Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-10-19
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1899.
Town Topics.

passed Sunday at Il. w. browns.
The exterior of f. G. Pierce's clothing
store has been given new coat OF paint
The American Express company has eS-
tablished branch receiving office at the
store of Williams & Co.
The work OF furnishing Towns hote
progresses, but the building will not be
opened for business much before Novem-
Der.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Smith began house
keeping this week in the upper tenement
of Mrs. Gertrude Dawes house on Pine
street.
A special train carrying the Brattleboro
company of the Vermont National Guard
passed through here about P. NJ. Friday
day en- route from the celebrations at Mont
pelier and Mortified.
A. H. Pratt went to Ludlow Thursday
where he attended an animal reunion of his
company, Company l of the Second Yer
mont Regiment. Twenty-seven members
of the company were present. Sunday be
attended the funeral OF his second lieuten-
ant, l. N. Wadleigh, at his late home in
Ludlow.
Last week Tuesday George B. Wheeler
obtained two valuable patents. One is for
an automatic alarm on rotary washing
machine, and the other for starching ma
chine. Both articles are being msnutac-
tured by the Bellows Falls Machine COM
pany. Mr.. Wheeler says that they are
challen cling the world with the starching
machine.
The fire alarm for box 81 sounded about
$50 P. M. Friday. The fire was in Jones'
cafe in engine hall, and was caused by the
careless handling of gasolene stove. 1t
was quickly extinguishad but both the hall
and Mr.. jones' property were considerably
damaged by smoke and water. Mr. Jones'
loss was about at $3.50 and the damage
to the hall about 800.
Our attention has been called to two err
rors IN an article in the last weeks TIMES
on churches and secret societies. E. r.
Ball and not j. H. Blakley is C. P. of
Golden Rule Encampment No. Is. His
tory in Emmanuel parish dates not from
1917. but from 1898 and the centennial of
the complete organization of the ves.ry was
duly celebrated in July of last year.
We are asked to state that likely young
couple called out one of the local clergy
men at a late hour Saturday evening after
he had retired for the night, and that the
clergyman answered the door-bell seeing a
S. bill for every step he took, only to be
sadly disappointed as the couple were not
on business bent. No doubt the moral is
that all is not gold which seems to glitter.
There will be no morning service in the
Universalist church next Sunday Sunday
school will be held at thu usual hour and
the Y. P. G. U. service at Is P. M. Rev.
Albert Hammatt and wife went to Boston
Monday to attend the national Universe
list convention and will remain until next
week. This evening MIR Hammatt will
give an address at church banquet in
Brocton, Mass.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Medical society held in Burlington last
week, DR.. Gorham of this place was
chosen vice-president and DR.. Allbee treas
urer; DR.. F. L. Osgood of Saxtons River
was chosen member of the neurology
committee; Drs. Campbell and Hill were
elected delegates to the American Medical
association. The next annual meeting will
be held in Rutland.
Mrs. AL Richards, whose husband is 8
member of the firm OF Richard Bros, meat
dealers, was thrown from her wheel and
somewhat injured Friday afternoon. She
was riding down School street and the
young man with DR.. Dolan's team was driv-
ing in the same direction. A collision &C.
CURED with the result that Mrs. Richards
was thrown to the ground and her wheel
badly damaged.
l. B. Newman secured for himself and
family cosy nook on Summer street SUI
piled with an adequate number of seats
for the Dewey parade in Bos-
ton last Saturday. Patriotism, however.
did not entirely compensate for the lack of
Refreshments. Thi, Is stated for the bene-
fit of those who saw Mr.. Newman dashing
wildly down the street with sandwicbe. in
one hand and pot of steaming coffee in
the other and thought perhaps he had gone
into the restaurant business on hi, own
hook.
Mrs. Hetty Green, 'the richest woman
in America" has again taken up her resi-
dence in Hoboken, says an exchange, and
according to the New York journal. sc
Dewey" is the name displayed on the let
ter box of her fiat, and she desires to be
known as 'Mrs. Dewey" Mrs. Green
tells the Journal she calls herself Dewey