Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-11-15
Bellows Falls Times
Neighborhood News.
BRATTLEBORO.

The young men Ct class7 of the Baptist
Sunday school gave a supper, on the Euro
pean pan, last Thursday evening in the
chur ch parlors from to 730. The proceeds
will be used for Improvements in the cass-
room.
The young women of the Unitarian church
gave a supper last Thursday evening at Wells
hall al 80, a "tandem bicycle party" fol-
lowing.
Augustus Mallard, for number of years
| resident of Brattleboro, died Wednesday IF
last week at the home ct L. D. Harris, Ret
ting place.
The storm If Friday was Of the strenuous
sort, beginning with lightning and heavy
thunder at an ea,ly hour. This continued
until &C ock, when it began haiing, and
during the day rain and snow alternated I'M
| til every thing was thoroughly soaked. Some
of the roads we're badly washed. The YER
mont wheel club rooms and some of the stock
in Patrick Jennings stove store were wet
down on account Of removal of part of the
roof Of Grange block for repairs the day be-
fore.
Several boys are suspected of having set
the fire on Wantastiquet, which burned over
a large area Tuesday and Wednesday Ct last
week. and which was finally put out by the
rain. 1t is proposed to make an example
some OF these offenders, who annually start a
fire on the mountain, causing great damage,
j. A. Pullen's grocery store was robbed
Thursday night of Sal 3d. which was taken
from the cash register. Entrance was effect
ed through rear window, the thitt making
his exit through the door. A tramp is sus-
pt ctea, and efforts are being m ade to capture
him.
Rev. E. @ s. Osgood read paper on
"Shall it be China for the Chinesei before
the Professional club at the Brooks house on
Tuesday evening, it being the first meeting
IF 10 n Fits lead the hiS.
cussion. Sta
Herbert S. Streeter of Greenfield opened
daI cling school at Grange hall Monday even
ing, the course being of IL lessons. Frank
b. Shaffer will be the pianist.
William o. Powers has bought through A.
V. Mays agency A. T Cobb's livery business,
and &c ok possession Monday
The Brattleboro football team wi play
return game with the Bellows Falls team
Saturday, the 18th.
The assurance is again given of the de-
cision to change the narrow gauge road from
Brattleboro to Londonderry to standard
gauge ne xt Summer. This Information comes
from a source which is said to be reliable, and
will carry Joy to the towns dirtc ~ interest
ed in the West river valley. With this change
tf gauge will come many hoped-for improve
ments in other directions and accommoda-
tions, which the capacity of the little road
cannot now give. There is even a suggestion
the continuar CO tf the road through to
Whitehall, under the provisions of its char
ter, which would operate to the material in.
terests of Brattlsboro,
With the exception of January, Brattleboro
has had thunder. storm in every month dur
ing the year, which is considered somewhat
remark able and quite unusual. One of the
heaviest ele ctrlc storms Ct the season was
that of SATURDAY. morning, when the light
n,ng kept the sky ablsze before daYbreak,
while the thunder was heavy and continuous.
1t rained and then it poured and finally hailed
and showed, variety of weather seldom
seen SO late in the season. There is no dan
ger of a drouth during the winter, for springs
and streams are we filed, West river hav-
ing swe lied its waters to flood proportions.
Rev. Edward T. Mathison of Ansonia, Ct !,
has accepted the cal to St. Michael's Episco-
psi church and will begin his rectorship here
IN about three weeks.