The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 2, 1889 North Shrewsbury 8/2/1889 Allen BURDETT, our enterprising fellow townsman, has added a lathe to his machinery for the manufacture of chair-stock, at a cost of about $400. He has turned with it 18 chair-posts in one minute, or 300 per hour. The post has the usual five beads swells and tennon when it come out of the lathe. We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. J. HARRISON on the birth of a fine girl baby, last Sunday. Still it rains. Such a wet season has not been known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. No hay has been made since last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ira RUSSELL have opened their large and pleasant house for city boarders. Madam and Mrs. GAVETT and Miss GAVETT of Salem, Mass., arrived several days ago, and three more are coming this week. The Lord's Supper will be administered here, after the morning sermon, Sunday. We hope all Christian people in this vicinity will avail themselves of this precious privilege. Mrs. A. C. LOCKE, who has been boarding at Luther LORD's for three weeks past returned to her home in Salem, Mass., today (Wednesday), much improved in health. Her daughter Lizzie will remain through the Summer, and her sister Harriet and another young lady are expected Thursday. These ladies spent part of last Summer here and know the advantage of being up among the Green mountains. Pure air, pure water, pure milk, and sweet butter, are among the desirable things that contribute to health and comfort; and then not least good Christian privileges. We don't wonder they return to us, and we are pleased to add we have room and a cordial welcome for many more such persons, as a number of our best families are prepared to take city boarders. Miss Maud ALLEN has returned from Winsted, Conn., where she has been visiting with her father for ten days or more. On Tuesday last, by special invitation, five young ladies paid a visit to Mrs. Quincy WHEELER; viz., Mary PARKER, Grace JOHNSON, Bessie GUILD, Grace ACKLEY, Emma WRIGHT. The arranged their toilet with no reference to the latest style and as odd as possible, intending to surprise Mrs. W.; when lo! she met them at the door dressed in an antiquated blue silk dress, with a red tie around her neck, and received them very graciously. Altogether it was a very enjoyable visit. Mrs. WHEELER knows how to make it very pleasant for young people. Ira RUSSELL has given his large residence at the Center a coat of white paint Now with its green blinds it presents a very neat appearance. We note also that the school-house at the Center has been brightened up by a thorough painting on the outside, and as it has been reshingled recently it looks like a new building. Your correspondent had the pleasure, last Sunday, of riding to church after a fine young team, nicely matched as to color and size. Jonah ALDRICH, the owner, evidently loves a good horse and knows how to care for them. We are pleased to hear a number of farmers express themselves as satisfied with the colts sired by the gay young "Nimrod," owned by Luther LORD. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT