The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09
THE REFoRMER: BRATTLEHoRo. VT. THURSDAY. JULY 9. 1896.
August as is B%rattleboro's biz div.

August Is Is Brattleboro's big day.
The uniycrsalist picnic has been post
Po"eu "hui the last week IN August.
Randall 4 Clapp are just finishing OF II
private once In the rear Of their store.
The bailiiis have changed the date OF their
"ee''nss 10 tue hrst Tuesday Of each month.
Hon; j.. J.. Martin delivers an address
oeiore the Republicans ut Westminster to-
morrow night. when Il 20ya0 fag will be
swung. -
Another base ball game between Brat.
tleDoro and Below Falls is expected next
week or the week after. Bellows Falls hasn't
got enough of It.
Line new Fitchburg engine ut the electric
lignt station Is completed ready for operation
nv me large railroad motor is expected
nut nus not arrived.
Miss Lulu Horton met with II curious
nuenoent tuesday while curling her hair. The
IRON slipped from her hand and struck the
pnpi OF her eye, making II painful but not
serious burn.
Hon. >. l.. Martin received this letter this
morning from Canton:
por your kindness In the past ana your con.
iGhr an9s letter of the eth Slt. please accept
'"""Ns' WIN. MCKINLEY.
DIR. c. Il. Severance has sold n tract If
q acres at Shelburne Falls containing val
uaDie mineral springs and Il valuable aque-
uuct system to Il syndicate of business men
at that place.
The directors of the Amherst and Sun
ueriahd electric street railway COMPANY ut.
Amherst, Mass, awarded the contract for
building that road to NJ. A. Coolidge of Fitch
6urg, Mass. Mr.. Coolidge built the road at
this place.
Burton Clifford, the five.year-old son of
Charles Clifford of North Hinsdale. was
Kicked by a horse just above his eye Monday,
rendering MN unconscious and inflicting n
deep cash which required several stitches by
DIR. Gray.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
congregational church held their last mis-
slonary meeting of the season last SUNDAY
n!ght. The meeting was conducted by Miss
Minerva Tyler and closed Il most interesting
series of meetings.
Miss Bessie Newman, daughter of John
New man Of this place, in company with Il
party of the Commonwealth bicycle club.
starts saturday afternoon for Niagara Falls,
where they take their wheels and ride to To-
ronto and from there to Quebec, the trip
taking two weeks.
The Universalist church has closed for
the summer vacation of five weeks, but the
Y. re. Union will continue their meetings
at the SAINT time rs formerly. Rev. Hal ID.
Maxwell, the pastor, left Monday morning
for his home in New Brunswick where he
spends his vacation.
-Franklin, son of j. l.. Moore of Clark
street, met with Il severe accident Mon1ay
night. Some boys had placed powder on the
ground and the little fellow. not knowing
what II was. set ii match to it and was badly
burned about the face and both eyes are in a
bad condition. 1t is now hoped that the boy
will come out all right.
A serious blight is coming on the. annie
trees of the state. The eanker worm is the
devastator. The fall apple trees seem to be
the most obnoxious to him. though many
trees that bear winter fruit are more or less
affected. The leaves quickly turn Il deep.
dead brown and look rs though the injury
was by fire. Pound sweets and Porter apple
trees seem to suffer the most.
The Ancient and Uonorables. with
whom are Mai. +. w. CbiLIs and las r.
Hooker landed nt Iiverpool Tuesday AFTER.
noon and were received with GREAT eclot and
escorted with n spccinl train toiondon where
they were bonored with n banmuet. amid
strains of YANKEE Doodler and ..Stnr Snon-
oleJ Banner" mixeI with cod save the
Queen. The Prince of Wales. Lord COL
vile and the Earl of Denbioh did the hopors.
-R,nd MINT enisode. SCENE. u rear cellar
door s.15 ~ m 4 vouno man and volng
woman aplnroacb. arms around each other.
He Here we are. Jennie, ont for a GOOD
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