Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-28
WILMINGTON.
Progress Of New Water Works-The
Bonds Sale.


Bonds Sale.
Work Is progressing most favor
ably upon the water works and II the
weather remains favorable during
the month the pipes will be laid so
that water Will come into the village
as far as the bridge, up West Main
street. Valentino DARN OF Reads
boro with a force of helpers Is laying
the iron pipe. In regard to the SELL
Ing OF the bonds, The Times reminds
us that the statement made In
these columns two weeks ago 10 the
effect that the bonds had been dis
posed OF at par was erroneous. In
one respect II was so. At the time
of the writing the chairman Of the
committee elected to place the bonds
Informed US of the offer by Boston
party to take the entire issue at par
and he stated that In all probability
the offer would be accepted. Suisse
auently II appears the committee
decided to receive bids and the mat
ter will remain open until about
Nov. Is.
M. l.. Burr has returned to Brook
Ign for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Stickney of
Brattleboro were In town over Sun
day.
Daniel L. May has been housed
for two weeks or so from a badly
sprained ankle.
Rollin T.. Harris had very violent
attack of illness last week but is
now convalescing rapidly.
b. " Butterfeld has been suffer-
ing from the second attack Of APP
pendicitis but is now much better.
Joseph Courtemanche has his new
boiler house nearly completed and
will have the same In operation
soon.
Freeman Hager has the contract
TO erect new engine house to take
the place of the structure destroyed
by fire Aug. is.
Warren Brigham of Elm Grove
was in town over Sunday. He VIII
go to New York this winter to take
musical instruction.
Mrs. Rhoda ]. Johnson has re-
moved to Bennington and will, as we
understand, go to California for her
permanent residence.
Among those who went on the ex-
cursion to New York Saturday were
Mr.. and Mrs Frank G. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. George Jacobs and Willie
Martin.
Daniel E. Palmeter and family will
remove to Nottingham, where Mr..
Palmeter will have charge OF Laurel
Beach farm. This is another re-
moval occasioned by the fire that we
regret.
Myron J. Pike. who removed to
this place from Readsboro to assume
the position of foreman of the chair
factory burned Aug. 81, has returned
to Readsboro. We regret his depart
ure exceedingly and sincerely trust
be such that he will return to Will
mington.
william NJ. Vogel is still deter
mined TO make the old pasture lot a
fine piece of meadow and has men at
work grading and smoothing the
land When completed it will be one
of the most marked improvements
that has come under our notice for
a long time. Mr.. Vogd has an eye
for fine things all along the line.
Every one had been prepared for
a first class entertainment on We'd
nesday evening, the second OF tn"
course and they were not disap-
pointed The Whitney brothers,
quartet and reader, are all that was
advertised. The third number of the
course will occur Nov. 7, lecturer,
Ora Samuel Gray. He comes with
the highest recommends and viii
have large audience without doubt.
The parties that purchased the old
iron on the mill site, did little
blasting Wednesday to break up. the
driving wheel and scattered pieces
of iron about the village quite pro-
niscuously., One piece, weighing two
mounds or so crashed through 0. Z.
bay window some 30 or
40 rods distant Fortunately no one
was injured. Notice was promptly
served on the parties to stop the
blasting,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin A. Brown re-
turned from their visit to st. Louis
md other western points the first OF
he week. They report most en-
oyable trip but they are glad to get
pack to Wilmington after all Mr..
Brown has been making very extern
;ive improvements about his place
his summer and fall, moving and
.epairing the barn and erecting
lew carriage house besides grading
md levelmg the grounds about the
buildings He has now one of the
,est residences in this part of the