Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-06-29

| hOAo oo otoohciuO COCtuSCs
Miss Flo.ence j. Foster, a teacher in the
Randolph-Harrison school in Baltimore, Md
is spending the summer vacation with rela
tives in Keene and in this town.
A lecture, preparatory to Communion, will
be given Thursday in the Congregations
church at 80 P. NJ. $50
Mrs. Henry j. Watkins, who came Satur
day from Keene, is spending few days II
Bellows Falls before leaving for Rutlar d
where she intends to remain for the present
with relatives.
1st New Hampshire regiment, left Manches
ter Saturday for Chickamauga, and it is ex
lpected that the regiment will be ultimately
ordered to Cuba or Porto Rico.
Mrs. George L. Carey is spending few
days at the Unitarian parsonage with hel
daughter, Mrs. F. W. Pratt, arriving Mon
day evening from Meadville,, Pa. She intends
to join Mr.. Carey at Cambridge, the last o.
this week, where he is attending Harvard
commencement, and they will go from there
to Gloucester, Mass, for several weeks re-
turning here later for another visit.
Mrs. G. j. Drislane was in Keene last
week for a brief trip, returning Saturday
evening.
Misses Fanny and Emily Jennison expec
to sail for Europe on Saturday morning, July
2, from New York, on the steamer Edam, viz
the Holland American line, landing at Am
sterdam. They have joined party of IA il
charge of Prof. w. H. Whiting, principal 9
the high school in Greenfield, Mass !, and will
probably be absent about two months.
Commodore Henry B. Robson returned
from a several days absence in New Yorl
city Saturday.
Herbert Houghton is expected this week
from Pittsield, Mass, to spend vacation
here with his aunts, Mrs. Hodgskins and
Miss Ellen Miller on Main street.
Miss F. S. Thew is home from East An
dover, coming on Monday afternoon, and is
again at Rsmbleside cottage.
Mrs. Harrison Parker Bridge and son
Gardner left few days since for Northeas,
Ha1 Dor, Me, where they will remain for the
season.
Miss C. l.. Wightman is at the Dinsmore
for day or two before leaving for visit
with relatives in Acworth and later in Rut-
land, Vt.
| DIR. Newton came the first of the week from
Saratoga by the way of Greenfield, Mass, his
former home. Mrs. Newton will return next
month.
The trustees of the savings bank of Wal
pole have declared their usual four per cent
dividend, payable Julyl.
| A large party of children met at the town
| hall Saturday afternoon to celebrate chill
dren's day under the auspices of Walpole
grange. Games were played, an entertain
ment provided and generous collation. was
served during the afternoon, all of which was
much enjoyed by the young people, the occa-
| sion seemingly very pleasant one.
T. Carl Davis came from Worcester, Mass,
| few days ago and will spend the summer
vacation at his home here.
W. G. Banning and family are making
| arrangements to occupy their new home on
Prospect hill at an early date, some of the
furniture having already arrived from New
York.
DIR. W. H. Pierce of Greenfield, Mass, was
in town again Saturday.
A good sized audience was present at the
lecture entitled "Picturesques Mexico and
Cuba" that was given in The auditorium of
the Hastings Memorial parish house Friday
evening OF last week by Rev. Oliver M.
Fisher, Phi. D. This lecture, which was an
views being particularly clear and giving a
good general idea of the country and types of
people, further supplemented by Mr.. Fisher 5
remarks explanatory of the same. The even
ing is reported as eminently satisfactory to
| those present.
C. E. Sparhawk is in Rockingham this
| week with Carlton Webb and family.
| Mrs Rose Punt spent last week with rela-
| tives in Westmoreland.
Prof Franklin W. Hooper and family are
| expected within few days from Brooklyn to
remain at their summer home in the south
part of the town during the next two months
| as usual.
The thunder storm on Saturday afternoon
| is reported as causing considerable damage
in some portions of the town and in the ad.
joining towns, although it was not remark
| ably severe here in the village.
| d. G. Clark returned the first of the week
| from trip north with IA cows.
F.M Joslin, who arrived from st. Paul by
| way of the Great Lakes and Canada Satur-
| day, left Tuesday morning for Boston, Bay
onne and New York, expecting to return
here again next week for few days. .t
| The hotel scales are being thoroughly re-
paired, H. c. Podwin doing the work.
Senator Hastings took party Of friends to
Claremont last Thursday behind his hand
some four Inland, coming home Saturday.
Daniel F. Brown returned few days ago
from Barnard, VT, with several head Of fine
Jersey cows which he is selling at reasonable
PRICES.
| Stock was loaded at the station Monday as
| follows: 40 calves, Is cattle and hogs.
Reuben Kilburn left few days ago for
Boston where he is employed on the electric
| cars.
Master Perry Parker of Roxbury is visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Fisher, on
| School street.
Mrs Charles Be ckler and three children of
| CnlcaRO came yesterday from SOutn Boston,
where they have been with relatives en- route
and will spend the summer at Mrs. B. E.
Webster's.
| Miss Mary E. Maynard is expected home
today from an absence of three weeks in
Dorchester, Boston and Greenfield, Mass.
Bertrand and Walter Wiggin are home
from Princeton, Mass called here by the i'll
ness and death of their father, the late
Charles W. Wiggin.
| Miss Miller, who has been attending school
in Bellows Falls, is visiting her sister, Mrs
D. G. Clark, and family.
| The July meeting of the Branch Alliance
of the Walpole Unitarian society will be held
in the parish house Friday at 8 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Fred Prentiss and two children spen
a few days last week with relatives in Put
ney, returning Sunday with Mr.. Prentissl
who drove down for the day.
| DEATH OF C. W. wIGGIN. ~.
Charles w. Wiggin died at his home Oh
| Walpole common Sunday morning, june
26, his death resulting from a compile alton oi