The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 2, 1889 Ludlow 8/2/1889 It has been a poor week for nighthawks. Henry HOWE is home from Boston, on his vacation. L. G. HAMMOND takes the blue ribbon for first ripe tomatoes. Will WILEY has moved into Joe ROWE's house, on High street. Mrs. Minerva BALLARD has returned home, ill, from a visit to Jamaica. Mrs. E. H. TAPPER is visiting relatives in Lynn and Kingston, Mass. Harry and Russell COLE of Dedham, Mass., are guests at William RUSSELL's. A. BIXBY is reported on the sick-list and unable to attend to business. Phil CROSBY has returned to Bellows Falls, to work in one of the paper-mills. M. E. ROBBINS and wife, from Putney, are visiting relatives and friends in this vicinity. Oscar GASSETT has concluded to be in the fashion, and has taken down his front fence. The same board of teachers as last term have been engaged for Black River Academy. Episcopal services at Odd Fellows hall, next Sunday, by Rev. T. S. OCKFORD, at 5 p. m. Mrs. WOLFE and son Richard, of Bellows Falls, have been visiting friends here, this week. The band have been invited to accompany the Providence Island excursion; but it was not practicable. Alonzo GRAVES and wife were in town over Sunday. Mr. G. is now a manufacturing jeweler in New York. Capt. H. B. ATHERTON of Nashua arrived here Wednesday. Illness will prevent Mrs. ATHERTON coming this season. Lila and Charlie WALKER are spending their Summer vacation with their aunt and uncle at Amsden--O. E. BELLOWS and wife. The hotel and the grist-mill will next be treated to the Metcalf roofing compound, if the weather reaches a permissible stage. Mrs. William BURNELL of Boston has been here, this week on a visit to her parents--Thomas CONNOR and wife,--the latter being seriously ill. John R. SPAFFORD, who has been on the sick-list for some time, has been visited, this week, by his brother, G. A. SPAFFORD of Chesterfield, N. H. David FARWELL and daughter, Mrs. M. M. TARBELL, and Birdie TARBELL, have been passing a week with friends in Mechanicsville and Wallingford. John LAMERE jr. has quit work for E. L. MACK, and will succeed his father, by purchase, in the business at the old LAMERE blacksmith stand. Rev. H. B. HUDSON, pastor of Trinity Baptist church, New York city, has joined his family, at E. W. SMITH's, for his vacation during August. The base-ball nine had arranged to play the Springfields, at that place, yesterday afternoon; but rain caused postponement of the game until this afternoon. Mrs. T. S. DAILEY, formerly a resident of Ludlow but for the past 12 years a resident of Stamford, Conn., died in Pomona, Cal., the 13th ult., of consumption. The band will make another attempt to play from the band-stand, tonight, having failed, through absences of several members, to keep their promise last week. M. H. GODDARD and wife have gone on a carriage trip to the White Mountains for a brief sojourn, Mr. G. purposing to also take in some other eastern Summer resorts. John A. HUBBARD, from Cambridge, Mass., has been calling on old friends here, this week. He reports another little girl at his home, to fill the vacancy caused by death some months ago. Mrs. P. C. DICKINSON of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. Mary L. DRAPER of Boston, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. HAMMOND. They will try camping at Lake Rescue, weather permitting. L. O. GREEN and granddaughters, --Florence and Bertha NEWCOMB,--from Boston, guests of L. G. HAMMOND last week, are now domiciled at G. H. HILTON's delightful Summer resort, Lowell Lake. F. C. PAFF remembered many of his friends with generous gifts of fruit, last Saturday, in return for their congratulations on his recent stroke of luck. The lottery company's check for $5,000 was received yesterday. The Ludlow House is again under new management, having been leased, the past week, to George E. RICHARDS, who has for several years been engaged in similar business in Massachusetts, last at Winchendon, Mass. George E. JOHNSON exhibited a stalk of herdsgrass, the other day, that was six feet and nine inches in height. Had the whole field been of similar growth, it would have had to be seasoned and handled a la cordwood. Rev. A. J. AUBREY of Beverly, Mass., was in town, early in the week, accompanied by Rev. I. B. CODDINGTON of Somerville, Mass. They were en route to the sylvan seclusion of the gold-mine and vicinity for a brief rest from pastoral duties. Not an hour of sunshine, all together, since last Friday, is the record at this writing--six whole days of dog-day gloom, and about six feet of rain-fall in the meantime, we should say. how much longer is Jupiter going to pluvi us! Postoffice candidates LOCKWOOD and HOWE went to White River Junction, Monday, where Congressman GROUT weighted the merits of their respective cases. Something definite will probably be done by the delegation within the next month. Rev. J. N. EMERY and wife, formerly of Bellows Falls, now located in Massachusetts, will spend a part of their vacation here, at the Ludlow House. Mr. EMERY will occupy the desk at the Universalist church, the next two Sundays, morning and evening. There was no preaching at the Congregational church, last Sunday, owing to a misunderstanding between Rev. Mr. HYDE and the church committee. It is understood, now, the Mr. HYDE will occupy the desk whenever it would be otherwise vacant, during his Summer sojourn here; a favor the society are not slow to appreciate. We respectfully suggest to the Village Fathers that the gutters of the village, and their grassy borders, be treated to a shave. It would wonderfully improve the looks of the place, and cost but a trifle. The doing away with the old practice of scraping out the gutters is commendable, but the improvement is only half consummated when the grass is allowed to attain its present height. The Central railroad announce their annual picnic excursion to Providence Island, Lake Champlain, Tuesday, August 6th; from all points, Bellows Falls to Summit, $1.25 for round trip for adults; Summit, to East Wallingford, $1.20; East Wallingford to North Clarendon, $1.10; North Clarendon, $1.00. Children half-price. Train will leave Bellows Falls at 6:20 a. m. and Ludlow at 7:45, arriving at the Island at 12:25; returning, leave the Island at 2:50 and reach Bellows Falls at 9:10 p. m. A good band will accompany the excursion. The base-ball boys went to East Wallingford, last Friday afternoon, and played the second game with the Mechanicsville club. As the help of PIERCE and TAYLOR of Chester, and McNULTY and POLLARD of Proctorsville, had been secured by "our boys," there was considerable talk on the field about "playing against Windsor county;" but the "Mechanicsville nine" showed up to no better advantage, having themselves secured four outside players, including a battery from Rutland. The score was 21 to 7 in favor of "Windsor County," and the boys came home feeling considerably elated--not to say elevated. THIEF CONVICTED.-- The peddler-thief whose arrest was noted in our last issue had a hearing before Justice BALL, last Friday morning, was fined $7 and costs for petit larceny, and in default of the wherewith to settle was sent to the Rutland workhouse for about 75 days. In addition to the lace stolen from Mr. DENNETT, in his little trunk were found several boxes of hair-pins bearing DENNETT's cost-mark, which had not been sold to him; also, several pieces of jewelry, the possession of which he could not satisfactorily account for. He gave his name as ODERKIRK, and claimed Danville as his home. When Deputy HOWE arrived at the workhouse with the prisoner, he was at once recognized as an old offender, who was discharged from that institution, March 19th, at the expiration of 115 days' sentence for larceny committed in the town of Burke; and last Fall he was discharged from state prison on completion of a 7-years sentence for stealing a drove of cattle. ACADEMY DEDICATION.--To the former Students and Friends of Black River Academy: The Fifty-fourth Anniversary of Black River Academy will be observed on Tuesday, August 27th, 1889, at which time the new academy building, which has recently been constructed from funds largely provided by the munificence of the former students and friends of the Institution, will be formally dedicated by appropriate exercises, as follows: An address of welcome and congratulation by Rev. R. L. OLDS of the Baord of Trustees; oration, by Rev. Henry L. SLACK of Bethel, Conn.; a poem (not yet assigned); a dedicatory ode, by Rev. J. M. HULL of Kingston, Mass.; report of building committee, by Capt. E. A. HOWE of Ludlow; a view of the building and inspection of its appointments; a banquet of the associated alumni and other friends of the institute, in the afternoon, with toasts and responses; a concert in the evening, by the celebrated and popular Ruggles Street Quartette of Boston, assisted by as reader, followed by a social reunion. The Academy now enters upon a new career of usefulness, and you are most cordially invited to be present at its auspicious beginning. The committee on entertainment will be most happy to secure entertainment for you. You will please notify Prof. Geo. SHERMAN, principal of the academy, of your purpose to be present. PER ORDER OF COMMITTEE. Ludlow, Vt. July 31st, 1889 Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT