Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-12-20
Hon. William Parsons.

TINS winter, Wall be delivered by Hon.
William Parsona, formerly member OF
of the English parliament. Subject,
George Stephenson, or Triumphs OF
Perseverance,, Mr.. Parsons has the
reputation Of being fine scholar and elo-
quent orator, and is everywhere spoken
of with great favor. The Boston Adver-
tiser says that when Mr.. Parsons closed
there, he was created with Ground after
round Of unusual applause" his lecture
being thoroughly popular in its charac-
ter and calcu' ated to do good any
where" The Boston Traveller says he
is one of the very few orators who have
carried the New England lyceum by
storm" The New York Evening Post
says that she chained the attention of
his audience from first to last, all of
whom we're impressed with his great
rhetorical ability" The St. Adams
Messenger, speaking of his lecture there
says: 1t has never been our pleasure
TO listen TO an orator who more complete
ly chained the attention of every man,
woman and child, from the beginning to
the end of long lecture, and made it
seem short, or who so blended instruction
with entertainment, and ingrafted the
moral of great life upon the warm
hearts of his hearers, as this eloquent
man did in clarifying the simple an
mails of the poor in the career of George
Stephenson, the father of railways. -
Every sentence, and almost every word
was freighted with an idea"
Under these circumstances we antici-
pate brilliant success and entertain
ment on Wednesday evening of next
week.
CHESTER. Zeb. Crummet, it
would seem, was not appreciated by our
citizens. There were not tickets enough
sold to buy roll of lozenges in case the
lecturer should become hoarse by speak
ing, so the lecture did not come off.
Fullerton's Hall is beautifully decor
ated for the approaching Christmas. Yo-
semitic Engine Co.. announce grand
Firemen's and Civic Ball to come #
at Pollard's Hall the night of the u b,
inst. Senator Adams who has been
dangerously i'll, is reported more COM
Portable, though still not fully out Of
danger. Cole and Gibson have sold the
trotting mare, Bell" to Boston gen
tleman; it required good sized check
to pay for her too. Sanders and Carpen-
ter own two years old colt which
weighs 1888 lbs. There amt any more
of these colts, in this town, certain.
An opportunity to obtain cheap and
at the same time reliable insurance is
presented by C. W. Marsh, who repre-
sents the Waite, town, N. Y, ms. Co.
This company issue policies on no kind
of property except detached dwellings,
furniture therein and farm property, be-
ing the safest risk that can be taken.
The rates are low the capital strong
add we'll invested and the officers and
directors are endorsed by all the lead
ing bank presidents and cashiers Of Wa
tertown. Mr.. Marsh makes East Wal
linford his post office address, and par
ties wishing insurance can communicate
with him by letter aud receive prompt
attention.
JAMAIcA.-A correspondent of the
Rutland Herald writes that Mr.. Parker
Haven and his wife, Caroline c., both
died on the same day. Monday, Dec. I'd,
she at o'clock in the morning and he
at s o'clock in the evening. She had
been sick for several months, and since
July last had lived at Mr. A. j. Par
ker's, in the border of Windham, where
she died with none but strangers to adj
minister to her wants He and his son
Lowell were living alone upon the farm,
on the Howe hill, in this town. He
learned of his wife's death a few hours
before he himself passed away. He was
subject to fits, He had one ON Thanks
giving day night, and another the Sun
day night following, from which he never
recovered. | never attended a sadder
funeral in my life. A more bitter close
of long married life is seldom known
Their collins we're brought together, OH
the day of the funeral, at Mr.. Parker's,
where the only relative present was an
only son Of so years, who is rapidly los
ing his powers OF body and mind from
disease contracted in the army. Mr..
Haven was a native of Ludlow, whence
he removed to Jamaica few years since.
She was a native OF Massachusetts aGd a
lady of whom every body spoke WE'LL
Their bodies have been taken TO Ludlow
for interment.
DEATH OF Mrs. Gov. CONVERSE
The wife of Gov. Converse died sudden
" of apoplexy, at Woodstock on Satur-
day evening last. She was a very es-