Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-02-16

NOR ON wednesday evening, Fob 81 AZ WV
town hall. Al.
o,in, IA tho storm Friday and the eondi'
49,. =, ,he roads. the regular grange moos
! ng was postponed until Feb ~ ~ Wa" a.,
~, m. program as announced Tor N'
week will be executed
Rev. Geo. H. Baker was called 70 VS.
rownshend Friday to ofieiale at tue luhsia,
l,.,ioas NJ The infant daughter OF Mr. ana
Mrs n uadIook. The body was brought
n his village and placed in the vault
rrsd Lawrence went Saturday 70 Hoston
90, Wal, az few days His mother Mis'
- ,,,renee who went several weeks
pa 20 visit her daughter. Mrs. o'Brien' re-
turned with him the middle OF the wees
ilton. the second son Of Mr. and MRS
Franz stevens, is sick and under me uoo.
Tors care. His sickness, which Is lhe mus
sa.,r, attack OF the kind that he has ever
av,,ar,.nced il the cause Of much anxiety
to his parents.
Mrs Frank Phelps, who came recently 70
nack mn her household goods, has complete.
/ her lnbors, and the goods have been shippeu
- some noInt In New Hampshire where u
/ /. Understood Mr.. Phelps is at present max
ing his headquarters
The Monday Night club met THIS week
I with Mrs r. H. Lowe and compieteu WV
reading Of Holiness Autocrat OF the breah
,ast Table. The next meeting OF the CLUB
weather and roads permitting, will be helo
with Mr.. and Mrs. o. W. Toilette Feb 20
Mrs Henry Twitchell has closed her house
1 ia tbo village and went Monday with her
daughters, Annie and Mrs Harry ADAMS
| 10 Brattleboro. where they will live Tor inc
present with Mrs. Adams Harry Adams
was in town over Sunday, and returned Mon
day with the family.
/ According TO the measurements OF hoya'
] Sanderson. which were late in reaching Us
The rainfall for January was one ineh' ana
the snowfall seven inches From the same
source we learn that the snowfall lot fH
day was Is inches. The net proceeds OF
the storm after allowing for settling were
somewhat less so that the lumbermen are
still hoping for more snow.
Report comes from the Toilette ranch Of
! a big oak tree which was brought TO EARN
some days ago. the stump Of which showed
an expansion OF about five feet' we WIZ
NOT ATTEMPT 10 state exactly how many logs
were obtained from this tree, but orison has
/ been drawing logs to the mill ever since the
/ snow came and one or two loads before
/ There was also a by.product " several cords
az wood and no one knows how many bas'
/ kets Of chips.
/ Townsbend members Of Birchard post. G.
a. II. No. IS. will be glad to know that
/ Rev. John 5. Lyon, pastor Of the Second
Baptist church of Holyoke, Mass, has been
engaged TO deliver the Memorial day address
This wear. The exercises will be az New
b fame according TO the system OF rotation
which the post has followed for several years
/ In accordance with the same system, the
+ services on the Sunday before Memorial day
/ will be at the Congregational church in TINS
village
Not the least joyful Of the many who have
been made happy BY the advent Of snow, IS
I The genial manager Of the Snow Plow syndi'
cate Snow has been tho only element lack
ing TO complete the experiment and an anN'
ious populace has often joined with the man
ager IN study Of the weather conditions
hoping sometimes almost against hope, that
4 the clouds would give forth their fullness SO
I that the machine for demolishing drifts could
/ he nut 10 the test. Well. the snow came and
the machine has been tried and the discovery
II has been made that there Is yet one thing
lacking ia order to increase the effectiveness
Of the pillow. II makes an excellent path, but
! there seems To be q disinclinaton to unload.
+ The machine has some Of the qualities of the
miser about ii. The management is consid-
+ ering the problem, and il is rumored that
the pillow is TO be equipped with some sort
/ Of hay fork, which it is hoped will keep
Z the decks cleared for action. When this i'm.
proyement Is made we can see no reason
why the snow pillow should not become joy
forever or at any rate during the winter
weather 1t is already thing Of beauty
| II may be tribe early for the annual spring
renovation, but A. E. Park, the proprietor OF
the sawmill between this village and West
Tuwnshend, likes TO be on time or a little
ahead If possible. Accordingly he has been
rearranging some Of his furniture, extending
his buildings somewhat, and putting in new
equipment preparatory for the spring open
ing. II there is anything in name, the
new 50-horsepower boiler ought to be good
one for it is equipped with the following:
Economic Return Tubular Portable boil
er," manufactured at tie Erie City Iron
works, located in Erie City, Pa, This boiler,
which with its trimmings and fixtures tand
nanic) weighs nearly 14,00o pounds, is in
place and Mr.. Park hopes to ill 1t the first
Of the week. Mr.. Park has also q 50.horse-
power engine, manufactured by the New
York Safety Steam company Of New York
city which he has recently purchased and
set up in his mill With this new equipment
and the other improvements, it is expected
that the work of the mill can be handled to
much better advantage. large tours side
planer and hatcher has been brought from
the Winhall mill and later this viii be used
in dressing the lumber Logs have been com
ing into the Park mill yard for several weeks
now, and although there are not so many
in as at this time last year il is estimated
that nearly two hundred thousand feet have
been drawn, and enough more is cut and con
tracted for to bring the total well up toward
the million feet mark.
Messrs F. L. Lowe, William S. Holland
and Chauncey Harris of the the west vii.
lage the town auditors, have been INDUCING
in their annual visit this week at the town
hall. We started to write that they had
been enjoying their annual visit, but
there came up before the mental vision the
big, dreary, desolate room, with its pile of
chairs in one end and its derelict stage and
dilapidated scenery at the other, and we con
cuded that the word enjoy would not do
at ALL Then there came to mind also the
remembrance of that row of voting booths,
which adorns one side OF the hall, furnish
ing to the Imagination the suggestion OF
deserted livery stable, and the promiscuous
array of tables in various stages Of decrepi-
tude and we were very sure enjoyment
as descriptive of a three days incarceration
was not the proper word. But to make
the vision reality instead of a dream,
visit to the town hall was executed and
the worthy gentlemen mentioned above were
found, keeping as warm and maintaining as
much of cheer as the conditions permitted.
Then there came to mind another picture--a
well warmed, well lighted, well ventilated
room fitted up with suitable fixtures, located
conveniently near to the vaults in which the
towns books and records and papers are
kept, room in which dozen men would
not be crowded, and in which three or
four would not be too lonesome, such a room,