Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-02-21
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Frank Harris and Lizzie M. Finnipan
were united in marriage Monday morning,
February Is.
Mrs. Frank Baldwin opened her dancing
school at Norwich, VT, last week with 65
pupils, all Dartmouth students. Mrs,
Daniel Grey accompanied Mrs, Baldwin
and arrangements may be made for her
services as pianist through the term. Mrs.
Baldwin contemplates another term at
Berlin, N H., following the one just COM
pleted.
Mrs. A. c. Reed entertained at tea last
Wednesday, Mrs. Charles IL. Moore, Mrs
Edmund Burke and Mrs. III. Dressed of
Springfield, VT
The chief social event of last week was a
musicale Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. Charles Symonds, in which the men,
bers of the ST. Cecilia club and other lead
ing singers participated
DIR. and Mrs. Frank w. Waterman at
tended the Masonic ball at Bellows Falls
last Thursday.
John II. and Sabin Fisk lost one of the
market horses, Jerry" last week by a
sudden and unaccountable illness.
Fred H. Perry has recently purchased
the Mary o. Parker house on East street
and will occupy it this spring.
News has been received of the death of
Mrs. Hattie (CliffordD Greene, wife of Rev.
Ransom A. Greene, of Lowell, Mass,
and step-daughter of the late Mrs.
Mary p. Parker. Rev. and Mrs
Greene have been frequent guests in
town in past summers.
Bonds shop was shut down Friday and
Saturday and again Tuesday for repairs on
| the engine.
Twenty-one members of Charlestown
| grange attended the grange at North
Charlestown last Friday, it being neigh
boris night"
Rev. Moses T. Runnels of Newport
preached at the Unitarian church Sunday.
| Special music was rendered by the choir.
Charles S. Hutchins played with Beedle's
orchestra in Keene, Friday and Saturday.
Miss Eliza Gage Evans of Keene was a
guest at the Mansion House early in the
week.
| In letter to his brother, Rev. B. S. Las
sitter, Capt. William Lassiter, 10th U. S.
Infantry, at Manila, says that the trip from
San Francisco to Manila is a picnic in com
parison with that from Manila to Apart,
and the difficulties of the journey really
| begin to appear when start is made for
| the point where he is stationed. He adds
just now we have no prospect of getting
| home and don't know what awaits us.
Our life in every respect is that of an exile.
! Still it is in our line of business and if we
are to live and die here it is not more than
a soldier bargains for
| The recent long-continued cold weather
with high winds caused the freezing of
many water-pipes and our plumbers have
| their hands full.
John Chandler was guest last week of
| Mr.. Fairbrother and wife on Summer street.
| The Y. P. r. U. will hold social at the
church parlors Thursday evening, Febru-
| airy %.
| Miss Julia Jaseph has returned to her
| work in the postoffice after an illness of
several days. During her absence Miss
| Lizzie Hutchins and Miss Marian Reed
have assisted Postmaster Perry.
| Miss Spooner is expected this week from
Chester, VT, where she has been teaching.
The new dress of type is thoroughly
appreciated by every reader of the TIMES.
Schools close next week for the spring
vacation.
| RECEPTION TO FATHER FINNIGAN.
The following is taken from the Clare
| mont Eagle: GA public reception is to be
rendered Rev. p. j. Finnigan, at the opera
house, Sunday evening, February II, com
mencing at o'clock. An interesting pro-
gram has been arranged, including a con-
cert by the choir of st. Marys church.
| Father Finnigan concludes his pastorate
of st. Mary's parish, Sunday, after 20 years
of faithful service, and his departure from
town is universally considered loss to the
| community
Rev. P J. Finnigan officiated at service
in St. GATHERINGS Monday morning. His
parishioners here presented him with
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