Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-11-24
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THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY NOV. "a, 1887.
Bellows Falls Locals.

There were about 80 couples at the
dance at Fish's hall Friday night.
The Rockingham free library will be
closed Thursday, November 25.
John Fair, who has worked the past
month or two for j. w. Buemond, finished
there Monday morning.
Selah Hartman took a week off last
week bis place in the barber shop was
supplied by Charles Bradford Of Charles
town.
W,O. Kemp's family moved last Satur-
day into the H. o. Leonard house on
Atkinson street, which he purchased last
week.
L. L. Northrup and J. H. Chapman are
to move next Saturday and Monday into
the new dwelling Of Barney Cannon, Jr.,
on Cherry street.
Percy Reed returned Saturday from
a five weeks hunting trip in the north
woods of Maine. He brought fine deer
with him, the head of which he is to have
mounted, it being that of stag.
William McNarama and Miss Sadie Nc
Ginnis were married in Waltham, Mass !,
yesterday. William Lane acted as best
man. After wedding trip they will make
their home in North Walpole.
Rev. G. R. B. Dodge is to preach a
short series of sermons commencing next
Sunday. The subjects are as follows ::
Childhood in the home; Youth in the
school; Manhood in the church Middle
life in business Old age in waiting.
The steamers on the river were drawn
up into their winter quarters about two
weeks ago, and the two boat houses have
been lowed down into the head of the
canal where they will remain this winter.
The high school holds solid session
to-day and thus gives the teachers and
scholars from elsewhere an opportunity to
go to-day to their homes to spend the
Thanksgiving festival tomorrow.
The New York Evening Telegram,
whose editor has been George H. Dickin-
son, formerly of this place and son-ln-law
of George F. Evans, has suspended publ
cation during the past week. 1t was owned
by the New York Herald, and they decided
it did not pay as penny evening paper.
Rev. Charles H. Washburne OF Fal-
mouth, Mass, preached at the Congrega
tional church last Sunday morning and
evening. Mr.. Washburne is the president
Of the board of trade of that place, and
a prominent man in that vicinity.
The Fall Mountain Paper company
strung boom across the river above the
head OF the canal last week to keep the
anchor ice from coming down into the
canal during the cold weather before the
river closes over.
All Bellows Falls friends of Lieut.. S. M.
Foote Of the regular army rejoice at the
news that be has been awarded an impor-
tant prize for excellence Of paper writ
ten upon army matters. The prize was
a gold medal, 800 in gold and member
ship in society.
Names Of Thanksgiving visitors in town,
accounts of family reunions, etc, will be
welcome for the Saturdays issue of the
TINES. Kindly call at the TINES Office
or drop line into the postoffice.
Local market men report a shortage in
the turkey crop in this vicinity. However,
there will be plenty ofturkey for everyone's
Thanksgiving dinner; the shortage only
means that more of the festive birds come
from distance than on some former years.
On Monday morning the scholars in the
high school found that the school board
had completed the work upon the electric
chandeliers in the large room, having
changed Saturday the heighth of the lamps
and placed neat porcelain shades above
them. This much improves the light in
the room, which is being used nearly an
hour each afternoon while the days are as
short as now.
The village schools have solid session
to-day and then a Thanksgiving vacation
until next Monday. There will then be
two weeks remaining on the fall term, for
the schools here and also at Saxtons River.
The other schools in town finish the fall
term to-day. All the teachers in town have
been reelected tor the winter term with
the exception of the teacher in the Allbee
district, Miss Cutler of Brattleboro, who
has resigned and whose successor has not
been chosen.
New insulated wire for the fire alarm
system was strung Sunday from the Square
to the engine house, and then to the signal
station under the hill and to the top Of the
bill on Westminster street leading into the
Square. This wire will be continued down
Westminster street and up Atkinson for
some distance. On the remainder of the
system the old will continue to be used
All the wire will be elevated so as not to
conflict with the telephone and electric
light wires.
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