Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-08-08

one year to Mr.. Franklin, fireman on the
Fltchburg railroad.
Miss Alice M. Smith is entertaining her
two young nephews from Bellows Falls.
Mrs. Rufus Buffum and son Douglas of
Charlottesville, Va, are visiting relatives in
town.
Hooper OF Cambridge, Mass, are at the Dins-
more.
Mrs. Theodore Bogart from Providence, r.
l., is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. H. p.
Bridge.
Henry Cook of Bratteboro is spending the
summer at William Arnolds in Christian
Hollow.
Master Tom Sargent started Thursday
morning for several weeks stay with relatives
i'll Boston and Lynn.
Mrs. G.. S. Buck and little daughter of
Brooklyn, N. Y, are guests in the family of
Prof. F. w. Hooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Graves are intending to
leave to-day to spend q few days with camp
ing party near Rutland.
Miss Lydia Maynard and Helen r. Sher-
man left this week for Cottage City, Mass,
where they expect to remain for two weeks.
The services of Miss Rhoda E. Richardson
of Chester have been secured as assistant in
the high school during the ensuing school
year.
A ball game was played Wednesday after
| noon on G. E. Angier's field with the Lang
don team. The score stood 10 to in favor
of the Walpoles.
| Mrs. Warren Thompson returned from q
| five weeks absence in Ogdensburg, N. Y,
where she has been visiting her brother and
| other relatives and friends.
| Miss Mamie Dickey of Acworth accom-
panied friends as far as Westminster Monday
| morning on her wheel and made short calls
| here in town on her return.
Mrs. Fred O. Smalley has been confined to
her room by illness for the past four or five
| weeks. Her mother, Mrs. Lawrence OF Bar
louisville, is caring for her.
| Misses Lizzie Maynard and Amy w. Jen-
| nings returned on the train Thursday even
| ing from their two weeks absence in Nova
Scotia and vicinity reporting very pleasant
trip.
Rev. and Mrs. G. I. Bard leave the first of
| next week for ten days outing at Chester
field lake, the guests of Hon. George W. Nc
Duffee and wife of Keene who have summer
| cottage there.
The house on Middle street owned by the
late Mrs. Miller is undergoing eXterTive re-
| pairs and an ell part is being added also,
consisting of a'kitchen and shed. The house
will be ready for rental in a short time.
A grove meeting will be held at the Hunt
| ington farm tomorrow, Sunday, afternoon at
4 o'clock. The services will be conducted by
Revs. G. L. Bard and F. W: Pratt and Misses
Louise Hood and L. X. Hale will assist in the
music. The public are cordially invited to be
present.
Invitations are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Mary Coleman Davis to Herbert
Wade Hibbard, the ceremony to take place in
| in the Congregational church on Thursday,
August 20, at o'clock in the afternoon and
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owing.
As previously stated, arrangements have
been made through the kindness of Charles
| T.. Howland, by which Miss Lou Fisher is to
| enter hospital in New York for treatment.
We understand she left last week Friday and
sustained no i'll effects from the journey and
little fatigue.
The picnic season has commenced and var
| ious parties are enjoying a day spent at Lake
| Chesterfield or Warren and also at other
points of interest which are nearer home.
Walpole seems to be favorite picnic ground
| for the summer guests at Oh hesterfeld as an
other large party was here this week, al
| though the excellent dinner procurable at the
Dinsmore may be the principal attraction.
| Flora's night was celebrated at Walpole
Grange Tuesday evening. The hall was
decorated with fl flhwers and program under
| the direction of Mrs. +. NJ. Bowman was pre-
seuted. \ newSy aud instructive paper.
| edited by Miss Helen Guild and James toord
was read, also well-written and interesting
essay on the origin of floral decorations by
Mr.. Bowman. \ pretty literary and musical
exercise by six girls, each representing diff
fcrent flower, was given. and a dialogue by
ten little boys, who were not very little
after all, proved vast source of amusement.
A duet was sung by Misses Helen and Sylvia
Guild and the evenings entertainment was
declared a very pleasant one.
The following are names of guests regis
tered at the Elmwood: Mr.. and Mrs. III. NJ.
Metcalf and daughter, Mrs. NJ. L. Higgins,
F. III. Young, w. q. CroweIl, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. S. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Hubbard
and Master Robert, Mrs. Cleveland and Miss
Elizabeth Cleveland, w. IL. Horton, Mrs. j.
9 B. Clapp, Boston; Miss a. Lowering. Miss
Emma Fritz, Charlestown, Mass; Miss Mary
f. PlattS. Wakefield, Mass; DIR. aud Mrs. f.
G.. West, RONbury, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank ". Porter, Mr.. and Mrs. John W.
4, Ella, Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. III. Loomis,
Z Newtonville, Mass; Mrs. Laura Tilden
(, Greene, Misses Helen Grant, Rita Grant and
Grace Boutelle, Dorchester. Mass; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Barstow. Misses Mary and Grace
and Master Palmer, Providence, r. l.; MIR.
and Mrs. John Z. Nicholson and two maids,
New York city Richard Hull and Mrs. A. c.
Franklin, Long Island; Mrs. Phillips, Rut-