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Miss Ella Purcell was home over
Sunday from Cohoes.
Miss Lizzie McGurk has returned
from visiting friends in Troy.
Mrs. w. II. LOOMS has returned
from visiting friends in Troy.
Miss Sarah Little has been spending
several days with friends in Cohoes.
MIR and Mrs Walter Spaulding spent
Sunday with friends in North Hoo
sick.
Mrs Mary Galusha OF South Shafts
bury spent Sunday with relatives in
town.
Mrs Mallery is visiting her sister,
Mrs David c. Eldridge of North
Hoosick
George Marquette, a former resident
has been passing a few days with
friends here.
The Misses Nellie and Catherine
Gunshsnron are visiting friends iu
Troy and Schenectady.
Rev w. H. Wa shburne has been at
tending the Burlington District.
Preachers institute at Castleton.
Next Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock the Rev w. n Washburne,
will speak at the Chapel near Hiram
Denio's.
Heavy new machinery has been in
stalled at the powdered milk factory
and operations have been resumed
there the past week.
The summer residences OF Thomas
Vail and Justin Kellogg of Troy, at
Bennington Center have not yet been
closed for the season.
John H. Hart, $40 Main st has re-
ceived from the Boston Herald Co., a
fine basket ball as a prize for cor
rectly solving one Of the series Of
children's prize contests now run
ming in the Boston Sunday Herald.
George vandenburg died last Thurs
day from consumption. He was "a
years of age and leaves no family.
His funeral was attended from St.
Peters church Saturday afternoon
the interment being in the village
cemetery.
Miss Florence b. March entertained
a number of friends at cards Friday
evening in honor of Miss Helen
Barlow OF Hoosick Falls, who has
been visiting her for several days.
Prizes were won by Miss Maude
Galusha and Lester Vale. Refresh
ments we're served.
Services in the Methodist church,
will begin next Sunday with a Love-
feast at $3.50 a. m. In this service
church letters will be read and the
ordinance of baptism administered
At 1880 O'Clock the pastor, w. Il.
Washburne, will speak on "Remission
OF Sins. =" And at p. m. on "SifHng
and Tanning The sittings are all
tree
William Austin had a narrow escape
while coming down Elm street on his
wheel one evening recently. Several
bonfres we're burning and the smoke
was quite dense In undertaking to
clear it he collided with the rig of Mrs
Burt lockwood who was driving in
the opposite direction Neither one
could see the other, young Austin was
thrown TO the ground in such a way
that one Of the rubber tired wheels
passed over his neck.
Fred B. Nash, 81 years old, and
with eight years experience in the
business has been engaged by Harry
Willoughby as manager of his meat
market at 422 Main street Mr.. Nash's
experience was with AKRON a. Piper,
of Middlebury, one of the Oldest and
best meat men in Vermont, and he has
come here highly recommended. Mr..
Willoughby has had everything in the
market put in first class condition and
aims to carry as complete and choice
a stock of beef, pork, mutton, poultry,
lard, etc, as is to be found in the
state.