Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-12-28
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 1899
Town Topics.

Z ID. Crosier has purchased a handsome
pair of black horses for use on the hear,e
Miss Belle Or fiji hot Newport, N. H.
passed Christmas at G. E. Howard's.
T. E. O'Brien of Northport, L L., is in
town this week
d. E. Webster has been sick with the
grip this week.
Ralph Reynolds and family, f. E. Rand
and family and l.. S. B.ace enj we'd !.
Christmas gathering at E. H Braces.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z Conway passed
Christmas in Springfield with her people.
w A Truax has been housed this week
with severe cold.
Miss Z bel Wheeler had new Sterling
piano for Christmas present.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. O'Connor of Hol-
yoke. Mas were the guests OF his brother,
j.. j. O'Conner, over Cbri'fmas. Mr..
O'Connor is prominent candidate for the
Office OF city clerk in Holyoke.
Arthur Fisher OF Weston stopped at H.
A. J.quith's Monday night. He is juror
ia the Windsor county court and was on
his way to Woodstock.
A son was horn to MIR. and Mrs. w. E..
Stockwell December 16.
C. c. Caldwell was confined to the house
by sickness last week.
Frank E. Morgan Of Burlington passed
Sunday and Christina, at his homo here.
He is one of three young men who are in
terested in the Inland Advertising COM
pany agency. This agency is doing fine
business and Mr.. Morgan is contemplating
devoting hi. entire time to the business in
the near future.
The F. B. F. hold .eries of demonstra-
tons during all of next week, with Miss
Lewis as demonstrator. Something to eat
and drink will be free to all.
1t is expected that Rev. A. L. Cooper,
D. D., OF Randolph will begin union evan
gelist,c services in the Congregational
church Sunday evening, January Z. Full
Ter ,tice next week.
| T. H. Friedlander, the peoples cobbler,
will hereafter call for and deliver work in
his lines.
| Miss Cora Bush of Chester passed
Christina, with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Bush. She was accompanied by
Kittie Hill. ne
|. John F'avin his moved his barber shop
from the Howard block to North -Walpole.
HtHenry's minstrel troupe drew large
house on Thursday evening and gave ex-
cellent satisfaction. .....,
Mrs. HE Sparrow has been confined
to the house by sickness the past week. -
Geo ge B. Allbee and family passed
Christmas with Mrs. Allbee's people in
Springfield. 4
Miss Emily Blake is home from her
school in New York for the holiday vaca-
ton.
John Church of the U. v. NJ. is spend
ing the vacation at his home here. @:.
F. H. Burr and H. w. McKinnon wit
messed the game of basket ball between
the Dartmouth and Keene team, Tuesday
evening.
Edward Blanchard and family on Bar
ker street passed Christmas in Yves :
Minister. $3.50.
Mrs. A. E. Brown of Roxbury and Miss
Mil Brown, teacher of French and Ger
man in Goddard Seminary, were Christmas
guests at E. O. Young's. ..s..
Miss Juna Fifeld visited her brother in
Bradford over Sunday and M onday.
Christmas trade In Bellows Falls this
season was record breaker. Nearly all
the merchants report larger sales than last
year, aud several say they never had bet
ter trade since being in business. Satur.
day was the biggest day OF tie season, and
lprobab'y so many goods were never before
sold in Bellows Falls in a single day, or SC
much money paid out.
| Posmast' Cannon says that so far a.
he knows the Christmas mails this year
were the heaviest in the history of the of.
flee. The carr ers used team, Satur Iay
afternoon and Monday. and all mails were
delivered promptly and to the satisfaction
of all.
H. H. Church, foreman in Hail.. pain,
factory, was pr scented Chr ina, day witt
an elegant combir ion bookcase and de,k
aid pretty char, the gifts of the employ.
es under him. Gushing Adams, ma age,
of the sane factory, was presented with 8
handsome Office cha from the emploves II
the office and the foreman.
DR.. E. w. Knight now has the fines,