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    1. [VERMONT] Here and There 8/2/1889
    2. Ruth Barton
    3. The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 2, 1889 Here and There 8/2/1889 The highway bridge crossing the canal at the Bellows Falls depot has been closed to teams, as it is unsafe for travel. Editor L. O. GREENE of Woodstock, state inspector of finance, has returned from an extended business trip to the West, having traveled about 9,000 miles. The Court has appointed Henry SAFFORD of Hartford, Henry J. PARKER of Andover, and Myron BURNETT of Bethel, road commissioners for the year ensuing. The Bradley patent butter-packer works, now situated in Sunderland, will be moved to Manchester Depot, in September, into the new building that has just been completed. Miss Grace DENISON of Nashua, N. H., has bequeathed one-half of her personal property to the Congregational church in Chelsea. It is said to amount to nearly $2,000. The annual reunion of the Windsor County veterans will be held at Windsor, August 28th. Reduced rates on railroads centering at Windsor will be given, and prominent speakers will be present. The Claremont Junction Union camp-meeting will begin Aug. 27th,. The association will have the benefit of a daily paper, this year, published by F. W. STILES of Springfield REPORTER, the firs ttime in teh history of the association. Fremont W. GOULD of Rutland dropped dead from his bicycle while riding near Clarendon Springs, last Friday afternoon. He left his home on Wales street at about 3 o'clock, in apparent good spirits. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death. The members of Windham County Pomona Grange, P. of H., are arranging for a great time at Brattleboro, this fall, probably about September 14th, when all the granges in the state, so far as possible, will be gotten together. Col. J. H. BRIGHAM of Ohio, master of the National Gange, will be present and deliver a lecture. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

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