Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-06-15
BRATTLEBORO.

Rev. and Mrs. Gemont Graves of Burling
| ton and Mrs. F. l.. Temple and daughter Of
Rutland were guests of Rev. and Mrs. W. II
Collins last week.
Much disappointment is expressed at the
announcement of the discontinuance of the
early train from this city. The people OF
| Brattleboro and vicinity appreciated the mai
facilities and dislike to return to old methods
after having had taste of better service.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Guild attended the fu.
neral of Mrs. Guilds uncle, George Slate, al
Bellows Falls Friday.
A local collector of antiques has added to
his large collection bank bill which directs
the cashier of the Farmers bank of Troy, N.
Y, to pay to G. Bower, or bearer, for account
glass factory at Salisbury 50, The bill (which
is embellished with cut of the factory in
| full operation. is signed by E. P. Jones as
clerk and Samuel Swift as president, and is
dated December l, 1913.
Mrs. Castella and her daughter, Mrs.
Shackleford of Washington, have taken a
summer home in Jamaica. The husband of
the former is Cuban soldier, while the lat
| ter's husband is with Admiral Dewey at Ma
mia. Mrs. Castella was formerly Miss AL
drich of Westmoreland and is sister of Mrs.
Willis Taft of West Townshend. Both women
are naturally greatly interested in the events
of the war.
MISS MARY N. CdDOb3 WIN HAS TcCcuGly Uct
elected county secretary of the woman's home
missionary union of Vermont, with Miss
Minnie Tyler, attended the annual conven-
tion at Morrisville yesterday. Dea. G. F.
Thompson, as county director of the Vermont
missionary society, will attend the general
convention of Congregational ministers at
the same place today.
during the month, lawn party at West Brat
tleboro, with music by the band. The meet
ing of the state federation will come October
ii and IL, with 30 delegates, who will be en-
tertained by the Brattleboro club. The club
has voted to buy the supplies and furnishings
for the free kindergarten from Miss Young,
who has been the principal of the school since
its establishment.
The hotels about Lake Chesterfield were
formally opened Saturday.
There will be popular food contribution
on the part of the towns women for the sup
per to be furnished by the soldier aid society
on the evening of the 10Th. The supper will
be served in festival hall until s P. NJ, at
which hour the concert will begin. Mr.. and
Mrs. LAWN and Mrs. Pratt will sing in duets
and trios, Lucien Howe accompanying.
Fifty-six years ago Saturday, according to
a Brattleboro recorder, a severe snowstorm
prevailed in Windham county, and the crops
of all kinds, save the grass, we're ruined.
Three or four weeks afterward another cold
snap again destroyed the corn and other
vegetation, so that the farmers were deprived
of the usual crops that season.
Lawyer G. B. Hit is in attendance upon
the Bennington county court at Manchester.
The second annual summer school for the
teachers Of Windham county will be held at
Putney August to b. with teachers ex-
animation the 18th and 10th. Among the in.
structors announced are L. P. Nash, superin-
tendent of schools of Gardner; Prof. L. X.
Of ho Trsx ,DfU L
Whitehill, principal of Woodstock High
school; G. P. Hail. superintendent of schools
of Shelburne Falls; A. w. Edison, assistant
superintendent of schools of New York
Charles M. Campbell, supervisor of drawing
of Chicopee, and Miss M. Belle Smith, super
visor of schools of Brattleboro.
Children's day was observed in the Baptist,
Methodist and Universalist churches Sunday
with appropriate services, flowers and music.
Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN will sing at Miss Burn
hams school in Northampton Wednesday
evening, and in Rockville, Ct, the 2lst.