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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-02
EAST AlSTEAD.

Mrs. James Jackson and daughter of
Lowell, Mass, are spending the summer
here.
w. O. Blake of the south part of the
town is building new horse barn.
George Larkin is doing the work.
Elder j. S. Pillsbury of Springfield,
N. H., preached at the south school
house Sunday, the 18th, with good re-
suits.
Mrs. L. G. Thurston of New Y ork city,
has been boarding at w. O. Blake's but
has now taken up her abode in Sullivan,
N. II.
Newell H. Porter, son of j. Fl. Porter,
who had his leg broken short time ago
while away at work, is doing well and
will be moved home this week.
Daniel Nash and wife are very low with
grip and pneumonia. Mr.. Nash's recov-
cry is doubtful at this writing. n. II.
Smith and George H. Burroughs visited
the Nash family last Sunday and found
them alone to take care of themselves
This looks little hard in this enlightened
part of the world. Daniel Nash's mother
is very low and probably will not re-
cover.
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LUDLOW.

The Odd Fellows are making prepara-
tions for grand celebration July 4.
Mrs. Will Coffin and son came home
last week for short visit. Mr.. Coffin is
expected Friday night.
Riot in "Goose lane" Monday fore
noon. The state militia were not called
out but the women talk of organizing a
tar and feather brigade.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gould and son,
Harry, were in town Monday and Tues
day, called here by the sickness of his
brother, Aaron Gould.
AS Alanson Bates was cutting pea
brush Tuesday afternoon, piece flew
and struck him in the pupil of his eye,
destroying it. The accident was the
more painful as the other eye had been
useless for years.
Mr.. Roy, Mrs. Luther Johnson's father,
died very suddenly Monday. At II
o'clock in the forenoon he was at work
and before night was dead. Cause, heart
disease. His remains were sent to New
Jersey for burial.
Aaron Gould, who has been at work
on Mr.. Piper's house in Proctorsville,
stuck an awl into his finger Thursday
morning, making slight wound but
causing intense pain. He worked until
nearly night, when being at work at the
head of the cellar stairs he tainted and
fell to the bottom, striking on his head
and shoulders, and was insensible wher
found. He was able to be brought home
Friday morning but lies in critical con.
dition at this writing "wednesday morn
| ing).
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MaaSachuSetts.

Rev. 1. B. Bigelow and wife of Hol-
yoke celebrated their golden wedding
June %.
Foster H. Stafford, the oldest cotton
manufacturer in continuous service in
this country, died suddenly June % of
apopleXy, at his home in Fall River. He
was in his mill the evening before but in
the morning he was found to be suffering
from an apoplectic shock. Mr.. Stafford
was rs years of age. He began his mill
career 20 years ago in Millbury, Mass,
and until Is years of age he performed
various duties in the mill, his wages
never averaging more than 50 per week.
When quite young he came to Fall River
to take charge of mandatory. Later
he had chage of the DeLacomet and An
avian mills. In 1858 he went to Paw
tucket and started thread mill with his
brother. When the Union mills were
organized in Fall River Mr.. Stafford was
given charge. He built mills Nos. and
2, and assisted materially in building the
Granite and other early cooperative
mills there. In 1871 and ~ he bull
Stafford mill No. l., and last year he
started mill No.2. Both mills are classeC
among the best in the country. He re
tanned their management from first tt
last. Mr.. Stafford leaves no direct rela
tives, his wife and son having died some
time ago.
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NORTH CHARLESTOWN.

A picnic is talked of for the Fourth.
School here closed Friday with rhetori.
cal exercises.
Misses Emma Putnam and Clara Cow
ing are home from their schools.
George S. Smith, esq, has returned tc
Fort Payne, Ala, for the season.
Mrs. w. A. Hunt and son, Homer
have gone to Sunapee for a few days
visit.
The weather Sunday and Monday
would have been creditable to the month
of October.
Frank White, formerly of Springfield.
VT, has purchased farm of Charles
Barker and will take possession at once.
c. NJ. Bixby has purchased two acres
of land of Mrs. George S. smith, and
proposes to erect dwelling house on
Clark street.
A morning train north due here about
$50 a. M, to connect with Concord and
Claremont railroad was put on the road
Monday morning.
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DREWSVILlE.

Fred Sherwin has BARRIERS shop at
Alstead.
Amos Gale has returned from Athol,
Mass, to visit his family.
Miss. G. L. Wightman of Walpole vii
lage was the guest of Mrs. G. A. Witt last
week.
Daniel M. Brown, venerable farmer
of so years, has been out selling straw
berries, two quarts for 25 cents.
Mrs. Nancy (Quinton) Chaffin of
Acton, Mass, has been on visit to her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Quinton.
DR.. Renouf was able to hold his usual
service at the church last Sunday. Mrs.
E. A. Renouf and several lady friends
rode from Keene here to church on that
day.
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CHARLESTOWN.

Miss Ella Richardson is home from
Milford, Mass.
Robert Jardine is home from St.
Adams on a visit.
Mrs. E. G. Herrick of Springfield is
the guests of Miss Rene Randall.
Samuel S. Weber and wife are visit
ing their parents at the Evans house.
Mrs. Bessie Whitney left here on Mon
day to join her husband at Central Falls.
r. l., where they will make their per-
manent home.
Miss Mary R. Bradbury left here last
week for New York, where she will ia Ike
passage for Paris, we understand, to con-
tinue her studies in painting.
G.. S. Bond and George Olcott. esq.,.
have returned from their annual carriage
drive looking much improved in health
and as ''brown as berries" Their route
was through Woodstock to Willoughby
Lake and the White Mountains. They
report fine time.
The casino at Fairy Dell owned by
fisherman Paris, esq, is to be opened for
the season with dance on Friday even
ing. July 3. Music by Comstock's or
chestra, who also furnish music for the
Catholic society picnic at North Wal
pole, July 4.
We are much panied to learn of the
death of G. w. Foggett at his home in
Springfield, Vt, on Tuesday morning
Mr.. Foggett has been a long sufferer
from stomach trouble. He has been oul
local printer here for several years and
will be greatly missed in this community.
His family have the deepest sympathy
of many friends here.
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lEMPSTER,

Elias Abbot visited Claremont on bus
mess Saturday.
One of the bridges on the river road to
Goshen was laid over last week, hinder
ing travel for a day.
A. j. Mitchell is tearing down the ell
at the old Scale place which came into
his hands not long since.
Mrs. Pardon Jameson, who has been
quite ill at her home in East Boston, is
recruiting her health at her fathers home
here.
street on the Fourth, with brass band,
hOrribles, etc., under the management
of FL. F. Olmstead. 1t is presumed that
the general cut of the show will be a
stylish one.
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LAKE WARREN.

Clarence Smith is home from Leomin
ster.
A few new cases of the grip. Mrs. An
drew Morrison has been quite sick with
it.
A few are skirmishing little in the
hay field, preparatory to the heavier
work of the season.
The Fourth is to be celebrated at the
Lake. Hon. John d. Lyman of Exeter
is to be the orator of the day, and other
noted speakers are expected. Pratt s
orchestra. Dancing afternoon and even
ing. All are invited.
Rev. Rutland of Westmoreland ex-
changed with Rev. Aiken and gave us a
very impressive discourse on the justice
of God in the final adustment of rewards
and punishments in the future world.
The Congregational churches seem to
allow a great latitude of belief in that
point.
Another 800 has been added to the re-
pair fund of the second Congregational
church from Winchendon. | think
through Miss Lottie Partridge. l have
failed to learn the name of the donor.
The church is now receiving coat of
paint and the belfry has been repaired,
so that we shall again hear the familiar
tones of the old bell.
There is a little skirmishing going on
between the HI. M. S. and the first Con-
gregational church at the Center. The
pulpit being occupied by Rev. Aiken,
state missionary, no one else has any
right there except as invited by the
present occupant at the present time.
The H. M. s., not being allowed to aid
other than Congregational preaching,
the church doors are virtually closed to
other sects or denominations. l think
the H. M. S. forfeit some of the funds
entrusted to them if used to support
other than Trinitarian Congregational
churches.
Your correspondent had the privilege
of attending the regular quarterly meet
ing of the Cheshire County Pomona
grange, June "a, at Keene, and of being
one of class of 80 to take the fifth de.
gree. There were 40 applicants but only
30 responded to the roll call. 1t was or.
ganized in 1888 and now has 31S mem.
bers, there are 1000 grangers in the coun.
| ty. The question for discussion was
"The Importance of concentrated action
After that the grange fair was considered
and the propriety of eliminating the
horse trotting on account of the gamb
| ling connected with it. Some thought
there was no more harm to back horse
than to bacca-rat, not defending either
The grange has evidently come to stay
and to be resistless power in the land
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ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND.
Maine.

By block giving way at Clark's Island,
the iron rope of the guy struck John
Higgins, a quarryman, with terrific
force, throwing him nine feet in the air
and about 20 yards away, lodging him
upon lot of jagged rock. He was badly
cut up, and it is feared internal injuries
were caused.
Julia Adams of Readfield, Is years
old, has taken no food whatever and only
one swallow of water for 20 days, and
yet is able to sit up and says she does
not feel the need of food and has no feel
ing of faintness. During this time she
has not slept more than two hours in the
"a and says she does not feel the need of
sleep. Her disease is inflammation of
the bowels.
Rangeley has just celebrated the open
ing of the Phillips and Rangeley rail
road with an excursion, bands of music,
etc. An excursion train was run from
Pennington and other stations, which
took large company to Rangeley. Hon.
Joel Wilbur delivered an Grafton, and
there were speeches by General Manager
Rich, County Attorney F. E. Timber
lake and others.
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CAVENDISH,

DR.. Everett and family of Missouri
are at E. G. Clements.
George H. Davis of Proctor has beer
at home sick with the measles.
Fl. l.. Smith and wife, of Bellows
Falls, were at Roswell Smiths over Sun.
day.
Mrs. M. A. Weeks is at home again
from Rutland where she has been visit.
ing.
Miss Frances Davis and Will Irwin
are home from Vermont Academy fol
the vacation.
Children's day exercises were observed
at the Universalist church Sunday. The
flowers were beautiful.
DR.. r. S. Ely of Brattleboro and Miss
Ethel Seaver were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Ely over Sunday.
DIR. viii White of Providence, r. l..
was in town last week. He left his lit
tie son with his mother, Mrs. E. L.
White.
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NORTH SPRINGFIELD.

Melvin Chapman has moved into his
new house. .,.-t
Rev. O. E. Beckwith and family are
away on short visit. st
Mrs. George Fletcher has gone to New
Jersey, called there by the sickness
of her grandmother, Mrs. William John
son.
Our people were shocked to hear on
Friday last of the sudden death of Miss
Abby Preston at Providence, r. |. Her
body was brought here for burial.
The report of the primary department
of village school district No. 5, ending
Friday, is as follows Number of pupils,
%; average attendance per day, 10;
names of pupils neither absent nor tardy
during the term-Clyde Bartlett, Floy
Bartlett, Edna Matthewman, Leon Eli
son, frankie Knights. Julia Miller, Let
tie, Miller, Alder Wyman, George
Smell. Many thanks are due the scholars
for their excellent department and dill.
gence in study, Sybil M. Bunting
teacher.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-02
MARROW

Only three new cases Of the grip and
all doing well.
Della Stone goes to Washington soon
to work in the new hotel.
Charles Winch spent Friday with his
father, II. Winch, of this place.
Dr. M. Perkins has been on visit to,
his sister, Mrs. d. r. Hall, at Croydon
Flats, N. II.
Mrs. H. d. Upton of Manchester has
been in town on visit to her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. M. Perkins.
On Monday evening, Forest Lod ge,
No. SO, /. o. o. F., elected the following
officers: j. A. Elliott, N. g.; c. M. Ell
lott, V. g.; j. M. Perkins, secretary;
George E. Downing, treasurer; II. E.
Hovey, r. S. N. g.; viii s. Gray, l.. 5.
N. G.; F. Phelps, r. S. V. G.; A. S.
Downing, L. S. V. g.; Halls F. Toure,
j. g.; J. L. Bennett, p. g.; A. j. Wat
kins. warden; w. H. Perkins, conductor.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-02
KEEN e,

Rev. G. B. Elder will take an European
trip of about two months duration for
his summer vacation, this year, leaving,
probably, about the middle of July.
The Junior class of the high school, to
the number of 80, had very pleasant
picnic at Forest lake, Saturday, most of
them going and returning by rail. Roller
skating, boating and other amusements
were enjoyed.
I The court house is being reprinted, in
side and out by Dinsmore, the exterior
work having just been begun. The bel
| fry is being scraped and painted again.
The gilded dome probably will not re-
quire much repairing.
4 The workmen at the macadam quarry
have struck into the solid ledge, at one
point, it is thought, although good face
to work has not been cleared yet. The
stone is harder and of better quality than
any of the cobbles or boulders which
have been crushed. The rock delivered
on Court street was considerably better
than that first drawn. 1t is found that
| to get the best results in screening the
rock must not be crowded through the
crusher too fast. The machine is rated
for so or 60 loads day, and the screen
will handle that quantity. The crusher
can be crowded to do IS or so loads a
day, but this gives too much fine rock
and dust for the screen to take care of.
The light guards returned from camp
Saturday evening and were received at
the depot by the Keene brass band and
members of the battalion. The compan-
les were quickly formed, and marched
through the square, in company 'front.'
Major Minis commanding. Their align
ment, distances and step were excellent
and the wheels were very fine. The men
have been having from four to SIX hours
drill each day, in camp, and the effect of
their work is apparent. The camp was
pronounced by all hands to have been the
best and most orderly ever held by the
national guard of the state. The Keene
companies maintained their usual rank
and the second regiment is still the best
regiment in the state in many particu-
| lars.
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WALPoLE.

Haskell Towns and wife celebrate
their silver wedding to-day.
Harding Bell and wife celebrate their
golden wedding Saturday, the Fourth.
Rowe Weir has commenced serving
the people with a first class lot of fresh
fish every Thursday morning.
Morgan j. Sherman, wife and daughter,
Grace, left town last Thursday to enter
upon new duties in conducting the new
hotel built in Mt. Vernon. The best
wishes of their many friends here attend
them.
AT G. G. Davis drug store and bazaar
one can find the BELLOWS FALLS TIMES,
Daily Sentinel, Boston Daily Journal,
Herald and Evening Transcript, besides
a. large variety of magazines. He hopes
soon to add to his repertoire the Daily
New York Tribune.
Let every individual constitute himself
or herself an Independent village i'm
provement society and we shall not see
so many newspapers, old scraps of wrap
ping paper, newspaper wrappers, letter
envelopes, banana skins, etc scattered
on our streets and sidewalks to make
them look untidy.
Knowlton Brothers & Green, who pur-
chased John G. Towards stock of drugs,
paints, oils, ETC., are serving the public
acceptably and one can find there not
only medicine to cure, but they will reg
ulate your watch, furnish you with jew
elry, and build for you picture frame of
dimensions to suit.
Herbert II. Thompson cultivates one
half acre of Strawberries from which he
had sold mr. RI EriIo, ,oytr
afternoon he sold in Bellows Falls village
at retail 100 quarts in one and One-half
hours. He had smart boy who works
bard, 81, who picked 80 quarts in nine
hours, and again 60 quarts in six hours.
There is another boy in the village, not
quite so smart, finding more time for
loating than work, who picked six quarts
for some of our village branis to ascer-
tain the difference in the cost of labor at
any fixed price per month.
Mrs. Betsey Warn who has so long
lived on this mundane sphere died Fri
day at the reported age of 10l years, 2
days. Funeral at the home of Jarvis
Kinds Monday noon, where she has been
cared for the past two years. She was
both strong and weak. Fortunately she
fell into such loving tender hands as
those of Mrs. Jarvis Kinds, who without
a murmur gave tender attention under
most aggravated and distressing circum-
stances. Besides the relatives in town
and neighbors, there was present at the
funeral great-great-grand-d daughter,
Mrs. Stearns of Keene. Rev. L. Bard
conducted the funeral most acceptably.
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tANGDON.
Ernest Allbee is now at home.

Ernest Allbee is now at home.
A heavy wind and shower came Fri
day.
c. A. Metcalf and wife have friends
visiting them.
Several commenced haying this week
but everybody reports light crop.
Rev. J. F. Rhoades will preach in
Langdon next Sunday at 30 p. m. Sub
iect: The Scope and Limitations IF
the New Theology"
Misses Clara and Abbie Carpenter
started Saturday for WATERFOWL, Mass,
to visit brother and other friends, after
which they go to York Beach, Me-,
where they will be employed as table
walters in hotel during the season.
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GIlSUM.

Fred Currier and wife are rejoicing in
the possession of bouncing baby girl.
A party of about dozen went from
this place to StOddard Saturday for a
couple of days fishing.
Mel Pratt and Archie Parks are the
champion fishermen thus far, their latest
being string of trout weighing from
one to two pounds each.
Hatton, the blind singer and musician.
assisted by his niece, Miss Ashton, gave
two concerts in this place Saturday and
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-02
ATHENS.

William Robbins has the frame for his
new store up and partly boarded.
Aunt Lucy Ball and her daughter,
Mrs. Clark, have gone to Boston on a
visit.
Rev. o. r. Edwards occupied the pull
pit last Sunday for the first time since
February l.
Blanche and Dwight, children of Hon.
James L. Powers, of Boston, are visiting
at A. 5. Powers.
E. S. Kingsley brought in the incest
string of speckled trout we have known
to be taken from our brooks at one catch
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Peculiar

To itself in many important particulars, Hoods
Sarsaparilla is different from and superior to any
other medicine.
Peculiar in combination, proportion and prep
aration of ingredients, Hoods Sarsaparilla pos
sesses the full curative value of the best known
remedies of the vegetable kingdom.
Peculiar in its medicinal merit, Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla aceomplishes cures hitherto unknown.
Peculiar in strength and economy-Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the only medicine of which truly
be said, loo doses dollar. Medicines in larger
and smaller bottles require larger Doses and do
not produce as good results as Hoods SarsapariIla
Peculiar in its good name at home there is
more of Hoods Sarsaparilla sold in Lowell, where
it is made, than of all other blood purifiers.
Peculiar in its phenomenal record of sales
abroad, no other preparation has ever attained
such popularity in so short time. Do not be in
dueed to take any other preparation Be sure to get
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Preparedonly
by c. 1. HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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Local Market.

MEAT-Beef u IL a 20c; spring lamb 30 a SOC;
chops 35c mutton Is a zoe; veal q 2Oc; fowls
zoe; spring chicken 35c; pork II a l4c; hams
II 2 14c; lard loo; breakfast bacon 15c;
sage l0c salt pork I0c; tongue y &c; dried beef
90 a 25c
VEGETABLEs-New potatoes CSC u peck; cab
bage &c y 10; lettuce sc u head; beets &c u
onions &c Z 10; peas 40 u peck; butter beans
l0c {, quart; tomato l5c = H. cucumhers 9
SC u 10
GRoCERIEs-Flour So 10 a %; eggs 2Oc;
sugar, granulated l-2c; brown sc: cheese l4c;
coffee % q 3Sc; tea 80 a 15c; butter 25..
GRAIN AND FEED-Corn 75c y bushel meal
retail 81 49, wholesale 40; oats IS a CSC.
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Monday evenings. The house was well
filed both evenings. The last concert
was followed by dance.
At the regular meeting of the U. o..
G. c., the following officers were elected I:
John Carol, N. c.; Mrs. Henry Mccoy,
V. N. c.; w. s. Mansfield, N. X. of r. !;
Rev. W. K. Renshaw, w. p; w. NJ.
Potter, F. X. of R.; w. Hamblin, W..
H.; G. H. Mccoy, w. 1. g.; W.. Gerrish,
w. o. G..
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SOUTH CHARLESTOWN.

Miss Lizzie Brown visited in Clare
mont Tuesday.
Frank Piper is passing his vacation
with his parents.
Galen Ramsay is at his uncle's, Bar
ney Chase's, in Claremont for few
weeks.
Mrs. M. J. Corbin and daughter, of
Charlestown, visited Mrs. H. M. Albee
over Sunday.
Charles Briggs and children, of Keene,
have been stopping with friends here for
the past few weeks
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Complete murket Rrpnrt.
corrected From Week to Week,

Money on call has been easy, ranging from
IL 1, last loan at 3, and closing offered at
Up. Prime mercantile paper at - a l. Bar
silver LOO "a. Sterling exchange is quiet and
weak, with actual business in bankers bills at
IS "a for 60-day bills and 81 ga for demand !;
posted rates are Sc 2 So IL. Commercial
bills at So l A q 4 81 / 4. The Clearing House
statement for yesterday is as follows: Ex-
changes, 1926, 794,73l; balances, $3,330,773 The
Sub Treasury was debtor at the Clearing House
Yesterday Sis, 4Sl.
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AlSTEAD CENTER.

Rev S. F. Lougee of Westfield, Mass.
will speak at Alstead Center next Sun
day at 1910 a. M. and $50 p. IN also
on the same day at Pine Cliff house, East
Alstead, at l p. M, and at Drewsville at
$50 p. m.
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this season, being five pounds. He says
it is all due to his new fishing tackle.
George ID. Putnam and wife started
on their return trip home Monday. They
contemplate calling at Boston and New
York.