The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-22

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The Memoria Day exercises Il
the High schoo! will occur next Frida.
morning at 10 O'Clock.
The barn and shed at what wa
formerly the Watson French ranch Il
North Hinsdale were burned Sunda
night.
The meeting of the County Con
gregational Ministerial association wa
! held at the Brooks house Monday will
II present
C. +. Sweeney of ST. Johnsbur,
make date here for lecture on tn
Cuban situation.
d. s. Farmer of Chesterfield was il
town Monday and among hi, purchase
was Il new hat which mystcriously disap
peared from his team on Main street.
The Surveying has been in prog
ress this week under charge of Geo A.
Hines, for the widening and straight
ening of Maple and Advent streets.
Rev. Fathers Gaffney of Rutland
Carmody and Houihan have been
here this week visiting Rev. Father
Cunningham in observance of the &c
hours devotion.
The little rain we had Tuesday
was almost entirely confined to this
place. 1t was a bare sprinkle Just
north and beyo Wantastiquet there
was hardly any of it.
Rev. f. B. Leavitt attended the
semi annual meeting of the Connect
cut Valley conference of the Unitarian
churches which was held at Bernard
ston yesterday and ab discussed the
subject Unitarianism in its rotation
to her forms of Liberalism in Reig-
ion. -
The senior class of Vermont acad-
envy numbering % was down yesterday
to be photographed by Wyatt, and took
dinner and supper at the Brook S
house. 1t is a good many hundred dol.
lars that are brought into town every
year by such photographers as we have
drawing patronage from wide terri
tory.
M. DeCosta, superintendent of the
Northern Contract Il Supply Co.. which
has leased the Ccnterville shop for the
of collins. Baskets. trim
mings and undertaking supplies. was in
town yesterday looking over the plant
and making arrangements for the neces-
sary repairs and the bringing of the ma
chinery here, which will begin next
week. The first meeting of the com
pany will be held here June LIST and
then everything will be pushed as rap
idly as possible and Mr.. De Costa ex-
n a
1t is one of the best things that have
in Brattleboro in recent years.
The types won't quite permit a re-
of the coachman's manip
llation of his hs'' in telling the story.
But he heard a racket in the hen
house and rushing TO the rescue, he
saw an animal that looked like a
black and white cat hold of chicken
le didn't know what it was, but with
. Briton's bravery, heuresoved to pro-
ect the chicken he ograbbed that
.at-by the tail, and he jabbed it and
dubbed it until it was dead. Ough
,ugh A-n-z h h.--he never knew as
Kings smelled so in dying in this
)lawsted Yankee land.
Welcome. Welcome, DO 1 Sing"
Kenneth Emerson of the Boston
chool of Oratory is spending his sum.
ner vacation here. Merrill Hodgkins
u. c. Hodgkins. He has business pro.
ects in view and if they materialize |
lie. and his family will make their
ZONE in this vicinity. Lawrence
Rhodes of Springfield, Mass, spent
sunday at the Brooks house. Miss
larry Tucker from Jamaica Plains
anne Wednesday for visit with Miss
Ina Goodall. Rev. W. j. JosIyn is
guest at II. F.Jordan's this week. 49,
Hiss Agnes Talcott of Rockville,
Ionp., is visiting the Fisher family
+ west Brattleboro, Mr. Coolidge of
iuilford is the guest of his daughter,
1rs. George Hodgkins. Mrs. Fred
ieason of Manchester, n. H., is here
aking care of her mother, Mrs. A. J.
ileason. who is very ILL., Deputy Gus
toms CollectorsJ. I. Kaine of Richfro
isited his family here this week. -
truman Thayer and wife of Amherst,
lass. were guests the first of the
eek at her fathers, d. d. Button. -
lr. and Mrs Charles Brown and
aughter of Rockford, Ill., are here for
months stay with Mr. Browns
lother Mrs. Addison Brown on Grove
.reet. William Ryan of New Haven,
onn., is guest at his brothers., n.
Ryan Ed Williams returned last
eek from Meriden, CT, and is visit
" in town. Miss Ellen Metcalf of
thol, Mass is guest at + K. Dur
ms. Chauncey Mckeever of Flush
lg, L. |. joined his wife here Saturday
+ Mrs. NJ. A. Cune's for few days
sit. w. +. Neal of New Bedford,
ASS, is spending his vacation here
. his home, R. S. Scribner and wife
Morrisvile were guests last week |
Charles Scribner's. Miss Eliza
raft of Boston. Mass. is a guest at j.
enry Pratt's this week.
Mrs John Franklin of MiIler's Falls (
S the guest of her sister, Mrs. Da- /
d Weld W. B. Manley of Dorset Is
town this week. Miss Jose phine 5
alestier comes this week from New {
orll for visit at Novelist Kipling's. {
George VarreIman of New York, {
easurer of the Forest and Stream 2
ub was in town yesterday. Thorn {
Judge. ticket agent at Nor champ a
n, was here over Sunday. M. Da c
on and daughter of New London are i
the Brooks House for few days. 49, |
oses Greenwood and wife of Ash /,
'aham, Mass, W. X. Convey of New i
Drk and S. A. Ilsbey and wife of New \
ork have also been there for few i
Tvs this week. Ned Cleveland of /
itchburg greets his host of friends IN h
wn.-C.N. Ditson of Boston, Mass, q
visiting in town. Harry Thompson 8
Bellows Falls was in town this Q
eek. James Ever of Boston is i
lest at d Q. Young Mrs. Laura 4
tmphrey of West Rutland is visiting r.
II aunt, Mrs. BE-. Bingham. Prof. f
illiston Walker and family are at b