Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-01-24
TALK ABOUT TOWN.

The race horse fell and the jock went down
With the horse on top of him;
And when they dragged him out he said:
"It's horse on me, by JIM
Wales is busy this week taking the
annual inventory.
The ice crop, of an excellent quality,
is being harvested.
The January number of the High
School Oracle is out.
The 9th grade scholars had a sleigh
ride to Alstead last Thursday.
The third and fourth grade schools
have sleighride to Alstead today.
The annual meeting of the Bellows
Falls Savings Institution will be held
today.
The Columbian Whist club have their
last card party at Odd Fellows hall
next Monday evening.
The association of Windham county
insurance men had meeting here Fri
day with dinner at the Commercial
house.
A choral union was organized Mon
day evening" at G. l.. Barber's and
meetings will be held on Monday even
ing of each week.
Will E. Martin and George belong
have gone to Brattleboro to open night
lunch room. Martin will retain his in
terest in the room here.
DR.. A. J. Parkers Brown Leghorns
took LIST and I'd and four special prizes
at the meeting of the Vermont Poultry
and Pet Stock association in st. Johns
bury lasG week.
Telephone business is booming just
now. Since December | there have
baen IS instruments added to the ex-
change here, among them one having
been put into j. G. Day & Co.'s and one
into L. M. Read office.
The next meeting Of the w. G. L. u.
will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3
street. The chief feature of the meet
ing will be memorial service in honor
of Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to be pres
ent.
Letters advertised January "a: Miss
Annie Lyons, Mrs. David Cahill, Mrs.
M. Kiniry, Miss Maggie Mclaughlin,
Miss Mary McNemcy, Mrs. Mary
Quinn, Miss M. Stone, w. H. Bash
man, Albert e. Dewey, James Oman,
Michael Connors, Charles B. Galleher,
Patrick Crotty, Daniel A. Breen, jr.,
James O'Connor, James Lyman.
A new schedule party line rates for
telephone exchange connection has been
adopted to take effect February 1, next
and until notice of change. Such sub
scribers will be billed in accordance
with the reduced schedule without fur
Their notice. information in detail as
to rates for service can be obtained of
the exchange manager, G. FL. Burr.
The Mt. Kilburn Wheel club have de-
cided to put on the comic opera,
breakers Ahead" which recently
scored SO great a success at Brattleboro.
The parts will all be taken by local tai
ent. This opera was written by B. J.
Kenyon of Townshend, and it will be
played under his personal direction. 1t
will probably be given two nights, Feb
ruary q and 49,
A small audience at the Opera House
on Friday evening listened to w. 0.
Fuller, jr., lecture on Banking in
Kansas" Those who went spoke
highly of his work, and enjoyed the
evening greatly. There were SO many
other entertainments that night the
lecture was not patronized so well as
WIS expected and as it deserved.
The four-year-old daughter of Dennis
Flannery of North Walpole was struck
by the O'Clock train south Monday
while attempting to cross the tracks
near the coal sheds. Her older brother
had run across the track and as the lit
tie girl attempted to follow the engine
struck her and threw her about 20 feet
Her skull was fractured and she has moi
vet recovered consciousness.
A small audience listened to Rev. j.
f. Howard, of Gardner, Mass, recitt
Shakespeare play of Romeo and Julie
at the Universalist church Tuesday
evening. His rendition was very good
and was much appreciated by those
who went Mrs. HI. NJ. Hastings o
Walpole also sang two of Shake speare'
songs in pleasing manner.