Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-06-22
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of the American Missionary Association, will
conduct the services in the Congregations
church, next Sunday morning, at 10 81
O'Clock.
Renew your TIMES for 1898 at the post
office.
Miss Annie Ramsdell, daughter of Gov
G. A. Ramsdell, is expected here to-day from
Nashua, to remain during the coming week
as the guest of Hon. II. N. Hastings and
family.
Walter W. Kingsbury, who is taking
course of study in Tufts College, is home
for the summer vacation.
George W. Stanley and wife of Langdon
called on friends here last Friday.
Miss Ruth Wells returned Yesterday to
Boston, having been the guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. j. W. Hayward for a few days past.
Miss Ada Howe and her sister, of Wind
ham, VT, have been at E. M. Holden's on
Main street for several days, while en- route
for visit with their brother and family in
South Ashburnham, Mass.
Lucius Slade of Boston was in town
recently at W. d. Knowltons.
Miss Mary M. Holland has returned to
Woodstock, VT, leaving Sunday last by way
of Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Houghton and little
Rachel, of North Charlestown, visited rela-
tives here over Sunday.
Miss Eleanor Hotchkiss of Buffalo, N. Y,
a student in Smith College, is spending this
week here with her friend, Mary H. Bellows.
E. B. Butterfeld of Westmoreland was in
town Saturday on business.
Miss Carrie L. Wightman is in Hanover
this week, to attend the commencement
exercises at Dartmouth College.
Mrs. Charles M. Whitney is visiting her
parents, G. p. Porter and wife, arriving from
Boston the first of the week.
G. W. Wiggin has been seriously ill, for
week or more, with typhoid fever and a
complication of diseases. He is reported as
comfortable at this writing.
Attention is called to the card of thanks in
another column.
Miss Bertha I, Capron of Bellows Falls
was the guest of Mrs. j. W. Hayward, Jr.,
last Thursday and Friday.
G. Alfred Merriam visited Mr.. and Mrs.
on Monday to his home in Foxboro, Mass.
Rev. James L. Barton, D. D., secretary of
the American Board of Foreign Missions,
preached an interesting sermon in the Con-
gregational church on Sunday last his text
being taken from Isaiah 30: l0-ll. In the
evening, he gave an address on incidents in
the lives of missionaries in Turkey.
Mrs. James P. Derby of Fitchburg, Mass
is at Maple Grove farm for several weeks
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liams Jr.
Arthur H. Leach, whose serious illness was
mentioned some two or three weeks since, is
improving, and is expected home from Bos-
ton as soon as he is able to 'sustaid the Jour-
ney, probably within the next few days.
DIR. and Mrs. W. H. Pierce of Greenfield,
Mass, were in town over Sunday at the
Dinsmore, the doctor being called here pro-
fessionally.
A runaway, between six and seven o'clock
Saturday evening, caused quite little excite
ment here for few minutes. The Standard
Oil company's wagon, with two horses at
tached, driven by William Kiniry of North
Walpole, was standing by the hitching posts
in the square. The horses, with brides off,
were eating their supper, when one suddenly
began to kick. They then started and ran
round the posts and into the team of w. G..
Leonard which was fastened there, crashing
into the end of G. G. Davis's block. There
they were stopped, for in the natural course
OF events, quite crowd had by this time
gathered, and matters were soon righted.
The horses were pretty we'll frightened and
less, but all were thankful that worse catas-
trophe was avoided, for things looked serious
in the beginning.
F. NJ. Joslin of st. Paul, Minn., a former
resident, is expected here this week.
Mrs. A. A. Gile and Master Holland of
keene are with her sisters, Misses Abbie and
Lena Holland. Mr.. Gile spent Sunday in
town.
Friends from Natick, Mass, were enter
tanned the past week at Mrs. j. C.. Fletcher 8
in district No. 9.
Mrs Smith and young son of East Long
m meadow, Mass, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward S. Taggard.
The funeral services of the late Burt p
GLACIER, which were held on the affernoop of
the 18th inst, in the Congregational church
were very largely attended, not only by the
townspeople but by the members of Walpole
grange who were present in a body. The