Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
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was unable to play in The Old Home
stead" in Eeene Saturday evening and
Archie Boyd came up from Boston. Mr..
Thompson turned his part of the pro-
ceedS, S73S75 over to the Elliot City
hospital, few annual gifts like that
would ruua hospital in Bellows Falls.
While members of the senior class of
the high school were not in position to
give the exact figures yesterday, they
thought they would break about even on
the minstrel entertainment last Thurs
/ day evening. The expenses amounted
to nearly $500. The Brattleboro con-
tingent had been guaranteed $3.50.
The fire department was called ont
Thursday afternoon by the burning of
small barn belonging to the Bellows
Falls Machine company. This barn is
located on the Island and as the fire was
IN the roof it is supposed that it caught
from spark from the foundry. The
flames Were extnguished in short time
but not until the roof of the building
was badly damaged.
Mrs. b. Z. Merriam and her mother,
Mrs. Camp, were called to Elmore last
week by the death of Norman Camp, an
uncle of Mrs. Merriam. Mr.. Camp had
represented his town in the legislature,
was high sheriff Of Lamoille county for
some time and served for many years as
| tired from the office of town clerk after
holding that office for about 40 years.
At the invitation of a committee rep
resenting the directors of the hospital
association u dCzen or Is doctors and
nurses met in the high school building
Friday evening to inspect the new hos
pital plan as provided by Springfield,
(MaSS.) architect, All expressed them
selves as we'll pleased and seemed to
think that if the building could be put
up for $l1 500 as claimed by the archi-
tect the town would get ample accom-
''David IIarum' played to a large
house Friday evening and gave splendid
satisfaction. The company was strong
one and well balanced. Many considered
W. II. Turner who took the part of
" David IIaum," fully the equal of Den
man Thompson, and that is praise
enough. The book, David Harum, -
ranks as an American classic; and the
dramatization is one of the happiest and
strongest Of the numerous dramatiza-
lions of the past few years.
If Lyman Iowe's owing pictures
had never come to Bellows Falls the
entertainments given by the London Bio
scope company in the opera house Mon
day and Tuesday evenings would have
been considsTed first-class. As twas the
programs gsis very good satisfaction.
The audiences, however, were not large.
Some of the scenes were unique, as 6 A
Trip to the Moon,' while others, like
views from the famous Durbar, seen here
before were shown with taking effect.
While driving Sunday j. T. Dodge and
Fred Timothy were thrown from their
carriage at Church's corner and Mr..
Dodge was seriously injured. The horse,
one that Mr.. Dodge had purchased in
keene the day before, was frightened by
the electric cars and bolted in such a
way that both occupants of the carriage
were thrown to the ground. The horse
then went on at mad pace and was
captured in Bellows Falls village, neither
horse nor carriage being injured, Mr..
Dodge was injured in the back and side
and suffered slight hemorrhage from
the stomach The accident will prob.
ably keep him from work for some
time.
The following regarding company il
which John w. Flint of this place is in.
terested is taken from last weeks issue
of The Paper Mill: "The Katahdir
Pulp and Paper company, at Lincoln
Me-, intends to make extensive repairs
and changes at the mills in the neal
future. 1t has had large knot dryer
built on the roof of the wood room anC
intends disseminating that department il
the pulp mill, removing it to the saw
mill where the chips will be prepared a
the river and loaded into cars and hauled
to the pulp mill. 1t is the intention t.
take out the two upright tubular boiler
and install in their places two of tn
latest make of Sterling's boilers of grea
steam capacity
Moses Miller had day of rare enjoy
ment Tuesday. For the sum of one dol
lar he purchased ticket good for con
tinuous passage between Bellows Fall
and SaxtonS River from A. NJ. until L
p. NJ. Mr.. Miller put in the entire da!
and evening riding back and forth, stop
ping only long enough for necessary re
freshments. This was formal celebra
ton of the fact known to all the world
viz, that Mr.. Miller was really thu
originator of the electric road idea. Mr.
Miller never tires of reiterating that if h,
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