The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24

4 Rowland: Katrina, 1ians uaugnl
Bridget Mamie n, Tyrrell; lit
Alice. a waif, Miss Nellie Barrett
The east showed careful study an
preparation and suffice il TO say Thu
: they all did we'll and richly deserved Il
praise that WIS showered upon then
, The orchestra under the direction I
? Fred Eyncr was the finest that hi
, been in the house for a long time. a
, ter the entertainment the company az
! companicd by their friends repaired
, Towns hotel to partake of Il supper
: After supper was over Jas. +. Byrn
as toast master called the meeting
, order and in u few we'll chosen word
in behalf of the Forresters thanke
those who contributed to make tn
affair success. Remarks were ais
made by Edward Barrett,J. j. Fenton
s. II. Tyrrell. J. T.. Broshnahan
Isaac Ledger ID. W. Connors, John L
Roche, W. G. Belknap, Neil Sullivan
and Maurice McAulitfe. The follow
ing committee had charge of the ar
rangements: Isaac Ledger, Steve Tyr
rell. Maurice Relihan, James Tyrrel
and Fred Exner
Local Thought and Movement.
.. +. Knowlton, the former LANDLORD
of the Comlpercial house here, has SO
cured control of the Windsor house a
Windsor, aud started today to assume
the management of the same. While
here Mr.. Knowlton made many friends
all of whom extend to him their best
wishes for his future prosperity in his
now hostelry.
A gang of young boys, ranging from
10 TO Is years of age, were up the river
Saturday and broke into the Pine Dell
Boat Club house and stole about I'll
they could find and what was of no use
to the vandals was broken. The names
of some of the youngsters are known
and it is the intention of the club to
punish the miscreants.
G.. l.. Forbes of Athol Mass, took
possession of the Commercial house
Saturday morning. 0. +. knowlton,
the former landlord, who has been
Obliged to retire owing to the strict en-
forcement Of the prohibitory law, has
not fully decided what he will engage
in next Since assuming the manage
ment OF the above house, he has con
in no way could any fault be found in
MS iuuDdptIhtllt, bteltco bCihis al
obliging and genial landlord.
1.-THE warrant is out for the annual
corporation meeting at the town hall
for Tuesday evening. Jan. 18th, ut
! 30 p. III. After electing the officers
and listening to the reports OF the past
year the following business will be
taken up: To see what will be done
about sprinkling the streets: to see
what the corporation will do about
paving the square: and what will be
done in the change in the water rates:
to see if Il steam roller is TO be pur-
chased: to see if the corporation will
vote TO direct the bailitfs to repay the
street department the sum OF $500
which was transferred from that de-
partmcnt to pay for electric lights and |
also to pay to water department for the |
use of hyirants: to see if money will |
re raised for repairing highways, and !
% transact any other business that may I
egally come before said meeting.
\ letter, from E. a. Norwood, states
hat he has purchased an orange grove
sdioining A. NJ. Fisher at South Lake
Weir, Fla. The grove has $50 trees
oranges, lemons, and grape
ruit and also has on the place grapes.
bananas. plums, figs and dates. Mr..
Norwood says that providing they
lave no more freezes he will have
'lenty of oranges in couple of years.
Accidents.
Bat Brady AN employee of John Rob
rtson Il Son, had the forefinger of
is right hand badly mangled by being
aught in the chain falls Wednes-
ay morning. lie was attended by Dr.
I'LL.
Death of Lewis l.. Atbee.
The people of the town were shocked
cdnesday morning TO hear of the
udden death of Lewis l. Albee better
nown as Lew. Tim, one of the old (
ettlers of the town. Mr.. Albee was !
n the street Tuesday in the his usual
God health and was seen going to his {
ONE about ) an. as vigorous az ever. |
lie retired about 9 30 Tuesday night +,
nd after getting into bed talked to !
is wife who was in the room. Sud |
anly Mrs. Albcr heard Il kind of "a a
urgling sound and asked what was !
lie matter, and getting no response 7
see that her husband was then past ?
\ messenger was dispatched d
II doctor but before he arrived Mr..
lhee had expired, the death resulting
ON heart failure. Lewis L. Albee
as born in Fairlee 10 years ago and
the age of II years came TO live n
it'll his grandfather Ebcnezer Albee d
the upper meadows where he lived o
It'll he was IL years of age. He then .
gan doing farm work for Jesse Evans v
here he worked until he was q, after x I,
lich he went TO Weymouth, Mass, "
lere he worked in loading and un e
ading vessels around the wharf. He d
yt began work us ii stone layer and
lped in the construction of several
idgPs on the Connecticut river.
he went to Pennsylvania
lere he remained until he was 30 "
ars old and while there met and sc
.rried Miss Georgiana Brandt and OF
IN afterwards returned here and "
released the farm near the Rocking W
m depot. Thirteen years ago he ut
we'd to Bellows Falls and became 81
mber Of the firm Of Miller, Eaton ri
A lbee who ran tin and stove store ne ne
the Albee block on Westminster AZ
eet where he remained for two years. th
$ funeral was held from the Episco IN
church at . O'Clock this afternoon, ne
tn interment in the Episcopal Gene ST.
v. Mr. Albce was we'll and wide
known man and by his genial and fe
ial ways made many friends. He CT
yes wife and one son, Geo. b. AL is
;. uf the firm of Albce Il Babbitt. AZ
. M
ntuf liecker and wife went t. Barre Satur- tf,
returning home Tuesday.-L Il Lowell was W.
Windsor Monday.-E Prouty of Boston was WI