Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-05-28
LOCAL MATTERS.

q another lot OF line and nice Jewelry to
their stock this week. M
One of the rivermen bought lot
of maple sugar while here last week to
Hsend to his home in Maine.
The very best styles of furniture,
plain or ornamental, furnished at w. j.
Conant's.
- essrs. Nourse q Cogswell, at Bar
stonsville, will grind no more custom
wheat till further notice.
- Henry C. Villas, few days since
caught pike in the mouth of Saxtons
River, fine looking fellow, weighing ten
bounds.
&C. F. Glynn of Cambridgeport,
3nakes a new announcement in our adj
zHertising columns to the people of that
vicinity this week.
8 - The firm of Wiley & Smith, at
#Saxtons River, has been dissolved, and
the business is to be continued by Mr..
wiley. See advertisement.
ri - Those wanting furniture, will do
u well to call upon w. j. Conant. He will
furnish any style desired, and has the
8 largest assortment ever keptin this place.
- The editor of the Rutland Herald
b lucky man, having on the Dist inst.
u ieasted on gubanatorial potatoes, the gift
Of John Duffy who is gardener of Gov.
n Page,
- Some handsome trout, as we'll as
q pike, have recently been caught in the
d mouth of Saxtons river, among them one
3 by Master Henry Amadon weighing fif-
q teen ounces.
Il Two of the rivermen remained be-
u hind this week, and have been building
q boom across the dam, for Tarbell, Toll
n man q Co., to catch some timber which
Il they are sooR expecting down the river,
4 and want it turned into the canal.
The tax bill for this village corpo-
1 ration and school district, is now ready
and in the hands of Mr.. Alfred Kemp,
the collector, and all who pay previous
to June 18th, will save five per cent.
A few days since letter passed
through the Post-oficeat this place, with
the following poetic address
With lightning speed and areher's arrow,
| send thee on TO be the bearer
OF rare and raey sport and fun.
To C. g. X. of Burlington
H. N. Flint, of Putney, has pair
of steers, one of which was two years old
u the 18th of last March, and the other
the 18th, each Of which, on the day that
ne was two years old, measured in girth
six feet six inches. Estimated weight
twenty-eight hundred lbs.
- Brilliant trout stories are begin
ming to come in. Among them one of
Nj. Brown of Grafton, who recently
caught a splendid one in that town weigh
ing one pound and six ounces, and meas
I ured l4l inches in length Isn't he ri
valling the northwest fur company
We are invited to present to Mr..
Arms, Ticket Agent at this place, the
thanks of the young ladies of Miss
Pratt's School, Charlestown, n. H., who
obtained through his courtesy, excursion
Il tickets between Bellows Falls and MARI
boro. The party had delightful trip
to Monadnock Mountain and Lake: as
cended the mountain on the morning OF
Friday, and returned TO Charlestown on
Saturday evening.
Next Saturday is Decoration Day,
according to orders issued by the Grand
Army of the Republic, and though no
public demonstration will be held here,
Il we trust the soldiers graves in this place
VIII not be forgotten. Let them be mark
ed with U. S. flag during the day, as
well decorated with flowers.
- Those who are blessed with incomes
sufficiently large to be taxed, or have
special or license u. s taxes to pay, will
ind the collector ready to receive the
same, at the Island House, on Monday
next, from 8 A. NJ, till 4 p NJ. Those
who neglect to pay then, or within ten
days thereafter, will be subject to five
per cent additional. See notice.
= Perham's Stage has made such good
time during the past two weeks, that the
mails on his line have made connection
with the Boston and New York morning
mails at this place, every day during
this time, thus securing their transit
South and East, over half day earlier
than ever before.
"A new war book is soon to be print
ed entitled vermont in the Great Re
bellion," and published by Tracy, Chase
d Co., Claremont, n. H. See their adj
vertisement elsewhere. From what We
know of the plan of the work, We
Judge it will be most interesting and
valuable volume to every Vermonter