Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-12-07
Town Topics.

| III tOWu laoL WICK.
Mrs. George Parmenter is clerking in
Pierce's bargain store.
II. II. Bailey and family passed Thanks
giving in Claremont, N. III.
"New York Racket" in gilt adorns the
top OF the new Su,er block.
The ladies' of the Methodist church will
have their annual falr Friday, the 18th inst.
Albert Allbee and wife OF Worcester,
Mass, visited at George H. Allbee's this
week.
j. L. Orm.by and wife of Westminster
West passed Thanksgiving at Myron Ed
sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Fletcher of Ches-
ter visited at G. L. Fletchsr's during the
week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Proctor of Somer-
Vile, Mass, passed Thanksgiving at G. IL.
Gibson's.
&C. Bolles and family Of White River
Junction passed Thanksgiving here with
relatives.
j. H. Williams and family passed
Thanksgiving with Judge Kellogg in
Westminster.
W. P. Perley's jurisdiction on the Fitch
burg has been extended, and Cold River
is now under his superiutendency.
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Martin of Lowell.
Mass, visited her home here last week, j.
A. Eaton being Mrs. Martins father.
Miss l.. E. Stearns, one of the teachers
in Building No. 8, spent the Thanksgiving
recess at her home IN Townshend, Mass.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Swain ate their
forty-ftth consecutive Thank sgiving Dime
last week at the home Of relative in Brat
tleboro.
A. H. Brown says that his record Of
rainfall for November, 1898, shows SIG
inches, and for November, 1899, 2 1-16
inches.
| The second meeting OF the Baptist
young peoples union was held Tuesday
evening at the home Of Charles Roider on
Green street.
Miss Lula Lewis has been engaged to
teach the winter term of school al
lWeather.feld Bow and commenced her la
bors there this week.
Il Frank Burnett, father of F. W.. Burnett
On Westminster street, had shock last
week Monday but has recovered sufficient.
ly to be about again.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Willard, Mrs
: Ell "a Clarke and G. F. Arnold and family
Of Westminster spent Thanksgiving at c.
2 E. Robertson's in Bellows Falls.
, The ladies OF the Universalist church
$ will serve bean supper in the vestry thi,
evening at 6.15 O'Clock, under direction o.
Mrs H. G. McDufee and Mrs. j. B
Divoll. All are welcome.
r There were II tables Of whist at the
whist party given in Odd Fellows hall Fri:
day evening. Prizes were won by F. c.
Winnewisser, George H. Allbee, and Mrs
Clarence Bowling, and Mrs. Griffith.
The F. B. F. people announce that they
) have re ceived an ''original package" direc
from England. But this is not so strange
for the "original package" idea is quite
popular during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Hodges of Fitch
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Shappey
and Mrs. Mary Bombard Of St. Adams
and Misses lombard and Rye OF Newport
N H., passed Thanksgiving at F. w
Burnett's.
Rev. J. H. Reid's lecture, "Glimpses O
Scotland and England, in the c ongrega
tional church Tuesday evening was mucl
enjoyed by all present. The views are
!. spoken of as excellent. Rev. j. E. Far
: row operated the stereoptlcon.
Prof Franklin. the eye specialist, say
his practice in Bellows Falls has more thar
u doubled in the pat year and he is about t.
ri model his office in Gray's Block to be thu
same as his office in Keene, which is ont
of the finest equipped in New England.
Oscar A. Cast of this place and Mis-
! Myrtle D. Cory, daughter OF George M
4 Cory of Saxtons River, were married il
Fitchburg, Mass, at the home OF bro'he
:, of the groom, on the evening of Novembe
20. They are living at No. Hapgoot
r street.
The Epworth League social at the resi-
dence of Daniel Beaton on the extension
of Henry street last evening was vel
attended by tho young people of tn
:, League and their friends. A short literar.
Q program furnished entertainment for tn,
it early part of the evening and later game
/ were resoried TO and played with zest TO
: the remainder of the time.