Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-12-29
WALPOLE.

o. W. Brown was home over Sunday from
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Miss Clara Hamilton at the Dinsmore spent
Christmas day in Keene with friends.
Walpole grange will install Ulcers for
1898, on Tuesday evening next, January 4.
Will Galloway came home last week from
X. U. A. for the Christmas vacation.
Mrs. Carrie F. Bemis is spending this week
in Nashua and Hudson, with friends.
T. Carl Davis is home from Worcester
school of technology for vacation, arriving
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel M. Seabury of Ply
mouth, n. H., have been spending few days
in town.
James A. Foord, who is attending the State
Agricultural college in Durham, is home for
the holidays.
DIR. Charles H. Cannon Of Palmer, Mass,
spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in
town.
DIR. and Mrs. L. A. Newton spent Christ
mas day in Greenfield, Mass, at the doctor 8
home.
A son was horn on Monday, December 20,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Watkins in District
No 9.
Miss Amy E. Gaskill came up from Boston
last Friday and spent Christmas at T. N.
Hastings.
Four hundred cans of milk are sent daily
from Wajpole station to the Boston Dairy
Co.
Mrs. George P, Porter has returned from a
several weeks absence in Boston with her
daughter, Mrs. Whitney.
Mrs. Edward Wells spent Christmas in
Springfield, Vt, with her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Watkins.
Mrs. Chauncy Knowlton's condition still
continues encouraging and she is as comfort.
able as one can expect.
Mrs. L. A. Newton is making visit of
several weeks duration at her former home
in Saratoga Springs, New York.
The villan0 sehaal-~--,:Il-
ter term on Monday next, January Sd, with
the same corps Of teachers.
Erwin s. Bowman returned Sunday after
noon 10 Boston, having spent a few days, va
cation in town.
The following stock was loaded by W.
Wallace at the station Monday night: 20
cattle, 81 calves and four sheep.
Miss Bertha L. Caprone of Bellows Falls
was the guest here Saturday and Sunday of
Mrs. j. W. Hayward, Jr.
Elgine M. Elliott, employed since last
spring in G.. J. Drislane's markeb has gone
to his home in Marlow for a few weeks.
. On snd after Saturday, January 1st, the
daily papers, now on sale at N. A. Wheeler's 8
drug store, will be found at the postoffice.
Mrs. Eva Heath who since Thanksgiving
has been the guest of Z. L. Houghton and
family, returned this week to her home in
Newport.
The annual meeting Of the Walpole Thief
Detecting society, is called for Saturday
evening, January l, at the Dinsmore, at 7.30
o'clock.
Hon. T. n. Hastings, Mrs. Mary H. Hast
ings and Miss Gaskill left Monday for
Nashua, the guest of Governor and Mrs. G.
A. Ramsdell at the ball, which was quite the
event of the social season.
Christmas was observed in both churches
on Sunday, by appropriate in sermons the
morning, and Christmas carols with exercises
by the children in the evening, all of which
services were we'll attended.
About 20 couples, we understand, were in
attendance at the first dancing school held in
the town hall last Thursday evening, with H.
G. Chandler as instructor. The class meets
again tomorrow evening, December 80 Mrs.
H. M Weeden of Rockingham is pianist.
Notice in another column that Charles
Parker offers his house, situated on Main
street, near the Unitarian church, for sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker are going to Marlboro
to live, having already rented a house, but
owing to press of work here, their removal
will be delayed for a few weeks.
The preparatory lecture for Communion
80, in the Congregational church at I &c
o'clock. 1t has been decided to change the
hour for Communion, and hereafter, com.
mencing with Sunday next, January 2, this
service will be observed at the close of the
morning service, or at IL o'clock, during the
winter months and ll.30 during the spring
and summer. ~:
| The personal friends Of H. A. Perry .us
pect that he has gone into the dairy business
a.. of late, he is so often seen with the Bos
ton Dairy Milk company's cans in his mai
and express wagon. If so, he has been very
sly about the matter, and perhaps thi.
accounts for the milk being short o.
cans occasionally. We have been requested
to make this public announcement of th'
fact.
merry party If children gathered at thu
Hastings Memorial parish house on Christ
mas evening, for a social hour The centr
of attraction was the Christmas tree. tw ink
ling with ,apers, glitterirg with tinsel decnra
tions an laden with candy and gifts for eacl
I child present. The tree and decoration
were in charge of Miss G F. Sherman, Mis-
Mary Maynard and IL. A. Perry, who ais