Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-04-26
Bellows Falls Times.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL %. 1899.
Bellows Falls Locals.

j. L. keefe went to Boston Monuay.
Ell. Fenton Of Brattleboro was in town
Saturday.
The fire loss on Towns hotel has not yet
been adjusted.
Mrs. w. H. Cobb Of Springfield was
guest at E. G. Fairbanks over Sunday.
Miss David Jennison Of Ware, Mass, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Brockway.
Miss Mabel McCoffrey of Montpelier is
employed in the millinery store of G. F.
Davis.
H. w. McKinnon is home this week
from Dartmouth owing to illness caused by
an abscess.
The balls and offices on the second floor
of Centennial block have been given new
coat Of paint.
Sidney Walker and family, who have
been in Hartland for the past four weeks,
returned home Monday.
Rev. E. L. Sanford of Ogdensburg, N.
Y, who was the guest of his brother, Rev.
D. L. Sanford, at the rectory, preached in
Emmanuel church Sunday.
r. H. Thomas. electrician, and Mr..
Tehan, night man at the power house, have
left the employ Of the Electric Light COM
pany. P. j. Keane is now working nights
and Jerry Shea days.
One of Crosier & Bowtel's bakery
wagons has been greatly improved by
new coat Of paint. The painter is F. M.
Wheeler of Rockingham who is doing 3
lively business in this line this spring.
Miss Alice jackson was taken very sick
Friday with what it was at first feared
would prove to be spiral meningitis. At
last accounts she was improving and would,
it was thought, escape critical illness.
The repairs on the store of Durham
Bros, which have been delayed during the
rush of the clearance sale, will be continued
next Monday. The delay, however, has
not proved very exasperatlng to Mr.. Dun
ham tor he INDUCES in satisfied smile
whenever the sale is mentioned.
"Humane Christian Culture" is the
name of new paper being printed by the
TINES job Office. The first issue will be
May 10, and will contain - pages and q
cover. Rev. C. j. Harris OF Putney is the
editor, and the paper will be the official
organ Of the Vermont Humane society.
The baked bean supper of the Baptist
society is to be on Friday evening this
week. The supper will begin at 80 and
will be in charge OF Mrs. E. w. Trask,
Mrs. l. A. Adams and Mrs. H. W.
Hutchins. After the supper John o.
Spring will give talk Of bis trip to Ger
many.
G. w. Pond finished work for the Yer
mont Farm Machine company Friday night
and went the next day to. Woonsocket, R.
l., where he has secured an excellent posi-
ton in machine shop. Mrs. Pond vacates
the tenement in the upper part Of the house
of Charles Martin on the extension Of
Henry street this week and will go to her
friends in Ticonderoga, N. Y, for short
time before joining Mr.. Pond at Woon-
socket.
In New York magazine, bearing the
date Of half dozen years ago, there was
published in an article anent, managers
and Dramatists," an anecdotal reference to
David Belasco. 1t is to the effect that q
we'll known society lady asked him to write
a few lines with his autograph appended in
her album. what shall write, miss ?'
he asked, as he held bis pen poised over
the blank page and glanced up inquiringly
at his pretty hostess. "Oh, what you like
Say something about love, dreams, any
thing" This is what he wrote, dreams
are digestion; love is a dream without
| digestion, and marriage is indigestion with
out the dreams"
The New York Life Insurance company,
which now has over three hundred policy
holders aggregating over half million
dollars insurance upon the lives of Below,
Falls citizens, began March /, issuing the
most liberal form Of policy ever issued by
any company. 1t marks new era in lite
insurance, being entirely incontestable tor
any cause after the first premium is paid.
1t is entirely without restriction as to travel,
occupation, manner of life or cause Of
death. 1t states that no permit will be re.
quired for military or naval service, and
although 80 days grace is allowed upon
payment of premiums it provides for rein
statement at any time within five years il
J the 80 days is exceeded. L. S. Hayes is
lplacing large number of these policies
Just now.
April seems to be month when In stinct
prompts people to pick up their household
goods and move. Various things are Of
course alleged as good and sufficient ground
for change of residence, but the real rea-
son is that it is just as natural to move in
April as to get married in June. Owing
to the lateness of the season this year, the
PROCESSION OF truck wagons bearing the