Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-12-16

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1895.
Bellows Falls Locals.

gational church tomorrow evening.
The board of directors OF the Y. M. c.
A. met Monday evening and adjourned
until 7.45 tomorrow evening.
The johnson family living in the house
Just across the iron bridge in Westminster
have been quarantined because of diph-
iberia.
James T. Maynard. the new superin-
tendent for Kurn Hattin Home, is an
uncle of Mrs. Ella L. Walker Of Saxtons
River.
The quarterly meeting of the Y. M. G.
A. will be held in the association rooms
next Monday evening; it will also be
ladies' night.
H. King, Jr. has recently placed
Quincy granite monument on the family
lot of the late D. G. Anderson at Acworth,
N. II.
The dance held at Rockingham last Fri
day evening was attended by about 90
couples and good time was reported by
those present.
G. w. Osgood's talk in the Y. M. G. A.
rooms Monday evening on the subject
''Down the St. Lawrence" attracted good
number Of delighted listeners.
N. G.. Williams gave an admirable ad-
dress Sunday evening before the Congre-
gational Christian Endeavor society on
some lessons taught by Solomon.
The Y. M. C. A. basket ball team COM
posed of Messrs. Burr, Chandler, Butter
field, Danforth and McKinnon will play the
Keene team in Keene Friday evening.
There will be meeting of the board of
parish trustees of the First Universalist
church tomorrow evening at o'clock. a
full attendance of the board is desired.
The schools in Cambridgeport, Saxtons
River and Bellows Falls close Friday for
the holiday vacation and will begin the
winter session January 4. The other
schools in town began the winter term
December Z.
Judge William NJ Chase has announced
the appointment of John McCrillis of New
port as assignee of the Sullivan Institution
tor Savings at Claremont, the bank which
has come to grief through the course pur-
sued by John L. Farwell, its president.
The ladies' society of the First Univer-
salist church will hold meeting tomorrow
afternoon. There will be business meet
ing at o'clock. Supper will be served al
6 o'clock, Mrs. Flora Stilwell having charge
of the supper.
At the high school senior class meeting
held last Wednesday forenoon, the follow
ing officers were chosen: President, Cor.
don johnson; vice president, Charlotte
Day; secretary, Jennie Shipman treasurer,
Waldo Coolidge.
The following is an epitaph upon a
Weathersfeld tombstone:
Here lies the bodies of Jim Brown and
Nancy.
They trafficked in rum, for that was thei1
fancy.
Where Nancy has gone nobody can tell;
But they are certain that Jim has gone To
The December number of the High
School Oracle has been issued and appears
in new cover, rough instead Of smooth
paper, decided improvement. The con.
tribution, ga Recipe for Magazine Verse;
signed ''B. 49," is clever take off on the
twaddle which is appearing in large doses
and in the guise OF poetry in no small per-
centage of the magazines.
The next meeting of the mid week Bible
class, G. W. Osgood teacher, which will
be held Friday evening in the vestry Of the
Congregational church promises to be one
of unusual interest. The subject will be
the Tabernacle and Court" and will be
illustrated by large colored pictures, rep
resenting different parts of the same. All
are cordially invited.
At the meeting OF the Columbian Whist
club Monday evening the prizes were taken
by Mrs. G. L. Provost and George F
Davis. The next meeting will be in Ode
Fellows hall two weeks from Monday even.
ing with the following entertainment com
mittee: Misses Maud Hapgood, Etts
Labaree, Josie Derby, Charlotte Day ;and
Gentlemen Fred Lewis, George F. Davis
w. I. Rogers and Guy Capron.
Furnishing the parlors in the Y. M. c.
A. rooms has been completed and is decd
eddy the best improvement made to the
rooms yet. The furnishings consist of &
carpet, common and rocking chairs, centre
table and spread, lace curtains, severa
pictures and piano scarf, all new. Th.
room is now pretty one, in fact out O
town visitors have told Secretary Freer tina
it is superior to the average association
parlor. The association is indebted to tn,
Ladies auxiliary for this added convenienc,
! and comfort, and it is needless to state tina
their effort in this direction is much appre
ciated.
The High School Oracle has the follow
ing appreciative words for the graduate
Of the school:
II sneaks we'll for ms as a nranarotor,