Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-05-04
WALPOLE.

James A. Foord was home from the state
agricultural college in Durham over Sunday,
Hon. L. Nelson Hastings has been in Bos-
ton for several days past, leaving Saturday.
C. M. Clough is in New York state pur-
chasing cows for the Pinnacle farm.
Miss Alice G. Lewis Is spending this week
| at her home in Marlow.
William G. Banning of New York is in
town for few days.
Miss Mary A. Tobey is home from trip to
Boston and Providence.
AT present writing no encouraging reports
are received regarding the critical condition
of G. H. Thatcher.
Free lecture this Wednesday evening in
invited.
Mrs. Harrison P. Bridge is expected here
from Providence, r. l., about the 18th of this
month.
meeting of the Woman's Branch ALI
ance will be held on Friday afternoon, Nav
3, with Mrs. Theodore Schultz.
William Warn and family are moving into
the north tenement in the Weir house on
Main street.
Mr.. Fletcher of Chesterfield, the wool
buyer,was in town the first of this week. We
are told he offered II cents.
Mrs. Copley Amory came Monday from
ooSeoht WuClo SIG mas spent the winter
months, and is at the Homestead farm.
Stock was loaded at the station on Monday
night as follows: l25 sheep, 20 hogs and is
cattle.
Flags were displayed generally in the
square Monday when the news came of the
naval battle at Manila
Rev. George A. Hood from the Conpreea-
tional house, Boston, conducted the services
in the Congregational church on Sunday
morning last.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Williams and chill
dren have moved to the eastern part of the
state, where Mr.. Williams has found employ-
ment in foundry.
For month ending April 3O there were
sold in the postof1ice, 85 money orders, for
which was received the sum of 1886 49, Dur
ing the month l3 were paid, amounting to
$l0l.7O.
Letters are advertised in the postoffice for
month ending April 80 as follows: Mrs. win
Clark, George Freeman, Mrs. Robertson, W.
Jones, u. Velnor Long, II. E. Messenger
Charlie Raymond and Garret Smith.
Thomas O'Brien, who for the two wears
past has been employed at T. n. Hastings,
is working at the Homestead farm Thomas
hlnlry fills the place left vacant bv him,
commencing work May /.
1t is with regret that we learn of the death
from consumption on Friday, April 30, of
Miss Emma r. Richardson, aged 27 years.
Funeral services were held at her late home
IN Chester on Sunday, H. S. Richardson,
Miss Carrie L. Wrightman and Misses Alice
and Maud Maynard from this town attend
ing.
According to announcement the household
goods of Mrs. M J. Hale were sold at auction
on Saturday last, the sale taking place in the
town hall. Auctions are proverbially we'll
patronized in this town and this one proved
Irr NtrrI Of
were in attendance all day. Some furniture
belonging to Mrs. Ella, and some owned by
Miss Royce, was also disposed of at this time
and bargain hunters went home at night-fall
heavily laden and presumably happy.
There was good attendance of ladies at
the missionary moeting neid Saturday
afternoon in the Congregational church par
lors. An interesting program consisting of
readings, recitations and dialogues appropri-
ate to missionary work. was presented by the
children of the Sunday school under the di-
rection of Mrs. A. A. ellison, president Of the
society. AT the close of the exercises light
refreshments were served
Mrs. M. J. Hale, who has been here for a
number of days on business connected with
the sale of her real estate, the auction ETC.,
returned Monday to Boston where she in
tends to make her home for the present with
her son, DR.. Hale. Mrs. Hale's many friends
regret her departure from town and her alb
sence will also be keenly felt by both the
church and society in which she has always
been generously and actively interested.
We notice among the recent marriages that
of Albert F. Marsh of Keene and Miss Cora
E. Parker of Chesham, the ceremony taking
place on Thursday, April 2S, at the Baptist
parsonage in Keene. Mr.. Marsh is native
of this town and passed his early life here,
his home being on Derry hill.
The following item is taken from the
Keene Evening Sentinel, under date of April
80: "McDonald Lynch and Myrtle Wiggin
of Walpole were married early this afternoon
by Rev. John E. Smith at the Baptist parson-
age. The groom is a teamster by occupation
and native of Nova Scotia, and the bride is
, a native of Vermont and daughter of
Charles Wiggin of Walpole. The couple
| drove over to Keene for.the performance of
the ceremony"