The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-12

~ u'orge lie Costa of Cambridge
Mass.' manager of the National IA
0u ;1 and Supply company whic]
wHi soon open an establishment il
Oentreyllle, bought Friday ID. r. Ran
ney West Brattleboro summer hom
which ne will soon occupy. The sal
agency ''"' '''"'
). Burt Sutherland gave anotbe
lecturetTuesday evening IN the Retrea
amusement; a.. course. Subject, "A Tou
q, %, ireland, Scotland and England, Cork
f niarney Castle. Killarney, Dublin, Bel
T last Jerry. Glasgow, Perth, Sterling
me Trossachs, Edinburg, Melrose.
AAbhottsford, Chester, Chatsworth
MM.o;ttingham, Brighton, The Isle 0
Charles Edwards, a quarryman O
Dummerston, was arrested Monday af
ternoon az an absconding debtor. HI
was intoxicated at the time OF his ar
rest by Officer Hail as he was leaving
the town and placed in the lookup owe
night. The next morning he was
taken before Judge Sherman and iudg
ment given against him for $3.50 anc
costs amounting to 81. so in favor of T.
V. Weed of Dummerston.
R. S. Childs returned last nigh,
from fortnight's absence, a part Of
winch he spent at Conway ooking uE
the family history of the whitney
FAMILY for genealogical work in prog
ress. The old homestead OF Gen. ames
:. Whitney, father OF ex Secretary w.
z. and of Henry NJ, is still stand
Judge Leonard Whitney, one of the
Brattleboro leaders in old days, was OF
this family and Mr.. Childs found his
marriage intention filed in the town
records of 1902.
Casper Roeder, North Hinsdale
farmer and a former soldier in the Ger
man army, is the fortunate possessor of
the Iron cross, (which was presented
by one of the greatest of German gen
erals for bravery while on picket IN
1866. Roeder had held his post all
night for IA consecutive hours when
ne was attacked. He succeeded sin =
gle handed in capturing two men as
prisoners and the third was killed.
Roeder YVES badly wounded by bayonet
thrust. The cross is considered by
the German soldier as one OF tine most
precious badges worn as it is only con
ferred for brave deeds. Sunday Re
publican Letter.
The address in another column of
leading Republican business men of
Brattleboro to the Republicans of the
town is of the kind that does credit to
them and to the place. 1t is just the
sort of thing-as Democrats will rec
ognize AS cheerfully as any others, and
in which Democrats would gladly join
if they could properly do so-that
makes for that unity of sentiment, that
loyalty TO the town and all that pertains
to the town, and that spirit of good
neighborliness that constitutes real
public spirit. Such expressions if we
could have had them 80 years ago
would have been vastly productive of
good. And If we can have more Of
them in the future, upon the different
issues as they arise, and above all If
the spirit back of them can be a con-
tinuing force in Brattleboro, it will
contribute to the growth and prosper
ity and the business and social health
Of the beautiful old town almost be
You'd computation. No matter what
the result of the present fight. the ex-
preston should be set down for all
time as long mark to the credit OF
Brattleboro. A towns duty in this
respect does not, of course include the
support of really unfit man for bet
ter ones place and certainly there is
nothing OF this kind in this case. for the
advantages OF fitness and qualifications
are by big majority on the Brattle-
boro mans side, and generally speaking
there is no danger on this score: the
danger is all the other way, in the ten
dency to under estimate the townsman,
the man we see every day, and over esti-
mate the man at distance, on the prin-
ciple that the greenest pasture is the
one Just beyond and the best fishing in
the brook over the hill. So ordinarily
the best results are reached by "a
towns overcoming this tendency, be
|ieying it's own men and with united
and hearty support submitting its
belief to the judgment of the rest OF
h. district or state.