Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-24
TOWN sH EN- D.
End OF Cider Season-An Interesting
Hand Made Engine.

cider mill and returned TO Sprinenelu'
VI While the apple crop In this VI
entity has not been large this year
about the usual quantity of cider mas
been made. About ten bushels OF APP
pie seeds have been saved. These are
sold TO nurserymen and used for plant
ing purposes Anyone OF "A mechanical
| turn OF mind would be interested In a
small engine which Mr. Scott some
times uses AT the cider mill. II Is one
he made himself and Is almost en-
tirely hand work. The capacity OF IL
is about two and one-half horse pow
err and Il runs as evenly and smoothly
as though IL were hundred times as
large. Its size Is such that one could
pick II up and carry II off under one
arm, II II did not happen TO be kicking
too much. II is fine piece of work.
manship and Mr.. Scott may well be
proud OF It,
Mrs. Jason Thayer visited In
Wardsboro last week.
Mrs. Fred Reed and daughter. Mar
gerry, visited in Brattleboro over sun
day.
A. Il. Park made a short business
trip to Springfield and Holyoke. Tues
day.
Miss Mabelle Allbee, who teaches in
Windham, Is home for a two weeks
vacation.
The old building just east of Edwin
Harris's barn IL being taken down by
the Jennisons.
| Miss Blanche Brigham and Miss
Emma Bushnell spent Thursday in
Cambridgeport.
The Gushing house in the northern
part of the town is receiving top
dressing of new shingles.
Mr.. Aldrich who was formerly en-
ployed in Mr. Parks mill. moved his
family TO Brattleboro Monday
Robert Holbrook received an injury
| to his ankle while working in the
woods Saturday a tree falling on him.
The house on the william Dutton
place below Harmonyville Is being
shingled Rolla Phillips is doing the
work.
| Mrs. b. +. Silverthorne. who has
been visiting her brother, +. l.. Lowe,
| for several weeks. returned to her
home Thursday morning.
Mrs Macdonald and Miss Esther,
Mrs. L. L. Hastings, Mrs. Zina Cobb.
and Miss Emma Bushnell were Brat
tleboro passengers Friday.
The following were Brattleboro pas
sengers Saturday: Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Mason, Mr., Sawyer, w. 5. Holland,
! Mrs Kidder and Miss Fisher,
/ Miss Alice Barnes of Westminster
West, a member of last years grad
uating class at l.. G.. >, Is Visiting
( friends and relatives in town this
week.
I The fall term of the seminary closes
/ tonight with a social. given by the
! juniors. Principal Lewis goes to his
I home in New York state for two
weeks vacation.
/ William Sparks has on exhibition at
/ his shop a unique business card. exc
I cuted by Eugene Wetherbee. II is of
wood and at the top of it is respect
able looking dog, burned into the
wood. and underneath it brief men
/ ton of the line of goods handled by
Mr.. Sparks.
| The executive committee and teach
ers of the Congregational Sunday
school held meeting Wednesday
evening at the home of Mrs ATWOOD,
| to consider ways and means for the
Sunday school. Refreshments We're
served and the evening was both
pleasantly and profitably spent.
The brick house at the southwest
corner of the park. which is now
owned by Don Boutelle, is UNDERGOING
thorough renovating New CHIN
news have been laid where needed
roofs renewed paint applied and paper
put on. and a glass put in the front
door There seems to be quite an cpl
demic of repairing in town this fail.
| Charles Evans. one of the prophet
ors of the Maplehurst kennels. started
for Frogmore, S. c.. the first of the
week with a string of doPs which ne
will train during the winter. Several
of these are from the Maplehurst KEN
nels and the rest belong to other par
| ties. Mr. Evans expects to be away
several months.
! The repairing and building goes on
rapidly at Wizards mill. The familiar
saving about raising the roof" was
demonstrated by the mill gang last
week when a section of roofing about
thirty feet square. just back OF the
new part was elevated to correspond
with the rest. The old engine was
shut down early in the week. and the
work of removing it and putting in
the new one begun. While this is be-
ing done the men not otherwise en-
7 ployed are working on the building.
The name of Leon Truesdell APP
reared in the Boston Transcript re-
Gently among the list of those to re-
ceive honorary scholarships at Brown
university. Mr. Truesdell is gradu-
ate of L. G. S. during the princinal-
ship of William Harthorne. TINS
scholarship is granted for excellency
i'm English and carries with II. not
only the honor of the attainment, but
substantial pecuniary reward. MI.
Truesdells many Townshend friends
congratulate him on his appointment