Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25
elluws falls Times,
LOCAL MATTERS.


l. Theprosecution against j. II. Hun
hls at Ludlow, for perjury, has been
abandoned 1t had very little founda-
ton to start with and fell through of its
ON weight
MIR. I. G. Ball has recently invent
"a new style of clotnes pin which it is
cIaimed is ahead of those made atSpring-
6eld, and is making arrangements for
their manufacture.
Eddie Earl, son of Ira Earl, found I
= pocket book in the high way the
otber day, containing some $50, and de-
eorves ereditand honor for the promptness
vith which he restored it to the owner. |
W. III. Upham furnishes several
kjnds of sewing machines, and has one
81 the largest agencies for the sale of the
rame in the state, and on very liberal
hrms. See his advertisement.
Mr.. Perley Fassett o. South Read
Ing, past seventy years Of age, recently
walked from Claremont, n. H., to the
summit of Ascutney Mountain and
HON there to Felchville in one day
some twenty miles or more.
The Burlington Free Press says
that ripe tomatoes will cure bee stings,
bot does not state whether it should be
optside or inside application.
= Judge Walker made an excellent
xddress at the Congregational church
% Sunday evening, on the condition of
convicts, paupers &c, and rebuked the
frigid and respectable selfshness" that
would not aid in their reformation. His
remarks were listened to with interest,
and close attention throughout.
We would call attention to thestore
of Cheney & Clapp, of Brattleboro.
Their stock is very extensive and in
eludes Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods,
Music and Pictures For completeness
and variety, it is probably excelled by
none in the state.
We are informed that a lady had
her pocket picked at the depot on Thurs
day afternoon of last week, besides an
other lady who lost hers on the same at
ternoon, and may have lost it in the same
way. Have we gang Of pickpockets
among u.s.
= We notice in our exchanges state
ments Of the great height Of corn. We
have some in our garden, which requires
ten foot ladder to get to the ears, and
From the top of this ladder, by the aid
Of a spy-glass, we are enabled to see the
fassels ''in the dim distance"
- Oh that odoriforous (odious) old
american House barn! Who has juris-
diction over it? How long must our
people inhale its increasing number Of
doors? Hundreds of our population are
obliged to pass and snuff and endure it;
horrors and cholera breeding atfluvia ev
cry day. No wonder the ladies talk o
organizing vigorous campaign agains
ii.
An alarm of fire was given OF
Westminster street on Friday evening a
about 10 o'clock, under the suppositioI
that there was fire in Newton's block
in which is Col. Hyde's store, &c, but i
proved to be false. The fire compan,
were promptly on hand for duty, but haC
nothing to do and all we.e glad it wa
no wuss."
! Lost, or perhaps stolen, on the cars
between Bartonsville and Bellows Fall
n Thursday afternoon of last week
portmonaie containing some none
and papers, the latter of which can b
of no use to any one but the owner.
is most probable to have been lost at th
depot in this place. The finder will b
Satisfactorily rewarded by leaving th
same at this office.
The Messrs. Russell have decide
to open the old and unfinished canal b,
gun in 1886 and leading east to the oil
factory foundation. To do this the
have to blast many feet through soil
rock and the work has already begul
This will open and make available OF
OF the very best water-power privileg
in New England.
In the last week or two, fsherme
have caught several strings of fine blac
bass in the river at this point, for tt
first time. 1t is probable that they hay
sprung from young bass put in the riv'
below, few years since, by the Ne
England fish commissioners. They a
booked upon with favor, being conside
ed better than either perch or pike.
In Cavendish on Wednesday
horse attached to wagon loaded wi
melons and caboages, took fright al
swung round the circle, tipping over L
freight, knocked off the hat ofthe man TT