Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-18
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SPRINGFIELD.


friends in Wardsboro.
The Boston excursion drew large
crowd last Thursday.
Boys and Misses rubbers cheap at
WAITE's Bellows Falls.
Miss Valeria Horn of Watertown,
Mass, is guest of G. G. Johnson.
Miss Lena Bridge was called to New
port last Thursday by the illness of a
friend.
Mrs. George Stickney and Mrs. Sarah
Sweet visited friends in Charlestown
Monday.
A large crowd of young people at
tended the firemen's ball at Chester
last week.
Charles H. Moore was in Boston last
week in search of new stock of fall
clothing.
Leslie Higgins is expected to start
very soon for the Adirondack noun
tains for his health.
Mrs. Eliza Jordan returned to her
home in Lynn, Mass, Monday after
several weeks visit in town.
Mrs. M. M. Fields moved into her
new residence, which has just been
completed by Henry Lewis, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wardsworth of
Brattleboro spent a few days last week
in town, stopping at the Adnabrown.
Rev. r. l.. Bruce and family, for
merly of this place, left for their new
home in Denver, Colorado, last week.
The fires of the brick kiln We're light
ed week ago and in few days about
100000 brick will be ready for the libra
ry and schoolhouse.
Work on the new schoolhouse has
been hindered for few days waiting
for the bricks to be burned which will
soon be ready for use.
Frank Walker has Plymouth Rock
hen which beats the record this year,
considering the hard times. 1t weighs
Is pounds and laid an egg last week
measuring s. by 81 inches.
A jolly crowd from this place took a
pleasure trip to Houghtonville last
week. The party consisted of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Geometry, Miss Grace CHS
sold, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. H. Slack,
Miss Kate Carmody, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Barney, Miss Kate Corbett, Jo-
seph Clissold, Mrs. Margaret Corbett,
and also Mrs. Clissold.
The display of decorated china made
by Miss Minnie X. Boutelle at the store
of Ranney & Perkins deserves more
than passing notice. This being the
first public exhibit of Miss Boutelles
work, it has proved surprise to the
public in general that we have with us
such an artist of rare natural ability,
and having been pupil of Mrs. A. j.
Holley of Bellows Falls the past sum-
mer, her artistic taste has reached this
state of perfection by the latter's excel
lent instruction. In viewing her speci-
mems as a whole, one is impressed by
their variety as well as their exquisite
beauty. The centre piece, large fruit
dish, is a copy from work exhibited at
the Worlds fair. The soft, warm tints
of the grapes, together with the etched
gold leaves and fruit is very attractive.
The olive dish in miniature painting is
remarkably fine in effect. The Madon-
ma is also very fine in its lovely express
sion and shows in a marked degree her
aptitude for figure painting. The Cupid
plate, the figures of two Cupids at play,
one holding the mirror and the other
decorating the head of a charming
maiden, the gold-lined cup and saucer
with rich Jacqueminot roses upon the
side, the bureau set, with butterflies
sporting upon it with carelessness as if
in their native ether, and the chop plate
in graceful fringed chrysanthemums
are all favorites. The Royal Worcester
plate with the yellow lily design out
lined with raised gold, the Doulton
plate with the raised gold floral work,
the dainty jewelled after-dinner coffee
cup, the graceful bon-bon dish, the tete
a-tete tray with yellow roses against
rich background and with broad gold
conventional border, the wild rose plate,
the Royal Worcester cracker jar, the
hand ring tray-all these interest every
beholder. In this window was fas-
cinating oil painting called when we
were girls" representing two ladies of
"auld lang syne" seated before a fire.
place, with large kettle suspended, re-
lating one to another the incidents Of
their girlhood. The life-like expression
of the two seems to captivate everyone,
the high tones, flesh tints and wrinkles
of age are very accurate, which, to-
gether with the fineness of finish, well
portrays the true artist in every detail.