Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-24
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local MATTERS.

The recelPbs Nv VIZ ~
,monuel church, last week, were
No thermometer went down to "a
zero in some places in this village
onday morning.
Amadon has this week opened
lot of goods, lowering his prices, but
,Osl keeping high the standard of
mlity.
,beir behalf to thank their neighbors
bair great kindness and sympathy
them during the sickness of their
&hpd.
- D. jackson has very tempting
.A,,av of nice goods in his window, and
W aw cases inside are also filled with
|. diaplay equally fine.
MI Davis q Arnold have within few
ia received orders on postal cards,
Lmountinr to some four inches in thick
IN in response to their advertisements.
Since Monday the weather has been
snarkably mild, rising to almost sum-
n temperature in the middle of the
The change in twenty-four hours
M Monday was over 80 degrees. The
ele snow on hand is melting away, and
earth appears like spring.
Mr.. j. H. Webb while drawing
Wednesday, was struck in the face
d sharp piece, by some accident, and
ugb not seriously injured he bled con-
tably, giving him rather CHASTITY APP
rance as he passed through the street.
Economy is good thing especial
Hin these times, but there is no ecomo-
in not remembering the children
Arstmas morning. Merry and happy
NJ them be that morning ! Let there
no scene of a sad and disappointed
tale face looking at an empty stocking.
Davis e Arnold occupy over two
htmns in this paper.
+ Advertised Letters. - Frank S.
LsFs, Mary Griffin.
There viii be Christmas tree and
exercises by the choir and
hndren at the M. Z. church, Friday
vening commencing at seven o'clock.
ana Claus has accepted an invitation
d De present and no doubt will bring
otpf nice things for the little ones.
There will be Christmas festival
II ihe children connected with the Con-
regational Church sabbath school, on
riday eve. There will be appropriate
sercises by the children Of singing, rec
atoms, &c. The older people will en-
srtain them with the fruit Of two trees
I'd collation. in the vestry.
The usual Christmas eve service,
NIL be held at Emmanuel church Fri
day evening at 7 o'clock. Full service
VIII Holy communion on Christmas day
l0a A. NJ. The children's festival will
sepn Sunday next, at 3 pm. The lee
Iure on The Flood will be postponed
81 January ID, on account of the Christ
na services.
The ice harvesters find a very ex-
dent quality of ice, but Wednesday it
hap thawed so much that one team, Mr..
Wder's, broke into the river and work
xas suspended. The team was saved
khbOut serious injury, but the horses
sere thoroughly chilled and would have
BOD it but few moments longer
r. The Christmas trade is going to be
'nger than was anticipated. Babbitt
4 Hayes have already had a trade un
mecedented in the history of either the
mw or old firm. They have this week
pr in large addition to the Christmas
goods and their windows have a very
attractive display. Among their goods
i very beautiful bound book of en-
cravings, the finest in that line Of any
hing we have seen either in this plac,
81 Brattleboro.
: Twenty-eight tramps received lodg
ipg at the Lookup last week. OF these Il
game in Saturday night The expense o
'hese tramps to the town for the week wa
w, certainly noteXtravgant. As usua
they had various stories. Most of the elev
e claimed they were going on to work OF
he Lamoille railroad, but there wa
Probably very little truth to that. Som
q them claimed to have come from
brattleboro that day which was proba
ply true. One of them had razor ant
auring the evening they organized bar
oer's shop, one shaving the others. VIII
vii invent the best method of disposinl
q such cases ? Can not the authorize
hrnish some kind of work, public o
private, by which when they arrive il
ipwn they may be made to work an,
yarn their way out of it?
WALPoLE, n. ii.
MIR. Geo. r. Jennison, lives on wha