Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-22
Lake Sunapee.

High tide has not yet been reached at
\ Lake Sunapee for the season OF 1896, but
it is approaching as may be seen in the in
creased number of guests. On Saturday
afternoon the steamer Armenia White had
more than 100 passengers. The steamer
Edmund Burke, which has only been run
ming for week, also shows increasing pas
senger traffic, while the Lady Woodsum
continues to be the flying duck and rapid
transit convenience for call points on the
lake" The smaller steam crafts are also
coming out in full force and making con-
slant excursions. On Saturday N. S.
Brockway launched his sail boat, the
Louisa M, and Mr.. Brockway has already
given many friends pleasant sail in it.
Arthur Weed of the Claremont settlement
has built cute little sail boat 20 be
launched this week, and this reminds us OF
other improvements at that and the Bel
lows Falls settlements.
Two new cottages have been built for
use this season, one by Hon. Ira Colby
of Claremont at the first point above
Brightwood, the other by H. E. Bean of
Bellows Falls at Bay Point, and the fami-
lies of each are now occupying the same.
This makes "a cottages at Brightwood and
Bay Point 1t is said there are now over
200 cottages on the lake of which some -
or Is have been built for use this season.
Josiah Cove has built ''swell front" to
the second story of his cottage at Mont
clare, fine improvement. Mr.. Cove is a
veteran of the war for the Union and
man of much enterprise and public spirit.
Most of the cottages at these two points
are now occupied by nearly 100 people.
Among the visitors in the last few days
were Henry Sampson, division superinten-
dent Of the B. & M. railway, and Mrs.
Sampson of Springfield, Mass, who were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. 7. Coy.
Mrs. James Knight of Putney has been
with her nephew, Carroll w. Black, the
past two weeks, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Knight of the same place were with Mr..
and Mrs. Black over Sunday, and Mrs. j..
r. Blood is also there for few weeks.
Mrs. Davis and her two daughters, Alice
and Beatrice, of Webster, Mass, are at
her fathers, G. X. Labaree's. Arthur
Williams, Ben Royce and Dana Pierce are
in camp near Mr.. Beams cottage at Bay
Point. Miss Mary Tenney of Westmin-
ster has been guest at the Brockway cot
tage. Odiorne Swsin of Maiden, Mass.
has rented the Roberts cottage for the sea-
son and with his family is now occupying
the same with Chester Bosworth of Phila-
delphia as their guest. Miss Hunter, who
has been the guest Of Mrs. King, returned
to Bellows Falls this week on her way
to her home in Philadelphia. On Satur-
day evening seven young men from Bel
lows Falls arrived at the lake on their
wheels, having taken supper at Newport.
They were: Louis b. Wilson, Charles and
Guy Capron, John Dennison, Scion p.
Church, +. H. Mark and Herbert Dodge.
new mail carrier service has been ar
ranged for this section of the lake which is
proving of much convenience. The car
rier delivers and gathers the mail every
morning at 9 to 10 O'Clock and all mail
thus collected reaches Bellows Falls at 40
O'Clock P. NJ, of the same day. This same
service is repeated at about 6 O'Clock in
the afternoon, thus giving us mail carrier
service twice day. The carrier is lively
young lady of some IA years, Miss Ada
Perkins, daughter OF the postmaster and
station agent at Mt. Sunapee, and the cot
tagers much appreciate her service.
The looms have been about the lake con-
siderably this season, and generally receive
the sympathy and friendship of all cottagers.
One day last week one of them was NOV
ing slowly on the water northward above
Pine Cliff. A party started after it in a
row boat. 1t soon became an exciting
chase as the loon for some reason did not
as usual dive under the water but increased
its speed by doubling its paddles in the use
of its wings though not rising. If the boat
decreased or increased in speed the loon