Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
bridge is making her annual stay in town

y Mrs. Mary A. Mellish came from Wood
stock on Thursday of this week and is Wis.
iting relatives in town.
Robert p. Bellows of Brookline was the
guest OF his brother, the Rev. Russell N.
Bellows, the first of the week.
Mrs. Frances A. Bates of Watertown,
Mass, is in town this week, arriving at
the Dinsmore on Wednesday.
Miss Elizabeth Pettes arrived last week
from Keene and is the guest of Mr.. and
III. II. Stone on Main street.
Miss Helen Wotkyns is having her cot
tage slated and some repairs have been re-
Gently made at the Elmwood.
At a recent meeting of the Bridge
Memorial library committee, Miss Frances
Sabin was elected librarian.
The interior of Perry and Porter's store
is being freshened with coat Of paint,
Charles H. Holden doing the work.
Miss Minnie E. Putnsy has lately
bough ht the Joseph Wilson cottage in dis
trict No. IA for the sum of $780,.
CHARLES H. Barnes has been confined to
the house by illness during the past week,
but is improved at present writing.
The Lewis Dckey farm which was sold
at public auction on Monday, September
20, was pun chased for $500 by Marvin r.
Booth.
Charles w. Chickering intends to leave
today for Southbridge, Mass, for a visit
with his daughter, Mrs. H. M. Hupman,
and family.
Miss Nina Miller, employed in Chamber
lain 4 Huntress, Fitchburg, Mass, is
spending this week here with her sister,
Mrs. D. G. Clark.
Mrs. Asa Davis Of New York city, who,
with her little child, is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, in Westminster,
called on friends here Friday.
Walpole was well represented at the
Brattleboro fair both Wednesday and
Thursday and the reports of the parade,
the exhibits and the weather are very
enthusiastic.
Letters advertised in the postoffice are
as follows: G. f. Chatfeld, Mrs. Augusta
Estey, Mrs. Mary Grant, Robert Y. Hew-
ett, G. A. Horton, Henry Jeffrey, George
Kittredge, M. B. Murphy, Sam Myres.
Walpole Grange will hold its next meet
ing on Tuesday evening, October 5, at
which time it is now expected that Deputy
Rugg from Sullivan will be present. A
good attendance is solicited. The grange
has lately purchased new silver, five dozen
each of knives and forks.
! D. j. Griffin and family are moving into
their new home on Turnpike street and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Podwin will
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ing the fall and winter months. We under
stand they do not intend to build unit
next spring.
The parade at the union fair, held in
Alstead, on Tuesday next, October 5, will
form at $50 A. M. A number of premi-
ums are offered and several from this town
are appointed on the list of Judges.
| Opportunities to buy dinner or lunch will
be given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward N. Bellows
arrived Wednesday at the Dinsmore and
as Mr.. Bellows has been ordered to sea-
duty on the Pacific coast, they will start
to-day, Saturday, for San Francisco, and
from there proceed to Honolulu where he
will assume his position as paymaster OF
the fleet on board the flagship 'Balti-
more"
During the month of September, 67
money orders were sold at Walpole post
office for which was received the sum of
$43O 35. Fourteen were paid in that time
amounting to $17S SO. The whole mum
Der sold in the quarter ending September
80 was 247, the sum of $1554 IL being re-
ceived for the same. Also during the
quarter, 73 registered letters and parcels
were sent out and 6S received.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Kinds, who
for the past few months have been living
in Charlestown, Mass, moved back here
this week into the tenement formerly occu-
pied bv them on North street. Mr.. Kinds
is employed as fireman on the Fitchburg
railroad, and this removal was necessitated
| by change made in his route, which
now runs from Bellows Falls to Wor-
cester.
Commencing with Monday, October 4,
the stores will close each evening through
out the fall and winter months at 8
o'clock, with the exception of Thursday
evenings when they will close at P. NJ
and Saturday evenings when they will re-
main open as usual. The postoffice COM
mencing October will close at s o'clock
each evening, except Saturday when it will
close at as usual.
| Rev. Z A. Keeps installation as pastor
of the Congregational church will be on
"Wednesday, October q. The examination
will be in the afternoon at 80 o'clock and
installation services in the evening. To
both, the public is invited. In the even
ing Pres. Buckham of Vermont University
will preach the sermon and it is expected
that DR.. Richardson of Nashua and DR.
Hall of Dover and Rev. Mr.. Dewey OF
Concord will take part with others.
Hon. T. Nelson Hastings took a party
from here to Brattleboro fair in his tally
no, Rev. and Mrs. F. w. Pratt, Miss
Grace F. Sherman, DIR. and Mrs. l.. A.
Newton, Capt and Mrs. w. S. Edgerly
of Concord, Mrs. Mary H. Hastings and
George E. Sherman. On Thursday, Mr..
Hastings joined the parade and his coach
drawn by his four handsome black horses
with their gold-mounted harnesses was
decorated in two shades of hehotrope,
vlolets, streamers and rosettes making a
very elegant and stylish turnout. The
guests who rode with him were Mrs New
| ton, Miss Sherman, Mr.. Sherman, DIR.
Newton. Capt. Edgerly and Mrs. Pratt.
The ladies wore decorations of violets also.
Mrs. Hastings and Mrs. Edgerly rode in
the golf cart which was decorated with ru-
by and amber pOppies.
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