Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17

CLASS SECOND LESS THAN y MONTHS.
Florence Wetherbee, 5 months.
Bertha Capron, A
George Robert Whitman.
Carroll Barber, AZ
William Edward Butler, 5I 4"
Nettie Whitcomb, weeks.
George Henry Guild, 8 months.
Fanny Gertrude George, 2
Merit A. Jillson, 6
HELEN Josephine George, 3!
Minnie Labaree, Z
Lucius Harrison Stewart,
George Gray Nutliug, 6
Florence Lane, D
Harry Wilder, 4
A very merry time prevailed, while
the babies behaved with the most extra
ordinary excellence. Mrs. Towns had
previously invited Col Asa Wentworth,
Mrs. Gates Perry, Mrs. j. II. Phelps,
c. B. Eddy and A. N. Swain, to act as
judges and make honorary awards.
This committee was selected Eve pre-
sumel both on account of experience
and non-experience, and their report is
as follows:
To the expeclant Mothers: Your COM
mittee to whom was referred the duty of
making awards on the babies assembled
at the reception at Towns hotel, beg
leave to report: That they commenced
tour of heavenly inspection and found
themselves in the happy presence Of
cherubns and their angelic mothers ;
that they found p cherubs present; that
several Others were present, but ruled
out from age though by no means out of
their cherubhood that the youngest
child present was Nettie Whitcomb, aged
FIVE weeks. of remarkable growth, and
health, and the oldest Nettie Conant,
aged 20 months that the conduct, ap-
pearapce, intelligence and amiability Of
all the cherubs present was unexception-
ally good; that at this point your COM
mittee felt the inspiration of the hymn,
Precious Jewels" &c. that at this
point they also made another discovery,
viz; the full weight of their response
bilities; that besides the % cherubins
present there were also % expectant
mothers, backed up by several hundred
expectant aunts, uncles and cousins.
Your committee deliberated long and
with great courtesy toward each other,
but were unable to agree again they
deliberated till it was probable that be-
fore they could agree perpetual motion
would be discovered.
Your committee therefore regret to be
obliged to forego the pleasure of a YER
dict, but are unanimous in the opinion
that although Bellows Falls may now be
in its infinitely, it has in store glorious
future, upon which we may reasonably
found "great expectations"
All of which is respectfully, deferen-
italy and consequently submitted.
FIRE IN STRAFFoRD.-On the night
of the 1st inst, at about 10 o'clock, the
house and barn on the premises of Hen
ry Flanders, was destroyed by fire. Only
portion of the household goods and
the stock at the barn were saved. Oh
the latter one cow and one hog were
burnt. 1t is believed to be the work Of
an incendiary aud that both buildings
were set as they were too far apart fol
one to set the other, and as both were
discovered to be on fire at the same time
Loss over $4,000, and $4,000 insurance
-" The Vermont Statesman is thu
name of new paper announced to bt
started on the first of January next al
Burlington. What its peculiar charac
teristics are to be is not yet fore-shadow
ed.
H. w. Hart of New Alstead, N
H., advertises farm for sale, pleasantly
located near Warren's Pond, but tel
miles from this village and where 81
many parties from this section seek rec
reation during the summer
= Advertised Letters.-John Wood
ward, Mrs. Levi Washburn, John w
Wilson, Henry Walker, f. p. Redfeld
VIM. II. Slocum, II. Dunford, S. Cooper
Michael Carroll, n. Ii. Baldwin, j.
Ainsworih, Emma Etheridge.
Mr.. Wiley, a resident at Cold Riv
: err, was driving his horse near Town
: Hotel on Tuesday, when one of the line
, caught under the b rse's tail, and il
, lifting the line the horse became thor
} oughly frightened, reared, jumped
} pranced, aud clearing itself from TIL
wagon, ran. Mr.. Wiley was throw
, out, apparently with considerable force
: and though heavy man was quickly OF
r his feet and not seriously injured. Tn
wagon was wreck.