Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-22
LOCAL MATTERS.


The funeral of Mr.. Goodrich on
"Wednesday, is the fifth that has occurred
on Westminster street since last June.
The next lecture in the course at
the Congregational church, will be given
by Rev. P. b. Fisk of Springfield, next
Monday evening at ~ o'clock.
- Advertised letters Henry Fran
els, Rev. p, n. Granger, Chas Swain,
A. g. Wakefield, f w Bissell, Geo. w.
Bissell, Mrs Edwin Harwood.
The cold term of this month has
been hard one for fowls, and we hear
Of quite number having been frozen to
death in various parts of the village.
We are told that the cold term of
this month has been longer than any
since about the time of the building of
the railroads here.about 1S49, when they
had an unbroken cold wave in January
of fourteen days.
the grasshoppers is Mr.. Amos Crane,
formerly a blacksmith of this village.
He had 20 acres of corn destroyed and
writes that he counted twenty grasshop-
pers on one leaf
- The course of lectures by the ladies
of the congregational society mas opened
very favorably, and by their announce
ment in another place, it will be seen that
they are likely to be continued with in
creasing interest, and include some of
the best lecturers in the field.
- Amid the quite general complaint
in the towns in this section for want of
water this winter, it is a matter Of much
congratulation and thanktulness that up
to this time we have in this village an
abundant supply for both domestic and
manufacturing purposes fact that
must add no small amount of valuation
to this place.
- Entertainments by the Lannier
Dramatic company at Union Hall, Fri
day and Saturday evenings. This old
and fayorite troupe claim to be fully up
to their old standard of excellence and
We bespeak for them full house Re
served seats are on sale at johnson IL
Rabbits drug store, where also dia-
gram Of the hall can be seen.
= The thermometers were quite unan-
imous in this village on Wednesday
morning, at 20 degrees below zero, even
the Terrace at Col. Kings falling into
line at this mark At the north end of
the village however, at Mr. Dawes
house, it showed Is below, and Mr.. C.
w Osgood on Green Street had a Their
mometer that frolicked down to u be-
low.
Wheeler & Smith have butchered
their fat OK and the quarters hang in
their market where many have called to
look at them. 1t is doubtful if ever so
fine looking beef has been dressed for
our markets. The hind quarters dressed
over 400 pounds each. They will prob
ably be cut up for distribution about
Friday Of next week, and many have al
ready engaged slices from the same.
Rev. Mr. Mighill of Brattleboro
gave the second lecture in the course at
the congregational church on Tuesday
evening on Duties of Fellow Towns
men, which was received with much IA
vor. The duties of communities and
the value to themselves in preserving
and Commanding self-respect, with pro-
gress and improvement, was enforced
with much strength and excellence, and
the folly of jealousies between districts
or neighborhoods, in which instead gen.
erous emulation should exist, was also
among the many good points presented
= There have been several very beau
tiful frost scenes this week, especially
Wednesday morning after the frost fog
had lifted, which would have been cred
table to Mt. Washington or the Arctic
regions. Among these scenes was rar,
one at 81 o'clock Wednesday morning
while the frost clouds yet hung over tn,
river. The sun struck on the glistenins
frost from the south end of Mt. Kilburn
and sundog formed at one fourth tn,
distance north and two thirds from tn,
foot of the mountain with quite per
feet comets tail running down to tn,
river.
= Mr.. Geo S. Goodridge of New York
died in this village at about O'Clock
last Monday morning, aged thirty-tw,
years. About two years since he hac
one knee injured by fall, but it was not
regarded as serious at the time 1t wa.
injured a second time and finally assum
ed more serious form, and in June las
he came to this place to stop with hi
father, Mr.. S. f. Goodridge, to seek res
and relief in entire freedom from bushes
cares, but the injured limb seemed to car
ry disaster TO his whole system and b,