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Clam chowder tonight at Estes
market.
Miss Gracia Bentley is visiting in
Bridgeport, Conn.
c. c. Jones returned today from a
trip to New York
The Molly stark bridge club will |
meet Monday night with Mrs. II. T. |
Cushman.
A. J. Hufnagel OF Gage street is
employed as Waterman at Rock
woods mill.
The local F. NJ. T. A. b. society
will hold a dance on Friday evening,
February 4th
Miss Ella Barney and Mrs. Noble
A. Mutt have returned from a visit
in Albany and Cohoes.
Douglass Hawks and Grin w
Bowen left this morning for Brooklyn
where they will visit for few days.
Miss Grace Durham of smith col
lege, Northampton, Mass. is the
guest of Miss Vera Bull of Pleasant
street.
The street department men haze
been busy for two days opening up
the cutters in the streets in prepar-
alton for the thaw and rain
The condition OF Walter II. Berry,
proprietor of the Walloomsac Inn,
who has been i'll of pneumonia, is
reported much improved today.
The schedule of baseball games
just completed by Williams college
shows the following home games
April %, Trinity; May 7. NJ. A. c.;
May If, Cornell; May 2S, Dartmouth
May 80, Amherst; June IL, Wesley
an; June 10, Holy Cross; June IS
Fordham.
joint meeting of the trustees
and deacons of the Second Congrega
tional church is called for after the
morning service tomorrow
Rev. J. j. Cullion of Montpelier
and his sister Miss Fanny Cullion
who have been guests of W. j. Woods
of Troy several days have returned
home.
! Temple Chapter No. S r. A. NJ. will
hold the regular meeting Monday
next, Jan. 24th at p. IN. The r. A
Degree will be eXempified All the
officers are requested to be present
The members of the n. E. o. p
entertainment committee are re
lquested to meet in the hall this eve
ming at 1870 o'clock sharp. All should
be present to transact important
business.
A herd of deer can be seen nearly
every afternoon feeding on a field OF
rye belonging to Frederick Potter OF
Pownal. The rye field adjoins Oal
Hill cemetery and is about a five
minutes walk from the village.
The first event in the series Of
athletic contests at the Y. NJ. c. A
gymnasium took place Friday even
ing in the form of rope climbing
contest. 1t was won by Irving Aller
who climed the Is foot rope in II IL
seconds.
Owing to the delay of mail train.
from New York, large number o
Hoosick Falls business men hav,
signed a petition which is to be for
warded to Washington North AID
ans is considering just such a move
as the delays are becoming more fire
quent
The fire Thursday afternoon, il
which a Rutland woman had mar
row escape from losing her life
was caused by the dangerous prac
tice of stimulating a live fire by
kerosene poured from a vessel, il
this case a lamp. Herein is empha
sized again the danger of this pro
coedng
Mr. Mills is giving series of ser
mons upon modern meanings in thu
Genesis stories, to accompany The
course of studies for the adult class
es in the Sunday school upon tn,
Heroes & Crises OF Early Hebrew
History" Sunday morning he viii
give the third in this series, upoI
The Sin of Cain" AT the evening
service also he will speak upon al
obscure but interesting alluslon IL
the legend of the fall of man
"Bruising the Head of the Serpent.
The Second Congregational churcl
Rev. G. S. Mills minister, cordially
invites the public to its services O
worship and other exercises tomor
row. Morning worship at 1890
evening, : o'clock Sunday school al
noon. The mems class will consid
er Number and Character of the
Unemployed Junior Endeavor a
O'Clock Union service of the sen
.cl society with other young people
societies at the Methodist church at 6
The Congregational young people are
asked 10 meet promptly at ten min
ites before & in the chapel.
At the regular business meetinl
Of the Young Woman's Club the fol
lowing officers were elected. Presi
dent, Mrs. Wills White; vice-presi
Miss Collins; secretary, Miss Edni
LOOMS; assistant secretary, Mrs
W. Il. Putnam; treasurer Miss Ma
= tie Buss; assistant treasurer, Mis-
| Della Ames; chairman of the socia
committee Miss Victoria Temple
chairman of program committe,
II Miss Dtta Stree'er. Council, Mrs.
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