The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-28

Sherman A. JENNIE have settled tn
. fire loss on the Burrows place in Yer
non for S54G7S.
S The American house dining room
and halls have this week been pa
5 pored and otherwise improved.
Miss Miller of Worcester, Mass, il
serving dougnuts and cake at Scott
Jones which are prepared with Coto
suel.
Mrs. Tcnncy has sold her place il
Cambridgetort and gives possession a
once. Sale made through \. V. Mays
agency.
d. W. Kemp a brakeman on the
Central Vermont h. r. iammed the mid
die finger of his right hand qui tebadly
Thursday by getting it caught ina ,pir
while coupling cars.
Tho Methodist conference meets
in Barre this year, and as this is Rev.
Mr.. .iough's third term in Brattle-
boro a change Is expected and there is
considerable speculation as to who
the next pastor will be.
-Rollin has special despatch this
morning saying that Newell healed
the differences between Greenfield and
Deertield and Cheapside will now be
annexed. Rollin thinks now he ought
to be to work on the two factions of
Republicans.
The Wilmington news contains an
item which will interest many Brat
tleboro people in the death of Mrs. NJ.
S. Stevens. She was a niece OF Hollis
and Henry Streeter of this place and
a cousin of Mrs. Henry Brown.
The narrow guage freight went off
"a treste between Townshend and West
Townshcnd this morning. The freight
cars all went down an embankment
but the passenger car which was at
tached stayed. No injuries reported.
The new cases of photographs
which have been put out by A, d.
ration Of all passors by, the one con
tanning the photographs of Mrs. Hat
tie Brazor-Pratt being particularly at
tractivc.
Morse Il Edgctt, the real estate
agents, have arranged with Boston
real estate firm for the sale of "a ranch
containing G,500 acres located in Kan
sas, price $780, 600, They also are
negotiating with parties for the sale
of large orange grove in Florida.
Price 5000
Miss Carrie'L. Gorham, "A native
Iof st. Johnsbury, an accomplished
artist and writer who at one time had
q regular position on the Household,
died in Portland, Me-, last week aged
II. She had received patent for an
application for decorating pottery and
did also some very creditable intaglios.
She received patent for Il ladies' desk
made in the form of an easel.
, -Hoyts COMMENTED Woman,
which appears at the town house next
Tuesday evening was first booked for
kecnc; but the manager found that
the stage there was not adequate for
the elaborate scenery the company
carries. SO he came over here, and
after examining our new opera house.
which he pronounced admirable, =
decided to make the date for Bratte-
boro, and says he can produce the
piece here as well az at the Park
Theatre in Boston.
Smith College School of Music,
Northampton, Mass, Feb. IL, 80. |
President Br3ttleboro Y. NJ. G. A
Dear Sir You and your associates, as
well as all music lovers of your vicinity |
are to be congratulated in having the |
to hear the great Rivarde |
and his brother artist Lachaume. |
The concert recently given by them in |
our Academy of Music was most thor |
oughly enjoyable. the phenomenal play |
ing Of the vioinist especially creating |
great enthusiasm Cordially yours, +. |
b. Story.
Another small fire occurred Tues
day afternoon at one of W. n.
Fletchcr's tenement houses on Birge
street occupied by II. Pellerin, where
the blaze caught from the ash barrel
and burned tho clapboards on the ell
part of the house. The fire was seen
by the neighbors in season to be put
out without ringingsin an alarm. The
wood ashes which were the cause of
the trouble, had been left out in the
snow in the ash box a day and night
before being emptied into the bar
rel. Fortunately it was IN the day
time or the outcome might have been
more serious.
The G, y. r., Estey Guard and
Boys Battalion 10y special invitation
attended the Congregational church IN
a body last Sunday evening, where
they listened to patriotic sermon
given 10y the pastor, Rev c. o. Day,
on the question whether patriotism is
declining. The conclusion of tho
speaker, after a thoughtful and COM
prchensive survey is that while we
don't carrysour patriotism on our sleeve
so much as we used to do, it is still
here. He believed, however, in show
Of force aud in military training and
discipline with that view.
A gasoline cnamaling oven in a
room by itself in Hackley 4 Moran's
basement was found to be all ablaze
yesterday afternoon about Is o clock.
Both Mcssrs. Hackley and Moran hap
pened to see it at the same time. the
after grabbed the canvass top of their
delivery wagon and threw over it and
-an to ring the alarm, while Hacklcy
IAN for the hose and ne and +. J.
kepplc of kopple Il Co, Norwich,
who happened to be in the store,
applied the stream so well that the
ire was all out before the department
cached the scene. The whole damage
vas not over $50, but moments more
start would have insured serious re-
suits.
Did you get your coffee at Pullen
\ Whitney it Is the finest in the land.
WELCOME. Welcome. Do Sing"
John Collins of Jacksonville. H., is
he guest of his brother. Robert Col
ms. Mrs. Frank Reed of Bridgeport,
Conn. is visiting a few days with