The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-10
LOCAL
FIVE MINUTES WITH THE EWs OF
THE COUNTY AND VICINITY.


went to Readsboro last week Thursday
and attached property belonging to the
Deerileld River company in behalf of
Dibblc and Cauedy of North ADAMS.
The suit grows out of the sale of piece
of land III Somerset by Dibble a. Can.
cdy to the Deerfield River Company.
practically John G. and Moses Newton
OF llolyoke. Mass. and is for so, 600.
| The controversy about the land arose
over the delivery of the deed. The New
tons have possession of tho land aud
! Dibble * Canedy claim that they have
not been paid. The writ is rcturnable
to the Bennington County court. which
meets at Manchester in June
Narrow Gauge Repairs.
! The repairs contemplated in The Cen
trail Vermont management on the Mar
row Gauge road, before the receiver
ship INTERVIEWED, include three iron
bridges, the laying of 1000 new ties,
and several miles of new rails, and it is
still hoped that most of them will be
carried out in spite of the recevership.
One of the iron bridges is already
ON the ground at the Williamsville
station. 1t is bridge removed from
Swanton, where it was replaced by a
! heavier bridge to carry the big engines
and heavy trains to the main line. The
other two bridges are to pe removed
/ from over the Winooski between Essex
, Junction and Winooski. where they
are known as the twin bridges \
considerable portion of the new ties to
be laid arc chestnut ties bought on
the line of the New London road in
Connecticut. A second hand. locomotive,
which has been bought by the manage
ment. is now in the shops at st.
Adams. where it is being put in
thorough repair and fitted up as Il G oal
burner TO be added to the equipment
of the little road. -
Newell Raises His Price,
How many do you think you
help?" asked IA Boston Record reporter
of Bradley C.. Newell Tuesday.
Not more than Il third | guess
Some folks say it is "A half hat | guess
not.
And the healer nodded his head
deprccatingy. Newell said he had
never met or heard from the other
heaters who are making a good thing |
out of their alleged miraculous power.
ana when the question was asked di /
recty if he was not in the business for |
What there is in it. he smiled and |
said
SWELL | don't know used to treat
people free. Then | asked them -. I
| That didn't seem t. keep them away. /
So now ] am asking them s. for each |
treatment. The newspaper man
asked him if he did not believe that |
his were faith cures. He smiled that |
potcnt smile Of his ana aaid.. "No | |
don't believe in faith cures hntsArsjhad |
made my best cures on people Tho did |
not believe IN me.
Newell Cures the Cigarette Habit
/ bradley G.. Newell the hsdier sp'1t
| l,rt wool, AZ his hon,o preparatory l.
r r"s 70 Boston. lie had planned for
+, rast before po;ng, but on reaching
Ion,n nj Jacksonville found crowd
~ afflicted people awaiting his CON
;na Among the number were mer'
| chants. lawyers, clergymep and even
doctors seeking treatment and the
healer has been kept busy almost.n
and day. though he has found time TO
| devote little attention to his black
smith shop. Among his patients was
| a Young man who had become con
| firmed invalid from the use of ciga-
rettes. After two treatments ne dc,
clared that he had been entirely cured
nr inc desire to smoke and ms gen
eral health was perceptibl y improved
Newell will 90 to Boston Tuesday
| 70 spend several days at the quincy
House treating patients.
Celebrated His IOOth birthday
/ Timothy Mcdonald, for many years
E, reci,lcnt of Jacksonville and the oldest
man in Grcenheld, celebrated what is
held TO be his Tooth birthday MONDAY,
~ The home of his daughter, Mrs,
Jeremiah Murphy. in the north part OF
Greenfield. That he If absolutely
snre that he is 100 years old cannot
he truthfully said. 1t is based quite
largely on his excellent recollection OF
The words his mother when was ;Aprli
in. 1876, though he had supposd un,
iii the visit of Rev. NJ. r.. Purcell
tbc rector of Holy Trinity church at
Greenfield to Ireland last summer, thai
was August -. 179S. Mr.: McDonaia
came TO this country IN sailing
vessel in 1858. AZ days beip@ consumes
bv the voyage. Sincc coming 10
.an,,i,In VI. where he was for many
,'oars rmnluved by the late Farley
g.. and then went to the north part
e,s r:,sonfield where ne was employed
~. lyman G.. Barton. Mr. Mellon
ajd's wife died in 1867. six children
werc horn IA them, three OF whom oieu
in infancy. Three grew TO maturity
ap,I.onc son died in the war OF the re-
hnliion The surviving children are
Mrs. .Ierrmia Murphy, with whom Mr.
u NJ has made his home for many,
-, md !. C. Mcdonald, well
800. ,"'T gardener of Peabody. Mr..
McDonald still enjoys excellent
baaI,b he hardly looks to be more
M 20 has a iinr ruddy color. and rs
liisali nv everyone who comes IN Toh-
.nat Win him. Almost daily he does
rorl, about the house and hohday
snl;t quite pile Of wood ~ urder
sp'" teep his hand in. The only
a.o.,l,nrss thus far apparent Is
,;,,tt deafness. He recalls very
.;,-;diy tho excitement when ioil II
W. Wv h:t;lc of Waterloo. He hau the
u ~ nf hearing Daniel O'Conneii
ipnaen .h,t great orator spoke IN Cork,
VII h. followed in procession mat
au1 ,,;v.n in his honor when the
We xas released from laii,
es,.r Irving sentence for political
~ Mr.. Mcdonald signed tho
oi,e; in Cork when Rev. Theobaid
ga.thew. from whom the tathoic
,,i'rarance societies take their name
u.hit - ,.,,,o.,yeys there