Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-04-02
THE TIMES.
SATURDAY, APRIL. ?, 1898
Bellows Falls Locals.

The Westminster street restaurant closed
shop last Saturday.
P. l.. Kimbalrs house on Hapgood street
has been given new coat Of paint
Rev. c, r. B. Dodge will speak ton or
row morning on "America and Humanity"
Mrs. Sarah Bennett, who is housekeeper
at George Bacon's, suffered shock Of
paralysis Monday.
The ladies' of the U. o. G. c. will have
their Klondike supper and entertainment
in Prospect ball April 6; supper from to
Z. Everybody invited.
Mitchell Tuliper, living near the West
Minister bridge. has been quite sick for q
long time; l. E. Whitman is caring for
for him.
"Pete" Wright has gone to Brattleboro
where he has employment in"the brewery )"
his work at Hotel Rockingham is being
done for the present by Herbert Dodge.
H. H. Royce lost part OF a finger and
had thumb baaly cut on saw in the car
penter shop of the Fall Mountain paper
company Wednesday.
While raking some leaves from flower
bed in his yard Wednesday w. F. Perley
discovered two large pansy blossoms. In
other years pansies have been known not
to bloom quite as early as March 20.
Miss Clara B. Converse, missionary Of
Japan, formerly of Saxtons River, will
speak in the Baptist church tomorrow
eve ming at six o'clock. Miss Converse is
favorably known by many in this vii
lage who will apr eciate the privilege Of
hearing her.
Mora, the "Comedy Sunbeam" known
to many of the theatre-goers of Bellows
Falls, died one day last week after an i'll
ness of about two months. The engage
ment of the company in Burlington was
closed January IA and Mora and her hus-
band, Fred Williams, went to New York
state at that time for her health.
There is every indication of An early
spring. The snow has nearly all disap-
peared and there is very little frost left in
the ground. In some of the warmest cor
ners arbutus is in full bloom; Lucinda M
Swain left very pretty bunch of blossoms
at the TINES office Thursday and said they
were picked on the bill to the west of the
village.
The Keene Sentinel of Thursday says
&C. S. Frost of Ssxtons River, Vt, is in
town taking an inventory of the stock o.
the Boston Branch shoe store, which be
has determined to purchase through Admin.
istra'or Bradley of the estate of Turner &
Brown. Mr.. Frost owns store in Sax.
tons River and has not yet made up his
mind what he will do with the Keene store
although proposition looking to a trade
already has been made to him. The terms
of the sale to Mr.. Frost are private
W. S. Durham is advertising the won
derful properties of International STOCK
Food, but G. S. WILDER OF Cold River
thinks that the truth has not half been told
He says that he bought some of the food
and began experimenting on hen. This
particular hen had been farrow all winter
but on the second day after be began feed.
ing the food she laid an egg about two
thirds the size Of robins egg, and on the
third day one that was two inches long and
a half inch in diameter; both seemed to be
perfect eggs in every way except size and
shape. Mr.. WILDER feels confident that il
| the hen had been goose she would have
laid golden egg on the fourth day.