Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-25
SAxTON'S RIVER.


Let the water off.
No new cases of scarlet fever have
been reported since Friday.
The exchange of pulpits announced
last week was postponed until Vermont
Academy reopens.
| George M. Cory returned from Boston
last week with load OF horses. They
are all sold but one and he will go after
more next week.
1t is pleasant to see the faces of the
teachers and students who find it i'm.
practicable to depart, and equally i'm.
practicable to provide suitable soil for
the germs to fertilize or microbes to 10.
fest.
Abner Cunningham is canvassing for
Russell II. ConW ellis life of Charles II.
Spurgeon. This work will have large
sale. The author approaches his hero's
ideal, whether AS organizer or in bring
ing things to pass. There are many
points of resemblance between the his
tory of Mr.. Surgeons Tabernacle and
that of Grace church, Philadelphia.
Prof. d. w. Abercrombie of Worcester
Academy and wife and their son, Dan, arr
guests of F. B Locke. With the plans
of large, new dormitory and spacious
and beautiful dining hall before him, the
professor wakes eloquent regarding the
possibilities of academic education. If
not an enthusiast. he is truly enthusi-
astic. His work is prosperous beyond
precedent.
Fifty years ago Miss Sarah Jane
Perry was married to Eliot r. Osgood
by Rev. William M. Guilford, all resi-
dents of Saxton's River. The golden
wedding was eel sbrated Monday after
noon and evening, February %. The
weather was prOpitious and the guests
numerous, refreshments being served to
more than 100. Many came from Bellows
Falls. N. c. Whitcomb and daughter
came from Greene county, N. Y;
Sylvander L. Whitcomb and wife from
Swansey, N. H.; their daughter, Mrs.
Henry II. Aldrich, from Keene N. H
and Prof. D. w. Abercrombie and wife,
formerly of Saxton's River, from Wor-
cester, Mass. Relatives nearby were in
some instances detained by sickness and
in Others by the infirmities of age. The
regrets received were many, and the
venerable pair will require considerable
leisure to read the pile of letters they
have received from old and tried friends
Rodney Wallace, Fitchburg, Mass, sent
$50 In gold Nathaniel and Rufus Nan
son and Mrs. William Jones of Cam
bridgeport, Mass, combined to do like.
wise. Fifty dollars came from Florida.
The aggregate sum received was more
than $3.50, $3.50 of which was in gold.
Among the other gifts were flour, sugar,
table linen and blankets from Buffalo,
N. T.. dress pattern; sugar and
cream set from New Jersey ten-pound
can, itself of golden hue, of tea from
Chicago; a beautiful vase from Hillsboro
Bridge, N. H., and various other little
membranes. With his ten.dolIar
check, William L. Wiley of Galva. ILL.,,
a nephew of the bride, sent an original
poem, which was read to the company
sembled in the evening by Prof. Aber-
crombie. A register showed the auto
graphs of guests present. The memo
ries Of the occasion will linger in their
hearts, and the scene of goodwill and
good-cheer will never be forgotten by
the bride and groom, who desire here to
record their thanks to all who contrib
uted in any way to the genuine delight
OF rare occasion.