Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-01-31
LOCAL NOTES.

lot across The street from his residence 10
North Walpole.
Mrs Emma L Putnam has been quite
SEX for week or more with the grip, the
disease b ing complicated by the formation
OF an abscess.
H. E C,x has fitted out email shop in
the basement of the Ilsnd House with
electric power and will do general wood
working business.
o M. Gus 'er moved last week into the
tenemt mt in Chase court vacated by Mrs.
Pslk-y, who is making her home with her
daughter, Mr.. l. A. Adams.
s. w. Stuart has eased the Ray shop at
the d pot IN wi AXE possession March
l. MIR. Stuart will assume the lease which
Bert Oh Ills had of M. H. Ray.
The Woodstock Age remarks: "Bel-
lows Fails is short on hotel accommoda-
tt IN. and weary traveller sleep in the park
or LOOK Tor warmer welcome elsewhere.
Suburban hotels ara DOH g rushing bu.i-
nes', BIT the city on the raging Conn .cti-
cut is king step, to remedy the desperate
81 uation."
Mrs. M rgsr McGinnis, so yer, of
age, was found dead Monday of last week. |
Dsah WAS "a sed by heart failure prob
ably two ours before the fat was discov-
er, d. Her home wa, with her son Jane.
in North Walpols. The funeral WAS
We inesday and tbs body was taken to
Wallingford for burial.
Col. and Mrs E. G. O,good and daugh-
ter went to Broosltne, Mas Tuesday, |
where they W IL visit c. w. O'good and
family. They were accompanied by Miss
Mary Spof ,rd, who Will remain until
spring. Colonel O,good will attend the
twentieth anniversary OF the founding of
the Christian End a,or society at Portland,
Me-, January 81 to february 8.
A. w Ray, who ha, been working in
Fitchburg, ha, returned to town and will
occupy the tent ment in Chase court, re-
Gently vacated by W. B Cassidy. Mr..
Cassidy hiss moved into his new house on
South street in which F. H. Britton has
one OF the ter ements. Mr.. Rsy will work
for the present in the Ray wood working
shop at the depot.
G. E. Whitman has been the local rep
resentative of the Independent Refining
company Of Oil CRY, Pa, tor some time,
and as soon as he has closed out his gro
Gerry business will dev tie bis whole time to
handling kerosene oil and gasolene manu-
featured by this company. This company
is independent of the Standard Oil COM
pany aud claim, to handle better goods.
The press emit retail price of its kerosene is
fourteen cents.
Ezra E. Hastings, eyed 60, died OF
Bright's disease at the home OF his son on
Barker street Wednesday of last week.
The funeral was from the house Friday,
Rev. j. H. Reid officiating. Mr.. HastiDg,
left widow and eight children, the two
living in this place being R. H. Hastings
and Mrs. F. II. Streeter He had lived in
Windsor most of his life, but had made bis
home with his son during the past two
years.
DR.. o M. George was 10 q reminiscent
vein one day last week aud told of the time
when Bellows Falls boosted of ten kerosene
lamps. This was about 1872 Prior to
that time there had been no lights at all
When the ten lamps had been duly in
stalled the worthy citizen, thought that
they had taken long step toward introduc-
ing modern improvem ents. The number ,
OF lamps was gradually increased until
there were 1875 or SO, when Lighting by cleo ,
tricity WAS Introduced.
More ice was handled in Bellows Falls I
last week than in any other week in the {
history OF the place. All the teams that
could be secured were kept busy. The
Boston Dairy company filed its shed from
the Connecticut. G.. III. Evans has filled
his two houses in the village and i, now
filling the new house at the pond The i
Rutland railroad began cutting and filling q
its house the first of ths week. Ice OF ex. il
cellent quality has bsen secured BIZ all
parties.
The Interstate Journal published at
White River junction has this paragraph
in Its announcement of what the February
issue will contain: SEA Mime Hupt,,o
Trip by Mr.. E. A. Norwood of Bellows,
Falls will describe the joys and discomforts
of a week in the wilderness around Joe
Mary lake, canoeing in waters swift or still.
how the sailor cook brought down a deer
propped in life-like position tor the occs- l
sion, amid shouts of laughter from the
camp, how the hunters party got a number
OF deer, narrowly escaped being frozen
and how they made perilous passage Of
Pemadumcook lake in fierce blov With