Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-01-02
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postoffice. "' viz
spend Christmas. "
Wednesday. ""' 'n 'o"n
G. r. Crowell of Cambrideeport. Mass ;s
in town this week. -
Miss Nellie Keddy of Keene visited at r.
+. Watkins several days last week.
Frank i. ellison has returned to St. Johns.
bury and Arthur Davis to Sp, ine6eId'
Fred Porter has returned after . 6r. ,oo,s
absence IN New York with relatives.
Mrs. W. E. Pierce and Miss Dora p;e,oe of
tltchhnrg are visiting relatives in town.
Miss Louisa B. Hayward attended tho pa.
trlarch ball given in Keene last evening.
Fred Hall Of Brattleboro is with b;s s,,ana.
No. 9. "''o "i'e III Distf'ct
Miss Hartwell OF Bernardston. Mass. bas
been tne guest of Mrs. E. B. Farnsworth the
past week. VA wv
Mrs: FRED Weir of Drewsvile has been
spending few days with her brother TT
Chandler and family.
s. S. Newton of Greenfield is in town and
Tor the present will remain here with his
brother, DR.. Newton. mo
George II: Foster Of birmingham, Mass. a
former resident here, was in town this week
calling on trends and relatives.
Albert Haywood recently purchased bar
oc. ~ 'nop III oiarenont and took possession
oil the same last week on Tuesday,
A year'srenewal for the TINES was recent
~ Slven US by b. II. DwinneI, who stated
40 years. ' 'o'' VI -o'
Miss Lizzie NJ. Maynard was the recipient.
Christmas, Of very handsome diamond ring,
solitaire, from the Unitarian society in
keene. -
Married i'll town December 80 by Rev, G !.
!. bagd, German Nathaniel Fuller Of Brook
let, Vt. ~ NV
Miss Margaret Galloway and little Miriam
Doremus arrived this week from New York
city and arc spending a short time with VIM.
Galloway and family.
Miss Eva NJ. Guild and George Tiffany
both OF this town were married at the Con.
Sregatonal parsonage on Thursday evening
at O'Clock by the Rev. G. l. Bard.
The annual business meeting of the Con
gregational society will be held at the church
on Monday afternoon, January 4. The an
nual supper and roll call will be on Thursday
eyenik, 4ss. 49, ~
CHARLES j. Hubbard, who has been in thu
employ of w. ID. knowlton the past 81,
months, has gone into the business in Lud
low and with his wife removed to that towr
this week. -
Apleasant social dance was held at Dins
| more hall New Years eve in connection with
| H.1G. Chandler's dancing school. A good
| number were in attendance; violin and piano
| music was furnished by Fred Exner and Mrs
Weeden Of Bellows Falls.
Colburn Bros. have purchased a uuantit,
OF chestnut timber of Warren Thompson and
"a w IN n Qcnr1 to fka,,,
Adams is cutting the timber recently sold to
him by Cop'ey Amory off the Homestead
| farm.
| concert and ball will be given next Fri
day evening, January 8, in the town hall
| Concert from to 8, dancing until o'clock
Beedle's orchestra of 10 pieces will furnish
music and refreshments will be served in the
| lower hall. A general invitation is extended
to all.
During the month of December ll3 none,
orders were sold at the postoffice for which
the sum OF 1868 56 was received; Is money
orders paid amounting to $ll5.l5. For the
quarter ending December 3lst there were 81
| registered letters and parcels sent out and II
received.
+. M. Joslin on the Allison Ranch in Soutl
Dakota, whose letter on sheep-raising wa
published in the TINES of September I6
writes that in November he shipped 3l0(
lambs to New Brighton, MINI. Their aver
age weight was then 6Sl-2 pounds and in ST,
weeks time the average was 81 pounds whicl
means over 1000 lambs at 100 pounds each
These will be sent to Chicago, receiving abou
50 apiece for them, the cost at New Brighton
being % cents head and the freight abou
II cents. They are fed through self-feeder
OIL wheat screenings at q cost of 81 per tol
which will put on 2 pounds of fat where corr
will put on one pound. Mr.. Joslin also write
that he is hauling his 5000 bushels of whea
into town at the rate of $50 bushels daily an,
for the last car received 20 cents per bushel
During the Thanksgiving blizzard one mai
living IL miles west of the ranch lost
horses and 1900 sheep and an untold amouu
Of stock was lost in the vicinity, but, h
writes at has been Indian summer since, w
have the best and meanest weather here, an
above all it's great sheep-country."