The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, July 26, 1889 Ludlow 7/26/1889 Will TAPPER is off on a visit to relatives in Lynn, Mass. Mrs. W. A. PRATT has returned to her home in Halifax, N. S. Louis LAMERE and wife have a brand-new boy at their house. Calista Rice's Depot street tenement will be for rent, the first of August. A new picker has been added to the machine equipment at the woolen mill. J. B. WHITTAKER is resting from his labors, being somewhat under the weather. Michael REED and Miss Lizzie DUNN, of Providence, R. I., are guests of Dan REED. Will ADAMS is reported to be at work in Rutland, farming, for a brother-in-law. Mrs. Lucretia ROGERS has returned from Massachusetts, after an absence of 14 weeks. Sixty Barnum circus tickets are reported to have been sold at this station, yesterday. Rev. Dr. COWLES of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the guest of Mrs. H. C. HEMENWAY for a few days. Miss Lena WILDER has been engaged by the Misses WILCOX in their millinery establishment. Pension-Attorney J. E. ELDREDGE of Warren was in town yesterday, filling a business engagement. James PURCELL has secured a permanent situation in Rutland, and moves his family there this week. Mrs. Emma MAXFIELD and Miss Alice TAPPER of Lynn, Mass., are visiting at William TAPPER's. Mrs. Charlotte PENTLAND and daughter are visiting relatives here; also Mrs. Maria McDONALD of Rutland. R. O. WHITNEY of Providence, R. I., was in town last week, the guest of his father, Calvin WHITNEY. Mrs. F. P. BALL and daughter Alice have arrived from Boston for an extended visit with relatives here. The Misses WILCOX announce the usual mid-summer reduction in prices, in a new advertisement, this week. All singers interested in forming a cantata are requested to meet at Hammond Hall at 7:30 o'clock this evening. Mrs. Ida Horton RHODES and Mrs. Mary BLAISDELL and son, from Lynn, Mass., are at Gilman HORTON's for a few weeks. Joseph St. PETERS found in the road, and left at this office, Wednesday, the diary of Elder P. G. LORD of North Springfield. The Associated Press report a re-issue and increase of pension granted to Samuel PINNEY; also, recently, one to M. H. EDSON. Miss Ida WALKER is enjoying a brief vacation at Saratoga Springs, Mrs. Will ADAMS being meantime in charge of the millinery store. Albert THOMPSON returned to his New York home, yesterday, having spent several weeks here with this uncle, S. W. STIMSON. The too-muchness of the water-supply caused a break in the woolen-mill dam, last Saturday; no serious damage resulting, however. Mrs. F. J. PRADDOX, from Aetna, N. H., has been passing a few days in town, at the hotel. Her father was formerly in business here. T. S. GORDON has gone to Queen City Park, for a sojourn of several weeks, expecting to be joined there, later, by his daughter Laura. John KNIGHT is laying off for a few days, in consequence of too great familiarity with the knife of a nap-trimming shear, at the woolen mill. Rev. J. B. REARDON of Alstead, N. H., will occupy the desk at the Universalist church, next Sunday morning; and probably in the evening. S. W. STIMSON claims the medal for first eatable sweet corn, having begun picking last Sunday. We know of no one likely to dispute his claim. Frank HOWARD of Orange County, Fla., a resident here some 14 years ago, was in town last Saturday, renewing old scenes and acquaintances. E. F. BOWERS was in town, briefly, yesterday afternoon, being up from Boston for his annual vacation, the greater part of which he will spend with his sister, in Claremont. Miss Bessie WILCOX has resumed her duties at the store, after several months' absence, during which time she was for weeks very near the shore of the dark river of death. Many friends welcome her return to health and business. A scrub game--Pleasant Street against The Earth--was played on the plateau, yesterday afternoon, resulting in a victory for Pleasant Street--score, some thing like 40 to 10. J. H. BLAKELY and wife are up from Bellows Falls for a week's camping at Rescue Lake. Resident friends have helped by their daily presence to render life endurable at that sequestered spot. Ira GRAVES died Wednesday morning; and thereby another old landmark is removed. He was born in Chester, and spent all his life in this vicinity, over fifty years of it in this town. C. S. PARKER has been laid off by physical indisposition, this week. C. B. HOWARD has also been on the sick-list, and under the doctor's care for a few days, but now able to resume business. It is becoming quite the fashion to use the Metcalf roofing paint. Prescott ADAMS, W. H. PRATT, W. P. SPAFFORD, G. W. BILLINGS, and D. F. COOLEDGE, have been added to the list of those whose roofs have been thus preserved. Mr. and Mrs. Edward SEXTON have returned to New York, Mr. S. receiving telegraphic summons, early in the week, that required his immediate presence at home, thereby disarranging his plans for several weeks sojourn here. Harry TOLE, a veteran of Co. I., 2d Vt. Vols., and a well-known character in this and adjoining towns, died at his home in Mount Holly, Wednesday, after an illness of several months. His funeral will be held at the R. C. church her, to-day, at 10 a. m. THIEF HUNTING.--Deputy-Sheriff L. C. HOWE and J. A. DENNETT set out in pursuit of a peddler-thief, yesterday afternoon, in the direction of Springfield. It seems a web of lace was missed July 4th, but the peddler, whose name is said to be ODECKER, was not suspected. Wednesday he was in the store again, and was detected by E. C. FORD stealing a box of hair-pins; whereupon he gave FORD an orange, which the latter, on investigation, was convinced had been stolen from John BARRETT; and this prompted the suspicion that the lace had gone the same way. After following the fellow about this vicinity to ascertain if he had sold any lace of the description of that lost, FORD found that the fellow had gone to Gassetts, and telephoned J. C. SCRIBNER to buy samples of any lace the peddler might have, and send them up by mail. But the peddler having gone beyond that place, SCRIBNER sent the request on to North Springfield, and yesterday noon's mail brought samples of the missing lace, bought from the peddler, at F. G. FIELD's store. The "suspect" was lodged in the lockup here, last night, and will doubtless have a hearing today. BASE-BALL.--Mechanicsville's ball-tossers came down last Saturday and engaged the local team in combat; but failed to carry off the honors. Messrs. PIERCE and TAYLOR of Chester assisted the Ludlows, the former especially rendering effective aid behind the bat, where the visitors were fatally weak. In most respects it was a loosely-played game, and an easy victory for the Ludlows; the one brilliant feature being the running down of a base-runner between 1st and 2d base, by catcher PIERCE. TAYLOR was something of an experiment at 1st base, but redeemed himself behind the bat when PIERCE was forced by sore hands to relinquish that position. A sensation was caused by a young son of Charles ROCK being struck by a foul ball that would have killed the average kid, yet in this instance caused no more than temporary suffering; Albert SARGENT was also hurt while fielding a thrown ball, so that "time" had to be called to give him chance to recover from consequent faintness. The visiting club were a sturdy, gentlemanly company, and with effective support at the home plate would have made a much better showing. They showed commendable judgement, however, in bringing with them a goodly company of howlers, so that the local talent in that line did not have it all their won way, as usual. The score was 27 to 17, the visitors making 8 of their runs in one inning. The umpires were--for Ludlows, H. R. BARNEY of Chester; for Mechanicsvilles, ----------MASSETT. The "official" score has not been given us. The contest will be repeated at East Wallingford, the afternoon, we understand. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT