Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-06-29
SAxTON'S RIVER.

Green peas were in the market Friday.
ton.
Miss Edith Foster is in Rutland for
a few days.
G. M. Cory has nearly completed an
addition to his horse-oarn.
! Mrs. l. r. Warner and son left Mon
day for months stay at the seashore.
The four milk wagons which run from
here to Bellows Falls carry nearly 600
quarts of milk day. w. n. Wilbur is
shipping % cans day to Boston.
DR.. and Mrs. C. T. Clarke left Monday
for carriage drive to Concord, n. H.
where the doctor attends dental meet
ins. They are expected home Thursday.
The "bucket brigade" was called out
about 1870 p. m. to put ont fire in the
basement of Barry & Scofit Ids wool
pullery. Owing TO the prompt response
of the department the loss was slight
but it was narrow escape. Cause, an
oil stove.
One day last week, while Charles
| Spaulding was blowing his horses left
him and came to the village. They ran
down Msin street to the Baptist church
and then to Charles Twitchell's barn.
| No damage except to the harnesses and
pillow which they left on the way.
At noon on Wednesday of this week a
deeply interested company, comprising
the elite of Saxton's River, gathered in
the Baptist church to participate in a
solemn and beautiful service. 1t was
one of the perfect days in June. The
quiet hills refreshing the, senses with
their restful green, the atmosphere
charged with exhilarating life left little
to be ed by the lover of nature.
Nothing, however, quite so much stirred
the pulses at SaXtou's River as the ap>
preaching ceremony which should bind
in holy wedlock one of our most charm
ing and beloved Vermont maidens to a
stalwart son of New York. Miss Hattie
Prior Baldwin, the bride, is the daugh-
ter of one of our best known ministers,
Rev. William r. Baldwin, pastor Of the
Baptist church at Saxton's River. The
gifted daughter of gifted parents, she
spent three years in che art school at
Syracuse university and attained such
proficiency that already in her youth she
has achieved Brilliant success. Com
bining physical grace with charm of
heart aud mind, she has won her way
easily into the affections of host of
admiring friends. Asher Miner Well
man, the bridegroom, is a graduate of
Yale, class of S9. Engaged in banking
in western New York he has won ftr
himself an enviable reputa ion for busi-
ness capacity, vigorous enterprise and
sterling character. The details of the
| service were admirably arranged by the
hest man, Mr.. Henry w. Boies, of New
York city ans, Yale class cf So. Mss
Blanche WeIlnan of Friendship, N. Y. !,
won praise as maid of honor. Porter G..
Wnlett of Buffalo, N. Y, and Ephraim
M. Youmans Of New York city, both
members OF the class of 'SS at Yale, Roy
Wellman of Friendship, N. Y, and
city and of the class of '93, University of
the city of New ork, acted well their
part OF ushers. The marriage ceremony
was simple and impressive. Rev. w. r.
Baldwin officiated, assisted by Rev. G.
W. Millard, pastor of the Washington
Square Methodist Episcopal church,
New York city. Mrs. Harry Kimball
presided at the organ and rendered with
fine taste and skill the wedding marches
from Lohengrin and by Mendelssohn.
The appropriate decorations were a labor
of love wrought out by the Kings
Daughters Circle. Among the invited
guests from beyond the precincts of
SaXton's River were Mrs. Kate NJ. Well
man and Guy Wellman from Friendship,
N. Y, Albert III. Baldwin, from Ansonia,
Conn. Mrs. c. w. Millard and w. j.
Millard from New York city, Mrs. E.
M. Youmans of New York city, Mrs.
Porter G. Willett of Buffalo, N. Y, Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Osgood of Bellows Falls
After wedding breakfast served at the
home of the bride, the bridal party
mounted the tally-ho and were whirled
away to Bellows Falls, where Mr.. and
Mrs. Asher Miner Wellman at 40 p. M
took the flyer for Boston.