The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03

usual semi annual dividend of i pei
cent.
The Carpenter Organ factory il
closed this week for the inventory anC
annual ovcrhauling of machinery.
Hunters should remember that the
closed season on partridge began the
first to continue till Sept. 10. and the
fine is $40 for each bird.
A broken journal on a lumber car
about a mile this side OF Wiliamsvillo
| Wednesday noon caused several hours
delay to the southbound train on the
narrow gauge as we'll as the up train.
The break let the truck OFT on
on the track, and tho men had to send
down here for another truck. 1t was
about 8 30 before the track was
cleared The party from Brattleboro
and Vernon, numbering 10 or 20, bound
for Pratt's dance at Ncwfane, got
through about half past 0 O'Clock.
| The canning factory enterprise was
not quite brought to a start at the
meeting at Grange hall Saturday,
though the prospect was shown to he a
hopeful one. The canvassing commit
tee consisting of G. w. Pierce, John
Sargent. Nj. |. Reed, Eugene Akley,
John S. Cutting, N. G. Aklcy and
Casper Rohdc, reported that they had
| $50 acres of corn pledged and some
stock subscriptions. What is wanted
| is POO acres ana from So, 500 to 81, 900 of
stock, and it will be great pity if
our farmers are not equal to the OPP
| portunity. Such an establishment
would furnish most desirable market,
| and once there wouldn't have been any
| difficulty in getting pledged 80 times
the acreage desired. The meeting was
| adjourned subject 10 the call of the
secretary.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Van Doom,
an invalid for many years. died this
morning at the home of her sister,
Mrs. j. S. Brown with whom she has
made her home. Miss VanDoorn was
a native Of Bratteboro, of some of
its best stock, being the daughter of
Anthony and sister of the late Moses
Il. Van Doom. Though of quiet and
uneventfu life, her character was one
of singular Christian beauty and love
illness. She was one of the oldest
members Of the congregational church
which she joined in July 1910.
Saturday Stella. the Young daughter
of W. II. Wclcome. running in front
of her brother as he was shooting an
air gun at q mark back of their home
on South Main street, was struck by a
double b. shot which went into the
narrow space Just above the evelid and
Just below the eyebrow on the left eye.
The slightest variation downward
would have cut the eyeball and des-
troyed the sight. and bit more of a
verging upward and it would have
gone through the narrow bone back of
there and into the brain. AS it was,
a delicate and difficult operation by
DIR. ketchum to extract the ball was
required. There was not room to in
sert forccps; he had to use Il small
prong to pull it out
The fire alarm test of the drop
harness and electrical appliances was
made Wednesday evening, being post
poned from Monday because OF the
weather. The start was made at the
stroke of the bell and in just one
minute and II seconds the engine was
at the reservoir and hydrant at the
Main High street corner. The time
was kept by Ferris Vaughan with
stop watch. Remarkably good as this
time was, several seconds were lost in
pushing open the doors which were
stuck with frost and would not open at
the electric touch. But for this the
time would have been dowa close To
one minute. Steam was got in seven
minutes and IS seconds from the
stroke. the start being made with cold
water. The next improvement pro
posed is the putting in of heater
with the steamer by which water will
be kept hot all the time and two or
three minutes, which are precious at
the beginning of fire may be saved
in the getting up of steam.
The death of Otis Park, aged 81,
occurred New Years morning at 20
past four at his home at II
Cedar street from complication of liver
troubles. He was born in this town
Oct. 10, 1912 and entered the army ut
the beginning of the civil war and
served to the end, receiving his honor.
able discharge at the close of the war.
He went out first in the Sth Vermont
and coming home because of disabil- !
ity, rcenlisted in the 18th. He was a
blacksmith by trade but as his health
would not permit him to continue at
it, he took employment at he Estey |
Organ Co., where he worked as var
nisher until advancing i'll health com
PEELED him to give it up. He was a
member OF Sedgwick Post G. y, r., !
and was highly respected by all for
his honest and upright dealings. Be
sides an aged father and mother he |
leaves three brothers, a wife and son
and daughter. The funeral was held /
10 day at l O'Clock Rev. G. o. Day |
The funeral was in charge
Of the G.. 4. Il. and the burial in
Waite cemetery.
1t is to be hoped that there will
DC no trouble over it, because it is
,nly a temporary thing that cannot .
survive single town meetingl but
he town is clearly proceeding without
egal right in building the much
needed stairway for an outside en-
rance to the lookup on the south side
If the town hall. The owner of Willis
on block or any of it's tenants have
light to close it right up. When the late
dr. Wllliston decided the land on which
he town hall stands to Col. Townsley
{ was with 4 reservation for a perpct-
lal right oi way open to the occupants
N both sides between these two
'roperties. This stairway, as indeed
he others. cut out SO much from the
light of way, but this ono most seri-
usly because it is in the narrow place
etween the two buildings. This case
lands on far different grounds than
hat regarding the right of way
round the town hall which the town
isrcgartlcd when it built on the
pera house addition in the rear. 1t
as q plain violation of the agreement