Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
SPRINGFIELD.

II. SdrletOn Slack mas returned from
England
James Hartness is in Boston and
New York this week.
j. S. Coulombe is first class barber
engaged with Fred Dashner.
Mrs. r. E. Messenger and daughters
returned Friday from the west.
Rev. w. /. Todd returns from confer
ence as pastor of the Methodist church
here.
f. ID. Hill has purchased piece of
land adjoining his property on Front
street.
Mrs. ID. X. Barry of Newport, n. H..
is visiting with her mother, Mrs. X.
Messenger.
G.. w. Vreeland's MINISTRIES and Gold
Band orchestra appear here Friday
evening, April 10.
The Epworth League will hold an
egg supper at the Methodist church
parlors tonight.
A few of our citizens We're involved
in the Charlestown bank, but no great
losses are noted.
Ed LaFountain has left the employ
of the Vermont Farm Machine Com
pany at Bellows Falls.
Fast day was observed by the shut
down of shops and closing of stores, but
no church services were held
| About dozen from here took in the
Boston Festival orchestra concert at
Bellows Falls Friday evening and pro-
nounced it first class.
w. A. Fuller, clerk with A. N.
Holmes, and Miss Effie Whitney were
Tod NV /
They will reside in town.
Our local Celestial laundry-man is
building up good trade here and also
is master hand with the pen and exc
cutes cards in the highest style.
Easter service was held only at the
Congregational church last Sunday as
the Methodist conference is in session
and consequently no preparations were
made for observance at that church. A
sermon appropriate to the occasion was
preached in the morning by Rev.
Thomas Bckford and an Easter praise
service held in the evening.
Some of our village imps took it into
their heads to indulge in freaks last
Saturday night and transferred the bar
Der pole of Orlin Lyon to the Town hall
steps at no small loss to the owner, be-
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formers are caught on the stage of act
ion they will dance a jig they never did
before.
About 8 O'Clock p. M, Sunday an
alarm of fire was rung which proved to
owned by Horace H. Howe. The
buildings were vacated but a few days
before by Reuben Edwards. The fire
department responded but the distance
was too great and the fire under too
much Roadway to render their services
of value The cause is unknown. In
surance on buildings $500.
The minstrel company organized here
will be known as Richardson's Refined
Ministries, instead of bearing the name
of last year as stated IN a recent issue
of the TIMES. The management is en-
tirely with G. G. Richardson, who is
obtaining the best and latest in min
strelsy. The stage is managed by III.
d. Sparrow. All will remember the
success of the performance of last year,
and still greater effort is being made to
surpass in excellence of production any
thing of the kind before seen in Spring
field.
| The all absorbing topic of the week
thus far has been the high water, which
has created no little anxiety in the
houses near the river. Many of the
elder residents state that not since 1869
have the streams run SO high as they
did Monday. Nearly all the shops shut
down and business came to stand
still. The water at Gould's Mills
blocked all passage and the stages de-
| layed their usual trips from Mon
! day morning until Tuesday night
before connection could be made,
the first mail of the week arriving at
O'Clock p. m. Tuesday. TO reach the
Connecticut river teams went by way
of Spencer Hollow, and the liveries
were all out owing to the demand for
teams to see the river. No particular
damage was done in Springfield only
the roads are in bad condition and traf-
fic is somewhat delayed.
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