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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
Meeting of Creditors.

The first meeting of the creditors of the
Keene Furniture company held Friday before
Judge Abbott of the probate court The at
tendance at the probate court room when the
meeting opened was large, former employees
and other creditors being out in force.
The forenoon and first part of the after
noon was taken up with the proving OF
claims, which is somewhat slow process.
The number of, creditors is large. F. L..
Sprague is said to have the heaviest claim
aggregating over $4,000. while the Beaver
Mills company want $4,000.
About 100 claims were-proved, the amount
of claims allowed aggregating about $4,000.
The company's statement shows liabilities of
some $4,000. The amount of the company S
curacy. Hon. H. B. Wall was elected as
signee and the property of the company will
be turned over to him by the court this week.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
GRAFTON,

The G. V. r. r. will run an excursion to
Ottawa September q for the great Central
Canada fair.
Will Putnam teaches the grammar school
this term.
Farmers report light crop of potatoes
and small ones at that.
Shepard Bemis departed Monday for his
home in Hawkeye, Iowa.
Mrs. Smith from Philadelphia is visiting
Mrs. Hamilton.
Leonard Daniels and little son are visiting
his mother here.
Herbert Grey visited his aunt, Mrs. Sidney
Holmes, Sunday.
Fred Merriield from Brookline visited at
w. S. Eaton's Sunday.
Will Sparks from Townshend was at j. II.
Stowell's Sunday.
James Stowell and son Ernest have
returned from their work at Brookline.
Mrs. Hamilton from Dublin, N H is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Helen Hamilton.
We are glad to see that Henry Carpenter is
again able to resume his farm duties.
Mrs. A. n. Chandler from Chester visited
| at Mrs. Warren Sherwin's last week.
Miss Mabel French has returned from a
visit in Brattleboro, Athol and Millers Falls
Myron Taylor and wife from Washington
are visiting his sister, Mrs. Helen Hamilton
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Junkins and Annie
Chandler from Chester called ON friends in
town Friday.
Orrin Carpenter has returned to his home
| after visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Carpenter.
Mrs. May Walker and Marie, also hel
brother, Shepard Bemis, visited in Saxtons
River last Friday.
| G. E, Howard and wife from Bellows Falls
also Daisy Hill and gentleman, visited at DR.
Stapless Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Z. l.. Walker departed
Monday for Peru and Manchester. They
will take in the fair at the latter place.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
TOWNSHEND.

The G. V. r. Il. will run an excursion 70
Ottawa, Sept. 81 for the great Centrai o"""''
fair.
Col. A. b. Franklin is at home.
aJohn Brigham of Duluth, Ill, is Visi'ing
his parents.
Arthur Batchelder returns to Miduieou'y
college again this week.
Mrs. Hattie Clark of Athens was AZ her
grandiather's on Saturday.
The summer boarders, who have 6eeli at
Fred Livermore's, have returned TO 'he" io-
spectve homes.
Farmers are cutting and digging potatoes
The potato crop is the lightest that mas oeeii
known for years,
Russell Blood has finished work IN fr9Vic
dence and is at work for Harrison Howard OF
West village.
The marriage of DIR. Harry lMartl,n1, OF
northampton, Mass, and Miss Alice Alioee
of 'Newfane is announced to take place
Wednesday, the 22nd.
Townshend's base ball club are feeling
nicely over their late conquests. Inc game
against Jamaica team Saturday afternoon
was broken up on account of the shower put
seemed to be in favor of Inconsistencies as
far as they played.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
New Hampshire News.
New Laboratory for Dartmouth.

meeting in Concord Friday night for the con-
sideration of important matters of business
and the sessions were prolonged into this
afternoon.
The meeting was one of the best attended
in the history of the board, every trustee,
with the exception Of Maj. D. d. Redington
of Chicago, H., being present.
Gov. George A. Ramsdell was also present
as member ex officio.
Much of the business transacted is not vet
ripe for public announcement, but among
other things the building committee was in
structed to proceed with the construction of
physical laboratory at an expense not to
exceed $4,000.
1t is also decided to install central heat
ing plant for the whole system of college
buildings.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
Dartmouth viii Get $4,000.

Dartmouth college is benefited to the ex-
tent of S75, 900 by the will of Charles L. Wild
er of Wellesley Hills, Mass, recently made
public. 1t is understood that during his last
illness Mr.. Wilder had several interviews
with the president and the treasurer OF
Dartmouth college in regard to the heads OF
rected his benefaction SO that considerable
part will be devoted to the department OF
physics and astronomy, giving the depart
ment of physics new laboratory. The re-
mainder of the benefaction, which will event
ually be at the full service of the college, will
be for general uses.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15

hearing a noise, went to see what was the
cause and found Mr. Davis on the floor by
the bed dead. He leaves wife, Melissa,
the millner, and three children, Charles,
Jennie, of Manchester, and Alice, who resides
in the West,
E, l.. Wheeler met with painful accident
Saturday while riding his wheel. He was
coasting down School street by the grammar
school, went to turn short ON to Pearl street,
when the post of the saddle broke, throwing
him down the bank into Daniel Murphy S
yard. He received severe sprain of the
knee and strained the ligaments of the leg.
DIR. Tolles was summoned. This is the first
accident and he had just completed a run of
over 5000 miles.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
SOUTH ACWORTH.

Herman Richardson returned to Boston on
Monday.
Ed Chatterton is back from his visit in
Marlborough, Mass.
Frank Gordon, wife aud son of Bristol are
visiting at Foster Richardson's.
George r Cummings is attending the
Springfield fair this week.
Haymakers are busy securing their second
crops, there being large amount OF rowen.
The c. V. Il. Il. will run an excursion to
Ottawa September % for the great Central
Canada fair.
C. III. Snow from Belchertown, Mass, has
been the guest of VIM. Ii. Barney the present
week.
c. B. Cummings and wife, accompanied by
C. bingham, are taking a carriage drive to
Concord.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
BARTONSVILLE,

Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyt has been ill during
the past week.
Miss Martha Clark died at the town farm
Saturday morning.
Mrs. M. G. Witherell and son, Albert, are
visiting in Rutland.
Edward Day has made some repairs at the
schoolhouse.
Henry Mitchell of Clinton, Mass, has been
recent guest at o. E. Smalley's.
Mr. and Mrs Barrett and Mrs. Pratt and
daughter of Ludlow visited at Mrs. Peter
Dorand's last Friday.
Jared Parker passed away very suddenly
Thursday; his funeral was held at the house
Saturday, Rev. j. A. Leach officiating.
Lucius Colburn will speak in Spiritual hall
Sunday, September 49, There will be two
services 80 in the forenoon and at l
o'clock in the afternoon.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15

The strength which comes to us from eat
ing nourishing food is better than stimula-
ton, because It is new strength.
The health which belongs to strong BODY
we'll nourished by proper food (properly d.
gested) is the only health that is lasting.
The difference between Shaker Digestive
Cordial and other medicines is simply that
it helps nature to make strength. III goes
not profess to cure sickness except as that
sickness is result of weakness caused by
food not properly digested.
Shaker Digestive Cordial will relieve the
pangs of indigestion, and make thin, sick,
weak people as well as if their stomachs had
never been out OF order.
1t is gentle aid to the digestion OF ma
lures strength-maker, food.
AT druggists. Trial bottle, 10 cents.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
CHARLESTOWN.

Mrs. Phelps is very sick with typhoid fever
at present writing.
Mrs. Warren Adams is quite sick at Gil
bert Richardson's.
Rev. Mr.. Millbauk and family left Monday
for Providence, Il. L.
William Way is again ON the street after All
attack of appendicitis.
Arthur Parks commenced work for Charles
X. Wood Monday.
Mr.. Cotton is enjoying short vacation
from his position in Bellows Falls.
Miss Mabel Kendall is in the postoffice dur
ing the absence of Miss j. Joseph.
Mrs. Ella Goss of St. Johnsbury is visiting
her brother, Willard Putnam.
Herbert Olmstead of Lempster was in town
Monday en- route for the Springfield fair
Eugene Fisk and friend of Acworth called
on old friends and relatives in town Monday
William Corbin of Berlin, N. H., passed
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Jennie Corbin
Mrs. Robert Joseph aud daughter Julia are
visiting friends in northern New York.
Patrick Davis is confined to his house with
typhoid fever; DIR. o. C. Young is attending
him.
Mrs. Annie Evans and son Philip returned
to their home in West Medford, Mass, Mon
day.
Albert Putnam aud family have moved to
Springfield, Vt, where he has a chance 10
work.
II. ID. Ryder of Bellows Falls has been APP
pointed assignee of G. L. Hamlin's stock in
trade.
Mrs. Catha Putnam began her school in
North Walpole Monday, making the trip
daily on her wheel.
Miss Edith Putnam is attending The gram
mar school at North Walpole, going TO an,
from on her wheel.
| Harry Sylvester accidentally stepped on ;
needle last week which had to be removed b.
DIR. o. c. Young.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Olney and daughte
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Tyler
Sunday.
The C. V. Z. X. will run an excursion t
Ottawa September 2l for the great Centrs
| Canada fair.
Mrs. II. L. Thompson of East Lempsser
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
LibeIous Reports.
from the Rutland Herald.

Rumors have recently been drifting abb u
to the effect that petitions, signed in the in
terest of good government and strictly pure
citizenship, had been sent to Gov. Circuit for
the appointment of Horace w. Lowe, Jewett
p. Cain and Newman Weeks as special pros
ecutors for Rutland. As none of the three
men were then in Jail all were eligible in a
practical way, so to speak but the rumors were
untrue-base and baseless.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
Advertised Letters.

Miss Mary Kane, Miss Jennie Grant, Miss
Emma Campbell, Miss Mamie Bennell, Mrs.
William L. Merritt, Mrs. Edgar Houghland,
Mrs. Steven S. Berry, Mrs. George Bennett,
w. E. Way, w. o. Keith, Geo. Hopkins, O.
A. Earl, Frank Cox.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
GRAFTON.

The G. V. X. r. will run an excursion to
Ottawa, September 81, for the great Central
Canada fair.
Word has been received here of the death
Of Daniel Gibson of Winchester, ILL.,, a native
of this town.
There will be special meeting of the W.
X. G. at the G. A. r. hall on Saturday after
noon, September Is, at o'clock.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
Large Purchase of Chocolate

The Crystal Confectionery company has
just purchased 10000 pounds of chocolate
covering to be used in the manufacture of
chocolate goods. This will make over co.
QUO pounds of the finished product. The
large sale of these goods speaks we'll for
their excellence and popularity.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the rev food drink called Grain-O? 1t is de
licious and nourishing and takes the place
of coffee. The more Grsin-O You give tht
children tho more health you distribute
through their systems. Grsin-p is made OF
pure grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee but
costs about l-half as much. All grocers sell
IL. l5c and 25c.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
STATE OF OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO, !

Lucas COUNTY, S.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of FJ CHENEY
Y Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
VIII pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of CATARRH
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.,
A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
NE Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
Grand Trunk Ry. System.
Through Train Service From Nom
treal To The West.
Nh I cvnoccc


treal To The West.
NO. | EXPRESS
Daily Sunday included. Leave Montreal
D is A. NJ, arrive Toronto 500 p. M, Detroit
6 AS A. NJ, Port Huron A 80 A. M, Chicago 90
p. NJ, Pullman Buffet Sleeping Car. Montree'
to Chicago via Hamilton, and Pullman Sleep
Ing Car, Toronto to Detroit via Port Huron
NO. 3 EXPRESS
Daily, Sunday included. Leave Montreal
500 P. M, arrive Toronto 1900 A.. M, Detroit
40 P. NJ, Port Huron IL 10 p M, Chicago $40
P. M, Pullman Sleeping Car. Montreal to To-
rontO.
NO. 5 EXPRESS
One night out to Chicago.
Daily except Sunday. Leave Montreal
10 rs p. M, arrive Toronto 10 A. M, Detroit
40 p. M, Port Huron IL :15 P. M, Chicago $40
p. NJ Pullman Vestibule Sleeping Car, Bos.
ton to Chicago via Hamilton.
California in days.
a1-Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car, Boston to
Chicago, leaves Montreal every Friday at
lO P. M, for the Pacific Coast via No. 8. All
Central Vermont r. r. through trains connect
at Montreal with Grand Trunk Ry. System
trains for the West. Through tickets
TOR the West can be obtained at all
Central Vermont Il. r. stations and baggage
checked to destination via Montreal and the
Grand Trunk BY. Sys. For further informa-
tton write to
T. WYNNE, T. P. A. G. T. BY. System.
Boston, Mass.
260 Washington St.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
Swollen Neck
Also Had Great Difficulty With Her
heart-HoW Cured.

Heart How Cured.
"My daughter had swollen neck and
also heart trouble. After the least exertion
she would breathe so hard she could be
heard ali over the room. She could not
sweep the floor or even move her arms
without affecting her heart. Her limbs
were badly bloated. Her father insisted
that she must take Hoods Sarsaparllla,
and we gave her about six bottles, when
she was cured, and there has been no re-
turn of her ailments" Mrs EMMA
THOMAS, North Scion, Ohio.
OOd' s I paTi'ia
Isthe best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for 50.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-11-04
A BOYS AMBITION.
How Determined Indiana Lad
Worked His College Course.

Many boys and men have worked
their way through college, but, SO far
as is known, Indiana holds the only one
who milked his way through. Martin
A. Quinn was ragged farmland when
he made up his mind to get college ed
ucation, and set about obtaining the
means.
He began by trading with his neigh
bors until he owned a pig, which he
raised and sold to buy calf. The cali
grew into a COW, which was sold, and
more pigs and calves bought. By the
time he was IS Quinn had earned $500.
With this money he bought six good
mich COWS, which he shipped to Chi
cago, riding along in the freight train
to care for them.
He reached the city with his cows aad
$11 in cash. Leaving his cows at the
stock yards, he went straight to the
University of Chicago and matricula.ted
Having done this, he sought the steward
of the college, told his story and laid a
proposition before him. Milk was cost
ing the college 25 cents gallon. Quinn
agreed to furnish it at 20 cents.
The deal was made, and the young
undergraduate dairyman went to seek
a place to house his herd. One was
found, and arrangements for pasturage
made. For four years Quinn cared for
those COWS, MIXED them every morning
at four O'Clock. strained the milk anC
carried it to the steward. From it he
averaged $500 a day, and on this he
lived and furnished food and shelter
for the COWS.
When he graduated this year he sole
the cows for $3.50, with which he bought
books to study law at Lafayette, Ind
n, Y. World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-11-04
Crushed Again.

He had been on long bicycle ride,
and when he reached the rather preten-
tious hotel he decided that the time
had come for him to have something to
eat.
Going in and sitting down at one OF
The tables in the diningroom, he was
Immediately approached by waitress
with a plate Of soup. AS he did not
know as yet whether or not it was a
table d'hote dinner that he was about to
devour, he thought it advisable to find
out. So he addressed the waitress. SIS
this a la carte or table d'hote?" he in
quired. "No, sir" replied the maiden
with some asperity, as though lmPa
tient of such ignorance, this is vege
table soupl"-N. Y. Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-11-04
MADE UP IN MAINE.
Interesting Facts About the Genesis
of SpOOls and Shoe Pegs.


"Oxford county, Me-, turns out near
ly all the spools On which the sewing
thread of the country is wound,' said
wholesale dealer in such articles to
the writer. THE spools are made from
| white birch timber, and they are pro-
duced by the million in Oxford county.
There are many other parts of western
Maine, also, where the industry is i'm
portant. There, are numerous saw
| mills in that part of the state which are
kept busy all the year round saving
| white birch logs into strips four feet
| long and from one to two inches wide
and of the same thickness. These strips
are sent to the spool factories, where
they are quickly worked into spools by
| the most ingenious labor-saving ma
chinery.
1.-The strips of white birch are fed into
| one machine, and they are not touched,
| in fact. are hardly seen again, until the
spools, all finished for market, except
polishing, drop out by the bushel from
another machine several rods away
| from where the strips started in. The
| spools get their gloss by being rapidly
| revolved in Barrels turned by machin-
cry, the polishing resulting from the
contact of the spools in the barrel.
'In the backwoods villages of Oxford
county one sees scarcely any other in
dustry but spool making. and every per
son in the neighborhood is in some way
interested in the business. The fac
tories have been eating into the Mains
| birch forests for years, but there still
seems to be enough of the timber left
to feed the machinery for many years
to come. Hundreds of thousands OF
| feet of logs are cut and sawed into spool
| timber annually.
| Shoe-peg factories are also an i'm
portant branch of business once pc
culiar to Maine, although it has of late
been followed to some extent in other
| eastern states, and is spreading to the
| hardwood forests of northern Pennsyl
vana. Maple is used largely in the
manufacture of shoe pegs, although
white birch is used at some factories
Shoe pegs are sold by the bushel and are
worth all the way from IS cents to one
dollar a bushel, according to quality
More than $15O,000 was received by
Maine shoe-peg factories last year fol
goods.
\ curious and profitable business ha:
grown up in the Maine woods near th'
sawmills in the utilizing of the Immense
quantities of sawdust by compression
terial are bought for mere nothing
and are pressed into compact block'
and bales, ami in this form is finding
ready market for kindling and fuel il
eastern states.-Washingto Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-11-04
NO. 36.
WIT AND WISDOM.

You can always tell bachelor by
noticing whether he carries baby most
like lighted lamp or an old overcoat.-
Tit-Bits
-Improving.--Brow see they
lynched another negro in Texas yester-
day" Jones--"What? Only one!"-
Chicago Leader.
Amateur Summerer-"Are the ho-
tel rates very steep there?" Profes-
sional Summerer-"Not at all. It's very
easy to run up bill.'-Detroit Jour-
nal.
Open to the Public.-"One thing
surprised me out in Yellowstone Park"
"NNhat was that?" II didn't see any
signs around, Keep off the geysers.'"
Chicago Record
Young Bride-"I didn't accept Tom
the first time he proposed" Miss RIVAL
(slghtly envious) II know you
didn't" Young Bride-"How do you
know?" Miss Ryval-"You weren't
there ''--Tit-Bits.
They say" said the Cornfed phil
osopher, that man is known by the
| company he keeps, but there are lot
of fellows who, if they were really
known by the company they keep,
couldn't keep it."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
| Her Permisson-"Ethel, what are
you doing with that concordance ?"
I'm looking through the BIS, grandma,
to see if there is anything in the Bible
about bicycle riding on Sunday being
wrong" g."-Chicago Tribune.
| Mrs. Weston-"I was reminded of
my courtship days to-day at something
John said to me-" Mrs. Easton-"Some
term of endearment, I suppose?" Mrs.
| Weston-"Yes; he said l was great
goose. He used to call me his little
birdie. You see, I have grown some
since then.'-Boston Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-11-04
Names in Alaska.

The laudable suggestion is made that
Alaska should not be inflicted by gro
tesque or disagreeable names. Alaska
itself is gracefully named from an In
dian dialect, though it was proposed in
congress to call it "Walrussia," ""Ameri.
can Siberia" Zero Islands" and 'Po-
lario.' Some of the names already
adopted by Alaska settlements are
commonplace, and others, like "Brauer"
and ''Sproul," are not pleasing. AS a
rule Indian names reduced to English
syllables are musical and racy of the
soil. The government has undertaken
to regulate the spelling of the titles OF
pest offices, and it should protect Alas
ia. as far as possible, from grating, bur
lesque or vulgar names. Sitka, for In
stance, is good, but Forty Mile shows
poverty of ideas and lack OF taste
St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.