The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08

:. The Boys Battalion bas hoo.
vlted to participate in n"s tba oeen IN
oral Day exercises. " ''e mem
,o ERNEST j. Waterman of uiddl.h,.,
30 20, mas been selected as one Of ~,
a arhet prize speakers at the com;m inv
commencement oo"'ihe
"A Boston and Ma;re .noa; :,
th .6north and bearing nearly WI. n1i
the officials of theI road na.s "i1
through hero yesterda y. p''''
g., The electric railway compaov b,s
. tnasneo It's work on Pine and Canal
s 1'a,s and its force will operate th"
t"a OF the week fixing up the
'rac IN the next village. s''
Jennie Staples caught her h,,d
III the mangle while at worl, at Hint
icy laundry on Monday and tore #
4Mite badly.so that the skin all noolod
since. 'n "oie 10 work
"A lecture will be give, at tbe Po
treat this evening by j. Burt Snthar
.e aNu u montreal, Can. ,on the subject
M; Is Na P in Italy, Paris, Turin,
M hhi'd It,, nome, Pisa, Venice, Florence,
81: Ihe vermont prohibitionists held
lneir state convention at Montnelier
Yesterday, with but small attendance
ana m u, nominated their state ticket. e
". Myman being nominated :for lieu.
tenant governor.
Richardson ice team indulped in
runaway Tuesday on South Main
street. the horse being frightened by a
piece OF paper blowing about in Tho
ROAD. The horse was caught by Hollis
squares before any damage had been
done. ""N' ooeh
a. Mr.. Long, for severl years on
the Republican staff, has taken a
position with the n. Y. Life and
VIII probably have change of the
custom department with head quart
ers at Brattleboro.
Walter, son of Charles l.. Cobb
cropped newly purchased dirk knife
tuesday which he was holding IN to
look at, and it struck the fleshy part of
ms ms left leg inficting long cash which
". Pratt and an assistant stitched. |
nile the boy was under the influence |
of chloroform. " - = NV
Inc unlversalist Sunday school,
numbering 315 members, has elected /
Tor superintendent, Miss Minnie A.
hasklns; assistants, Arthur l.. STABLES.
Mrs IL. M. Wood; secretary. Miss
+ lorenzo G. Lamson treasurer, Charles
Niles librarian. Fred C. Sargent; pl.
anlst, Mrs. A. F. Roberts: executive +
board, Thomas Harmon. Mrs. Charles
J. Reach. II. NJ Wood.
Key. LID. Temple will preach only
three more Sundays before taking his
summer vacation which he spends
abroad. He goes to England and will
our on his wheel through England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales and will
'e gone eight weeks. His pulpit will
,e occupied by Rev. Thomas Gull and {
tev. pr. Leavitt, of Illinois, son of
Yrs. Romanda Leavitt of this place. |
AS a result of the recent overflow !
# the broad Retreat meadows and the
ucceeding outflow, patient named !;
Foster, while walking there last Fri !,
lay morning, was attractedlby an ag- :
tation OF the waters in narrowed !;
'ool where a large wall-eyed pike had !.
entured from the broad Connecticut i
" West rivers mouth. The finny :
prisoner was captured by Mr.. Foster, !,
fter a struggle. 1t measured 81 inches !,
Il length, IA in circumference and =
Weighed 13 I-2 pounds. Chaplin IL a
To- IS Main street windo displayed I
he attractive specimen. +
Fish stories if not fishy ones c
cured in thick Friday night and it b
las really the biggest first of May
atch all round for many years. w. II. |
1inson and II. NJ. Adams led with Is
ounds of the speckled beauties. Da
id Cooley and son brought in 100. Q
I. NJ. Wood and son As, o. II. Ellis t
nd Ralph Chamberlin l5O, Charles {
'aks Ga, Geo. Bishop 81, Chas. Hun f
Or and Fred Gale IS that weighed 10 b
ounds, E. G.. Frost and son A, F. f. "
thompson eight pounds, E. Kenney
} pounds, John Pease five pounds and j
'ert Tenney % trout Wednesday Ches- a
" Sargent took five and half pounds I
ON Green River and one of them p
eighed just pound. 1
The Bohemiansglass blowers which :,
ave been holding forth at Grange ~
all all the week commencing Mon -
az and will continue until tomorrow !,
ight, have been drawing large houses u
,ch night. Their exhibit of glass "
orks was the same as shown AT the u
'orld's Fair by the Libby glass works "
I'd was greatly admired by all. Per =, =,
.ps the greater portion of interest y,
ptered:in that part of the room where l.
e work was practically demonstrated ~
I'd where glass was spun. woven and =,
paments made by the workers VINO n,
so explained the various steps to the
A social hop followed each
tertainment and prizes given as pre-
iums to the best lady and gentleman y
nicer. Tomorrow night the prize for I'd
q bandsomest baby will be given, ef
n Carl Henkels's friends are III
deavorinp not to be too late. VI
lis contest has created the most en- an
usiasm OF any and much interest is ~
,nifested in the outcome. ~
BrattIebOreans and Others -,
Rev. Mr.. Thumburg returned Mon fa
y from Orange. Mass. where he has ii,
,sed his pastoral duties. Misses An wl
, Carlson. Annie Varney and An. aI al.
, Dahlin leave today for several stl
,n,bs' visit at their old homes IN ~
eden. Mr. Ramsey. wife and daugh- IN
Maud leave Wednesday for Orange, III,
,ss.. TO attend the golden wedding on
Mr.. Ramsey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs; tro
B. Ramsey. Misses Corrie and tn,
ma Hatcher left Sunday night ior it,
W Mexico. where they will spend tu,
, summer. j. d. Plummer and Nea see
miner left Tuesday for sojourn u, by
hinrton. Fred Howe, wife, emo 70,
! mother arrived Sunday night from the
,;r winters stay at the Bermudas' TO sin
md tbe summer here. Arthur Sar- a :