Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-02
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Miss Jennie Lord has returned from a
visit to friends In Fitchburg, Mass,
Baldwinsville and vicinity.
Miss Alice Cushing Olney of SPRING
field, VT, visited at the home of her
mother, Mrs. George Cushing.
New England will remember January,
1898. Butler, Brooks and Blaine. What
trio to lose, and what q grand thing to
have had them!
The members of the Young Peoples
Aid &C ciety of the Universalist church,
will give masquerade ball on St. Valen-
tines evening, February Ia.
Charles Simonds, proprietor of the
Eagle Hotel, has been suffering from q
recent attack of hemorrhage, which has
kept him In his room and from using his
voice.
C. s. Hamlin has in his store fine
clock placed there by the Mayo tobacco
hrm. The face is reminder of the sold
grandfather clock" 80 distinctly marked
Is the disk.
Mr.. Clark, the local plumber, is prob
ably as busy man as can be found !;
with the water pipes, stove pipes, fur
naces and drive-bells, the moments of
leisure are scarce.
The community had hardly ceased ex-
pressions of sorrow at the death Of
Philips Brooks, when all hearts were
touched again by the death of the great
statesman, James G. Blaine.
Mrs. Margaret Ann Currier) Eggleston.
wife of Lewis Rumrill, died at Charles
town, January %, aged Ga years, 10
months, l day. She suffered through
protracted illness, and the cause of her
deceaso was said to be heart disease.
The stereopticon entertainment at the
Congregational vestry, given by Rev.
of last week, was very fine and those in
attendance appreciated the excellence of
the views presented, as we'll as Mr..
Chapdler's efforts in behalf of the church
repair fund.
The enthusiasm of the young people
keeps at high water mark in the matter
of collecting Globe coupons for Miss
Nellie M. Reed, their favorite teacher.
All friends reached by THE TINES are
requested to forward coupons to Byron
Way, Charlestown, N. III. Help the
pupils, for IL successful, it will be one of
the Chit PLEASURES Of their lives, to have
sent their teacher to the Worlds Fair.
The G. s. B. Mandatory persist
emily pushes on, through the f1uctua-
tiops Of the trade and changing pros
poets, without let or hindrance save az
needed repairs are made. Mr.. Bond has
perfected an invention for the drying of
the boxes and covers, by steam heat,
which greatly facilitates work in that d.
rection. The models were made by Mr..
A. L. Reed, a skilled workman employed
by Mr.. Bond, and one of the first-class
mechanics whose labor is always in de-
mand.
Miss Nellie Fletcher has recently
placed in her store, in the Bond block, a
wall showcase and cabinet of drawers,
combined, that is an elegant piece of
workmanship. 1t was built by S. S.
Spooner of this place, of native chestnut,
and the grain of it is exquisite, some
of it Being from the heart of the wood.
The dimensions are seven and one-balf
feet in height and six feet in width, and
of proportionate depth. The wall-case
has immense glass doors and will pro-
tect the fine class of goods carried by a
matchmaker and jewtler, from all dust,
and is also an attraction.
The concert and ball, given by the G..
S. B. employees, was grand success in
every particular. There was a good at
tendance at the concert. Evidently lovers
of orchestral music appreciate Eastman
and Mroey IS orchestra. Every rendering
was fine, and the solos were enjoyed to
the full. producing a hearty encore.
Two hundred and ten supper tickets were
sold, and nearly 200 dance tickets. 1t
was in reality crush. The supper
menu elected any amount of praise for
Mrs. Hutchins, who was assisted at the
tables by an efficient corps of aids. More
than one was heard to say the menu
ttcould not be excelled." Not the least
interesting feature was the voting for
prize candidates. The ladies were in
structed by Herbert Bond to vote for the
homeliest man and the men we're to vote
for the handsomest woman in the hall,
and not to make any mistake. Miss
Kate Carmody of Springfield, received
the prize, fine autOharp and case, hav-
ing one more vote than Miss Della Perry,
our postC flee clerk. Gilbert Richardson
was the man to win the music box. He
was found in the lower hall. He re.
ceived the gift and calls for sspeech'
were heard all around the hall. Mr.
Richardson thanked the ladies for the
votes given, and naively said, after look.
ing around the hall, "You couldn't dc
otherwise" which elected the applause
of the crowd. Mr.. Richardson is fine
looking person, and the ladies hereabou
accept the meanino of "homely" in it,
true sense, "homelike.''
EAST ACWORTH.