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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
Other ssiOns.

A. w. Childs: Am not ready to
state my position | am willing to be
convinced and want TO study. the sub
ject.
Wells S. Frost Don't know what
| shall do-go fishing perhaps. "
F. W. Putnam: 81 won't vote for
Mckinley under any circumstances.
Further, l can't say yet--whether ]
shall go hunting the first of November
or stay at home and vote. l want to
know more about the subject.
E. F. Brooks: "Don't like it, but
am not prepared to say what | shall
do.
E. l.. Putnam: Il am not prepared
to say. | have got to weigh the thing.
Lieut.. Gco H. Burns II am sill.
man,
P. M. Baker "He suits me. ~
Thomas Judge: II am not in favor
of free silver. | don't like to buck
against the old party but won't say
now that l will support it. Another
Democratic ticket would suit me. -
N L. Ryan: "There is Just one
issue before the country in my opinion
and on that issue am with the Dem +
ocratic party, for the free coinage OF
gold and silver. If we wait for Eng
land to 60 in with us for bimetalism,
we will never get it. | believe we can
go it alone and that it is for the best
interests of the people. y
Luke Ferriter: st is my ticket and
| believe it will be elected.
H. 2. Haus: 1.-The more look into
it the more / am impressed with the
silver argument. y
Porter Spencer: mot any man for
me that has abused Cleveland. -
S.W. Richardson 81 can't see my
way clear to support the Democratic
ticket as it stands now. 1 don't know
whether should vote a second Dem
mocratic ticket but ! certainly shan't
vote for Mckinley
7. J. Heaphey: Il won't vote it. .
Fl. II. Hackley: Il am not ready
for free silver yet, but l do not know
how | shall vote when the time comes. F"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
CHESHIRE COUNTY, n. II.



Rev stephen Smith has accepted call TO
preach in Mantle, Conn. His household goods
which have been stored here, were shipped
there last week.
Wallace Tbayer has sold his bakery and va.
riety store which he has kent for 50 long in
stebbins hiock 10 Edward Stehhins Mr. Thav
or was Tho oldest storeEeener hare He hegan
The closing Of the store IL due n Inc continued
hard times and narticn,arIy Ito the shutting
down Of the mill as much OF his na,ronagp was
from the mill hands
m r,,.,,., ~. 49,. ,,-,,.
from helm" hooked in The nast,lre /, had a re-
cord nj mating sixteen mounds az bnttor !,
week "
D. p,.t,,.,...., $780,, wv,
,, hes a a Dlair olhc'ate" Ut funeral III WIZ
hansNiie last WEEK.
lawn onauuch, VINO fcslues on cnestnut
I'M, .as o1 M, iahinS lep"iIs on NE uuilulhgs
recently. me mouse mas neen newly clapDoaru-
The ladies of the Universalist church held a
lawn party AZ w v Spencer's last Thursday af-
ternooD. After supper the long looked for eN.
perience party was held. Many gave their ex-
periences in earning dollar some of which were
very amusing. The party netted $35.
MANY uinsda,e neonle attended tho R,r,,m
& HALEY circus al 3r,ttlehoro Iasi Fridav a.
tickets beinp sold Ar the Tenot
T. 49, NM 60 - $780,.
Inc woman nenei Sorps gaNe pieasan.
soI,al anu si.ei 'ainino. at " "a ~ nan oI oat
uiuny evening; w - sa,,l; eahe anu ieu!onaue
WERE server; Ine entertanmeht consisted OF
reaMngs anu voe s!, anu ilistr unentaI inusic
nc Isi ',i nc VI ,ns ooiiiun. aIe sIeauy IN
cteu o.er tIlc ARMY WI III, hnu VI oa.ci pIi,ar
oa.s ana en Gorn ney weac nrst ,ounu Oh ane
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
Sale OF George st. Ciair.-a.lo Ia.

Mr.. Charles Miner purchased this
horse in Michigan last April, after a
close investigation of his work last year.
He entered twelve races, winning first
money in eight, second money in two,
third money in one; only losing one out
of twelve. His net earnings were over
$4,000 last year.
Mr.. Miner bought him with the inten-
ton of working him in the east this sea-
son and had him entered in the 2.1l race
at Mystic Park July 2lst. From there
he will 90 to Saugus Park, 2.10, purse
$500; Barre VT, free for all. $1,000;
Burlington free for all, $1,000; Platts-
burg, n. y. free for all, $1,000; then to
the Breeders Meeting Boston. 210,
purse $1,000.
While in Albany last week where the
horse is in training, Mr.Miner was ask
ed to set price on his horse which he
did very reluctantly, and was surprised
Wednesday to receive check from
W. Ii. Bradford of Bennington, Vt, for
the full price.
Mr.Miner says that George st. Clair is
a sure winner and will make some sur
prising records this fall.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17

Woods, when the carts were being loaded and
in some way platform or wharlng gave way
and let several cakes of ice down, completely
covering the child and her eody was pinned to
hours. The funeral was held Monday after
noon.
Grand Jury Business.
The grand jury brought In the following in =
dtctments Tuesday: William l. Trim. larceny;
missile az street car; Edward Cievett and Jane
Cievett of Deerfeld, larceny from the person;
Lewis Haskell of Montague, larceny from the
person, guilty; John Corney and william Har
ris of Holyoke. breaking and entering and lar
ceny, guilty; Richard Kennedy of Wendell, lar
ceny In q building, guilty; William Taylor of
Deeriield, larceny from the person, no plea;
Ellen Welsh of Greenfield, malicious mischief,
nOplea; Richard II Schenk of Conway. break
ing, entering and. larceny; Richard Schenk of
Conway, larceny; julius Pinks of Boston, dis
pOsal of goods by lottery. The following are
the appeal cases: Eva Carroll, against
Charles Carroll; Jane Clevitt of Greenfield.
for being common drunkard, sentenced TO one
for being common drunkard, sentenced to one
year at the state farm; Herbert Phelps of Mon
roe, for being a common drunkard, sentenced
to six months In the house OF correction; James
Bowers of Greenfield, for drunkenness, SEN
fenced to six months Imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail. No bill was found against + n Haskell
of New Salem.
The case of Mcclellan and Abercrombie
the Greenfield and Turner's Falls street rail-
way company were finished with verdict of
S1I+ for Mcclellan and nothing for Aber-
crOmbe. The second case of the term was
that of Mrs. Elizabeth Hume of Shelburne
Falls against DR.. III. Fl. Flagg to recover $50,
for which he claims to have paid.
william Witt, young man living on Water
street, Greenfield, fell from the embankment
wall near the union depot Friday morning, n
distance of about 30 feet, and was seriously in
jured.
The July term of the Superior court opened at
Greenfield Monday Judge Goslsei of Worries
ter presiding. The two cases against the Pierce
construction company and the two against the
Greenfield and Turner's Falls electric street
railway company were grouped together owing
to their similarity and were the cases first ON
the list to be tried by Jury. The suits are for
land damage which the plaintiffs claim were
made during the building of the street railway
The defendants claim that the road was built
under the provisions of the franchise.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
The Greatest show ON Earth.


Once upon time the inimitable
p. T. Barnum was heard to say that
the American public loved to he
humbugged, and it can be said with
entire truthfulness that the same pub
lie can stand good deal of the same
kind of humbugery to be seen under
the great tents of the show which,
still bears his name. The properly con
Quoted circus, which by the way dis
tinctivelyA merican IDEA. has an edu-
eating as we'll as diverting and
amusing influence, and in these effects
Barnum q Bailey's gigantic show
stands with only one equal IF it is not
it's superior. The parade in the morn
ing attracted big crowds on the streets
and keep them waiting for an hour, as
it was long past 10 O'Clock when it
was well under way.
AS matter of course the perform
ance in tine afternoon and evening
were witnessed by immense audiences.
The showmen say that the great tent
proper has seating capacity of about
IA, 600 and it was certainly about as
full as it could be in the afternoon
with plenty of room enough left for the
performers. AS to the performances,
it must be said that they were thor
oughly first. class. There was great
variety in the first place and nearly
every one of the acts were distinctly
interesting and some of them vera lit
tie short of marvellous. After seeing
the wonderful performances of John
O'Brien's 81 beautiful horses, the
really thrilling flights of the Silbons,
the perfect grace of the double eques
trian act of Marie and Ouika Meers,
and the daring work both as an egues-
TRAN and an aerial artist of Josie Ash
ton. one begins to feel that the man
who writes the circus posters bad
some excuse for his prodigality of
superlatives. OF the newer features
the most interesting was the act of
Leon La Roche, who was shut into "a
sphere only a little more than three feet
in diameter and in clever manner
manages to roll himself to the top of II
spiral incline plane and down again.
The trained bull, the trained bear and
the great gliuseretti troup of acrobats
came ia for their share of attention.
The usual concert and side show was
much better than the average of such
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
SOME STATE DEMOCRATS.

Col. b. B Smalley returned to his
Burlington home from Chicago Satur-
day and to Free Press reporter SAID :
"Bryan is man of irreproachable
character and an eloquent speaker.
bright and companionable, and one
who makes friends easily. Personally
one can have no reason for disllklng
him. | think the great majority OF the
bosses at Chicago were disappointed
in the nomination OF Bryan, as l have
no idea that the Altgeld and Tillman
CLIQUE expected that Bryan would be
the nominee. On inquiry whether he
would bolt, he said. Il have never
bolted the Democratic national ticket
and am just as much OF a Democrat
as ever
George w. Kelley of Burlington.
who acted as assistant sergeant at
arms for the second time at Chicago
last week, says Il have been Dem
ocrat from boy up aud my father be
fore me. hut | cannot see how it is
nossible for any neutrality-suspicious.
Graf TO vote for candidates upon the
nlatform upon which Bryan and Sewall
stand. 1t has been currently report
ed that all Chicago was for free silver
hut such is not the case. L found a
large per cent. who were decidedly
AGAINST free silver and that sentiment
was ip evidence among the people. y
T. W. Maloney. chairman of the
Vermont delegation, arrived home at
Rutland Monday, and expresses him
self enthusiastically for Bryan and free
silver. 4 large number of silver men
and Democrats headed by the city
hand went to Mr.. Moloney's residence
on State street Monday night and gave
him serenade and afterwards re
ception in honor of the stand ne took
AZ the convention. Two hours were
spent by Mr. Moloney and
his family in receiving the congratu-
iations of his many friends.
The eloquent and high minded Z.
N Neldon of Rutland when asked how
he liked the Chicago platform and
ticket, replied: ~ do not like it"
On being asked If he would bolt he
nIatform, he replied: "A man does
not need To bolt the Democratic party
m bolt that platform or hcket-they
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
LOCAL DEMOCRATS
And How They Take the Chicago
Business.
THE REFORMER,s POSITION.

(Reply to Inquiry of Boston Sunday
journal Of New Eng land Democrat
ic Editors.
We bolt and await nomination of
another Democratic ticket that Demo
Gratis can consistently support. As a
matter OF party discipline a convention
that accomplishes its purposes oy such
high handed theft as in the Michigan
case, that repudiates Democratic Ad-
ministration, that goes out of the party
for candidate, and dominates man
who proclaims in advance that he will
not abide the result unless his side
wins has no claim to party fealty.
AS matter Of principle, free coinage
is but another and more vicious form
OF protectionism, sure to begin in
commercial disaster where its twin
idea, high tariff, is sure to end. True
Democrats can support neither. AS
an earnest believer 10 genuine bimetal
ism, resting on the only safe basis of
International action, just to debtor
and creditor alike, and seeking the
good Of mankind instead of subsidy to
favored interests, 1 deplore the action
at Chicago as likely to set back the
cause for years. c. H. Davenport.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS.


The ladies of the Congregational church will
serve ice cream and cake as usual this evening
at Cushman Hall.
Prof Brick sed his household furniture at
auction Wednesday. He leaves this week for
Belfast. Me.
Fourth of July passed rather quietly, the
boys making some demonstration during the
night.
Rev. DR.. Robbins who IL spending the sum
mer at Cedar Lawn, preached at the Congrega-
tional church last sunday evening. giving a
grand sermon which was enjoyed by a large
audience.
Homer and Clifford Chaplin are at home doing
The haying on the farm.-C. c. Carpenter is IN
town for a few days.-Miss Carrie Barber is
spending her vacation at home.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
BRYAN's AND MCKINLEY's SPEECH
ES.

Candidate Bryan slept most of sun
Jay, consulted with some OF MS
Trends, visited the widow of Lyman
irumbull, and Monday left to spend
! few days at his boyhood home at
s.alem, ILL., The journey was one COD,
nnuous ovation and brought several
Speeches from him, the longest at
Centralia where he said this cam
lalgn was to be ore between an
american system for the" Ameri-
an people and an Enlish finan :
tlal system for the English aristo.
Tacy. He didn't there and hasa
anWhere undertaken to explain now
e can keep the two metals al d
failty under free coinage. j.
II Salem the whole population oi
-at and surrounding towns turned OUT
800 him honor, and il was a poelI
ssnt as heopenedIhis heart ITO the crown
pointed to the house where ne was
urn, 10 the church where he learneu
pray, to the schoolhouse and the
gground and with tears in his eyes
paid noble tribute to the mem
Ny OF his sire and talked about tne
sFhieness of his mother, who was
Ocfled in the little cemetery close oy
ny two weeks ago.
Mckinley is talking almost ever
y to visiting crowds. He rings tne
1ahses on honest, money, pu'
81 I yet uttered the word goiu
saturday to party of Cleveland busi
= nen he likened this to the citn
= ~ DAYS, one TO save the union tne
saer to preserve the spotless creoli
ihe union" Wednesday seTeia'
-'aared Cleveland won en- visited MIN
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17

them. beautiful speech to
lenass "p Mleciares that he shall cbal
an H. mchiniey to a Joint debate
e Ha .ne issues Of the campaign, e'''e
10 Mana Is talking curiously accordino
t 70 1eW York World dispatches IL
e eGau aGaiifornia delegation that II tbsv
t 70 tho Democrat, they would learo
a eo 1n n sorrow that they will n ,ea,n
from 10 npuanciai relief unless it comes
K;nlo ,he Republican party. Me-.
fraa s;,, VIII DC better friend to the
~" ve a;i, men than all the out anil.
ou. silver planks adopted by any Dem
oc'at'c or Populistlc conventions !"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
LOCAL
BASE BALL.
Putneys ~, juniors ..


The Juniors had an ''Offday" at Putney
Saturday and lost to the local team in a
loosely played contest. The Juniors
fielded wretchedly, making ten very
costly errors, Il great contrast to their
last two previous games in which their
fielding was OF the professional order.
Wellman and McVeigh were the chief
offenders, while the errors of Wilcox
and Cundiff cost couple of runs.
johnson pitched n good game and If
given the usual support should have
won. His and Corser's all around work,
both at the plate and in the field, was
the best features of the Juniors work.
Smith pitched fair game for the
home team and although hit for II hits,
his support at critical times was so
good that scoring was impossible.
Houghton, Lewis and Pember cared for
the fielding honors while ut the bat
Underwood and Lewis excelled.
The score.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
Significant.

The N. Y. Journal made a test vote
of 10000 men by having 100 reporters
visit all trains, boats, depots, ETC.,
with the following result: Total
number of Democrats voting 4437, tota
number of Republicans voting $3.50,
grand total, 10, 1902, Democrats for
Bryan 1909, Republicans for Mckinley
5l33, Democrats for Mckinley 606l,
total vote for Bryan 4041. Considering
that this poll was in or about city
among travelling or business men,
where the silver sentiment is supposed
TO be weakest, it is very significant.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17

Summary-Earnedr runs, juniors j, Putneys D;
two base hits, Corser, Underwood, Lewis; left
on bases. Juniors 8, Putneys 8; base on balls.
Williamson 8, Cundiff 9, Corser, Booth, Blake,
Smith, Davenport, HOughton 2; struck out by
johnson "a, Underwood Booth. Lewis. Smith
2. Davenport 2; by Smith (l2), Alien, Wellman,
Williamson ,. Wilcox 3. Mcveigh 8. Clune 2;
hit by pitched ball, Clune, Blake, wild pitches,
Blake 2; double plays, Smith, Lewis and Under
wood, johnson, McVeigh and Wilcox. Time
, h, % m. Umpires, Robertson OF Putney and
T. j. Dpyinp.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
East COrinth.

"A b Grout of Rutland visited his
sister, Mrs Wilsor Chapman last
week.
+ c Huntington and wife of Wash
ington were in town Sunday.
Charles l. and Henry J Kemp of
Bristol. y Fl. former residents Of
this place. visited friends i'll town
Monday and Tuesday.
Fl A Jackman has finished repairing
his mill dam and expects to com
mence saving soon.
d S Fulton attended the Democratic
national convention held at Chicago
last week
Mary Hall of Bradford is To work
for Mrs F f Merrill.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17

Martin Maynard. 81, who lives on the Erving
side of the river at Millers Falls, died of apo
piexy very suddenly Sunday afternoon. He
lay down ON the bed for nap, and when his
wife went to call him he was breathing hard,
and before aid could be summoned he died. MIR
Maynard moved to Millers Falls from Ber lard
ston, and had lost leg in the rebellion. He
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
A Political Trick

A Political Trick.
From the indianapolis Journal.
"When they mean silver dollar why
don't they say so, instead of calling it u
wheel?" testify asked the man who de-
tests slang.
1T is called wheel to catch the bicy-
Gle vOte,' alleged the man who won't
take things seriously.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
Child Killed by Failing lee.

A very distressing accident occurie ed at Shell
burne Falls saturday when the sN-year old
daughter of Joseph Fender lost her life. With
other children the little girl wis about the lee
house on East River street owned by W W
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17

Chamberlain Cough Remedy cures
colds, Group and whooping cough. 1t
is pleasant. safe and reliable. For
sale by G 4 Greene. dru ggist.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child. she cried for castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria.
When ST. 80 Child she gave them Castoria
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
CURRENT POLITICS.
An Advanced Thinker.

An Advanced Thinker.
From Puck.
First POpnlist free and unlimited
coinage of silver is good enough as far
as 1t goes.
Second POpulist--What more do you
want?
First Populist--I'm in favor of the
free and unlimited distribution of silver
after It's coined.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
The Two.Thirds Rule.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
James-What is this twO-thirds rule
Samuels-At my house 1t means the
rule of my wife and boy. And it goes.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17

Purify your plood with Hoods Sar-
saparlla. which will give you an appe-
tite, tone your stomach and stregthen
your nerves.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-04-02
ELLEJOY.

John Headrick has gone to Hi.
nois, where Lie brother Ed is
John will farm while there.
Several drummers have been
around recently and as a conse.
quence Mr. Law has increased his
stock of goods some what.
Miss Eleln Cameron returned
home last Saturday from Dayton
Ohio, where she has been visiting
her sister for q few months.
We learn that Will Cummings
left on last Saturday for Kentucky
Will has our best wishes for hi.
success while away from home.
Rev Coulter preached very in
teresting sermon last Sunday a
Prospect.
Mr. Hugh Jeffries invited a few
of his friends to his home on las
Tuesday to Birthday dinner
Mr. Jeffries was fifty-five years oil,
on that day.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-04-02
TIMES SPECIALS
BETHLEHEM.

Uncle Billie Harmon of Hsmblin
formally OF EIlejoy passed through
our town last Saturday.
Those on the sick list of last week
from our place are better.
Amos Lequire is sick with fever.
Elijah Hatcher, father of Mrs
Adam Dunlap is visiting in our
community. Mr. Hatcher is about
66 years old, was soldier in the
late war is as jolly as the joiliest
Rily Graves will open up his new
stock of goods next week.
James Davis of Millers Cove was
at Bethlehem Sunday week.
No s School 14th district will be
on a boom next fall Prof. Seaton
will take the lead in the district.
Rev. H. J. Henry failed to fill his
appointment at Bethlehem last
Sunday.
Oh yes candidates! sympathise
with you If earnest work is not
done the unexpected man will
come in head.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-04-02

A fine baby hoy made his APP
pearance at Will McTeer's last
Thursday. Congratulations are in
order.
A nice time is expected at the
Sunday School Institute at Beth
lehem next week. There will be
preaching on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday night proceeding the fifth
Sunday.
Last Sunday morning our hearts
were all saddened on learning of
the sudden death of Uncle Johnny
Pick ems. He Ind been living near
Ellejoy church fnr Il number of
years and was one Of the Oldest
citizens of our community. The
bereaved family has the sympathy
Of a host Of friends. Mr. Pickens
was buried in the EIlejoy church
graveyard.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-04-02
LOUISVILLE

B. M. Ballinger of Maryville
passed through Louisville on last
Saturday enroute to Friendsville.
Miss Nora George of Mentor
spent last week on Little River as
at the guest of Misses Blanch and
Maggie Harris. 4
Miss Mamie Brown has returned
from Ebenezer where she has been
spending a few weeks with rela-
tives.
Rev. Mcdonald is again a fire.
quent visitor at Louisville.
Miss Anna Kennedy Is visiting
Miss Blanch Coker this week.
Miss Annie Hedgecock is visit
ing home folks Of Knoxville.
Mrs. e. A. Hitch is sick with
fever,
Old Mrs. Morton is very low at
this writing.
Jas. Talent who has been con-
fined to his room for some time is
improving.
Quite a number of cases of La
grippe in anb in the surroundings
of Louisville.
| Mrs. r. l. Cox returned home
recently after spending a few days
in Knoxville with relatives.
Jas. Warren of Middlesettle-
ments got his foot badly hurt in g
corn shelter. Your correspondent
hasn't as yet learned the particu.
lars.
The friends Of Rex Ruff were sor-
ny to learn of his fright on his re-
turn home from "seeing his best
girl home" (who by the way lives
a mile or so out of town. Ash
Rex if the dog was very fierce, but
if any one wants to know how fal
he carried the rail ask Mr. Prather
JAS. Hitch returned from Okls
Ty. where he has been for some
time.