Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-05-13
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, MAY Is, 1896.
Bellows Falls Locals.

paint.
Charles Royder is nursing hand cut by
a saw.
The Euterpian society is new organi-
cation among the high school pupils.
C. H. Bailey has moved from the Old
Terrace to Hogan's cottage on Green
street.
C. L. Barber is building an addition to
his musical quarters on the corner of Henry
and Atkinson streets.
DR.. f. w. Knight has new canoe com
ing to-day. Its corker, was the way
one man described it.
w. H. Bodine & Co. are replumbing the
residence of c. W. Osgood on Green street
this week, doing an extensive job.
c.. Fl. Robb and A. H. Chandler are in
Chester to-day testing the fishing qualities
of that enterprising town.
C. H. Bailey, who has been tending the
train signal at the station for the past two
weeks, has finished work there. L..
c.. A. Parkinson owned the Alstead stage
line Just five days. He sold to II. G. Raw
son of Cold River.
Conductor d. B. Sexton of the Rutland
road is sick this week and Conductor Wy
man is running in his place.
The F. B. f. has newly painted de-
livery wagon that carries a few more colors
than are found in the rainbow.
M. B. Jackson was seen leaving town
yesterday with fishing rod and a pair OF
rubber boots but isn't saying much about
results.
H. C. Richardson will move his boot
and shoe business into the store on West
minister street soon to be vacated by F. G.
Winnewisser.
David Savage has this week completed
removing his old barn at his residence and
is erecting in its place a much larger and
two story barn.
The glass blowers are holding forth at
Union hall this week.. Some of their ex-
hibits are very fine. The dances each
evening are we'll patronized.
Dan Campbell, son of DR.. Campbell,
won five of the prizes in the athletic con-
tests at Vermont Academy this week, more
than any other student
The past two or three weeks have beer
SO unusually dry that great cry for rain
is going up from every quarter. The dust
in the roads is almost unbearable. .
| Mrs. Laura M. B. johnson who lived
with her daughter Mrs. Beaton in the Barry
block died this morning, aged sc years
The funeral will probably be Friday.
i III. w. Keene was in town Saturday anG
said that the low water made log driving
extremely slow. Unless rain comes soor
the Fall Mountain drive will be delayed
seriously.
| Westminster street opposite Swift's pho.
Geographic rooms is being widened The
wall will be put back even with Mr.
Swift's Office and the sidewalk concerted tc
the top of the hill.
Quite number from the Falls attended
the ball game at Saxtons River yesterday
The ball game between the V. A. boys and
the Bates college team tomorrow after
noon is sure to be hot one.
Eddie Stack of North Walpole, who
works under Ed Barrett for the Fal
Mountain Paper Co., slipped this morning
in the mill and broke bone in the lower
part of the right leg.
John L. Simonds has leased Towns
hotel for another year. This will be salts
factory to both the people of Bellows Fails
and the travelling public, for Mr.. Simond'
knows how to run first class hotel.
j. A. Eaton & Co. have sold to f. R
Ball, Oscar Halls house on center stree
Old Terrace. Also have bought of H. d
Ryder, L. p. Moody's cottage on Wes
street Old Terrace, and one of the Moody
building lots in North Walpole, N. II.
The annual athletic meet at Claremont
N. H., comes next week Friday and tht
events will be contested by representative
of the Claremont, Windsor, Newport ant
Bellows Falls high schools. The latte
will be represented by six or eight con
testants and an uncertain number o
rooters.
In conversation recently E. r. Robert
son said he did not believe there was
town in the country that had stood thu
hard times of the past two or three year
as well as Bellows Falls. nor town wher'
the laboring classes had Jared better. En-
, ployes are now getting the same wage
they did two and three years ago and ar
paid regularly.
Charles S. Howard in the employ of Os
good & Barker is member of the dru,
firm of Howard Bros. which does an ex
tensive business at White River Junction
1t is located in what was formerly the OF
, fee of the St. George hotel. Two othe
brothers put their time to the work, ant
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