Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-06-15
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is. 1898.
Bellows Falls Locals.

SUMMIT Pixies PEAK, June IL, '98.
To Editor TIMES: Mr.. and Mrs. b. A
Putney send greetings to friends.
John brisbane is building a neat-!ooking
story-aud-a dwelling house at the rear
of his tenement house on Westminster
street.
III. Duffy and family have moved from
H. E. Beams house on Atkinson street to
the upper part Of Mary Flavin's house on
the same street.
Henry Blake received a letter Monday
from his brother George who is member
of the Rutland company with the Vermont
regiment at Chickamauga.
Sunday June &c is Odd Fellows Memo
rial Sunday; the local lodge will attend the
Congreg ational church where an appropri-
ate service will be conducted by the pastor.
The pupils OF school building No. 2,
over a hundred in number, with their
teachers, Mrs. w. w. Sawyer, Misses
Ball, LeBourveau and Baker, picnicked
Monday afternoon in Lovelrs grove.
The local superintendent of the Inter-
national Paper Company, E. G. Murphy,
has leased the Farr house at the corner Of
South and Henry streets, formerly occu-
pied by G. H. Williams and will move his
family here from Fort Edward, N. Y, at
once.
The house on Barker street recently pur
chased of c. W. Osgood by Mr.. Swift of
Springfield, Mass, is being enlarged by
an addition at the rear and otherwise made
ready for the occupancy OF G. w. Swift
and family.
The last of the Connecticut River log
drive is being piloted over the falls by the
logmen, whose strategetical msneuvres
from distance would seem to entitle them
to the rank of rear admiral or commodore
at the very least.
Miss Minnie Stanley, the leading lady of
Uuc DrUSududll-CdCAcOu UuCdUIlCdl COupohJ
is a guest at the Rockingham. The first
OF August all the members of the company
will rendezvous here and commence re-
hearsing for the coming season, which will
open with them about the middle of that
month.
The foundation for the Gageville school
house is completed, and the building is
now in the hands of the brick masons. II
the educations acquired within its walls
rest on as firm basis as the building itself
Gageville can look forward to some pretty
substantial citizens.
Rev. d. L. Sanford, james H. Williams
and John Flint are attending the 10Sth
annual convention Of the diocese of Yer
mont, in session to-day and tomorrow in
St. Paul's church, Vergennes. Messrs
Flint and Williams are the delegates repre-
senting Emmanuel parish in the convention.
The annual opening OF Silverdale hotel,
Spofford Lake, N. H., has been arranged
for Friday evening, June II, and will take
the form of social hop, beginning at 8 in
the evening, with refreshments served at
IL. Dugan's orchestra will be in attend
ance. The hotel is now in proper order
and ready for the summer business.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Richardson, who
have been occupying tenement in the
upper part Of Mrs. Gertrude Dawes house
on Pine street, have given up housekeep-
ing on account of the health OF Mrs. Rich
ardson, who left Saturday for an extended
visit with relatives in Rochester, N. Y.
The Rockingham Sunday school OBJ
served Children's day very successfully
Sunday afternoon, the exercises being at
tended by congregation of about 20.
Next Sunday N. G. Williams will visit the
school for the purpose of bestowing prizes
on Eva and Maud Stoodley, who have
accomplished the difficult task OF learning
the entire catechism.
A large number of the friends Of Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Thwing paid them an un-
expected visit at their home in Gageville
Saturday evening, and through w. G.
ODER as spokesman, presented them with a
handsome silver tea service and plethora
looking purse. The party was in the
nature OF farewell visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thwing, who expect to leave town the first
of July and take up their residence in
Chicago.
Judge Hugh Henry of Chester was in
town yesterday; he goes to Concord, N.
H., today to assume full control of the pen
sion bureau. He has rented house at
the corner of Green and Pleasant streets
in that city, but will keep his house in
Chester open during the summer at least.
He says Vermont has SO many heroes just
now and is SO famous at home and abroad
that he will not entertain the idea of be-
coming citizen of any other state.
The sacrament of baptism was admin
istered Sunday in the Methodist church to
two candidates, Ralph Austin, son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. L. Baker, and Lafayette
Huntley, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. l..
Sprague. Sunday evening Mrs. w. H.
Thompson was received into the Baptist
church by baptism. In the Congrega-