Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-09
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Four persons were received into
IN Methodist Episcopal Church last
89tbalh.
Topic of discourse at the Methodist
E6iscopal church next sabbath morning
4 Jeweled Time"
Sabbath school concert at the Bap-
III church next Sunday evening at "a
oseIpck.
We learn that another store house
n addtion to the present one of the Fall
Wountain mill is soon to be built on
Bridge street
80 First new potatoes of the season
from Col. Kings garden. The Terrace
isearning something of reputation for
earb crops of various kinds.
~ Trial justices have become scarce
ii IBIS place and have to be borrowed
from the adjoining towns, II. c. Lane of
Westminster holding a court here Mon
day
Those in want of Boots and Shoes,
viii do well to call on A. f. Holden,
Bfi1ge ST., where can be found good
a3@ortment from which to select, and at
low prices.
Our Methodist friends got up an
impromptu 4th of July festival Monday
Essning, furnishing refreshments free to
TN ehildren and realizing some S25 for
their treasury.
The Sabbath school of the Baptist
chureh held festival at the vestry of
ther church Monday afternoon Re-
~ hments were served free and very
goed time prevailed
The bills for the semi-annual water
rent to Jan. /, 1876 are ready, and the
superintendent, Mr.. Bowtelle, will be at
tm office of the water commissioners to
receiye the same every Wednesday and
surday afternoon during this month.
The Congregational Sabbath School
aM many of the Society, to the number
of sixty, made pleasant excursion to
Mrren's Pond in Alstead, Monday.
Ibey found another Sabbath School
there from Acworth, and the whole was
very enjoyable occasion. !,
Dennis Flavin has over one hun
dnd partridge cochin chickens and had
the rare luck IN setting two hens on 80 !,
eggs, 10 each, to have every egg hatch.
HIS cochins have yielded large guam
iity of eggs this season, and under his )
care at least they are standard fowl.
SeWral of them weigh ten pounds each.
Norman >. Brockway has just COM +
Pete new two story gun shop, his old \
me not being large enough for his bust s
ness and has also put in new machinery, '
new engine, &c. Mr. Brockway is an ex. c
sellent gun smith, and with his new facil- f
ties bis shop will be likely to be sought p
for more than ever r
81 On the whole the Fourth was pleas v
antly and very well marked in this place, n
BY the several societies, beginning Sat a
nrday and ending Monday, and inelu- $
ling appropriate dscourses on the ami e
versary from several of the pulpits, L
sunday. Next year being centennial, d
you'd it not be well to unite the several 0
detachments in one grand observance 81
= The tax collector is ready for the i
Evaporation and school tax. The village
VA is unusually large this year, and 5
~ naturally the tax payer is inclined
y wonder when his bill is presented. c,
ne increase has been caused by the n
suiding of the village water works, and S
shatever economic views may be enter Ii
Ained, all must agree that we could not Il
lo without them even if they were to n
'ost many times the tax of this year N
III Rev. N. f. Carter preached very a
Mcellent sermon last Sunday morning, y
~ the anniversary of the Fourth of -
4A1y, from Proverbs 14th, 34th "For ~
Ehteousness exalteth nation" The "
mcourse was truly national. The u
Weaker briefly reviewed the nations P'
Story for the past SO years, its prosper
y and adversely, and the benefits which az
p accrued to us as a people from :"
PIN. OF the nations holiday he spoke w
nth regret that the anniversary of r.
1nerican Independence should have y,
fen allowed to degenerate into cele- %
PATTON of "horribles and the flash of i~'
Pwder. He touched upon the sins of
Il nation and showed the responsibility ", ",
be an individual one. The applica- =
Pm and words of warming were earnest ~
nd the whole sermon one which it was a
pleasure to listen to 0V'
tw
= III. S. Frost had team stolen from GA
+ stable, Tuesday of last week. though tn
e fact that it was stolen, did not appear all
H Thursday. The thief hired the team, 30
ling plausible story that he had cia
lends at Grafton, whom he was going
see and gave his name as " Cutting"
Il was about 20 years old, light COM