begin April Is. il
district No 10, there are but thre
scholars this term and these scholar
VIII be porvided for elsehwerc
The annual meeting of the Baptis
church was held at tho chapel Wed
nesday evening. The pastor. Rev. l.
ID: Temple. presided and the election
OF officers took place as follows: Viii
3. Smith clerk IN place of | O I
Smith resigned; standing committee,
Gen j Estey, L, r. Hardy, Geo S
Philips, j Il Hall, | O p Smith anc
Fred s Knight benevolent committee,
5 IL Warren, ii. +. G Toedt, Dl
f A Woodbury.. A number of othe,
committees were also chosen. The re-
port of the clerk was read and showed
the present membership to be 1872,
three deaths having occurred during
the year
"A symphony from the Wilcox
White Organ CO., of Meridon, Conn.
has been on exhibition at A. f.. Mil
Ter s confectionery store, since Friday
and will probably remain during tho
summer. II. B. Willis, Brattleboro
boy, and now in the employ of the firm
was here Friday, Saturday and Mon
day and showed up the merits of tho
symphony to large crowd of interest
ed spectators. The instrument is prac-
tically two instruments in one and can
be played as an organ by musicians
and is also capable of being readily
played by those unsteady unskilled.
The case is finely finished and makes
Il handsome piece of furniture. The
symphony is hailed with delight by all
lovers of music who have not had the
of a musical education.
A very interesting meeting was
held by the ladies' missionary society
of the Congregational church Tuesday
afternoon. The ladies' who were pres
ent had the pleasure of listening to a
talk given by Miss Louise Day who is
on the executive committee of the
Women's Board of Missions and who
spent some two months last summer
in Constantinople and saw tho working
Of missionaries in that city and also, in
Bronsa, Adabazar, Bardeza. and es-
pecially at the missionary college in
Scutari, which is under the charge of
the Women's Board. Miss Day in
her discourse contrasted the condi-
tons of tho people who came under
the influence of these schools and those
who do not, thus showing very vividly
the good work which is being done.
Some 80 ladies were present ana fol
owing the address tea was served.
Mr. Kipling has again demonstrat-
I'd his skill as an advertiser. The
New York World offered him $1,000 for
IN article for last Sunday of LOCO
words, or about q of column of
space in the Reformer, on the text
why America Could not Conquer
England" Mr.. Kipling replied: 1t
s impossible that l should accept the
commission, as it would involve dis
,ussing the armed strength of tho
empire, question on which no Brit
sh subject has any information for
,ale. - 1t was well put, in the Briton's
ty lie, and the World published the
eply- OF an advertisement
or itself-in fac smile with gloriti-
,ation of Kipling's conscientiousness,
because he didn't either take the
money for firing off a thousand words
# generaties that would amount to
lothing, or seeking to earn his money
" writing something that would be
i value to the thoughtful, tell
hings that are an open secret to
thousands of English gentlemen, yet
ire profound secrets TO theworld outside |
e England, thanks to the conscientious |
patriotism of the men of the nation |
hat is honored by having Mr.. Kipling |
s citizen" But Just the Same the
.verage man is not going to compre,,
Iend how Mr.. Kipling could have had
nv especial knowledge on this subject
rat is beyond the reach OF any inves-
igator.
BrattIeborenns and Others.
Col. E. II. Chase and wife of Louis |
lilo, KY. came Monday for the sum
ner, C. T.. Wcstgate takes the pc |
ition next Sunday of leader Of the
dethodist choir at Fitchburg, Mass,
nosjtion to which he has just been
lected. Rodney Wheeler has moved
,acl, to town after YEARS. absence, |