Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-12-30
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No. 8 in Townshend, over so years old.
- The Grafton northwest fur Co.
have been having lively times. See re.
port.
- The report Of the Westminster
Farmers Club failed to reach us in sea
son for this paper.
- Thursday and Friday Of last week
:. we're the shortest days, and now the days
have begun to lengthen.
See magazine notices on first page
Nearly or quite all of them are furnish
ed by DIR. O. F. Woods.
- The next Temperance meeting is ia
be held at the Methodist Church on Sun.
day evening next, at 81 o'clock.
- Annual meeting Of the Bellows
Falls Water Co.. Tuesday evening next
Jan. Sd, at the Bank, at O'Clock.
- Among their confessions here Han
dion and Dcvoe included the burglary
of Fowler's jewelry store at Alstead,
N. III.
Annual meeting of the Bellows
Falls Building Association, at Engine
Hall, on Monday evening next at, 7
o'clock.
The Scientific American, the pros
pectus of which will be found on second
page, is the best publication of its class
in America.
- The young people of the Congre-
gational society of this village, have
formed reading club, and meet once a
week for readings.
- The Eclectic magazine has always
been one Of the good things, and no
doubt will be hereafter. See psospec-
tus on second page.
- No sleighing here yet though the
ground is whitened with snow, and Wed
nesday afternoon there we're indications
Of a January thaw."
- Harvey Taylor, of Cavendish, has
sued Jeptha Page for $4,000 damages,
because he brought the small pox in its
malignant form into his family, last win
ter.
- Geo. o. Guild is agent for the sa lie
Of Grover & Bakers Sewing machine,
which is said to rank among the best
machines in the country. See his adver-
tisement.
- The annual meeting of the Con-
necticut River Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., is to be held at their office in this
place on Wednesday of next week, at
one o'clock in the afternoon.
We publish elsewhere the list of
deaths occurring within the limits of this
village corporation during the year 1870.
showing an unusually small number
only half the number of last year.
- Since the change of thelease Of the
Vt, a Mass, railroad to the Rutland &
Burlington Railroad, the New London
train is made up and starts from this
place instead Of at Brattleboro as form
erly.
There was SO little rain last fall that
the springs and streams did not fill, and
We hear Of some farmers in this town
who already have to drive their stock to
the river or other place from their barns
to supply them with water.
When you write for the papers re-
member that one underscore means hal.
&c, two SMALL CAPITALS, three CAPT.
TAILS, and four italic CAPITALS.-
Also that in ordinary matter there is no
sense in the frequent use of italic.
- The circulation of the TIMES in the
following districts named will be mat
ter of interest to business men and ad-
vertisers in this immediate vicinity, and
Is as follows: In this town 357, in Ath-
ems "a. Chester S3, Westminster 104,
Grafton 104.
We were mistaken last week in
speaking of services Christmas Eve at
Emmanuel Church. No services were
held or intended, and the distribution
OF presents to the children &c. took place
lnnocents day at Engine Hall on We'd
nesday evening.
The New York Observer, to whose
prospectus elsewhere we call attention, is
one of the best religious papers in Amer
lea. The Observer Year Book included
IN the same prospectus under the head
of :" A Valuable Book" is rightly NAM
ed. See particulars.
Mr.. j. G. Freeman of Cornish, N.
IT,, has recently established headquar-
tiers in this place for keeping and mar
keting horses. renting ]. d Bridgman's
stable for that purpose. Within month
or two be has had several very fine horses,
and recently sold one for 500, and an
other for $1,000.