The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-01

The Choral Union is already nro
pairing for public rehearsal. ''0
The public schools only had ana
SESSION to-day, it being arbor day,
The Universalist SUNDAY scboo,
nave their annual election Of off; nul
Sunday. ''''' Vi o'hcefs
An original widows nensio, ha.
.h eth granted to Florence b. Tyler OF
Tho night lunch has again
changed hands and is now in charrs
of E. W. Boyle. ""'se
"A party of 80 from Mount Hermon
t 700 supper at the Brooks House
"eo nesday after the hall game.
The electric road has made a ,.r,.
liberal offer to the ARTILLERY hand 'f e.,
concerts at West Brattleboro tb;. sun, ,o'
mer. sum
The Electric Railway COMPANY
nave found 6n 1t necessary to dig out
aoou. 500 feet of clay on Pine street 70
the depth of some two or three feet
ana put gravel in its place. That is
now completed and they are now rails.
ing the track in front of David Dow
ner up the hill some two or three
feet. These changes were found nee.
essary after the experience of one win.
ter. w
-George Z. Richards and daughter
Mrs. r. K. Durgin, were called To
west Swanzey Monday evening owing
TO the illness and death of Mr.. Rich !,
ards mother, Harriet B. Farrar. wild.
ow OF 4. G. Richards, formerly pro.
prietor of the Winchester hotel at
winchester, n. II. She had been III
for year and half with hardening
OF the liver and died at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Howe at
the Elm house in West Swanzey ana
was o. years old. Mr.. Richards died
10 years ago. She was a native of
Petersham. Mass, most estimable
woman, with the qualities of heart
mess and kindness that have dis.
tingulshed her sons, of whom three
survive her, so well known in the no.
tel world. George Z. of this place c..
II. of the Winchester house at Win
chester and W. J. of Union CITY.
Mich. Mrs. Howe is the only daugh
ter, The funeral will be held TODAY at
l p. m. from the Cuiversalist church
at Winchester.
The report Of Chief Engineer
Turner shows Just s244 paid by in
surance companies for losses in Brattle
boro last year. This is where the
companies collected about S35, 600 in
premiums in the same time. 1t is only
Il continuation of the story of the last
10 years, in which premiums paid have
aggregated over $500, 600 and the
losses been, as Bailiff GaIvin's careful
article in the Reformer OF March p,
showed only S15,21 The companies
in that time have made clear profit
from their Brattleboro business. after
allowing the usual percentage of ex-
pense of doing the business, of well
towards $50, 600 or about half of all
the money they have taken here. In -
years there has not been single one
in which they have not taken out more
than they have been called to pay back
In 10 years there have not been over
three or four in which this was not
the fact, and in that period there
certainly their gross and probably
net profits from Brattleboro have
reached half million dollars But
the worst of il is that the losses have
been steadily decreasing. as the de
partment service has improved, while
the rates have been goirg up. What
ever else the village meeting does
next Tuesday, it should take organized
and emphatic action looking towards
a reduction of insurance rates, and an
action that means hang toit until it
is done. The right of the matter is
too plain to admit of failure if ii is fol-
lowed in the right way. The agents
recognize it and will willingly cooperate
with citizens committee to bring
about better state of things, and at
least of some of them with whom we
have talked believe it can be done.
-Varnish glass paint for Lawn
Chairs and settees all shades at Rob
bins & Cowles adv.
Have you noticed the number q
ENJOYS we are putting Uut-Lots more
coming. It's seller Hackley II
Moran. adv.