Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-12-09
Bellows Falls Locals.

and will contain several immportant mat
tiers crowded out of this issue.
H. E. Bussey had two fingers pinched in
chain fall yesterday in No. 9 Machine
room OF the Fall Mountain Paper company.
Francis Reynolds received this week a
shipment of 165 barrels Of flour in one
order at his grocery store on Westminster
street.
S. w. Wilder, Jr., gave his second lee
ture on chemistry in the Y. M. c. A.
rooms Monday evening, hisssubject being
hydrogen.
The woman's auxiliary Of the Y. M. G..
A. will hold meeting at their room to-
night at s o'clock; the directors meeting
will be at $50.
The shops of Osgood & Barker, which
have been running some months on eight
hours time only, resumed the 10 hour
schedule last week.
At the regular quarterly meeting Of the
trustees of the Bellows Falls Savings Insti-
tuition on Tuesday, the usual semi-annual
dividend was voted payable next month.
The basket ball game between the Rut
land and Y. M. c. A. teams in Union hall
last evening proved very interesting con-
test. The score stood SO to 20 in favor Of
Rutland.
Four carloads Of 800 small spruce trees
each for Christmas trees were in the rail-
road yard here Saturday on their way to
the New York market from the northern
Vermont woods.
George Goodell of Westminster West is
working tor Frank j. Tidd at his fish
market, Mr.. Tidd having during the past
week put in full line of meats in addition
to his former fish business.
Miss Ruth White is acting as pianist for
the children in the kindergarten of Miss
Dascomb, as Miss Landon is filling the
position Of Miss Stuart in the public
schools.
Chief Thompson took Frank Craigen to
Newfane yesterday to board 20 days.
Frank had been sleeping about the mills
tor week or two and finally was fined S.
and costs for getting drunk.
Charlie Wing, the Chinese laundryman,
has this week received new Importation
from the home country as an assistant
The new conner is seemingly very handy in
his work but cannot speak word of Eng
lish as yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. I. Grout of Newport
are in town, stopping with Mr.. and Mrs.
Barney Cannon, Jr. They leave to-day
for Washington, D. c., where Mr.. Grout
will act as private secretary to his uncle,
Congressman w. w. Grout.
Architect C. w. Buckham of Burling-
ton, who has the oversight of the building
of the high school, has just completed
plans for building at Burlington in con-
nection with the University OF Vermont
designed for the playing of base ball in the
winter.
G. H. Sawyer has II hens which he
thinks have been very busy notwithstand-
ing the hard times. For the year ending
December these hens have laid 1862 1-2
dozen eggs. Mr.. Sawyer challenges any
reader of the TIMES to produce a better
record than this.
A young man named William Davis who
has worked year or two for the Fitchburg
railroad as freight brakeman between here
and Worcester, Mass, was killed in the
yard in that city one day last week. His
former home was in Brattleboro at which
place he was buried. He was only 81
years old, unmarried and popular with his
fellow employees.
The familiar talk at the Y. M. C. A.
rooms next Monday evening will be given
by c. w. Osgood "Down the St. Law
renee to Montreal and Quebec" Mr..
Osgood is notably man who travels with
his eyes open for the instructive and enter
tanning, and aims to bring back something
of interest to those who stay at home.
Without doubt he will make these incidents
of travel of deep interest to those who
hear him.
The Baby Show to be given at the Con-
gregational church vestry next Saturday
afternoon has the promise of being an in
teresting occasion and undoubtedly good
many babies II be there to compete for
the prize. The members of the Mt Kill
burn mission society will entertain with
short program of recitations and singing,
and offer some small articles for sale Re-
freshments will be served. Older people
should encourage this mission band by
their presence.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 30, the ladies
of the Universalist church will open their
18th annual fair at Union hall. Supper is
to be served from 6 o'clock until 80.
There will be food-booth open in the
afternoon at o'clock at which ice cream
will be served. Useful articles will be on
sale at the fancy table, large number of
which the ladies of the society have pre-