Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-28
GRAFTON.

1t was Mrs. Lemira NJ Clark, who
continued to spell when all others failed
at the spelling match last week
Another spelling match was had on
Tuesday evening of the present week.
l. S. Walker and Mrs. Charles Barrett
chose sides F. Phelps presided. E. L.
Peltier was enunciator. DR.. Hayden and
Rev. f. J. Ward were judges. Spoilers
on each side placed the letters in words
spelled by them with degree of assn
rance that told plainly that they under
stood what they were talking about, The
contest towards the close was close and
exciting but Mrs. Charles Barrett was
last to miss. Mrs. Lemira M. Clark on
this occasion having spelled down
all except Mrs. Barrett
A band stand has been built near the
hotel and the location pleases so large
number, no other will be built at pres
ent.
l.. Il G, Phelps have entitled them
selves to many thanks for the improve
ments made by them in the appearance
Of the common in front of their store, in
fact, they are stirring boys and seem TO
be doing nice little trade, having re-
tailed during the last FIVE weeks over one
hundred barrels of -four. Their freight
of -four and meal during the last week
was something over seven tons. X.
Mr.. EDIToR.-In your last issue X.
again pays his respects to the grange.
Il may be an open question as to how
far news writer is justified in occasion
ally deviating from the truth in order to
create laugh or to give pungency to
an item, but there can be no justification
for writer who persisetntly vents his
spite and malice against an organization
and in every instance states that which
is substantially untrue.
Grafton grange has made ono hostile
demonstrations towards middlemen at
any time and intend to make none. Pat
rons quietly make such purchases
through the authorized grange agents as
they may see fit and if they are dis
posed to store few hundred pounds of
grass seed or few bags of salt in a
carriage house adjoining a barn they
have never supposed it to be any of
your correspondents business, any more
than it is their business to publish in
your paper that the Grafton Town Clerk s
office is located in close proximity to an
odoriforous COW stable.
If X. had bestowed more attention
upon those matters which pertain to his
duties as truthful correspondent and
less upon grange affairs, he probably
would have reported the spelling match
correctly and not have made the serious
blunder of giving to the wrong lady the
championship of the evening.
The item of X reminds me of little
story. A citizen of Grafton was once
called upon to watch by the bedside of a
sick friend in the delirium of his illness
the sick man conceived that walk in the
open air would do him good, his watcher
was obliged to use much persuasion to
prevent his making the attempt, after
talking for sometime the watcher paused
to mark the effect of his words upon the
sick man seeming at that moment to
have a lucid interval, Uncle Mason,
exclaimed, Lewis you are very much in
the habit of meddling with that which
is none of your business"
GRAFTON Vt. May Oath. 1875.
j. II. p.
The error in printing Mrs. Clarks
name last week, referred to above, was
of the printers and not of our cores
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