Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-08-29
WAIPOLE.

Mrs. Lester Mason of Keene is home
for few days.
Master Frank Webster is in Dorches-
ter this week with cousins.
Miss Grace Webb of Bellows Falls is
at her aunt's, Miss j. l.. Fuller.
Mrs. William Burge and Miss Law
renee are visiting at u. p. Porter's.
Miss Mabel Bemis of Saxton's River
is with her aunt, Mrs. M. A. Snow.
Miss l.. G. Joslin is in RoXbury,
Mass, with her sister, Mrs. Clapp.
Mr.. and Miss Thomas from New
York city are at Mrs. Nicholson's.
Charles Sargent, architect, leaves for
Buffalo, N. Y, the LIST of September.
Rena Morrison of Dayton, o., is at
George B. Hollands for a few weeks.
The Misses Lane from Keene have
been at George Wilder's the past week.
Rev. G. f. Chaplin of SaXtons River
exchanged pulpits with Mr.. Bard Sun
day.
Rev. o. M. Fisher of Atlantic, Mass,
has been at the Dinsmore for few
days.
Don't forget the children's fair this
afternoon and lecture by DIR. Eaton this
evening at 8.
Miss Bertha Capron of Bellows Falls
was the guest of Mrs. j. w. Hayward,
Jr., last week.
Miss Fanny Jennison is camping on
Percy Island, off Gloucester, with a
party of friends.
All the schools in the town district
and the schools in the village will open
Tuesday, September 3.
E. P. Foster and wife from Brattle-
boro are spending few days at his
fathers, Caleb Fosters.
Mrs. Richardson from Chester was
the guest of Mrs. j. G. Howard last
Thursday and Friday.
Misses Alice Jennings, Lila Hale
and Lizzie Maynard attended the mus
ical convention at Newport.
Allbee & Babbitt, plumbers, have
been putting in hot and cold water and
bath room at Il. B. Buffum's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Seabury of
Waltham, Mass, are spending some
time in town at E. X. Seabury's.
Frank Hayward, wife and three
children arrived in town Monday and
will spend a few weeks at his fathers,
J. w. Hay wards.
Mrs. Sarah Bradford leaves town
this week for a three weeks stay in
Sunderland and Northampton with
relatives and friends.
The Walpole Branch of the Woman IS
National Alliance will meet at the
house of Mrs. Franklin Hooper, Friday
afternoon, September 6.
Warren Hooper, Miss Clara and Mr..
and Mrs. Flanders Of Nashua also Mr..
Bartlett, wife and child have been the
guests of Mrs. j. III. Graves the last few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank J. Kilburn of
New Bedford, Mass, have very kindly
presented handsome pulpit rug to the
Congregational church.
The Rev. G. l. Bard is attending the
Y. P. S. G. e. convention at Gresham
to-day and Miss HI. J. ellison will read
paper on child life in Zulu land.
The Walpole baseball team played
against picked nine from Bellows
Falls at Drewsville, Wednesday after
noon. Score 10 to 6 in favor of Wal
poles.
Last Thursday DR.. Matthews re-
moved cystic tumor from the hand OF
Fred Riley, an employe at Maple
| Grove farm. The tumor was on the
! fore finger of the left hand. between the
/ bone and bgaments; at last reports the
finger was healing satisfactorily.
Frank Ayers, who has been in the
EN- ploy of Gorham & Webster for the
past two years, has accepted situation
with Durham Brothers of Bellows
Falls and commenced work Tuesday
morning of this week. F. A. Hatch
of this town will take Mr.. Ayers place
News came Sunday of the death Of
Harrison Parker Bridge. He was re.
turning from Japan and died in San
Francisco after brief illness of pneu.
monia. He was brother of Hudson E
Bridge and the late L. n. Hastings OF
this village. He leaves a widow and
one son.
A pleasant gathering at Chesterfield
Factory took place at the old Scott
Homestead last Wednesday. John
Houghton and family of this town
were invited, being related by mar
riage. Friends and relatives to the
number of SO were present and good
time reported.
w. HI. Dewhurst, personal FRIEND
of the late John G. Whittier, has beer
at J. G. Towards for two weeks. Mr.
Dewhurst has many pleasant recollec
lions of the genial Quaker poet and has
in his possession a sum of money anC
several curios willed to him at Mr.
Whittier's death.
The winding of horn announced
the arrival of a tally-ho ride from Ches
terrified, Wednesday. There were abou
IS in the party and jolly crowd they
were, enjoying picnic dinner in Mr.
Sparhawk's field. Walpole seems t.
be popular resort of pleasure seekers
from that locality.
Vandalism is abroad. Some person
or persons unknown have all summer
stolen flowers from the cemetery, max
ing it impossible to keep any on the
graves longer than "a hours. 1t is t.
be hoped that the error of such way:
will soon be seen and such pernicioui
practice discontinued.
DIR. Matthews now has his telephone
lines in complete working order. A
private telephone for the use of patients
connects from the hall at his office
which is open night and day to tn,
house; while the main line telephone
Bellows Falls circuit, connects with hi
house for the benefit of the public gen