Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-02-25
LOCAL MATTERS.


and merrier parties are the order,
Advertised Letters. Hon. w. n
Walker. Michael Fitzgerold, $. G. Bah
bitt, Mrs, M. NJ. Haynes.
The auditors report for the town
Of Rockingham, it is expected will be
ready for delivery Saturday of this
week.
Trunks, bags and valises, shawl
and trunk straps. Bestline ever offered
in this vicinity, just received at Holden
II CO., Union Block, Bellows Falls, Vt.
Among the busy men of this place
the past week or two has been Mr..
+. r. Moody who measures the poplar
and spruce for the Fall Mountain Paper
Mill.
The harness and saddlery business
Of this place has passed into the hands Of
n. II. Cook, as agent, and those wanting
work In that line will be sure of good
work BY giving him a call
Selectman F. A. George in speak
ing of his institution for tramps on
Canal street, claims that it rs the only
unquestionable temperance house in the
state
- The union temperance meeting for
last Sunday evening at the Methodist
church, was postponed, and will be held
at the same place next Sunday evening,
At o'clock. Address by Rev. Mr.
Tabor.
- ]. d. Bridgman has this week re-
ceived . case of stuffed birds, some of
which are rare and beautiful specimens.
These in addition to those he already
had. probably make his the largest and
best private collection in the State.
= Having secured the services of a
first class boot maker we are now pre-
pared to do custom work in all branches,
which for style and durability can't be
beat A. T. Holden & Co, Union Block
Bellows Falls, Vt,
The Vt. Farm Machine Co, of
this place are making preparations for a
lively campaign with their horse rakes
for the ensuing season, and have al
ready ordered 1000 pairs of wheels at
the wheel mandatory at East Brook
field, Mass.
Last Friday Mr.. j. w. Lockwood
mailed us several orange blossoms at
Mandarin, Florida, which reached us
Tuesday evening. They had dried but
little and were so fresh that they strong
" and sweetly perfumed our sit ting
room during the entire evening.
- Miss Alice Clancy who does va
rious Kinds Of hair work, announces
her business in our advertising columns
this week. She may be found at the
store of A. f. Holden & Co. We be-
lieve there is no other person who makes
specially Of this kind Of work, and as
she il said to be skillful workman, she
will deserve liberal patronage.
We are still receiving letters from
the west, in response to the Cambridge
port Farmers Club. From one of these
we may make an extract, but nearly all
the points we're covered in Mr.. Knapp's
communication from Iowa, and besides
the Cambrigeport Farmers Club will
see, on second page, that they have
drawn lire from source nearer home.
On Friday evening of last week,
as Col. and Mrs. Wentworth started from
their house for the sacred concert, Mrs
Wentworth slipped and fell on the ice
and was 50 injured that both returned,
and she has been confined to her bed the
most Of the time for several DAYS. Near
" half a dozen persons as they were re-
turning from the concert slipped and
fell at one place below the church, but
fortunately no one was seriously iniur-
Cd, though some of them passed night
with pains and aches.
The Masonic Fraternity of this
place give their fifth annual ball at I'm
ion Hall Friday evening of this week,
Feb. 18th. The music will be furnished
BY the Keene Quadrille band, G. B.
Wheeler and G. F. Holton, prompters.
The arrangements are complete for
pleasant occasion and it will undoubtedly
prove such. The supper will be furnish
ca Ct Towns Hotel, and as Mrs. Towns
VIII superintend that department, and as
by fortuitous circumstances we have al
ready seen the bill of fare, perhaps it
may not be overriding" for us to
guarantee this part of the occasion in
advance.
This place has probably never in
rs history been SO lively with teaming.
cord wood, and spruce and poplar for the
MUS = Curing the past two weeks
These teams are from both sides IF tbe
riyer' but probably majority are from