Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-06-14

Letters advertised June ID: d. j.
Bone, David Keefe, Edwin j. Taylor,
Albert Majea, HI. f. Morgan, Gilbert
c. Pease, Miss Margaret Callahane,
David Peck, Miss Katie Tyler.
G. w. Osgood gave his illustrated lee
ture on the Worlds fair to large and
appreciative audience in the Congrega-
tional church at Grafton last Thursday
evening. The lecture was for the BEN
eft of the Christian Endeavor society
Monday evening about 40 young peo-
pie called on Stephen f. Cray to remind
him that it was the 21st anniversary of
his birth. A pleasant evening was
passed with cards, etc. J. w. Nc
Auliffe, in behalf of the Eagle club,
presented Mr.. Cray with handsome
ring. The party broke up about II
O'Clock, leaving their best wishes for
the future.
Halliday q Son made their first pick
I ing Of Strawberries this season last Sat-
qrdtay from the Maple Dell fruit, farm.
They expect to harvest about 100 bushels
this season, and if they are all like the
ones they delivered to customers Tues
day. New Jersey and southern berries
will be at q discount. Later they will
have big crop of red and purple rasp-
berries, ifthe weather is favorable.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pickett started
| mi OH :
O'Clock. Just after crossing the toll
bridge the horse became frightened at
an engine and turned around suddenly,
breaking both of the shafts and upset.
} ting the carriage. The occupants We're
thrown out, and Mrs. Pickett sustained
severe injuries about the ribs and right
) shoulder. The horse was stopped near
the Island house. Mrs. Pickett, though
badly bruised, is quite comfortable and
no serious results are expected.
: Concreters are at work on the west
} side of Atkinson street and will put
down sidewalks the entire length of the
street to the foot of Terrace hill. A pc
tition has also been made for concrete
, walks on the west side of Center street,
and connecting link may also be put
in from the foot of the hill to Terrace
street. When the work now contem,
+ plated is finished, one side of all the
principal streets in the village will have
paved on both sides.
: One night last week when it was
raining drummer got off the train fol
lunch, asked the conductor how long 6
| stop was made and after eating sal
down on one of the benches. At the
! time he supposed the train left he wen
e outside and found it gone. No one haC
a called the departure Of the train, as be
expected would be done, and he was
left here, missing an important engage
q ment. He was mad, and had a right
y to be. 1t has been suggested before
that in depot where so much business
!. is done there should be some person tC
call the trains two or three minutes
before their departure, and an appeal is
again IletSAC I'LL 5uCA Il CuduSC. Al
present travellers must depend on thei1
own wits to avoid getting left, or else
board the train as soon as it enters the
station.
In view of the new building to be
: erected south of the F. B. F. Co. IS store,
, a petition is circulating asking that the
) street be widened there and the side
j walk continued in a straight line with
that in front of the present buildings
1t will be to the advantage of the own
ers of the new block to have the build
ing on a line with the others, besides
the benefits derived from the better
f sidewalk and roadway. In connection
with the previous petition to widen the
street up to the new Arms block, this
later contemplated improvement brings
to a head a matter which has long at
tracted the attention of the citizens.
Until now, times have never been favor
able for such work, but with the tear
ing down of one building and cree
ton of two new ones, the cost of widen
ing the street is materially lessened
and can be conducted without interfer-
ing with the plans of the builders.
There is no better time than now to
make such changes.