Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-04
THE TIMES.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1897.
Bellows Falls Locals.

two weeks severe illness.
The Woolley house on Henry street is
being given new coat of paint.
The b. & M. New York Sunday paper
train will be discontinued after tomorrow.
Harvey Clarke is now acting as day
clerk at Towns hotel and Lyman Jennison
as night clerk.
c. H. Waite has again resumed work In
j. L. Keefe's store after two months
absence.
Miss Della Shaw OF Bradford will have
charge of Mrs. j. H. Couway's branch
store in Keene this fall.
John w. Flint's residence and grounds
are undergoing extensive repairs, e. 5.
Gates has charge of the inside work.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Planter have
removed from H. M. Amadon's house on
School street to rooms in E. S. Leonard's
house.
A new cellar is being dug under the
house on Henry street owned by W. G.
Smith, and recently occupied by j..
H. Busby. The house will also be raised
and repaired.
The 6 80 P. NJ. mail from Westminster
did not materialize Wednesday. 1t is re-
ported that this is the third time this has
occurred recently. Perhaps Uncle Sans
carrier needs inspecting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Fish will give a
harvest supper and cotillion party at their
Hillside home, Gageville, Friday evening,
September 10. Music by Clark's orches-
ira. The party is given in honor OF their
summer guests The public is invited.
At the annual meeting of the Connecti-
cut and Passumpsic River Railroad com
pany, held in Newport Wednesday, the
following officers were elected: Amos
Barnes of Boston, president; Alden
Speare of Boston, vice president; James
H. Williams Of Bellows Falls, treasurer ;
Henry c. Cleveland of Coventry, secre-
tary.
A. A. Halliday picked Burbank plum
Wednesday which measured 6 SO inches
in circumference. Mr.. Halliday says
that he was reading in last weeks
Rural New Yorker of plum IL inches
in circunf ference which was spoken of as
the largest on record. That being the
case, Bellows Falls must be considered the
champion plum section OF the country.
The last of the Morey lake party
returned to town Monday. The party
consisted of ten, Mr.. and Mrs. IL. O.
Elliot, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. West, Mr.
and Mrs. w. w. Greene, Misses Margaret
Burbank and Bertha Capron, and Guy
Capron and F. w. Burbank. All SPEAK
in the highest terms of the good time they
had and break out into poetry when they
attempt to describe the lovely little lake
and the beauty of its material surround
;ngs.
L. G. Lovell's horses, "Ginger Wilkes
and g Eathan Jr", will be started in races
at Waterbury next week, and in Rutland
the following; these two will also be taker
to the Brattleboro fair. "Pearl Willis
and Daisy Bayard' may be started at the
Springfield fair. Mr.. Lowell says he is
working i" EatEan Jr." in hopples and thai
he is trottipg in fine form. He made 9
mile at White River Junction recently ii
% -, the last quarter in 80 seconds
"Ginger Wilkes" made a half mile on the
same track last Tuesday in %, the las
quarter in "a seconds, 16 clip
The one who would say that the enter
tainment given in the opera house las
Wedne sday evening by The Henshaw-Ter
Brock Co. in lodges Trip to New
York" was not good one would be diff
cult to please indeed. In all that make
high-class comedy,-real humor, up-to
date jokes, superior acting, fine special
ties, this company probably has few superb
ors on the road: at any rate its equal ha
not come to Bellows Falls in the last TIVE
years. In opening the season with thi
entertainment, Manager Capron has Sc
a pace that other companies will find SOM
difficulty in following. John E. Her sha,
is comedy star of the first magnitude
and he was ably supported by George E
Mack and Ben F. Grinnell. May Tel
Brock is little past the zenith of he
popularity, yet acted her part admirably
Miss Carlotta proved herself superio
singer and dancer. The specialties with
out exception were excellent The audi
ence enjoyed three hours of unadulterate
fun.
For several weeks past j. j. Fenton ha
been guilty of attempting to inAict a jok
on an unsuspecting public. One Of hi
show windows has been and still is adorne
with these words printed in black ink o
white paper, "a near relative of somethin
for nothing" People whose business call
them to the south end of the square hav
been obliged TO read this, in some instance
as many as 20 times a day for each day
the past month. The query arises, wbs
in the last analysis does this proverb NEAR
Mr.. Fenton evidently means to insinua,
hat hn -,