Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-09
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Miss Nelly White has been the guest o
Miss Ida Dow for few days.
Hiss Anna E. Alexander went to Brattle.
boro last Saturday for few days.
Mrs. May Dwinell has Gala lily in bloom
and one of the blossoms is double.
| John Graves was out of town last week, wis.
ting his daughter in Windsor.
About 60 of the students at Vermont Acad-
eny attended the concert at Bellows Falls
| last Friday evening.
| Nhe ladies' industrial society of the Bap-
ny church will meet this afternoon in the
ladies' parlor.
Walter B. Glvnn went to Cambridgeport
laft Friday evening to give chalk talk at
tn sugar social held in the church.
y. Cannon, Jr., and George Alexander fin
isusd their work with the ballot box last
pday.
Ers. Holton of Brattleboro has been the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. A. Hubbard, for a
few days.
1t is expected that a number of new books
for the Baptist Sunday school library will be
ready for distribution in the course of a week.
MIR Hughes returned home last Thursday
evening; he has given up his business in
Palmer.
fiarch seems to be a memorable day in
Saxtons River, it being the birthday of Mrs.
Williams, Miss Grace Scollay, Miss ] ucretia
Woife and Mrs. G. Barry.
About 25 of the young people in the village
Went on straw ride to the social at Mr.. and
Mrs. Colin Lakes last week Tuesday even.
ing: They all had pleasant time.
The members of the W. 1. A. N. G. had a
very pleasant time at the home of Miss Anna
Alexander The literary program for the
evening was on Richard II. of England.
The basket ball game played in the Acad-
emy gymnasium last Saturday evening be-.
tween the first and second teams of Y. A.,
resulted in score of l3 to IN favor of the
first team.
The basket ball game, Keene 7 M.
G. a. versus Vermont Academy, played
noon resulted in score of 8 to IA in favor
of V. A.
The workmen are progressing very favor
bly, with the bridge ;it is swung and the sup
ports are all ready to be taken away. 1t is
an imposing structure and will be great i'm
provement to our village.
Some of the people in the village who have
had occasion to use our sidewalks very much
of lSte have come to the conclusion that they
will shortly be able to take position as tight
rope walkers, rs it needs. almost as much
equilibrium to keep in the narrow tracks pro-
yided for the pedestrians.
CONGRESS OF NATIONS.
The congress Of nations held in the Bap-
tist vestrv last Friday evening was a great
success in every wav. Perhaps it would be
well to state that the entertainment was an
original one, all the speeches and claims hav-
ing been composed by Miss Mary Wilbur and
NJ IS Carol Locke. The exhibition COM
menced with a speech by the queen, Miss
Caroline Locke, who promised to give a
crown of laurel to the representative of the
nation who could present to her the hest
claim. The nations represented were as fol-
loaS Spain, Miss Mary Wilbur; Cuba Miss
sia, Miss Anna Blodgett; Tnrkev, Miss Anna
E. Alexander; China, Miss c. Wilev France,
Miss Helene Rnnx; Great Britain, Miss Mary
Hill; japan. Mr.. O-good; Italy, Miss Hattie
Walker; United States, Mrs. Boughton.
Cecil Hughes was the herald, Robert and
Harry Illingworth were the queens pages
After the representatives had all presented
their claims the queen retired to consider the
weigh'y matter, and on her return decided
that the United States was the one most
worthy of the honor and after brief eulogy
on the other nations placed the crown Of
laurel on the head of Mrs Boughton. There
were several tableaux during the evening rep
resenting some of the characteristics of the
different nations. Ernest Ilingworth repre-
sented Africa in one of the tahleaux. The
costumes were all very pretty and appropri
ate for the occasion. There was large and
appreciative audience.