Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-06-13
Bellows Falls Locals.

Rockingham Sunday school last Sun
day.
Bellows Falls has been thoroughly
billed for Scribner and Smiths circus,
June "A.
| Rev. j. Ellsworth Fullerton breaches
at Lawrence's Mills next Wednesday
evening.
The advance agent OF Sells Bros cir
Gus was in town yesterday. This circus
expects to exhibit here July 10.
Monday, July l, all library books
will be called in for two weeks, and to
the party not obeying the call it means
two cents day for each book out.
A. a. Smith has purchased the inter-
est of his partner, III. S. Ford, in the
firm of Smith q Co., carpenters and
| woodworkers, and will hereafter run
the business himself.
Mrs. Hattie E. Smith of this village
has a five-year-old colt that is attract
ing considerable attention, which is
half sister to Cleopatra, Alcander's
dam.
E. Z. Holt of Chester made nearly
100 miles on his wheel Sunday. He
went from Chester to Claremont,
Sunapee Lake, Leominster, and reached
Bellows Falls at 2 P. NJ, having made
over so miles then.
Victor Brinn had his wagon loaded
with ice yesterday at the ice house near
the Earle street crossing when his
horses became frightened and backed
over the embankment onto the rail-
road, spilHng the ice and partly demol-
ishing the wagon.
Sunday was gala day for bicyclists.
Cranks from other towns visited Bel
lows Falls, and cranks here visited
other towns. A party of six, M.
Sowles, F. w. Atwood, S. H. Amidon,
G. A. Gee, F. J. Smith, and F. E. Car
Isle, from Chester came " heeling into
town about noon.
The New Hampshire division of the
l.. A. w. will hold state meet under
the auspices of the Monadnock Cycle
club at the Keene driving park July 4.
| Eight dollars and thirty-five dollars
twill besdistributed in prizes. 1t is ex-
pectad that several from this place will
enter the'races.
The tack fend is agaid abroad in the
land. 1t isS reported that one of the
species was caught recently in the very
act. A wheelman was approaching
one of the crossings in the village and
discovered man, a full grown man,
pouring box of tacks about promiscu-
ously. The result was music in the air.
A woman 76 years old boarded Con-
ductor Powers train at Ludlow last
Thursday who had never before ridden
on railroad train, although for 40
years she has lived within 10 miles of
a railroad. She said that only desire
to reach the bedside of a dying sister
in North Walpole, N. H., induced her
to ride on the cars.
A. A. Halladay of the Mapledell
farm placed the first homegrown
strawberries of the season in Dunhams S
market Tuesday. Mr.. Halliday has
set out 5000 tomato plants of the New
Imperial variety. These are cultivated
wholly for seed purposes. Mr.. Halla-
day expects 5000 bushels of tomatoes
and will furnish seed for 20 different
seed houses. He is having machine
of his own design constructed that will
separate the seed from the pulp at the
rate of two bushels minute.
l.. l.. Durham of Dunham Bros.
met with small sized mishap Tues
day. He was coming down Westmin-
ster hill near the square behind
Evans ice cart and paying some
attention to small dog that he was
trying to avoid running over. He
turned to pass the ice cart, and
collided with buggy coming from the
opposite direction. Mr.. Durham was
thrown to the ground Violently, but
suffered no injury further than goou
shaking up. His wheel also escaped
without serious damage.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bolles, A. [.
Bolles, and Miss E. j.. Stickney We're
in Windsor Tuesday evening to attend
the wedding of Stanley Carlton and
Miss Mary Davis, the daughter of G.
A. Davis, the well-known attorney of
that place. The ceremony was per-
formed in the Congregational church,
which was handsomely decorated for
the occasion The pretty and accom-
plished bride was becomingly attired.
The newly married couple are on trip
to Boston and points in Maine. Their
future home will be Chicago.