Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-03-08
LOCAL MATTERS.

Adverllsed Lelters'-Mo'is N''
II Harvey Howard,
w - Thapks to many good friends Tor
1.-THE election returns of Tuesday.
ALL Talk about your fine horses
when we have such nice steam engine
Come and see il
n, -- Lorsnzo Richmond of Woodstock,
,nnears 10 be elected Windsor County
commissioner without opposition.
- March has come in with the roar
{ the lion and with good prospect of CO.
8Eng out with the roar of the whole men,
gerie.
Those interested are referred to the
advertisement of Belair Institute "a
cry excellent school at West Brattlebo-
TO.
RB - First printing in Bellows Falls
lbout 1915, by Bill Blake & Co. First
team printing March I'd, 1872, on work
! ssSor Moore & Shepley.
> The shafting, &c, just put in this
office for our steam works, has been made
~ Messrs. Osgood q Barker, machinists
yR0f this village, the excellence of whose
work. we have before had occasion to
ommend
- BY the delay on the Rutland road
'0n "Wednesday, the election returns from
early dozen towns reached us too late
Or this week. but hearty thanks to the
GOD friends who so promptly did their
artin sending us their favors.
,s - A Boston gentleman who was pres
1t ut at our town meeting on Tuesday high
4 complimented the intelligence ofthose
resent and the clear manner with which
SIhe speaker expressed themselves, say
ing it was far above that usually found
I the city ward meetings.
q - Any who may desire to see our new
team printing works, are cordially in
tied to call, and would say that though
fe are now running them every day, 2
clock any Thursday afternoon will af-
ord the best opportunity, as at that time
ae entire Office are on very active duty.
, - The coolest term of the winter has
cen this week, and all our letters
rom the towns in this section of the
tate uniformly speak of the same. At
hester it was 10 degrees below zero
d Windham, % below, and IA below
lufing most of the day. Az Andover
/ went 20 to &c below according to
ocality,and the same is reported through
ut the State.
There is movement on foot to or
anize building association in this
lace. A charter has been obtained and
is thought the time has arrived for
tarting an enterprise to furnish tene-
tents for our increasing population. We
nderstand meeting is to be held soon
perfect an organization, and we hope
will succeed and that we shall this sea
on have quite number of tenement
louses erected. Success to it.
- Dnring lull in the proceedings Of
he town meeting on Tuesday, some
amusement was created by Mr.. G. E. Ar
aold who offered a resolution reviving
he Office of "hog reeve" and reciting
.nd appointing as such board all the
gentlemen in town who have been mar
ried during the past year. Later in thu
day II was ascertained that a gentleman
Of this village had escaped, who haC
been married the evening previous, 9th
erwise he would have been made chair
man of the board.
- No trains to this place over th'
Rutland road on Wednesday till even
ing. Tuesday night, two or three mixeC
and freight trains got bound III at th,
Summit in a snow drift, and conducto
u Josiah Bowtelle of this place, immediate
~ sent back messenger to flag the ex
press train, but the snow storm was s,
9 binding and night so dark that the sig
nal was not seen, and the express cam
laundering along and ran into the trail
u making a very complete wreck, anC
though no passengers or train men wer'
seriously injured there were several mar
Il row escapes. The road is clear and il
very good order again this Thursda.