The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

alarm at tho engine house.
1T is only just to state that no Brat
tlenoro plumber had anything to d,
with the town house plumbing.
work at Estey Organ Co. will be
gin al O'Clock Monday morning ant
the whistle will blow at quarter o.
seven.
--Chas. Miner joins +. J. Bailey i,
opening another real estate office anc
tney have rented rooms in Rythc,
block which they opened yesterday.
"A rescript was received from thu
supreme court Saturday, denying the
Application Tor new trial in the
frost Van Doom case on claim OF
newly discovered evidence.
f. S. Smith OF Washington has
the contract for carrying the mail be.
tween Brattleboro and Waite, six
times week from April |, 1896 to
June 30, 1897.
Only two OF tho village hydrants
were frozen in the terrible cold snap
this week and those at the gate at the
bottom, the only point at which there
can be a freeze except at the caps
The dance to be given by Prof. Z.
Wales in Grange hall Saturday evening
Will take the form of a Washington
party. The dance given last Saturday
evening was very enjoyable affair,
some l25 couples attending.
There is correspondence in
progress with view to gettin shoe
manufacturing firm to locate here.
Probably it will amount to nothing
because the effort will bo made in no
organized way. Meanwhile the
Orange, Mass, board of trade is push
ing similar scheme with "A good
prospect of success.
-Fiftytive of the members of the
Baptist society and Christian Endeavor
enjoyed sleighride to Putney Wednes-
day evening where hot oyster supper
was served by the Baptist ladies OF
that place. After supper q social time
was spent after which the company
returned home to face the clements
encountering all sorts Of weather from
raging snow storm to q bright, pleas
ant evening.
On Thursday evening, Feb. u,
there will be given in the Baptist
church under the auspices of the
Woman's Missionary and Aid society
a concert by the Little Vernon
Brothers" of New Jersey, who come to
us very highly endorsed. Their ages
are fourteen, eleven and eight years,
and they play the violin, piccolo and
violincello and they sing, whistle and
recite with surprising proficiency.
Tickets % cents; children under four,
teen years IL cents. adv.
A game of basket ball has been
arranged to be played at the Armory
tomorrow evening between the Say
tons River team and the local Y. M.
G. A. team. The homo boys have
been practising two evenings a week
in the Armory and good game can be
looked for. Basket ball 10 game
which was invented for the winter
season to take the place of football
its roughness and has met
with unqualified success. 1t is also
played in some of the colleges for girls
and is particularly strong at Smiths
college IN Northampton. Encourage
the boys by being in attendance to- |
morrow night.
DIR. A. /. Miller says with reference
TO the statement of the committee
about to town house plumbing that
be was never asked to look after it,
and it was not his business under law
beyond approving of the plans. But
he did call on the contractors repeat
,dly for the plans and went before the
committee personally with regard to 1t
and the committee appeared before tine
BOARD. But in spite of all no pains
we're filed till Dec. 80, then they we're
,ot complete and what there were
we're not followed. 1t is bad scrape
that seems to have been full of misun-
and tho burden OF blame
il fairly to be laid on the contractors.
Sumner Pratt, aged IL, died Sun
lay night after a long illness. He
vas a native of the town. son of David
Pratt, and first learned the trade of a
but lived most of his life
n the various hotels and restaurants
md meat markets of the place, and
napy wears in his younger days in tho
I'D stage house under Col. Chase.
quests all liked him, for he was at
entiye and kind hearted, and great
.onk, and the clam and oyster pake5
hat herused to get up 10 his YARD on :
South Main street in after years were
amous. He married Julia A. daugh
or of James Fisk who was a merchant ;
lere some 50 years ago, having his
tore at the corner of Main and High !
treet which he afterwards sold out to
ohm Fl. Wheeler. She died May 8
95, but two sons James T. and Charles
urvive them. r,., 1
Rest tobacco, s and Zoe. Good for
he nerves. Try them, Sold by George
!. Greene. adv. 2lu
--Glenwood Ranges and Heaters arc
but rarely can they be pro-
urcd at cut prices. See Emerson d
on's adv.
RrattlebOrcans and Others.
Miss florence Fisk left to day for ,
-. 4; Rortnr, and with her sister at ;