The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-14


good than any medicine ever took.
Sold by Geo. r. Greene druggist.
Brattlcboro
! TOynshcnd.
The village schools closed last Fri
day with public exercises. On Satur-
day the schools enjoyed sleigh ride
to Newfanc and home by the river
road. Many thanks were expressed to
| Messrs. Horace Gale and Thomas
Crane for their kindness in furnishing
the teams for the ride. There has
been an attendance of 80 pupils the
past term, 80 in the Grammar depart
ment and % in the Primary. Those
perfect in attendance are Eugene and
Harry Cudworth. Lonnie Chambcrlin.
Matte Crane, Alice Derry, George
Hardy, Josie Taft, Ralph Martin and
Harry Pierce, Ernest Cudworth, Guy
Austin. Grace and Harold Bailey,
Fanny Flynn. Alma Gale, William
Spence, Harry Sparks and Elsie White.
Lonnic Chamberlin has been perfect in
attendance during the six years of
membership in the school.
The school in No. , district enjoyed
"a sleigh ride to West Townshend last
Saturday afternoon attending tho
school entertainment in the evening.
Of the number attending school. Wal
ter Austin and Perley Dutton had
been perfect in attendance.
The young people of the Baptist so.
ciety will give literary and musical
entertainment week from Friday
evening The exercises will close with
farce.
The Junior society OF Christian En-
dcavor will present an interesting
patriotic exercise at the Congregation
al chapel on Saturday evening, Feb. -.
Blazing Stone Lodge, No. %, +. &
A. NJ, will have public installation
Feb. 10, TO be followed by an address
at the town hall by Rev. Mr.. Hough
of Brattlcboro.
Last Thursdays rain fall averaged
2la inches in depth, being equal to
215 feet of snow.
r. d. Greenwood has bought the
Leonard place in the north part of the
village and has already taken posses
sion.
\ goodIy number of the friends of
Henry Holland met at his home the
early part of the week. and drew and
sawed II cords of wood. Mr.. Hollands
is still unable to get around, and suf-
fers much from the effects Of ms re
cent accident
q The winter term of the seminary
closes next week.
W. II. Miles and Col. Franklin re-
turned home last Saturday Those
attending the G. 4. K. encampmcnt
AT Rutland this week were Col. and
Mrs. Franklin. W. II. Miles and wife,
and delegate Ii. NJ. Twitchell and wife
Eugene Cudworth began work Mon
dar for the season at Mr.. Fishers, at
the Franklin place. Mr.. Fisher and
wife we're called to White River juno
tion on Monday to see Mrs. Fishers
brother. who had the misfortune to
break his leg last week. Edward Dale
is AT home from Norwich University
the mumps having put in an appear
ancc at the institution. VIII Hol-
brook returned last week from attend
ancc at the Dairy school at Burling
fon.--Rev. Mr.. Wiswell visited Rev.
Mr.. Hardy this week. Mrs. \. b.
Motcalf and Miss Alice and Abbie
FolIntt are at home from their respcc-
tive schools. Clarence Snow closed
his term of school in Wardsboro last
.aeh.-Nrs. Fanny Gage is spending
tbc week nj Montague, Mass. Misses |
Mabel Sage and Bessie Boynton of
Jamaica are visiting at J. c. Tafts. !
~Fred Eueon is visiting his mother. !
Mrs. VIM. ingalls,.
The Teachers institute
The Teachers Institute held at the |
Academy Wednesday furnished much |
Of Interest and profit to the teachers !
and all in attendance. The program .
was mappcd out by State Superlntend- !
ept Stone. but the sessions were pre-
sided over by Town superintendent u. |
n. Uuughton. The EXERCISES com
menrrd at 8 30 in the morning with a
Ioscon in "number work by Super
;ntondeut Nash of Gardner Mass, and
was very helpful Ia those teaching the
,'r;narr arithmetic. Principal Bever-
noe of Brattleboro followed with an
address on Good Literature IN Our
Schools, =" emphasizing the fact.that the
tcct az GOOD literature was its influence
upon the reader Inc entiic shooi
urrk will show the effect Of good m
s,rurt;on in this direction. y delight :
ful lesson in .Physiology' was then
,;var by Superintendent Nash show
inc Inv diagram - practical and easy
~ 10 interest pupils in this most
',nnnrtaut study. Special mention
yas made Of the temperance line OF
The last exercise IL the
was fine paper by Miss
Sch of Brattleboro On thlld
Study One pertinent sentence was
sha IL d