Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-10-31
WALPOLE.

A Halloween party this evening at the
parish house.
Miss Braley of Westminster West is at G.
II. Wightman's.
Miss Eta Holden of Langdon is spending
this week in town.
j. f.. Jeffords of the Keene Sentinel Office
was in town Thursday.
Election day next Tuesday; see that your
name is on the checklist.
Miss Mary Long has returned from a weeks s
absence with friends in Keene.
Mrs. Diana Newton of Newport, N. H., is
visiting John c. Brown and family.
Charles E. Sargent of Ware, Mass, is
spending few days here at T. c. Sparhawk's $.
Thirty-eight excursion tickets to Boston
were sold last week Tuesday at Walpole sta
ton.
Mrs. Charles c. Davis was in Westminster
on Wednesday to attend the Davis-Fisher
The I. 0. U. X. society will meet with
Miss Edith Platts next Tuesday afternoon at
fonr o'clock.
Mrs. John w. Hayward returned yesterday
from an absence of several weeks in Boston
and vicinity.
Frank d. Webster and Joseph Butterfield
spent last Saturday and Sunday in Keene
with relatives.
John Hubbard, who has been at Maple
Grove farm for two years past, is now en-
ployed at the Homestead farm.
Mrs. H. M. Bates and Mrs. S. M. Atwood
are visiting relatives and friends in Newport,
N. H., leaving on Monday of this week.
There were 40 tickets sold here for the
republican rally at North Wapole Thursday
evening, and u few attended the democratic
rally last evening.
The creditors of the Mountain Spring
Brewing Co. have received checks for their
claims amounting in each case to about nine
and one-half cents on the dollar.
New guns have lately been provided for
the use of the high school girls in the class in
military gymnastics. These guns were made
by U. q. Riley and are of wood, dark brown
in color; "a girls take part in the drill and
find the exercises both healthful and bene-
fetal.
Several from here attended the Republican
rally in North Walpole Thursday evening to
hear Hon. N. B. Bryant of Andover and
Hon. John c. Linehan of Concord. few
went up also last evening to the democratic
rally which was mentioned in Wednesdays s
iszue.
William W. Stone died suddenly at his
home near the village of Drewsville on Tues
day, at the age of 63 years and months, and
was brought here for burial on Wednesday,
the funeral services being conducted by Rev.
ID. l. Sanford, rector of the Episcopal church
at Bellows Falls.
G. G. Davis has on exhibition few clusters
of blue fringed gentian which were recently
gathered by Miss Alice NJ. Smith on the road
leading past Oliver E. Halls. This is very
rare flower, and, we are told seldom blooms
twice in the same locality. 1t is also unusual
to find the flower so late after such cold and
wet season as the past one has been.
The firemen's ball which was held on Tues
day evening of this week in the town hall
was very pleasant and Successful affair.
The decorations, which were under the super
vision of Dennis Griffin, did great credit to
| his skill and good taste. The stage, prettily
| trimmed with ferns and evergreen, was
draped with flags, and buckets and hose were
| strung here and there, while the word % Ma
zeppa'' in the background proved very
effective finish to the whole. Hose and
buckets were also hung about the hall and a
| large flag artistically draped was suspended
| in good numbers and many were present
| from the neighboring towns, Alstead, Bel
| lows Falls, Westmoreland and Keene being
we'll represented. The grand march, led by
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, formed at s O'Clock,
about 40 couples joining, including the mem
bers OF the engine company, who marched in
uniform. Dancing was continued until
O'Clock, 65 couples being present during the
| evening. Good music was furnished by
Farr's orchestra from Keene and the excel
| lent supper served in the lower hall was well
patronized. Financially as well as socially
was the evening a success, for the net pro-
ceeds amounted to about $25.
| REPUBLICAN RALLY.
! Great enthusiasm prevailed on Wednesday
| and preparations for the evenings parade
| were made on an extensive scale. Gold
democrats joining with the sound Republi-
cans caught the spirit of patriotism that
seemed everywhere afoat and night shut
down, the dwelling-ho gay with bunting
and flags, hung with Chinese lanterns and
twinkling with hundreds of lights, presented
a very festive appearance and the party y-dif:
ferences of a lifetime were apparently for.
gotten.
1t would be difficult matter to render
decision in favor of any one resident, honor
| able mention, even, would require too much
| space, but hard work and excellent taste were
visible on every side and the general effec
| was fine indeed. The blocks of stores were
ablaze with light and lavishly decorated, eacl
seemingly vieing with the other i'll the care
full elaboration of every detail, while the larg,
| window in the bank was most artistically ar
ranged with the national colors and the porcl
hung with lanterns. Miss Gaskill's milliner,
and dressmaking rooms were prettily illumi
mated, also the printing office and the harnes
shop and the Dinsmore showed gorgeou
display of lanterns of all sizes, shapes ant
COlOTS, LIT. Nc~iou SulJc Ol TOOIlS Wer
handsomely lighted, the windows skilfull,
draped in red, white and blue and in one
picture of Mckinley showed to good advan
tage. Red lights burned on the roof of tn
porch from which fireworks were sent up a
the parade passed that point; Seabury 1
Drislane and L. N. Hastings also contribute,
fireworks which gave added zest to the occa
sion. The procession formed at engine hal
a little past o'clock and consisted of L
mounted horsemen, citizens in regalia bear
ing torche 5, the Saxtons River zouaves, thu
Bellows Falls drum corps and the villag,
school boys wearing gold capes and caps
while last but not least was a donkey team
the driver bearing this transparency, 81 an
for Bryan" with other suitable notices in
scribed upon it. There was also one for ct
n. Hastings for SENATOR" and one for Nc
kinley. The route of procession was through
the principal streets and then to the towT
hall where large crowd gathered to heal
Hon. Irving Drew of Lancaster and Judge
Burns of Wilton speak on .Sound Money
Mr.. Drew who turned his back on the Chica
go convention last summer, was the frs
speaker and gave clear exposition of the
present silver question which was listened t.
with interest by all. He was followed by Mr.
Burns who substantiated the arguments al
ready presented and gave in well choseI
words few different ideas and views of tn,
same. The watchword OF both speaker
seemed to be, "Don't vote for Bryan