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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
Westminster West.

When Rev II A Goodhue and wife
we're on their way to Meriden last
week. Mfs 8de<h ne WAS thrown from
the carriage and quite badly hurt.
Several from here attended com
mencement at the Vermont academy
this week
The Christian Endeavor society of
this place will give lawn party at
the residence of Reuben Miller Tues
day evening, June 30. Everyone cor
daily invited Ice cream and cake
will be on sale.
Fred Pierce and friend from
Greenfield spent Sunday in town-Stu-
dents from Meriden and Vermont
academy nave arrived home fer the
-Mrs:Charles Lailey has been
in Springfield visit Ig among friends.
Mrs Fred Harlow and family of Nal
den are at Mis- G. c Goodell's for the
summer.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
LOCAL.
ABOUT THE COUNTY.



Elliot Harris from Dover, also DR.
Hubbard and Mr.. Bag9s from Holyoke
were at the River View house last
week. l. & Harris was their guide to
the fishing grounds. They say Som
erset is grand country and intend to
visit il again in the near future. II
W Eastman of Brattleboro, also w V
Eastman and George Greenwood of
Fitchhurg are staying at the River
View house for few days.-B NJ
Leonard and wife went to Jacksonville
and Lake Pleasant on visit last
week. -Rumor has it that Mrs Fred
Tudor has purchased new bicycle.
This makes five new wheels in town.
Rev Doty is building new barn. -
Mrs Martha Sutton has gone to North
Adams on visit. John Laphlame has
gone to Canada to visit his parents. -
Mark Tudor has returned from Mont
pelier. Ernest and Herbert Tudor
went to Adams on business trip last
week.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

At theRepublican caucus held AT the
town hall SATURDAY evening Ward Es
tey, Arms Miller and Myron Dutton
were chosen delegates to the county
convention.
Mrs Hannah Smith of Mime.
apois is the guest OF her aunt,
Mrs Pratt. Mrs Bacon is still on the
sick{list Mrs Oscar Miller is conya
lescing. H ii Miller and Mrs Dustan
Reed are visiting at West Brattlcbo-
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
Newfa ne.

Paris Rawson passed his Seth birth
day this week Thursday. His daugh-
ter, Mrs Henry W Downs of Boston
came home Wedn ,sday evening as is
her custom every year to be with him
oD his birthday.
Benjamin Eager was married to
Miss Nettie Whitney of Marlb orc on
Wednesday.
Invitations to attend the wedding Of
Fred Reed and Miss Elizabeth Pierce
of CaveLdish have been received by
their friends in town. The ceremony
will take plac. June Both atClarem ont,
n II.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
south, Wtnsll,as,i.

James Francis and his mother. Mrs
Frank Robbins visited at her broth :
er's in Springfield last week.
The schools in town closed Frida y
the 10Th. They all met at Windham in
the afternoon for general exercises.
Those receiving prizes we're May Ad-
ans, Percis Jenison and BERTHE Howe.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

\ picnic on the Fourth, general
invitation.
4 Not large number out to the straw
berry festival last night, but those
present had very pleasant time.
Sadie Winchester from Cnnterville
is visiting her friend Nellie Prouty. -
Mrs Eliza Taylor and her little grand
daughter Sadie Taylor from Feeding
Hills. Mass, are visiting at e p Adams
and CharlesAmes. Mrs Henry Adams
and Fannie Carver are on the sick list
this week. Mr. Hadlock and Arthur
have finished work forCharles Bartlett
at the mill.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

Nov is the time to provide yourself
and family with bottle of Chamber
iain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
remedy as safeguard against an at
tack Of bowel complaint during the
summer months. 1t costs but % cents
and is almost sure to be needed before
the summer is over. This remedy new
er fails, even in the most severe cases,
and is in fact the only preparation
that can always he depended upon.
When reduced with water it is pleas
ant TO take. For sale by G. E. Greene,
Druggist.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

Mr. Post of Tolland, Conn, the tn iro
Of the candidates for the Congregation
al pulpit of Jamaica and West Towns
hend preached here last Sunday.
Mr. Potter's little boy of East Jamai
ca, while playing with a moving ma
chine last Saturday, had the misfor
tune 10 cut his thumb very severely
The injured hand was dressed by DIR &
Gale of this place.
Mrs Alma Jones is spending some
time in Brattleboro- Mrs Lucius Har
ris has returned to her home here
much improved in health Deacon W
II Taft and family have been spending
a few days in Westmoreland, n HI
W Page is having a new kitchen built
on his tenement house. the work being
done by Charles Hawkins-John Dom
pier and the Kent Brothers are shing
ling hair barps-Mrs Lydia Fulle rton
and daughter Mabel. who have for
some time been living in Antrim, are
here to occupy the Wells Far
well house.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

scripted also, aud now performs with
hundreds of other creatures, his full
complement of clever and cute perform
ances with docility and celebrity. In
some countries the bull Is considered too
savage and untamable II beast to expert
ment with in the line Of training, and
tricks, could they be taught the animal,
would not justify for the time and trou-
bic necessary to teach them, but such is
not the case with the Barnum & Bailey
Show. Here we can find full-sized
savage bell doing all the same kind of
performances that has been taught 9TH
er animals. Upon his entrance into one
OF the circus rings he will gracefully
salute the visitors by bowling his head
toward them, will discharge firearms, |
mount pedestals. pose. lie down. arise, |
see saw, and do many other clever |
things ut word of command. The ami
NAL is also broken to harness and the
saddle. and speeds well in both. behav-
ing as well as a well-broken horse. This
is but one feature of the trained animal
exhibit. for there are 80 horses who per-
form In one ring at one time. and three
herds of elephants who occupy three
rings. eight in each ring, and execute
the most intelligent dances, maneuvers,
tricks and feats. There are trained
too, as we'll as dens Of trained
wild beasts, such as lions. tigers, n.y.
enas, leopards, panthers, wolves, etc,
and startling as IL may appear, even hip
popotami have been taught to perform.
rs well as !: flock of Ostriches, dogs.
monkeys, goats. pigs, and bears. A
are and delightful entertainment. called
oriental India, Is probably the most pic
uresque and charming of all the exhibit
ions OF faraway countries ever given
~ this energetic irn of showmeR, and
conveys more of an insight into the real
manner of life of the natives than any
looks. The living inhabitants them
elves reveal the story of their home life.
The whole big show will be here on
July 10.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

Little Charley Lester fell while at
play and broke his right arm Just
above the wrist.
DIR Foster has the nomination for
senator, was tho report brought back
from the convention at Newfane.
The lawn party on the grounds of
the Methodist church was success
notwithstanding the evening was cool
and the non appearance OF the band.
Mrs Robert Holton took a drive With
friends last Thursday to her child
hoods home. After short time
strawberrying, a drive was taken across
to the country road, where picn ic
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
West Ward = bOro

The school is to give an entertain
ment tomorrow ereniGg to include
m usic. recitations, dialogues. tableaux.
etc. by the scholars ond recitation by
Daisy Gushing Mr. Landman is taking
much pains 10 have an Interesting
evening and admission fee of , cents
for those outside the school, in order
10 buy new map for the schoolhouse
Raymond Rice of New Haven, Conn.
is at f l. Rice's for time-M Dow
ley End wife and George Porter and
family are visiting at II \ Waite's
aud J W Ingalls,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

Strawberries are not very plentiful
but are selling for 10 cents per quart
Children's day will be observed at
the N + church next Sunday with APP
propriate exercises by the children.
Visitors in this place within the
past few days: Walter Ballon, station
agent at Newfane. with his wife and
Frey at their fathers, B J
Wilson'S Mrs Mary Howe at her ia
theirs, ID W Yeaw's-Miss Aimee Jones
Of Bratteboro at d S Pbrouty's.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
Grove,

The recent showers although Very
welcome came too late to be Of any
great benefit TO the grass crop which
will fall short Of many previous years.
Farmers will either have to buy hay
before the coming winter is gone or
sell off half their stock.
Mrs L j Bull of Randolph is stop
ping at 4 F Proutys for number OF
weeks d S Barton and wife togeth
err with Master Gilbert and Cora A
Barton of Guilford were guests of Mr.
and Mrs B f Clark the past week. -
ID S Barton, a soldier in the war, is
going soon to Boston or Springfield for
an operation at the hospital fora dis
ease OF long standing. A Gilchrist Of
York state was at Grove on business
last weetk he has returned home.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

Green returned home this week. .
William Ballou::of Winchester, Mass, is
visiting In town this week-Charie
J Miller is expected home to spend
the Fourth. --Amasa Grout wheeled
TO Cavendish last week. t/
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

T Fss Anthony, Postmaster of Prom
Use city, Iowa says: Il bought one
bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheuma
tism, and two doses of it did me
more good than any medicine ! ever
took. ~ Sold by Geo. f. Greene, drug
gist, Brattleboros
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

HERE is scarcely II
1fOur-fO0ted beast Of
any kind that has
not, at some time or
another, been train
ed to perform In the
Barnum Il Bailey
Greatest Show on
Earth. A bull has
proved the only ex-
ccption. This sea
son, however, that
very unattractive
animal has been con-
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

SCSutting, who has beenlsick for sew
eral weeks, is gaining slowly. Lena
Reed returned from Greenfield last
Thursday. Mr. and Mrs s Eaton. who
have been in Winchendon. Mass, for
weeks visit. returned last SATURDAY..
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

Mothers will find Chamberlain,s
Cough Remedy especially valuable for
Group and whooping cough. 1t will
give prompt relief and is safe and
pleasant. We have sold it for several
years and it has never failed to give
the most perfect satisfaction. G. "
Richards. Duquesne, la. Sold by G
+. Greene, Druggist.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
MANGEf.

June ~
The Crippen- RusseiiC0.. iChOte
sale dressmakers of NeW York,
hare sold at Il sacrifice the entire
balance of this seasons prOduc.
ton: about 400 dozen Ladies
Vrdppers. and We hare part OF
! the lot. TWO numbers are al
ready here and sh0Wn IN our cor
ner ,oindoW.
! SI.29 noe for a regular $500
one. 09c nor for Il regular ST.
% one.
Look ont TOR more to come.
Styte and shape are the best in
this make Of any We knOU about.
Fen s5c to 500 Wrappers-
most of them sizes .32 and 81
previously in stock, to be closed
at SOC apiece.
Specials an Skirt IEdists nOW.
One lot, all sizes, Russei Il. Ly-
mans 1925 ciear-taWn. al
white ground, NTH small dot,
90 Cents Each.
Tomorrow you can pick from
our entire assortment of SEC and
$500 Blouse Waists at
20 Cents Apiece.
FeTc neW Unite LaWn Waists
just received, some at 81 90 some
at $500.
SIX Waists, at reduced prices.
Ne,O Navy and Black Bla=er
Suits at $3.50.
NesS CanUas Suits $3.50 to S.95
Zach. the fad of the season.
Fen more S4.9 SIX Pettecoats
saNse as last lot.
Just received the sitkiest bro
,ade MOhair separate Skirts zee
srer had.
$3.50 Each.
StiI more of the $2.s5 ones.
Remember the cut in sir aud
Satin skirts.
Remember the cut in Capes a,pi
Coats.
,VeU Suits. Skirts and Waists.
,oning ia often nOr.
". 4. AAhHHf.I
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
A BOVINE CLOWN.

Fifty Trained Horses also, and Oriental
India Will he Seen.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
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dge.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

FER Vermont
~ You want
you want.
Fs show YOU |
\ and | am al
,'selifor low,
n,sihg, hut
'h 10 select.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

In 1900 the maintenance and wages
of thirty7SiX people employed in the
family Of a French nobleman amount
ed to only eight hundred dollars per
anuum. This number included a chap
lain. secretary. maitre d'hOte], II
steward, to each Of whom vas assign
ed a valet exclusively devoted to his
service. The expenses of the members
of the family were somewhat larger
No economy was practiced, and he
meals We're elaborate. In addition to
poultry and game, three roasts were
served daily, as well as soups, entries,
entremets. salads, desserts and fruits.
The coS of those was two thousand
two hundred dollars a year. What
with the pay Of the domestics and 9TH
er officers Of the household, food, en-
lertainments. clothing and the keep OF
sixteen horses. the annual expenses OF
Il family, as described, amounted to
less than ten thousand dollars. AS
money was worth about five times as
much hen as now, the cost Of house
keeping then was not so much less thar
now as some persons imagine.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

Whether the phenomena are genuine
or not. it is pretty evident that the per
formances of professional ~hypnotists
are being carried toe far. The bury
ing of 4 subject" foul feet under
ground for a period Of several days
the latest feat of an indianapolis pro
feSsOr'-was a dangerous proceeding
which was not justified by any pre-
tense that it was done in the interest
oc science. 1t was IN advertising
scheme, pure and simple. There have
been exhibitions Of a similar character
thrown into Il cataleptic state for sew
eral days at a time and have survived
the ordeal without any apparent injury.
But the actual burial Of a man, so that
his physical condition cannot be ascer-
Llined from hour TO hour, is n danger
Gus experiment whose repetition should
not be tolerated. Such tests are abso-
lutely without value from any stand
Point. I%iypnotism is accepted by many
scientific men as a genuine phenome-
Ion. OllltIb utLt lHdl ~ LIST u
are physicians who class all the mani
LeStatiOnS as charlatanism, while 9th
erS profess to use it in their practice and
to obtain good results from it. 1t
makes no particular difference which
side is right, though the evidence favors
the assumption that hypnotism Is an
actual. existing force. But if 1t is it
should not be made the %plaything of
quacks and mountebanks, and above
ell IT'S uncertain influences should not
5e allowed to place life in jeopardy. On
the other hand, if exhibitions like that
at indianapolis are merely the result of
COLLISION and trickery the public should
be protected against them as against
all other forms of false %pretense. There
is nothing edifying or instructive in
exhibitions whose sole attraction is
the possible loss of a human life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10
THE SAVAGE GUN.
1t Will BE Used by the National
Guard of New York state.

Herewith is presented an Illustration
of the mechanism Of the Savage gun.
which has been selected by the Board
of Examiners for the use of the New
York State National Guard. The rifle
has a lever bolt action. with a fixed
central magazine. holding five cart
ridges, with one in the barrel cham
Der, making a total of six. When used
rs a single loader. the act of placing n
cartridge in the breech opening holds
the cartridges in the magazine in re-
serve automatically. a glance will
show the number of cartridges con
tanned In the magazine.
Thus the rifle can be used alternate
ly, as desired, either as a single loader
or as a magazine rifle, at the will OF the
operator, and it "a be used MS n single
loader while the full magazine is held
III reserve in the event Of a rush being
made at close quarters by the enemy.
The rifle Is hammerless, and the maya
zine arrangement, according to experts.
is the best yet invented.
The rifle is constructed to use the
government cartridge, 80 calibre. 50
grains Of smokeless powder, 900 grains
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

In the Journal of Political Economy,
Mr.. George Tunell discusses some inter
esting statistics of traffic on the Great
Lakes. One of the most striking facts
in the history of lake navigation is the
very rapid substitution of steam for
sail as motive power. In the curse of
the article Mr.. Tunell says that the in
creased size of the ships and the sub
shutting of steam. two of the three rad
zeal changes that are brought under
consideration, have rendered necessary
the third change, the substitution Of
steel for wood as the material for con
struction. The preference for steel has
become very decided in the last decade.
and now only those exceedingly con-
sentative persons who never become
adjusted to a new order of things per
Sist in using wooden vessels. Lieut..
of the changes which have marked Inc
construction of the lake fleets, says:
The history of marine architecture
does not furnish another instance Of SO
rapid and complete a revolution in the
material of floating equipment as has
taken place 81 the Great Lakes since
1856. In 1856 there were but six Steel
vessels, with an aggregate net tonnage
Of $3.50 tons. atioat on the lakes: but
by 1890 the number had increased TO
IS, with an aggregate net tonnage Of
J9557 tons. Since 1890 the construc-
tion Of steel vessels had gone on with
even increased rapidity. and for .he
fiscal year 1895 steel was the material
used in the construction Of two-thirds
IF the tonnage built in that year Mr..
;unell shows hat the great bulk Of
the freight moved on the Great Lakes
consists Of iron ore. coal, grain. -four
and lumber. that east-bound greatly
prepOnderateS yer west-bOund traffic.
and that The local business Is insigniii
ant as compared with the through bus.
mess.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10
The Scouts of the SEA.

Torpedo boats. howcNcj are designed
for a wider service thar simpl, q carry
and discharge the |frIehtiuJ weapon
from which they take then hiihN we!
are to the navy what coats l. sNT'
mishers are to a land army !h'!
form the cavalry of The sea OF "t""
the cruisers are the infantry "Ac we
battlcships and monitors the aiilitr!
arm. They must spy ont The Ios''"
of the enemy's feet. bo'rr hf'u' "N
TANKS or haunt his anchorage '""N'
ain what he is about auU Nhh' ~
means TO do next. The, must "f' a.
the pickets of their OWL fleet, patron
ing the neighborhoOd, II WalLIe "N'
watching. concealed among isiaios "
in inlets and rivermoutbs. READ! - la
ten away to the admiral WIFE N"f''''
Of any movement of the enemy.
1t is not their business 10 hsh'
cept rarely, in the one rar1IciHE w.
hut rather TO pry and sntak az"
Hence they are as small ana s''"
swift as they can be made. he' y"
feet goes uDon a cruise. they are -"
lied On the decks OF Vie hIg Wh'N'1
although they are able Il get "l'"
really rough weather fy fhems'I'"
very recent idea is to lJllt 'hch' =.
"f aluminium. which woulu 1T h''
If great advantage toward ca"
transportation, but would '"ht '
Increased speed, by adding iUo!""r
and elasticity to the >'rDttait Ind
Gems to skim along NE sArl"'' 4,
fairly leap from wave :" "hN' ,c
is doubtful whether ALUMINIUM - IN
enough for safety and whe'h'f We
not be injured by the cheIhiral IL
the -water-St. Nichoias
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

tlnues to rotate ii in the direction of tho
arrow
As the ratchet gear J is on the same
shaft with the large gear wheelk, n
he after being gcared with a smaller
gear y which turns the winding me-
cllanism of the clock. Il IS obvious that
whether the pistonS move up or down.
the clock spring. or the weights, if the
latter should be moved. are constantly
being wound up. and the clock thereby
kept constantly in motion. The me
chaniSm is 50 arranged that n change
Ii temperature of II degree will wind
up the clock for a six hours run. and 1t
indeed would be a stable temperature
# it remained absolutely stationary for
a period or six or twelve hours.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

they work, but they are almost always
,tracexble to the carelessness Of hunters
and prospectors who appear to be who'll
~ Indifferent as to what may come Of
their neglect to provide against the
spread Of their camp fire into great cOn-
ftagrations. Perhaps a law making
such carelessness n felony might bring
them to their senses. but anyway the
destruction Of life and property every
year by forest fires is too serious a mat
ter to let go without effort of some kind
that is calculated to at least cOntine
them 70 natural causes.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

Americans are always unwilling to
believe that they are, either as a ma
ton or as individuals, anywhere else
than at the head of civilizations pro-
ccssion. 1t Is quite the custom to refer
TO the old world as slow and behind the
times and conservative. Yet in mat
ters that would seem to appeal NEST
strongly to Americans we are consider
ably in the rear. \ report made TO the
State Department by Commercial
Agent Moore of Weimar gives a great
deal Of extremely interesting informa-
tiOn as to the use Of horScleSs carriages
in Europe. In France and Germany
The autOcar has ceased To attract atten-
/ O. in France the horses no longer shy
at 1t In England the carriage has a
I'm grip upon popular affection and
mas reached that stage of mechanical
excellence where il has begun n serious
and winning competition with the
horse. In the United States where in
vrntive ingenuity is supposed 10 be far
in advance of the brainy skill of Eu-
IoOe-a horSeless carriage is something
II be stared n even in the largest cities.
There ought 10 be nifty Of them in
Washington nj this time. The broad,
smooth thOroughfares seem to have
been constructed especially for such
vehicles.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

Lawn tennis seems to have fallen
from its high estate in England as well
ds in this country. The trouble with
tennis is that it is too cheap to be fash
,onable. You don't have to hire n cal
die by the hour to tote around a load
Of battling spoons, brassies, craigenput-
tocks, lofters and other articles Of hard
ware. Tennis is a good sport and 1t IS
a pity to see it follow croquet into
innocuous deSuetude.