Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-03-09
TALK ABOUT TOWN.

Three persons united with the Baptist
church by letter last Sunday.
The Manola- Mason combination is booked
| at the Opera House for March 16.
The "circuating library" will be opened at
the Congregational vestry this evening.
| The Farm Machine company is rushed with
orders, and are running nights to keep up.
| The Sth Masonic district meeting will be
held at Brattleboro March 10, at 2.30 O'Clock
| p. m.
| Rev. Ellsworth Fullerton will speak at
Lawrence Mills next Wednesday evening at
pm.
Relief Corps will be held this evening at 8
O'Clock.
The piers, which the Fall Mountain Paper
company are building in the river, are near
ly completed.
Charles Dinsmore had four fingers taken
| off on buzz paner at the Fall Mountain
| carpenter shop Monday.
About 80 went to Charlestown Tuesday
night to the entertainment and dance given
| by the German Detective company.
There were three births and five deaths in
| this village in February, against eight births
! and three deaths in February, 1892.
Odd Fellows hall was crowded Friday
evening at the dance given by the Rebekahs,
and pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
A subscription paper is being circu lated by
| the steamer company to secure money to fit
up the rooms in their new engine house.
The Commercial house was raided last
week, and Landlord Knowton was fined $120
and costs for violation OF the liquor laws.
The lecture of Rev. j. H. Robbins of
Chester at the Baptist church last Friday
evening was well attended and much enjoyed.
Philip Forgette had both bones of one leg
broken Tuesd " by falling tree while chop
ping at Drewsville. He was brought here
for treatment.
The Woman's Missionary societies of the
Methodist church are preparing for their an
nual Easter sale. Watch for date and other
particulars later.
The pupils in the schools where drawing
is taught are to be supplied with scissors. to
cut the various geometrcal forms from paper,
as an assistance to drawing.
There has been quite bear movement in
the egg market the p ,st few days, through
two rival firms cutting prices, till now they
are down to 20 cer is dozen.
Blake photographed all the members of
the Lost in London company, and i, to fur
ni>h them with a large number of photo
graphs for advertising purposes.
The Red Men are to have dance in their
hall Easter Monday evening. A novel feat
ure of the dance will be the preliminary
march, in which all the officers will appear
in full costume of the order.
This warm weather is making travelling
bad. especially SO on the country roads. The
roads are full of cradle holes, and the horses
slump i'm up to their knees in places, rather a
dangerous occurrence if you are driving fast.
Officers Thompson and Royce raiied rooms
in FrOsts block yesterday for liquor, but
found none. A man named Porter was sup
posed to be CARRYING on an illicit rum shop,
but the proof did not substantiate the theory.
The pastor of the Congregational church
will commence course of practical lectures
Sunday evening. His first lecture is to Par
ents. on Training Children" He will use a
black board chart to explain the human soul.
w. l.. Archer of Chester has leased L. L.
Allbee's building on the corner of Westmin-
ster and School streets, and will open a
photograph stu 10 there about March Is.
He hopes. by fir>t-class work, to build up
good business. and doubtless will.
Street Commissioner Moore has been busy
this week cutting channels in the ice to carry
off the the water from melting snow, and
thaw ing out catch basins. "Wednesday the
steamer WAS called Into requisition to thaw
out five catch basins about the square.
George Hapgood and Charles III. Butter
field went fishing down near Keene last week.
After cutting through three feet of ice and
fishing desperately for several hours, they re-
turned with two small perch. We haven't
learned yet where they bought the fish.
The paper mach inc in Moore & Thomp-
sens which has been undergoing repairs
| for the past five wee Ks, has been started up,
aud i now run by We>ting house engine
| Instead of water wheel. 1t is running on
| MANILA. and Is claimed 10 be the best paper
| machine in the hollow.
| A catchy window display in Eaton's jewell
~ store this week showed AN overturned pail
half filled with watches of every description,