Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-04
SPRINGFIELD.

Schools begin next Monday.
Miss Ruby White has returned from pies
| ure trip to Chester.
The attendance at the Congregational pic
mic yesterday was large.
Mrs. Hazens and daughter OF Boston are
the guests of w. d. Wooson.
Miss Mcclure of Brooklyn, N. Y, is visit
| ing at G. E. Richardson's.
Oscar Swanson of Providence, r. l., ar
rived Wednesday evening for short visit in
town.
Mrs. Alice S. Hall returned to her school
| in Somerville, Mass, where she begins work
next week.
Mrs. F. w. Putnam and daughter of
Charlestown, N. H., visited Tuesday last at
H. P. Whites.
Mrs. Jonah Bisbee, Mrs. G. L. Clossen
Miss Hattie Bates returned Monday from
Claremont camp grounds.
Warren E. Burpee has recently decided one
of his tenement houses on Fair View, to his
| daughter, Mary Z. Bu pee.
F. G. Field has been appointed Judge to fill
| the vacancy cccasioned by the death OF Judge
| Parker, but he has not yet accepted the posi-
| ton.
| E. j. Fountain concludes his services this
| week with E. z. Pulsipher, to take a position
| at Park & Woolson's machine shop, next
| Monday.
James E. White, administrator of estate of
Adaline Whitcomb, has decided most of the
! land belonging to the old Stafford farm, to
Perkins and Moore, to be converted into
| building lots.
I. L. Ranney has sold his dry goods bust
ness to c. w. Brush of Littleton, N. H.,
| much to the regret of many. Mr.. Ranney
has always carried nice line of goods,
which have been chosen with excellent taste,
| and be en- most honorable with his customers
Miss Mary Perkins services as clerk will be
| retained.
Walter Parker Randall of Charlestown, N.
H., and Miss Grace Augusta Morgan of this
place, were united in marriage by Rev. o. S.
! Davis, the ceremony occurring at the home
| of the bride, Tuesday morning, September !,
only the immediate friends being present.
The house was very prettily trimmed, and
| the happy couple were the recipients of MANY
valuable presents. After the ceremony the
bridal party were driven to Chester, where
| about two weeks, Mr.. and Mrs. Randall will
make their home in Charlestown. They have
the best wishes of their many friends.
HISTORICAL UNION PICNIC.
The annual gathering of the Union Histori-
cal society at Charlestown, N. H., OH
Wednesday was large. The day was all that
could be desired for the OCCASION and the
electrics conveyed about l50 from this place.
who picnicked on the beautiful grounds sur
rounding the Unitarian church; hot coffee
was furnished by the ladies of the society,
and after the luncheon, the church was very
well filed to listen to the literary exercises,
which were exceedingly interesting and in
structive to all wishing a more familiar ac-
quaintance with local history. A brief
and very fitting obituary of the late
secretary of the society, G. Horace Hubbard,
was read by Miss Whitney. Col. Upham of
Windham followed. with a war history of
| Windham county, and exhibited an interest
! ing relic of King Georges War, in the shape
of pocl ct sundial compass, supposed to be-
! long to Capt. Melville, and now owned by
in ige Wheeleref Rrattleboro, who added q
few words to U'ol. Upham's account of the