Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-06-03
Bellows Falls Times
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1899.
Bellows Falls News.

Mrs S. j. Coolidge was in Springf I'D
Thursday,
f A. Woods, an employee in the office
OF the Woodstock Standard, was in town
three or iour 'ays this week, the guest Of
his uncle JOHN Balch.
Mrs IL. E. Bush Of Concord, N. H., is
visiting her husbands parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Bush. H. E. Bush is at pres
ent employed in the Patriot office at Con-
cord.
The junior auxiliary Of the Congrega-
tional church will hold lawn party on the
grounds OF Col. E. G. Osgood next Tues
day evening if pleasant; if not pleasant it
will be held on Wednesday evening. Ice
cream and cake will be served.
On May 80, Decoration day, quite a
number of the young people in Walpole
started for Bellows Falls on bicycles to see
the street parade; among those that went
were Master Leon Wiggin, Blendall Buck
ly, Allen Russell and the Misses Lenabelle
Hawkes., Maybel Hawkes., Bertha Wiggin,
Julia Griffin and Helen Hubbard all report
ed fine time, only one accident occurring
during the day.
At meeting OF the Christian Endeavor
society of the Congregational church held
Thursday evening the following officers
were elected for the ensuing six months:
president, W. H. Black; vice president,
mrs. George E. WEIGH; corresponding
secretary, Miss Abbie: Leonard; re cording
secretary, Miss Stella Durham; treasurer,
Nv. B. D. Hayes; assistant treasurer, Fred
Blossom pianist, Miss Elizabeth Dean !;
press representative, F. S. Adams.
| An exchange says: 1.-The Fitchburg
railroad is about to try the experiment Of
burning coke on its passenger locomotives.
Engine Sc has been equipped with water
CRATES and the necessary netting, ETC., at
the shops In Keene and will be given trial.
Coke is used almost exclusively as fuel on
the English railways. Its great advan-
tage over coal is that it burns without gas
or smoke. The Whitney syndicate in Bos.
ton is about, to make coke in large guam
titles and several roads entering the city
are said to be experimenting with it."
A. E. E. Starkey, son of L. H. Starkey
of SAB Marlboro street, who has been EN-.
ployed for two years in the Office Of the
Deerfeld Valley Times of Wilmington
Vt, lately, as foreman, assumes the editor
ial and business management OF the Ben
nington Semi-W Weekly Banner this week
The Times says Mr.. Starkey is brigh
and brainy young man of wide experience
in the newspaper business, and congratu
lates the Banner on securing such an abb
, editor and anager.-Keene Sentinel
Mr.. Starkey is the son of Mrs. Mar,
Starkey, who spent the winter in Below
Falls with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. JaquIth.
Miss Mary Danforth, who spoke at tn
Methodist church Wednesday evening
gave very delightful account of her mis-
sionary labors in Japan with an amusing
. word picture of her efforts to conform t.
e the curious manners and customs of tn,
people. Miss Danforth came to this plac,
from Rutland and did not arrive for SOM
time after the hour appointed for her lee
ture. Owing to wreck on the RUTLAND
road the express was to be delayed sew
eral hours, and she took the mixed train
hoping to reach here sooner, but at Ches
ter the mixed was sidetracked two OF
three hours to wait for the express to pass