Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-31
TOWN SHE D.
The Central Vermont officials Find at
Salmon Hole Bridge.

Tne central vermont oillcluls
. their tour OF inspection over the MAJ
row gauge, found something Of inter
est AT the Salmon Hole bridge, be
tween this village and Newfnne. Their
! is n curve there In the road Of abou
thirty degrees which will need TO
reduced nearly one half when IN
standard gauge Is put In.
r. a. Park was in Brattleboro Satur
day on business.
Alice Dale Is helping f. l.. Lowe II
the store afternoons.
Arthur Boutelle is visiting at hi
brothers for "A few days.
Alice Dale spent the day Thursda!
visiting friends In Newfane.
Fred Osgood is working at the Fol.
llette farm during the vacation.
Leon Truesdell returned Monday &c
his studies at Brown university, Prov
idence. r. l.
The northern stage started out or
wheels Monday, only two days later
than last year.
Mrs. Julian Taft and son Maynard
and Miss Hazel are visiting In Jamaica
for n few days.
Martin Sparks and family are i'm the
process of moving from Harmonyville
TO the Allen house.
Mrs. Allen Wyman In the northern
part Of the town Is quite sick. threat
ened with pneumonia.
The steam mill owned by A. f. Park.
which has been shut down during the
winter. started last week.
C. L. Merrick Of Bellows Falls and
Marsh Wilder Of Saxtons River We're
in town Wednesday on business
Miss Eva Aldrich, who has been
helping her sister, Mrs. VIII Sparks
went Monday to her home in West
moreland Depot, n. II.
Two loads OF goods belonging TO Mr.,
Grape passed through the village Tues
day en- route from Newfan. 10 A. f.
Parks tenement at the mill
The ice OF which there was an I'M
usually large supply has gone out of
the West river this year In a very
quiet and inoffensive manner.
Townshend Inn has partially filled its
new ice house and made arrangements
with the Jennisons for ice which they
put up in their house near the pond.
Health officer Or. Thomas Rice re-
ports seventy cases of measles up to
date. There have been no new cases
the epidemic Is over
Herbert Haywood Of the Mount Her
mon school at Mortified, Mass. occu-
pied the pulpit at the Baptist church
Sunday morning in the absence of the
pastor Rev f. A. Royal.
The stork seems to be establishing a
sort of rural free delivery in this sec
ton The latest evidence of its oper-
ations being a baby girl at the Carl
tons, born about two weeks ago.
The missionary society of the Con-
church held an interesting
meeting Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Julian Taft. Papers on
Alaska were read by Miss Era Austin.
Mrs. Arthur Rand and Mrs. G. II. Bak /
ar.
Royal Sanderson, who reports the |
snow and rain fall for the government, |
accounts for feet and inches of the |
from Oct II to date. Doubt
ess many other communities can show
larger body of snow for the winter.
nut we doubt If the quality of the
rownshend article can be improved
lpon.
Some idea of the backwardess of our
pring or the forwardness of the sea-
on two years ago may be derived from
he fact that two years ago on the
4th day of March the boys Gncluding
he writer) were playing base ball and
ennis on the park, where this year
here was over a foot of snow and ice
n the corresponding date.
Fred Ford, who has been in the hos
ital in Savannah Ga, for a number
f weeks. has so far recovered as to re-
urn to his home. Mr., Ford's trouble
as been an excess of gastric juice in
he stomach, but his physician as
ures him that with care he should get
long all right now. His many
'iends in this vicinity will be glad of
is convalesence and hope for COM
lete recovery in the near future.
Charles H. Willard has rented the
[orse house to G. e. Webster, pastor
{ the Methodist church of Armour, s.
I. Mr. Webster was located at Will
msville about two years ago, previous
his going west He expects to come
lst with his family the latter part of
pri or the first of May, and after
elping them to get settled in their
wv home, return to finish out his con-
renee year with the Armour church,
ter which he expects to go onto the
cture platform for a Boston bureau.
The L. G.. S. Messenger made its APP
.arance at the social given at the
Dse of school Friday evening, The
itors were disappointed in the illus
atoms intended for this number, but
ide from that and few evidences of
reless proof reading it is very read
lie number. 1t is too bad that the
ldents and townspeople do not give
pre- evidence of interest in the paper
their patronage. 1t requires a good
al Of 1ah IN poi |
mber, and if the people and students
preciated the fact that a well sus
med paper is a credit to the school
ay would at least buy the Messenger
len ii comes out. even though they
: not able to write spring poetry or
Ofound essays or convincing editori
The Massachusetts commission
uses which handle maple sugar
Dducts have notified their Vermont
ppers that all goods must be plainly
rked with the name of the manufac-
'er and shipper, also that the purity
per cent of adulteration must be in
ated on each package. Vermont
,ducers of the maple sugar and syr-
who have suffered from the large
antilles of adulterated goods put on
market as genuine, will welcome
S move as a step in the right direc-
n. The outlook for the trade has
m so dubious for a few years back
Il some owners of large orchards.
'ecially in the northern part of the
te have considered seriously the
lverting of their naples into lumber
| wood and the use of the land for
er purposes, because this course
med to be more profitable than
sugar or syrup for a
rket flooded with a cheap compost
4 which was sold as the genuine ar
e.