Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-06-21
P. T. Clair passed Sunday in town.


day afternoon at 1 80 sharp.
J. w. Wright was in Holyoke over Sun
day, the guest Of his son, j. S. Wright,
who is city marshal. Mr.. Wright wit
ne ,sed the enthusiastic demonstrations in
honor OF President Mckinley.
Osgood & Barker have desk in one
corner of Pierce's Pharmacy, where Col.
Osgood can be found or word left for
HIM in relation to any settlement of the
Osgood & Barker business.
Miss Evaline Tracey, stenographer for
the Vermont Farm Machine company goes
to Taunton, Mass, soon to take the posi-
ton now filed by Miss Myrtle Newell.
Miss Newell will 60 to Boston.
At the Vermont Academy alumni meet
ing held Tuesday afternoon Col. Edward
G. Osgood was elected president, Mrs.
Alfred Hammatt one of the executive COM
mittee and John Lawrence auditor.
| The selectmen Of Westminster have de-
cided to put stop to fast driving over the
iron bridge at the outskirts of this village,
and strict watch is being kept for offend
ers against the notice posted at the en-
trance to the bridge.
On account of the rain last evening the
lawn party on the grounds of S. l.. Bennett
and Wallace White was postponed until
this evening, when, il it rains, the party will
be held in the vestry of the Congregational
church. The band will be in attendance.
James j. Hackett, son of James
Hackett of this place and member of the
Ninteenth Infantry, U. S. A., located at
Camp Meade near Philadelphia, has enlist
ed to 60 to the Philippines as member OF
the United States signal corps. 1t is sup
| posed he sailed June Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Curran and son
Donald of Holyoke. Mass, and Miss
Lizzie Flavin of Northampton, Mass,
drove to Bellows Falls, reaching here Mon
day night. Mr.. Curran returned to Hol-
yoke yesterday and the Others are guests
at Dennis Flavin's.
Chlldren's Sunday was observed at the
Lawrence Mills Sunday school last Sunday
with very appropriate exercise Of sing
ing and recitstions. The school house was
prettily trimmed with ferns, daisies and
pictures especially for the day. There
were Al present. A collection was taken,
the children giving one penny learned by
themselves) for each year of their age,
which amounted to $5.S2. 1t was voted
to give this sum to the Vermont Domestic
Missionary society.
A. H. Bissell has secured the agency for
the book entitled "War in the Philippines
and Life and Deeds of Admiral Dewey"
aud has begun thorough canvass of the
town. This book contains $50 pages filled
with timely, instructive and interesting
reading and is handsomely illustrated with
half-tone cuts. The author is Joseph L..
S,ickney, who has been with Dewey since
the opening of the Manila campaign and
ought to be well qualified for the work he
has undertaken.
At the tenth annual convention of the G.
". I. A. A. held at Claremont the follow
| ing officers were elected: President, Dor
sey of Claremont; vice president, Harpin
of Windsor; secretary. Maly of Newport ;
treasurer, Busby of Bellows Falls; execu-
tive committee, Brady Of Newport, Keat.
ing of Claremont, Hale of Windsor, and
Upham of Bellows Falls. 1t was voted to
hold the next annual field meet on the 26th
of May, 1900, at Claremont.
Bodway, who worked for Rodney ODER
in Saxtons River, hired team of F. G.
Rand Saturday afternoon and on the way
to Bellows Falls took in Lowell, who
worked for j. A. Thwing and the two pro-
ceeded to get hilariou,ly drunk. They
were found rusticating on the Saxtons
River road Saturday night by B. M.
Walker and landed in the Bellows Fall.
cooler. They were given hearing Mon
day and fined SIS and costs, and being I'M
able to pay the fines they were taken to