Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-01-03


opening this week.
mrs NJ. ID. Corliss and children of Charles
.own visited with the families Of ID. 8 Booth
Sna ana George l. Houghton last week o. j,
olatk and family, also of Charlestown, were
guests at ii, A. Slade's Christmas day.
r Parker cf Fi'zwilliam, employed at
sne Abenaque Machine shops, returned few
usys ago from weeks absence in the west
on business trip.
NJ letters are advertised at the postoffce thus:
mr. Sam Croto, Mr.. N Speigell.
Arlon s Foster has been visiting relatives
u heene, leaving December ~.
During the past quarter, there were 100
registered letters and parcels sent out from
the postofice and ia received During the
month OF December there we're LOG money
oFaprs sold, tor which was received the sum
2. S66l 81. There were IL paid, amounting to
$74,22.
Miss M. Elbra Hooper from the City hospi-
Sa', heene.spep short vacation at her home
mere last week. Miss Grace K. Hooper Is
spendlng New Years with cousins in Spring
isld, Vt.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Perry of Keene
spent few days lat week with Mrs. Perry's
mother and sister, Mrs S. G Platts and Miss
haith s. Platts, on Middle street
James Foord of Cornell university :,
ltntc4, N. Y made bri, visit at his home
In town duriug Christmas week
The anpual collection for the Ministers
and Widows charit, b fund wi | be taken at
the morning services January 6, ut the Con
gregational chul ch, Commu ion services
Nh be held at that date at the usual hour and
tne preparatory lecture will be held at 80 p
NJ, January 3,
Char es p Howland of New York was the
guest New Years Of his aunt, Mrs. j. G. Bel
lows, and family.
Kendall Banning has been entertaining
Dartmouth college friends for several day 8
past at his home on Prospect Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl H. Burt of Swanzey
spent Christmas with Mrs. Burt's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Wells. Mrs Sara r
hunyon also spent The holidays with her par
ents, returning to NewYork the d inst.
D. A. Dewolf, formerly of this town, now
residing in Greenfield, Mass, spent last week
at the Dinsmore.
Mr.. and Ms. George r. Kinds of Green
field, Mass aud Edwin G. Kinds of Millers
Fails spent few days during Christmas week
with their parents, j. II. Kinds and wife, on
North street
Ralph Lane, who has been ill at his home
In West SwaIzsy for the past ten days, is
again at work in Perry & Porter's.
William G. Banning returned the 2Sah inst
to New York after few days spent with his
iaully III IOWu.
A pleasant social gathering took place at
tbs parish house at o'cl ck thu afternoon OF
December 26 when Oh i-tmas celebration
Sunday school Christmas gifts, candy and
fruit were distributed by Santa Claus, who
vi & represented by DIR. Matthews. very
a.~.asously decorated Christmas tree was
a ae.eatufe OF the OCCASION, and r h5cted creoIt
on the skill and good taste of those in charge.
Miss Grace Butterfield of Cambridge,
Mass, is the guest of her uncle, o. J. Butter
field, and family.
The steam saw mill cf g. A. Pierce is at
present stationed on what is known as the
Ward lot on the river Yo,d, and lumber is
being sawed for w. Prentiss, who, with
G. Nj. Norwood and son of Keene, is engaged
tn cutting timber in that part of the town.
Messrs. Prentiss and Norwood have pur-
chased timber of f, O. Smailsy and W. A.
Burt and recently have purchased quantity
on the river road farm OF Albert H. Watkins
Some 200 900 feet OF timber have already been
sawed.
The next entertainment in the Walpole
Free Lecture course viii take place We Ines
day evening, January 9, on which date Rev
DR., A. A. Willis Ct Spring Lake, N. J., will
give lecture entitled ''Sunshine DR.
Willis is highly recommended and is we'll
known on the lecture platform. The doors
are open free to all residents in town Any
from adjoining towns who may wish to at
tend will be charged rs cents admission.
During the month Of December the attend.
apCs at the Bridge Memorial library was 59S
and the ci, culation of books 608 The st.
e adance during the year was 92ol, and $50
5itors from out OF town registered. All the
ew Englar states were repres ented, many
of the southern and western states irclnding
exas, Mississippi, Kentucky and California
nd Montana. Names were a'so registered
rom the middle states and from Herford.
ing, and Canada.
On New Years day Mr.. and Mrs James B.
ecsley observed the first anniversary OF
Aeir marriage at their home on Middle strs ct
g'lh small family party, among whom were: :
Hr. and Mrs Dan G Calahane aud son Reg
aid of Keene; Mss Velms E Foster of
rattlehoro; Miss Plore' ce J Foster of Bal
more, Md; Alfred M. Foster of Los An
eles, Cal, and MIR and Mr.. Willis G. Foster
and daughter Madeline of this town.
Officers for the ensuing year were installed
in Walpole grange on the evening of January
l Ellery H. Rugg of Keene was master of
assisted by Mrs. Rueg, and the
exercises were in an impressive and in
tructive manner befitting the occasion. A
h lspdsome chair was presented Mrs. Fred A.
6 faves as New Years gift from the
gra ge in token cf the appreciation of her
2 4iuable and faithful services as organist.
he presentation in heb alf of the grange was
made by Edwin Guild. Mrs Graves respond
ing A supper of baked beans, cold meats.
Ike, coffee, etc was served at the close of
he evening About 80 we're in attendance.
Mrs. Mary e. Stone, aged 70 years and
died at the residence of Leslie
Chandler in Drewsville on December 80
3rs. Stone was native of Ireland. She wss
Lhe widow of W liam Stone, a veteran of the
Civil war, whose death occurred about four
years ago, Funeral services we're held Janu-
ary l, attended by Rev E. A. Keep, with bur-
al in Walpcle cemetery.
The death Of Edward Courtland Mitchell,
a native Of Walpol.. occurred at his home in
Bostop, D cember %, at tue age of 70 years.
Funeral services were he the following
with burial at Mt Auburn. Mr..
Mitch Il was the son of William aud Rebecca
Martini Mitchell, both now d, 'ased, and
was the So venth child in family of ten sons
and daughters, but two Of whom are now liv-
ing, Ms r. L Bal If Wellesley Hills,
Ii as. formerly of Walpole, and Mrs Re.
becca Huntington of New York For many
r. ars M. Michel was a resident Of Boston
and was engaged in the drv goods business,
under the firm name of Mitche !, Greene &
stevens In 1854 he married Miss Envy
teaals 6 Rnston dauuhfer If tha lat w iii N,