Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-11-21
SPRINGFIELD.


There is to be concert at the town hall
December A.
A. M. Allbe, Esq, has been walking with u
cane this week i'll consequence OF fall.
| The Kings Daughters met with Mrs. f. p.
b. Pulsipher on Thursday P. NJ.
J There has been large number of new
books ordered for the public library that are
, expected daily.
Fred Crague has rented the home of the
Misses Grain and will take possession the first
of December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Parker have gone to
| Warren, Mass, where they will remain with
his sister until after Thanksgiving.
Mrs. II. B. Holmes returned from Boston
| Thursday evening, where she has been on q
business trip this week.
Harry McNab who has been spending the
summer with relatives in this town, returned
Friday to his home in Sedalia, Mo.
! Charles Parker, after April next, will be
employed by w. H. Loveland on his farm
recently purchased of Simeon Latham.
+. W. Stiles has purchased of Mr.. Watts
valuable water rights that will abundantly
supply the building lots on Fair View
T. ID. Worcester, NJ. D., of Keene, N. H,
was in town Wednesday on business. He
appeared to be in fine health and as if pros
perity attended him.
| hS uSdi SulIlllS COIipaHy dlc
| pushing the work in connection with their
new plant that business may begin with the
advent of the new year.
The four Boston & Maine freight cars on
Clinton street loaded with rails have attracted
considerable attention this week, being the
| first cars to enter our village.
| Mrs FL. M. Arms entertained % ladies on
| Wednesday and Thursday of this week, the
ladies' taking their work and enjoying social
time from 3 tot An excellent supper was
provided.
| With the election of Mckinley comes the
agitating of the question, who shall be post
| master There are many aspirants for the
position, but F. &. Ellison appears to have
| the preference.
Mrs. William Walker of Montreal spent a
| couple of days in town the first of the week,
visiting old friends and the scenes of her
| childhood, the guest of Mrs. John N.
Dcmary.
The employees of Jones & Lamson Machine
company are rejoicing that they are to have
as hours of labor hereafter. beginning this
week. The first four days this week the COM
pany shipped eight machines and others were
to follow.
F. Legh's 25 track layers began work on
| Thursday noon. The turn-outs, switches,
ETC., will soon be in place. The grading OF
| the electric road will he completed this week
| to the car barn and depot and also to the
| hotel.
| The car barn and depot was completed on
Thursday, thirteen days from the date OF
driving the first nail. The building is l42 by
81 uo.i. 80. oon,nIs+nd IN tn Tbarap puoS ,,,o
no time specified in the contract, although it
| has been stated that it was to be completed in
thirty days from October 26.
The Kings Daughters are meeting with
excellent success in their plans for their fair
which IS to open December and 8, after
noon and evening, and a stage entertainment m,
are receiving generous contributions from
our citizens to aid them in their work.
Miss Ada p. Grain and her sister, Miss
Anne, are in town, and are making prepara-
tions to break up housekeeping, and have
rented their pretty home. The Misses Grain
Will be missed in the days to come as Spring
| t'eld has always been their home. Miss Min
ME Grain is in hospital at Burlington.
| Thursday f. c., Davis went to Weathers-
| field to attend the trial of Scott Shepard.
who was arrested the 18th for debt, and Fred
| Nichols went bail for him to the amount of
| $50 dollars. There was no trial however as
| Shepard did not make an appearance and at
| last accounts Mr.. Nichols was looking toward
Claremont to see if he could discover the
| whereabouts of the man who had lurched
bail.
| , ,
Mrs. u -. Ulil ana daughter, Mrs. FRANK
Gill, on thursday evening entertained ten
tables OF drive whist IN their spacious home
on the Connecticut. 1t was bright moon
| light night and a large number enjoyed ride
in the tour-horse barge, while others preferred
single teams Tor a drive OF eight miles, where
cordial welcome was accorded all, and a
T, Portar secured the gentlemen,s nr;ze
and M,S r M Colbnrn the ladies verv
nice snnner was nroyided after the game II
ali farmers were able to provide as lovely a
/ home for their family as has Mr., Gill the
aversion to farm life wonId he removed.
| w. Il. Loveland has employed 80 men for
three days this week in removing knoll near
his residence, which is great improvement
to that section Of Clinton street, making the
street wider and grading the land adjoining,
which is to be grassed over, identifying both
his own and adjacent property. Mr.. Love-
lands home farm contains 40 acres, all of
which is within the limits of the corporation,
and extends from N. b. Greenwood's line to
that of r. o. Forbush's; l5 acres are pastur-
age, while the remaining 30 are under a high
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