Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14
BELLOWS FALLS COLUMN.

| day afternoon of this week il being the occasion
! Of the marriage Of Charles ellison Smith Of BOs-
| ton, Mass, and Emily Harris, second daughter Of
! Mr. and Mrs FAIR. Invitations had been issued
/ only to relatives Of the bride and groom, nearly
| half q hundred Of whom were present The cere-
/ mOny was performed 10y Rev. Warren II. Rob
/ erts, rector Of Emmanuel church, Of which church
| the bride was member. After the wedding an
| elegant deieunesse was served by Caterer Tufts
/ Of Boston, amid a profusiOn Of elegant flowers,
/ the gift Of loving friends, among whom Miss Farr
was very popular, and will he sadly missed The
presents were many aud valuable. The bride
was attired In a dress Of white embroidered silk
null, aud carried a bouquet Of lilies Of the valley.
! Mr.. and Mrs Smith took the O'Clock train north,
| and after an absence of two or three weeks will
| return and make their home In Boston.
Last Saturday was great day among horse
dealers In this vicinity II being the occasion Of
the auction sale Of ~ or y valuable horses at the
stable Of ID. V. Smalley. c. +. ellison Of West
Chesterfield acted as auctiOneer aud the sale was
a successful one. Owing TO rain the audience
was not large, but prices ranged fair II Is ru'
mured that Mr. Smalley intends opening livery
stable here which will increase the number u
four and there should be no dearth of good
! teams.
About goclock Saturday evening the family Of
| ~ q. Williams. ON School street, were alarmed
! by the efforts of a burglar tn gain admission Il
| the second story Of their dwelling 10y coming M
| through the barn. The family started out In dit
ferent directions and endeayored to secure him
| but were unable to do so They found keys with
| which he had been at work, and burnt matches
| showing the intent beyond question. clos
watch is being kept on all buildings to see II the
| party cannot h. caught, as IL is evidently tn,
same one that made the attempts at burglary
| two or three months ago, some Of which were
| successful second attempt was made late
| Sunday night to enter the residence Of n q. vii
| latus. hut the family were ON the watch, and th,
| burglar was frightened away before making any
! great demonstrations.
The announcement is made If the sale Of th,
Bellows Falls Times to parties owning the New
England Observer Of Krene The Times th,
week states that It will be- continued under Tia,
management Ut The Times Company, and tina
Edwin \ start, who il editor aud manager Of th'
Observer, Will occupy the same position on Tia,
Times This seems to be about all that h Official
" stated as yet as To- the future Of the paper, but
from other sources We understand that the inteIi
tiuu is To print both papers here, the Observe
retaining printing Office only at keeue. II 4
To be hoped that nothing will be done to de
crease the usefulness Of our local paper 10 thu
business men uf our community where II stood II
the past. kindly omit flowers
our village now boasts uf two steamers on Tia,
river between here and Charlestown, Mr. FitI
simmons the bOatnan at the north end Of thu
| village, having bought in Chelsea, Mass, "A large
steamer than has ever been used here, capable o
carrying about W passengers. II is about 80 fee
long, aud there being house over the eutir
deck, with glass sides. It IL IA very comfortable
boat IN all respects. Its name is The Aileen,
aud has been we'll known about Chelsea TIN
smaller one, owned hy Blakelpy a Hatch Is prov
iug To be very neat running boat, and much I'll
luyment is bring had from her, not only by tn
boys themselves but by IA large number Of invite
guests. As the water is nearly still from here I
or u miles north, our place would be a very de
srable one for boating were II not for the OH
struCtiun Of the logs which are here so large
part Of the summer. 1t is expected this year
drive Will arrive within week or two.
| Last Monday afternoon about O'Clock, BELOW
rails experienced severe thunder storm, thOug
the lightning was not very severe, with the r1
ception Of one bolt which struck on the island
near the house owned by Moore, Arms q ThomI
| son 4 large tree was struck and somewhat IN
lured People and animals IN the vicinity feel
! the shock very severely. Not much damag
was experienced to telephone and telegraph wire
herr. as is reported in other places No nstri
lnents We're burnt out with the exception Of tw
drops On the switch board Of the local exchange.
The work of paving Westminster street is bein
! pushed rapidly The street is closed To traffic
and it is hoped the work will IN, completed thi
week. 1t will be great improvement ON the oil
mudhole which has existed there most Of the tim
for years past.
The teachers and pupils Of 81. Agnes Hall. wit
cousins, were invited to Springfield, "Wednesday
by Ortstes Forbtish and family. II had been Ii
tended to hold picnic, but owing to the threaten
ing weather, Il was given up, and the party Wer
invited to the residence Of Mr. Forbush where
Tine collation. was prepared for thrln aud the ia
was made very pleasant to them. after which the
enjoyed moonlight drive home.
The annual meeting " the Young Mems Chr
tlau association was held Wednesday evening
the new town hall building The report uf III
treasurer shows some SHu on hand and no eNpens,
during the year. Other matters Of importau,
came mp for discussion, 50 the election Of officer
was postponed 10 an adjourned meeting 10 q
held IN two weeks. The delay In beginning acti,
work has b'-n caused wholly by rndeavors TO II
tercst railroad companies centerlng here 10 III
extent that they should give substantial aid I'll
report from STATE Secretary Lawrence was b. III
effect that, whereas they had hoped TO get plrdg,
from the railroads Of at least S,5 per month n
matter had practically fallen through owing to
feeling Of each road that other ruads We're not d,
ing as much proportiunally "a they, and that
was uncertain II any aid could b. secured TIL
leaves the matter practically where IL was ot
year ago, to dryulve upon our citizens alone n
probabilities are that work will H. begun at one
as the larger part Of thuss Interested feel they
, not willing Ia cunCrdr that Bellows Falls cam,
sustain an institution which would b. Of 80 grri
Importance 10 the place.
} l. s. Hayes sold a fine building lot acruss Il
river this week to Patrick Fitzgerald who will
once legin the erection Of a building
The auctions at the Holden drug and book sto
: began again "Wednesday evening " this wee.
aud " III II continued zach evening ill the emit
stock is closed out. The lease Of the store al
fixtures Is still IN the market.
Frank Adams. our well known grain dealer vi
| married at Cold Spring y. Y, last week We,inc
day, 10 Miss stella VI Allis Of that place who la
/ been employed IN the Times Office here for ~.
rral years. Both are popular among the yuur
l people of this village, and the congrai ulatons
Il host Of friends ar. with them. Their uutir
l consisted Ut trip Ia Saratoga, Lake George al
! Montreal They returned this week and arr II
ing with Nj Adamss mother Mrs. liora
Adams, On Atkinson street.
4 party IT ladies from the Congregation
church attended the annual meeting of the sta
l.Ad''s HON" Missionary suciety at Windsor III
( ! week. Among Tia" party were Mrs Osguod, Mt
e ! and Mrs. Sawyer.
] The sum Of Si9 ~ was raised at the UNIVERSAL
| church last sunday for Juhnstuwu
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell is To lecture ON TT
rights privileges aud responsibilities OF wumeI
! At the L nNrrsalist church next Tuesday evening
The ladies of Emmanuel church will have
apron sale aud - c'-nt straw berry supper at Ba
| qu-t hall next Tuesday evening.
\ large delegation Of local Masons attended Il
Grand lspdgr meetings at Burlington this week
Z The Christian EndeaNor societies viii hold
q meeting al the Baptist church next Tuesday. "a
ut-toWn delegations arr rN ps-cted
PerHOnaI.