Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-10-24
WAIPOLE.

Frank Webster was in Keene Thursday.
Miss Grace Putnam is at Russell G.. Graves.
Fred Smalley lost II valuable COW last week.
John Il. Proctor is in Waltham, Mass, this
week with friends.
Mr.. Coolidge OF Ascutneyville, VT, has
entered the employ of G. c. Davis.
Clinton ID. Ordway is home from Waltham,
Mass, for u short vacation.
Mrs. Sarah Pratt of Deerfield, Mass, is the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. F. w. Pratt.
Edward C.. Sterling of Boston, Mass, was
in town a short time this week on business.
Rev. F. w. Pratt attended the Unitarian
conference held in Keene this week Wednes-
day.
Work has been continued ut the Abenaqui
machine shop during the evening for the past
two weeks.
Sidney Hemenway and wife entertained
friends from Grafton, Vt, last Saturday and
Sunday.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin c.. Lockwood OF
Bellows Falls were in town Wednesday, the
guests of Miss l.. II. Hale.
Mr.. and Mrs. George p. Porter have been
spending few days this week in Boston with
their daughter, Mrs. Whitney.
Mr.. and Mrs. James o. Ives of Dorchester,
Mass, were the guests of L. B. Holland and
wife the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Chandler are con-
templating trip TO Chelsea, Mich, to visit
their son Edward and family.
Mrs. Charles Chickering is in Southbridge,
Mass, called there by the serious illness of
her daughter, Mrs. Huppman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. Hubbard arrived
Wednesday afternoon and will make per-
manent home here in town.
Bertrand l.. Wiggin, who has been at work
at Princeton, Mass, for several months past,
is home again, arriving this week.
Henry A. Slade is driving five years old
colt with good pedigree, having recently
snapped horses with G.. r. Cummings of
South Acworth.
turned from Claremont, and are spending a
few days here at the Dinsmore, en- route for
their home in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. l.. Barton returned to
their home in New York Thursday, having
spent number of days here with her par
ents, Solomon BALKAN and wife.
G. d. Hooper and John P. Holmes have
returned home from protracted absence in
Bethel, Vt, at S. C. Dunham's, who, we un-
derstand, is improving slowly in health.
Preparations are being made for quite a
large party of republicans to go to Keene this
evening to join the tnrchlight procession. 1t
is expected there will be special tram pro-
vided to convey the eXcursionists both ways.
AT the recent meeting in Keene of the
Cheshire county school boards, William G.
Leonard of this town was appointed one of a
committee of five to consider IA revision of
the school laws and report at the next meet
ing which is to be held some time next month.
lyceum will be held i'll the high school
building next Monday evening. Question for
debate, "Resolved that the free coinage of
silver would be for the best interests of the
United States" Affirmative, Edwin Guild
negative, George G. Wright. Discussion opens
at quarter of eight. The public is cordially
invited to attend. The question is timely
one and cannot fail to be of interest to ALL
The remains of Mrs. Mary X. Hooper,
widow of the late Henry w. Hooper, were
brought here yesterday from Portland, Me-,
for burial i'll the family lot. Mrs. Hooper,
whose maiden name was Mary kimball Chase,
was born i'll town September II, 1877, the
daughter of Jonathan III. and Martha Kim
ball Chase. She married Henry W. Hooper,
also of this town, in 1882, and for many years
they resided in Charlestown. The last few
years of her life have been spent with her
daughter, Mrs. Glover, in Portland, where
her death occurred i'll the S5th year of her age.
Despite the unpropitious weather Wednes-
day, the leaf sociahle at the Congregational
church was well attended. The parlors were
trimmed with autumn leaves, and the bounti-
fully spread tables were gay with autumnal
decorations. The leaves sold rapidly as sup
per tickets and the tables were twice filled,
much fun being created in finding the dupli-
Gates. One amusing feature was that each
must write rhyme Including the name of
the leaf held under penalty of a ten cent
fine. These rhymes were then collected and
read aloud for the edifcation of all, the one
composed by Mrs. F. c. Lockwood of Bellows
Falls being pronounced the best, which was
as follows:
''Don't talk about Plaintain,
When l am almost starvin,
My rhyme saves dime
For Daviss soda fountain
Several others are also deserving of honor
able mention, such as:
s'If Bryan be elected,
Our country will fall,
And some will be able
To give him a SNOWFALL.
"Hydrangeas are all right
But these beans are 'out of sight.
my leaf is the Popple,
Amt it perfectly orful -
Owing to the natural modesty of the authors
merriment was the drawing contest, in which
the artist, blind-folded, drew ON blackboard
any leaf he chose in red and white chalks.
Bernice Butterfeld won the first prize and
Stuart X. Barnes the BOBBY prize. A table
prettily trimmed with festoons of leaves and
covered with penwipers, holders. blotters,
ETC., all made to represent different leaves
was presided over by Misses Webster, Gallo
way and Butterfield in appropriate costumes,
and about So were realized from the sales.
The evening was an undnubted success and
the net proceeds were $l7.