Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03

Iftern0On, to elect three delegates 10 aI-
end The Union District Convention, to
be held at White River Junction, April
9th.
~ Order Of 7o,cn Committee.
April 2. 1868.
- The adjourned annual corporation
meeting will be held at o. ID. Gray's
Hall, next Monday evening at Z o'clock.
We learnthat Rev. w. Ii. Wightwh
las for two years past, so acceptably
dictated as pastor of the Methodist
hurch in this place, will close his pasto-
al labors next Sa bbath-preaching his
last sermon next Sabbath morning. Rev.
L.. G. Dickinson, Presiding Elder, will
preach in the afternoon.
- x very excellent and highly com
plimented supper was served at the Bel
lows Falls House ON Thursday evening
II last week, the occasion being the close
pf the winter dancing school.
- Mr.. Freeman Wallace has left on
bur table some very excellent specimens
pf beets and parsnips, raised in his garden
pn Green Street. The largest beet meas
Ired l94 inches in circumference, and
grew from seed raised by j. j. Ii. Greg
Dry, Marblehead, Mass.
O. l. Whitcomb, formerly of Lon
ionderry and more recently of Spring
ield, and now Of Argyle, n. y, has re-
,ently obtained bill of divorce from his
wife
+. G. Hooper & Co., successors to
Chase & Hooper, will hereafter keep for
sale herds grass and clover seed, and will
themselves give more particulars. of their
business under The new firm next week.
= All Fools day passed in this place
sather quietly, the only demonstration we
Jaw, being in the Post Office where some
me nailed i copper to the floor, and oc-
.asionally some one would attempt to
,ick It up, amid the roar and shouts Of
hose who happened to be the bystanders
Advertised Letters: Geo. Blackstone
6. B. Backus, 3; Mrs. Sherman I. Ell
Sins, Stheven C. johnson, John B. Rich
B; n. S. Shaw, Frank Wilder.
Clark g. Chapman, Selling time by
he forelock, some weeks since. through
,ur advertising columns, offered bargains
so farmers in moving machines, and hav'
hus commenced an early and doubles
i. vigorous campaign for getting the ha,
rop the coming season. We would cal
.ttention to their advertisement, and ais
0 their turbine water wheels, and Ball
oatent circular saw mills,-a new thin
which is becoming very popular whereve
used, all Of which are manufactured b
sMessrs. Clark & Chapman.
Weddings with distinguishing char
acteristics have been frequent in tn
place, of late, the marriage fees rangin
from % cents upward. The latest on
took place at the Bellows Falls Hous
Monday night at about Il o'clock, for
couple who came iii ON one of the ever
ing trains. They were entreated to eva
till morning. but no, they had "mad
up their minds TO be hitched,' and
must Be then, and accordingly Rev. NJ
Wight was dragged from his bed, and
sufficient number of sleepy witness
aroused, and there in the dead of nigh
amid the most profound and solemn r
nance, the twain were made one fies
Are we becoming the "Gretna Green "
this section?
A FIRE was discovered in the nj
house of j. F. Alexander at Saxto
River Saturday night last, but was me
fortunately discovered in season to sa
any serious damage. The cause is I
certainly known. 1t was found, we leal
in box, where it may have been spc
taneous combustion or possibly sol
carelessness of workmen who had be
smoking IN the room.
~. Steen's book store at Brattlebt
was broken open, Friday night, and
safe robbed of $500 in money, besi
scrip and pennies taken from the MOI
drawer. States dry goods store was a
entered but nothing of value is missi
Thomsons hardware store was tried
no entrance obtained.
Prof Schuster of Brattleboro, '
was ann0anced last fall as going to \
York, will instead remove to Hartft
CT, where he is engaged to play the
gan in one of the churches in that C
The house of Thompson Holbr
of Townshend, took fire it is said for
fifth time in three years, on Satur
morning last. The fire took from a
fective chimney and was fortunately
covered in season to save any serious
A son of Albert Bemis of Ca'