Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-12-29
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1897.
Bellows Falls Locals.

The ladies' whist club meets tnis aiter-
noon with Mrs. Walter Blake.
Guy Blossom is employed by the YER
mont Farm Machine Co. as office boy to
succeed Allie Smith.
Rev. c. r. B. Dodge and family were
very kindly remembered by the members
of his church and congregation Christmas
The Vermont Farm Machine company
has issued very attractive calendar bear
ing an excelle mt likeness Of the company's
plant.
Miss Frost of Saxtons River and Willard
Bacon Of Brown University, each sang a
solo very acceptably at the concert at the
Baptist church Sunday evening.
The Junior Auxiliary OF Emmanuel
church will give an entertainment Thurs
day evening, December 80, in the chapel,
and after it refreshments will be served.
F. r. Smith Of Fitchburg was at home
over Christmas. On Saturday he had on
exhibition in tho window of c. l.. Aldrich
an enormous candy cane, Christmas pres.
ent from G. E. Beverly OF Fitchburg.
The veriscope pictures Of the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight in the opera house
Saturday gave general satisfaction. The
audience in the afternoon was small, but 6
fair house was present in the evening. The
veriscope is one of the wonderful inven
tions of the age.
There will be services during the weel
of prayer in the Baptist, Congregations
and Methodist churches. The first unioI
service will be in the Baptist church Sun
day evening, Rev. F. w. Lewis preaching
the sermon. The meeting Monday even
ing will be in the Congregational church
Tuesday evening in the Baptist church ane
Wednesday evening in the Methods
church. Announcement for the rest Of the
week will be made later.
L. E. Stearns, book-keeper for Osgood
& Barker, on last Friday evening present
ed to each employee of that establishment
handsome Christmas souvenir; it was fine
8x1O picture of Bellows Falls taken on the
New Hampshire side Of the Connecticut in
the rear of the Fitchburg railroad bridge.
Mr.. Stearns used his own camera and
mounted all the pictures. The pictures
were unusually good tor the work OF an
amateur, and Mr.. Stearn's thoughtfulness
was much appreciated by his fellow en-
ployes.
G. H. Shepardson's Christmas sale and
guessing contest came to an end last Fri
day evening. There we're some 900
guesses on the number of kernels in q
sealed jar, but only about so of the
guesses went above 10000. The actual
number of kernels was 10,883. Mrs.
Henry Perry took the first prize, dinner
set, guessing 1880; the second, a silver
tea pot, was taken by Henry Allen, who
guessed 1881; Mrs. E. R. Young wor
the third, a silver cake basket. The
other prizes were won as follows: Ran
som Davis, fourth; Grant Tolin, fifth
William Smith, sixth; George Stickney
seventh; Henry Allen, eighth, ninth and
twelfth; Mrs. Elmer Gould, tenth; and
Mrs. Parker, eleventh.
The many friends of Prof. Homer G.
Bristol, formerly principal at V. A. will be
interested in the following item: "Some
time ago the The School Journal offered q
prize for the best short article received be.
fore August on The Use of the Stereop.
ticon in Teaching This prize was te
consist of lantern, valued at 800, and
made by j. B. Colt. & Co. A large mum.
Der OF very valuable articles were received
in response. The committee Of award
have examined these with care, and report
the three best to have come from "A Stu
ent of Pedagogy Of the University o
Pennsylvania, H. w. Foster and Homer c
Bristol. AS Mr.. Bristol seems to go mos
deeply into the ethics of the subject, ant
answers most completely the purpose de
sired viz, to encourage investigation, the
committee declare this to be the best, ant
recommend that the prize be awarded tt
him. Mr.. Bristol was recently appointed
principal of the new school No. 113
Brooklyn, N. Y"