Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-16
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Adams of South
Windham visited at H. A. ScOtt's Mon
day.
Miss Matte Townshend has finished
work at Brattleboro asylum, and is at
home now.
f. Batchelder lost good horse last
week he drove 1t to BrattlebOrO the
day before it died.
Mrs. Arthur Blood will return from
Northfield this week, where she has
been attending meetings.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. r. Meacham gave
a pleasant entertainment to two of the
Sunday school classes Friday evening.
Eugene Sanderson of West Towns
bend came down Monday and took up
lot of honey from his bees, kept at A.
T. Byard's.
Eva Byard, who has been at A. Il.
Byard's for the past two weeks, left
Monday to visit friends at West Towns
bend and Peru.
There is to be grange picnic at the
pleasant home of ii. A. Scott, Wednes-
day, August %. Garry lots of good
food and enjoy pleasant time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman of Boston
were in town over Sunday, and gave
an interesting account of the Y. P. S,
G. E. convention at Cleveland.
Arrivals at Henry Scott's this week
will be Mrs. Viona Spring and two
SONS, of Holliston, Mass, Mrs. Tyler of
Brattleboro and Fred Scott of Orange,
Mass.
The building of the new Baptist
church has been given to Mr.. Johnson
and work began Monday. The work
is contracted for $47O0, to be completed
January l, 1895.
Mrs. Prentiss Carr has fuchsia of the
Black Prince variety, which is one OF
the most beautiful ever seen. Mrs. Carr
counted at one time 800 blossoms and
buds and many estimate 1000 now.
There will be Demorest speaking
contest at the schoolhouse in district
No. early in September. The contest
ants are Walter Austin, Arthur Green
wood, Myrtle Hall, Cora Johnson, Clara
Pratt, and Daisy Pratt.
The conundrum social last Wednes-
day evening was fairly well attended.
Rev. Meacham, DR.. Weston of New
fame and Fred Ford of Brattleboro were
the committee to decide on prizes,
which they awarded, first, to Willie
Boutelle the second to Miss Alice
Dale. Receipts from ice cream and
cake, $14.35.
Haskell Carr recently found hoe
grown into birch tree, the socket for
the handle on one side, the blade the
other. 1t must have been hung there
when the tree was small, as below it
the bark is smooth, and shows but a
solid trunk, above there can be seen
where the two branches united and
grew together. Mr.. Carr thinks he
may have hung the hoe in the tree
found it some 20 years ago.
Mrs. G. III. Hall and daughter Myr-
tie, Emma Hastings, Jennie Nichols,
Mrs. D. w. button, Willie and little
Bessie, and Mrs. A. B. Metcalf recently
took days outing. Starting in the
morning and going out the Grafton
road through the Burbee woods, they
called at Henry Wright's, where Mrs.
Betsey Smith, now 85 years old, resides.
She was one of the first settlers in the
north part of the town, then known as
Acton. The old lady is quite feeble.
The party then went up the hill by
Mrs. buttons birthplace and early
tlolUCl lAC Olu CCIlClCly Ill ulS-
trict No. 10, which is kept in very good
condition, the old schoolhouse, which
must have been built IS years ago and
cannot stand many years longer unless
it is repaired. Mrs. Hall, Mrs. button,
Miss Hastings and Mrs. Metcalf have
all passed their early schooldays be-
meath its kindly shelter, and they re-
called many pleasant scenes of by-gone
days. Mrs. r. Hughes is the only per-
son living in the district who was a |
resident 80 years ago. Calling upon her
they had the pleasure of eating their
lunch from table nearly 200 years old. |
After resting few hours they again
started, and visited the childhood homes
of Mrs. Metcalf and Mrs. Hall, making
a long-remembered day. Nothing came
up to mar their pleasure, and as they
visited some who are not able to go out
much it is hoped they impaired CLEAN
of sunshine to brighten and cheer.
They arrived safely home in the even
ing tired, but glad for such memora-
BILE visit.
Deferred from last week.
Alurus Ingalls, is erecting new barn.
Z. Mason of Philadelphia was in town
recently.
Miss HI. Fletcher's place is very much
improved by her new house.
Most of the farmers have finished
haying and report good crop.
Mrs. Bella Brigham is visiting her
children and other friends in the west.
A. A. Mason has boarders, d. G..
Wilson and family from Beaufort,
South Carolina.
There is an old motto "strike while
the irons hot" Maybe the heat of the
season is the cause of 80 many strikes.
Miss Eva Byard from Marlboro,
Mass, is spending few days with her
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.
Byard.
Mrs. Green, former resident of this
town is visiting her aged father, Mr..
Forbes of Harmonyville, and other re-
latives in this vicinity.
Many people are taking their vaca-
ton this month, SO it keeps things /
pretty lively despite the hot weather as
people are coming and going every day. |
If any one wonders why Leon Red
fields face is wreathed with smiles |