Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-09-22
Grafton.

be judged from the following fact; A
laborer in the employ of a Grafton farm
eroften represented himself as being very
fond of cucumbers, and whenever favor
ed with an opportunity, gave satisfactory
evidence of the truth of his statements.
1t was decided to afford him an opportu-
nifty to crafty his appetite to the extent
of its cravings.
So basket of the long green variety
we're picked, carefully pared, and suf-
ficient number placed in a line to meas
ure exactly fittY.six inches. They were
then sliced into bowl containing guam
lity of cider, properly peppered and
placed by his plate at dinner. With his
dinner he actually ate every slice, expe-
renced no inconvenience from them, and
gives it as his opinion that reasonable
meal of cucumbers will injure no one.
1t is said that when the above fact was
brought TO the knowledge of NJ, one of
the thirty-nine who "was never discover
ed in the abiect attitude, in the hour Of
periI, of mean imbec;lity," he decided ''to
do bigger thing" than the cucumber
eater, and installing Goodrich's Pictorial
Geography of the World for Websters
Unabridged Dictionary seized the history
and swallowed it at once. The volume
was bound in sheep and embelished with
one thousand wood cuts. The appear
ance of the undigested parts of the his
tory in the TINES last week led to an in
vestigation, when the dictionary was
found unmolested but the history had dis
appeared.
Mr.. II. NJ. Carpenterhas sold his black
smith shop to Mr.. S. A. Brown. III
health compelled Mr.. Carpenter to aban-
don profitable business. tits earnestly
hoped he may find other business con
genial to his health and remain in Graf
ton. Mr.. Brown Is not only q worthy
member of the Northwest Fur company
in good standing, but a valuable citizen
and first class blacksmith. Y.
Another correspondent sends the fol-
lowing
Mr.. EDIToR.-Sir In the two last
numbers of your paper are letters cast
ing a cloud of gloom in connection with
school matters over our magnificent and
beautiful village.
| We attempted to have fall school
with tuition from $3.50 to $3.50 per
scholar which failed, only fifteen scholars
attending. Then an effort was made to
obtain school upon the grand list which
also failed. Notwithstanding this bad
beginning we we're determined to have q
school, and now have splendid sub
scrption, free school, with seventy schol
ars. The high, intermediate and pri
mary departments, with three teachers
Our teachers are graduates of New Lon
don Seminary N. H. We have one elias,
of thirteen in Latin, another in French
with others in algebra, geometry and al
the higher branches which our CRANE
listers will not allow ia the winter anC
summer terms. What | mean by mag
niticent and beautiful village" is that w
do not have a saloon, restaurant, billiard
room or other similar temptations wher
our young men can go to spend thei
evenings in drinking, smoking, playing
cards &c.
For pleasure and recreation for on
young people, the Baptist society has
social gathering once in two weeks an,
the Congregational once in two week;
alternate weeks, making one every weeI
where all are invited and cordially re
ceived on paying FIVE cents admittanc
fee. Our best families all attend thes
: social gatherings aud for five cents an
, one can 20 into our best society and tn
best parties our place affords. ID.
+ A California fruit-grower nette,
: $4,000 on a single shipment of pear
. eastward.
! -" The men who heroically stick il
: the mud" 10 the loving epithet applied
! by departure democrats to the anti's
A Savannah man was recently cure
: of rheumatism by being compelled t
; actively get out of the way of ma
bull. He has now abjured pain-pair
and ready relief and will keep an an
NAL of this sort on hand hereafter I
i guard against relapse.
: = Col. Pickett, Georgia planter, b.