The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-13

my som" not tea.
- Ex Gov. Fuller was somew,,o ~ a,o
the ilrst part of the week, buf 10 ro
ported to be gaining slowly.
Prof. r. G. Carrick. the ch;ronod;s
of Rutland and who co,nns 'I h;,,hi
endorsed, Is at Goddard cafe for fey
uass. ms announcement appears else
where. lie treats face, hands or feet
John Stevens has made n Iarp
purchase OF cattle, HOO, in Norther,
Texas, to be shipped in Nav r. th'
ranch OF the Vermont Live Stock 60
ana ne will buy as many more in
short time. ''' ~
manager Fox has booked '.Shor,
Acres for Brattleboro and Bcllow,
rails to appear October next. This !,
one OF the greatest plays on the stoa,
To-Day and is bound to afford On,
people much pleasure.
The Baptist Christian Endeayo
nelu conquest meeting Tuesda,
evening, taking for their consideratior
"a, 1ne lie OF the missionary, Vim. C0rey
me Juniors assisted in pleasing man
with songs and stories of missionar,
heroes. }
March II, 1855, was the date n
the great blizzard so this week.,
hcavvy storm came exactly on tho Stt
anniversary of it and there were many
predictions of repetition Of it, with
hurricane promised for last night
by the signal service and though Il
was rather quiet here, there was real.
! lzatlon of it at sea, and it was pretty
rough III parts of tho STATE
One of the best and most success.
iui farce comedies travelling has been
booked here for Easter Monday,
April y. 1t is 1.-THE Gilhoolevs
Abroad with the well-known German
Bros. OF minstrel fame in the leading
parts supported by Il very strong com.
pany including Arthur Rigby, Jerome
Powers, Cora Strong, Leah Starr and
a number of others.
Patrons of the Opera House are ur-
gently requested by the manager to be
in their seats not later than o'clock.
lhls Is no more than common courtesy
and is certainly due to the visiting
companies, the management, and to those
who do come promptly Thus far, since
the opening of the new house :much
disturbance and annoyance has been
caused by late corners, and the rising
OF the curtain has been delayed solely
on that account. This was particularly
noticably at the Wheel Club Ministries
when very few were in their seats at
eight O'Clock.
--Baiitf john Calvin is preparing
some figures that will appear in the
Reformer next week showing the fire
losses in detail for the past 10 years,
how they have decreased and how the
percentage of loss at each fire has
decreased as improvements have been
put in and how in the aggregate the
losses are but small fraction of the
amount we have in the same time paid
for insurance, whose rates have kept
jumping up even faster than losses
have gone down and improvements
gone in. 1t is the preliminary to a
for lower insurance rates to
which Brattleboro is entitled by every
consideration Of fairness.
1t has been decided that the week
of April 6 will be the best date for the
Boys Battalion exhibition drill, as the
various companies though working
hard. need little more time. The
drill will have rev and special features
and is bound to be better than last
year. Outdoor work including a
field day, and careful preparation for
Memorial Day will follow. The girls
are being drilled by Col. Bond and the
boys by Mai. Childs and Lieut.
Haigh. The companies arc not quite
as large as last year, but drill better.
AS method Of physical culture moth
- 10 fhn ~
drill. 1t ought to be used in the
schools.
The heavy storm. the Richards. Dur
gin party and the Rivarde Concert of
last night all helped to make the audi
ence for Special Delivery a small one,
but all those who resisted other attrac- |
lions and braved tho force of snow and
blast were amply repaid in witnessing
a good play in good hands and we'll
staged. While none Of the acting reached
to what is usually termed "great 1T was
all excellent and there was no stick
or ''dummy" in the cast to spoil what
was good. Tho hero Ned Darlington
(E. E. McFaddenj looked his part
to begin on, which is half the battle,
and his easy manly way Of assuming
his role took his audience at once. |
Harry Beresford as '.Bob Sprightly 'ac-
ted the stupid dudish, laundering, but
true kind hearted friend to perfection.
Miss beagle as "Agnes Howard the |
heroine made the most of the points
in her role and Miss Emma Dunn as
Nellie Carrington' was a charming |
little sister and sweetheart and very |
taking little lad as the messenger boy. |
The stage setting representing Harlem
river and bridge at night was cleverly
and accurately arranged. The play end
ID happily. as all plays should, and the |
audience went smiling out into the
Storm with many good words for drama
and actors. and many blessing on the
.ars waiting patiently Ia convey them
10 their homes. |
Have YOU seen Dunlap's Hat Us
Spring Style, they are the leading style
ook in Knapp's window adv |
-. pretty slIck,'' is putting 1t MID
or that S75 Dining Room Set now on
inhibition in Emerson d Son sho"
window, Ady.
RrattIebOreans and others.
Mrs A. Smith goes to Waterbury,
nm next week where she VIII make
,ar home Mrs. James Bowler returned
saturday from Springfield where she
s 9asu called by the death of her cousin.
q =. Woods was called to Holyoke
~ tine illness of his father Saturday.
>, w 1ni b ' Stacey has moved his family,
W Gardner, Mass. Mics Donnell
= Mr. Mrs. Edgett are in New York for
ho;r snrinr millinery. f. II. Flagg
Of the Reformer stan ana
' n l of +. +. Flagg .of this place,
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