Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-25
THE TIMES.
SATURDAY, SEPT. %, 1897.
Bellows Falls Locals.


The Mount Kilburn Wheel club has de-
cided to have road race October D from
Bellows Falls to Claremont and return, a
distance of 40 miles.
The Young Peoples society of the Uni
versalist church will give free social at
the church parlors Tuesday evening be-
ginning at Z 80 o'clock.
Jack McDorald of the Dartmouth Medi-
cal college was in town Tuesday; he fin
ishes his course in December. He says he
is not paying $4,000 Tor sriffs any longer
DR.. E II. Pettengill OF Saxtons River
and DR.. w. N. Bryant of Ludlow take
part in the discussions of the state medical
society which meets in St. Albans October
IA and Is.
The Alstead fair will be held in Alstead
Tuesday, Octe b2r 5. The towns of Lang
don, Alstead and Walpole will unite to
make this the best fair in the history of
the organization.
The ninth annual convention of the
grand lodge, X. of p, will be held in Rut-
land, October 6. 1t is thought that a
large number will attend from the lodge
here. The round trip from Bellows Falls
is 81 60.
The regular X, of P. meeting next Tues
day evening promises to be of unusual in
terest; the third degree will be worked
and members of the Claremont, Ludlow,
Windsor, Keene and Fitchburg lodges
viii be present.
Capt and Mrs. w. H. Taylor were in
Meriden, Conn, last week Friday to at
tend reunion of his old regiment, the 9Th
Connecticut. 1t was the anniversary of the
battle OF Antietam, and abont 100 of the
comrades were present.
The ladies' aid society of the Methodist
church resumed its meetings this week,
after the summer vacation. An excellent
supper was served Wednesday evening.
The attendance was large and thorough
ly good time was enjoyed.
All OF the teachers in the public schools
of the village are asked to meet at the new
high school building Monday evening,
September 81, at 730. This will be the
first of series Of teachers meetings to be
held monthly during the school year.
In an article which appeared in last
Saturdays issue of the TIMES the names
Allbee and Allen were badly mixed. The
reunion was held at the home of "Aunt
Hannah w. Allbee" on the Rockingham
upper meadows, and wherever the name
Allen appeared it should have been Allbee
Among those who have part in the pro
gram for the state Chr istian Endeavor con
vention, which meets in Montpelier Septem
Der 20, 20, and 80, is F. E. Newell, wh'
conducts prayer-meeting in the Baptis
church of that city on the morning of tn
29th.
NJ H. Ray says that he believes thu
TINES is good advertising medium; al
announcement in Wednesdays issue tina
he will sell his river farm at auction has al
ready brought large number OF inquiries
The date of the auction is Tuesday, Octo
~.
Dean, the three months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Witherbee, who live in II
E. Beams house on Atkinson street, dice
Tuesday night. There were prayers at the
house Wednesday evening and the body
was taken to Troy, N. Y, Thursday
morning.
A fine program has been prepared 70,
the convention of the Montpelier District
Of w. H. M. society to be held here Octo.
Der and Z. The Rev. H. A. Spencer,
well known throughout the state as an able
and interesting speaker, will deliver the
address Wednesday evening the 9th. Full
particulars later.
w. B. Glynn of Saxtons River ha:
leased tie store in the Granger block for.
merly occupied by the F. b. F. grocery
company, and will open for business mex
week. He will put in a line of mems fur
nishings, ladies', gents and children's foot
ware and hosiery and underwear. George
Goodel, formerly of the Tidd & Goodel
fish market, will be in charge.
The warning for the special corporation
meeting to be held in banquet hall at Z. sc
p. NJ Septemb r 80, gives the following a.
the object of the meeting: To see if the
Corporation will authorize and instruct the
Water Commits sicners to lay water pipe
from the main pipe to and along the Hyde
Ledge road, or Hyde street. so called, o,
the portion thereof where dwellings are
now being erected, and provide mean.
therefor.
A horse belonging to Henry A. Tbatch
er of Langdon created quite little excite
ment in the square Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Thatcher was alone in the wagon
when the horse began to kick and run.
She screamed vociferously and soon a
crowd of men had the horse by the bit and
the wagon by the wheels. After kickir g
itself clear from the wagon, breaking a
thrill and damaging the harness, it quoted
Jor, opJ xras loJ oxuoy