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Woodford.
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at Waltham, Mass.
Charles Papers and wife of North Ben
ningtOn, spent last Sunday in town.
Mrs. G. G. Easton is to read sermon
at the Union church Sunday morning.
Charles Mooney of White Creek, has
visited his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Frazier.
Springs and wells are well filled again,
and the streams are supplied with water.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Knapp are in StaIJ-
ford this week, for business and pleas
ure.
Harry Harbour enjoyed himself two
days at Arlington shooting fat, grey
squirrels.
School in the Red Mill district begun
last Tuesday, with Miss Sadie Knapp
teacher.
NJ. S. Knights has gone to West Dover
TO work for G. D. Sawyer. Joseph Nj
ner has moved there.
The Rev. Edward Conover of Benning-
ton, will preach in the Union church
Sunday, September 9Oth.
For several days G. F. Wood has had a
painful swelling on his arm. Mr.. Wood
is in query to know what causes it.
Mrs. Hannah Burdick has returned
from a two months visit to Hoag's Cor
ners, Stephentown and 2etersburgh,
N. Y.
E. B. Hurd, James Higgins, Misses
Ella Hayes and Bertha Hurd of HoOsick
Falls, n, Y, are visiting at II. J. Bug
bees.
The cline storm" filled the wells and
springs and makes the brooks present
wholesome appearance"
George Wood and wife are in Whining
ton awhile, and meantime Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Knapp live in their honse.
Miss A. NJ. Norton of Bennington, and
her friend, Grace Fitzhugh Thomson of
China, Asia, are at the Mt. Pleasant
House for few days.
Articles by S. NJ. Bowles will in Octo-
Der appear in Rod, Gun and Kennel,
published at Louis lille, KY, and The
Union Agent of Piqua, Ohio.
A. G. Brooks, who has been at the Mt.
Pleasant House nine weeks, has gone to
Williamstown, Mass, for a few days,
and then will return to his law practice
in New York.
F A. Gleason and c. q. Easton have
been chosen delegates by our society to
attend the Christian Endeavor State con-
vention at Newport, the End Sd proximo
Mrs. Phoebe Ann Crosier, widow of
the late Samuel Crosier of Searsburgh,
and for several years resident of that
town, is visiting friends and relatives
here. Mrs. Crosier's home IS now in
North Adams, Mass.
VIM. Robinson of Readsboro, attended
the Manchester fair last week, and on
his return home stopped at Arlington
for dap's sport hunting grey squirrels.
While in town Sunday, he told us that
he shot 81.
Charles Sawyer has potatoes of which
five weigh seven pounds and six ounces.
Hiram Weld shows us cluster of seven
potatoes in one. Uncle HE says that it
is the largest later he ever raised. After
all, the crop is fair in WOodford.
At the business church meeting Mon
day evening. f. A. Gleason was chosen
moderator; S. NJ. Bowles, clerk; S. Z.
| Gleason, treasurer; Claire Gleason, au,!i-
tor, and @. @. Easton, trustee for three
years. The two other trustees are FL
mer Gleason two years, and Herman
Bugbee one year more. 1t was voted
thar needed repairs be made on the
church this fall. The meeting evinced
more of business interest than any in
recent years.
VIM. e. Atkins and r. S. Dunbar of
Smyrna, N. Y, staid in town Tuesday
night. They have been securing" the
mountains East and in Northern Massa-
chusetts, for ginseng root and had fair
success. Mr.. Atkins buys raw fur and
would be pleased to hear from any one
having any to dispose of.