Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-15
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. Is, 1897.
Bellows Falls Locals.

Patrick Reil was fined So and costs in
police court Monday evening for disturb
ing the peace.
There will be supper served IN the
vestry of the Congregational church tomor-
row evening from 6 80.
Miss Dascomb's kindergarten opened
Monday morning with seven scholars.
Several more are expected during the COM
ing week.
The Y. M. c. A. lecture and educa-
tional committee this week are to distribute
a neat prospectus of the lecture course tor
the coming winter.
Clarence Gowan has left the employ of
Lowell & Carpenter and returned to his
home in Chester his successor is Frank Z.
Lane of Springfield.
The pavement in front of the store of
Clark Chase has been relaid so that the
water which has been in the habit OF col
lecting there will drain off properly.
Charles j. Henderson of the Vermont
Farm Machine company had charge OF the
Sunday afternoon services at Kurn Hattin
Home for boys in Westminster last Sun
day.
The Central Vermont railroad announces
an excursion on September p to Ottawa,
Province of Quebec. The fare for the
round trip from Windsor will be 50 %.
Tickets will be good for returning until
September %.
The Daughters of Rebekah will serve
10 cent supper from six until s o'clock
Friday evening, September II, in the l.
O. O. hall A musical entertainment
will follow the supper. The public is cor
daily invited.
The school board have decided upon
employing fourth assistant in the high
school and Miss Florence Young has been
chosen for the position. She commenced
work MONDAY morning and has charge of
tho algebra department Of the four classes
in the high school.
Mrs James Morrison of North Walpole
was buried Sunday in the old Catholic
cemetery, the funeral being held at St.
Peters church in the morning. Since the
death of her husband about a year ago,
the deceased has been charge Of the town
Of Walpole.
Mrs. Jefferson Wilson died at her home
In North Walpole Monday of cancer, leav
ing one son, George Wilson, formerly jan
itor of the opera house. The funeral was
held this morning at 10 o'clock, and the re-
mains were taken to Claremont for burial.
Frank M. Thompson is the Oldest engi-
neer, in point of service, on the Cheshire
division OF the Fitchburg railroad, He be-
gan as fireman in 1868, and some four
years later was promoted to engineer,
which position he has held ever since, most
of the time as passenger engineer.
In the windows Of the F. B. F. Grocery
store this week is an interesting exhibit
Of large homegrown peaches from the
grounds of Lowell Fl. Stearns on Barker
street. They are some II IL inches in
circumference and grew on tree three
years old
The school board have under advisement
change of style in penmanship taught in
our public schools. Several representa-
tives of leading publishing houses that
furnish what is known as the vertical sys
TEN have been in consultation here with
them during the past week.
1t is expected that some 80 from Clare
mont and 45 from Keene will attend the
reception and dance to be given III Union
hall tomorrow evening by the ladies' aux
iliary of the a. o. H. in honor OF the first
anniversary OF their organization. Music
will be provided by Weeden's orchestra.
A regular monthly meeting of the Y. NJ i.
c. A. directors was held Monday evening,
On September 80 the term of office for the
following directors expires, w H. Bodine,
II. G. Bacon, F. G. Day and L. B. Will
son. All have been nominated to be their
own successors with the exception that
Wallace White was moved to succeed L,
G. Day.
The whist party given Saturday after
noon by Miss Marguerite Burbank in honor
of her guests, the Misses Reed and Whit
comb, was pleasant social event There
were seven tables and prizes were taken
by Mrs. II. c. Elliott, Miss Helen
Guild and Miss Whitcomb. Dainty re-
freshments were served and delightful mu-
steal selections given by Miss Reed and
Miss Whitcomb on the piano and violin.
G. w. Osgood in bis address Sunday
afternoon at the Y. NJ. C. A. grove meet
ing took for his subject = The Value of the
Human Life" demonstrating the necessity
and advantages of pure and right life
drawing many illustrations and compar-
isons from nature. His remarks were o
a very instructive and interesting character
and were listened to by an audience o
about 100
Miss Martha Clark aged about "A years,
died on the town farm in Rockingham las
ir