The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 23, 1889 Ludlow 8/23/1889 Miss Mao REYNOLDS of Boston is at Dr. BRYANT's. Frank DAY is home from the Falls for his vacation. Arthur HORTON of Poultney is in town for a few days. Miss Ida HASTINGS is confined to the house by illness. S. W. STIMSON was in Winchendon, Mass., over Sunday. Mr. GRISWOLD of New York has joined his family here. Darius GASSETT is newly roofing his house on Depot street. A. L. GOOLD is making some needed repairs to the park fence. Prof. SHERMAN and family have returned to their home here. Tom WISE and wife have gone to Hinsdale, N. H., to live. Miss Ella SHAW of Portland, Me., is the guest of the Misses SARGENT. Mrs. H. A. PLOOF has gone to Rockville, Conn., for an indefinite period. Mrs. BURTIS has returned to town to remain over the dedication exercises. Weather permitting, the band will give an open-air concert at the park, this evening. Mrs. E. E. LINCOLN and W. W. STICKNEY and wife are sojourning at Block Island. Mrs. WINSLOW is having a new set of blinds put upon her house on North Depot street. Rev. Dr. STORRS of Orange, N. J., is the guest of Rev. N. A. HYDE, at Fern Cottage. Dr. D. M. PRIEST and wife, of New York, have been guests of Dr. D. F. COOLEDGE, this week. There will be neither preaching nor Sunday-school at the Universalist church, next Sunday. Mr. and Mr. J. S. GILL left town for Saratoga, last week, intending to remain several weeks. John LOONEY was down from Burlington, early in the week, Mrs. L. having been here a fortnight or more. W. F. BLOSSOM and mother, from Pittsfield, have been guests of Mrs. SWAN, at J. BALDWIN's, the past week. About a dozen Odd Fellows went to Chester, Wednesday night, to assist in instituting a lodge of the order there. May milk netted the patrons of the Ludlow cheese-factory 82 cents per hundred pounds; the best so far reported. I. W. GALE and wife have returned from Saratoga, driving home the horses that George P. took over when he went. George RAYMOND played with the Springfield base-ball team against the Claremonts, at the latter place, last Saturday. Ernest, Herman and Eben FULLAM, Henry GODDARD, and Leighton SLACK, are camping at Lake Rescue, in the Sumner grove. The gold chain lost by Miss Abbie BALDWIN on the ball-grounds was found Monday and returned by Mrs. Nellie DILLON. M. A. SPAULDING has added a new front verandah to his house on Pleasant street; a decided improvement, as well as convenience. Dennis SULLIVAN and wife, of Pittsfield, Mass., have been in town this week, called here by the death of their nephew, Johnnie CONNOR. W. G. ATWOOD, wife and son, of Hillsboro Bridge, N. H., have been spending a few days in town, guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. PECK. Mrs. SHATTUCK and Mrs. BUCKLEY have joined the ranks of sidewalk improvers, and the fronts of their places are now conspicuous for tidiness. Mrs. TARBELL and son George, from Cambridge, Mass., and Rev. H. L. SLACK and wife, from Bethel, Conn., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. John SLACK. We understand that the Proctorsville base-ball club has been challenged to play the club her for a stake of $25. At last report it has not been accepted. Harry HOWARD, the "original Drummer Boy of the Potomac, " gave one of his characteristic entertainments at Hammond hall, Monday evening. The attendance was not large. The up-street tumult, last Saturday evening, was not a riot; it was merely the Ludlow boys guying the Proctorville base-ballists while in transit home from defeat at Weston. It seems we ar at last to be accommodated with a new mail each day to and from Rutland--a long felt want. It is a closed pouch, arriving here at 7:43 a. m., and being returned at 8:33 p. m. It shows that this part of the world does move, though slowly. What we want, next, is passenger service leaving Rutland late in the afternoon or early in the evening. J. B. BRADLEY returned from a trip to Holyoke, Mass., last Saturday, meeting at Bellows Falls Mrs. B. and children, who had been spending the week with her people in Bethel. Edwin CHELLIS, Esq., of Kansas City, Mo., spent a day or two in town, this week, and is now in Saratoga, where Mrs. C. will join him and later both will go to the White mountains. Mrs. Henry T. BARRETT of Boston, Mass., is stopping wit Mr. B.'s parents--Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. BARRETT. Mrs. Horace KENDALL and daughters, of Springfield, are also guests at Mr. B.'s. It slipped our memory, last week, but probably not Dave's, that a son and heir arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. ROCK, the 13th inst. The youngster starts in life on a good solid basis, anyway. J. A. CARLISLE, wife and child, of Hyde Park, Mass., are spending Mr. C.'s vacation with his mother in this village--Mrs. Clara FULLER. It is nearly three years since their faces were last seen here. John CONDON, wife, and daughter Nella, also Miss FOSTER, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who spent a month with John LOMBARD, last Summer, arrived last Saturday for a similar sojourn with Mr. L.'s people. Mrs. NOBLE has returned from St. Albans, where she has been putting her home in order to receive her mother, Mrs. A. S. DAY. They will remain here until after the B. R. A. dedication ceremonies. Geo. W. BILLINGS returned to Saratoga, yesterday, accompanied by his wife and daughter. He came home primarily because of inability secure desirable accommodations, at that time, at his favorite hotel. The short cut across the brow of the hill to the academy is likely to soon be a thing of the past, unless the authorities lay a road through. Mrs. MAY has boarded up the path on either side of her lot, and also posted it with "No Trespassing" notices. The Weston base-ball club will play the home team here, tomorrow afternoon, when the best game of the season may be expected. GATES and TAYLOR will play with our boys, PIERCE being unable to come that day. An admission of 10 cents (ladies excepted) will be collected at the gate. The daily SARATOGIAN recently laid claim to discovery of the oldest living twins in the country--74 years. The father and uncle of Miss Ida. F. WALKER of this place--Cyrus WALKER of Chester, and Cephas WALKER of Charlestown, N. H.--go this record six years better, they being twins and 80 years old today. For the kind deeds and sympathetic words of friends and neighbors, in our late affliction,--the illness and death of our son Johnny,--we return heartfelt thanks, with the wish that all may find similar comfort and aid in their hours of trouble. Mr. and Mrs. T. CONNOR, Jr. The Grand Army post hold a special meeting, tomorrow evening, to consider the matter of attending the Windsor County Veterans' reunion at Windsor, The 28th. Howard post has received an invitation to participated in the Windham county reunion, at South Londonderry, Sept. 5th, which they will probably accept. H. C. HENENWAY and wife have been spending the week on the seashore, at North Chatham, Mass., with Mr. H.'s sister, Mrs. FIELD of Brandon, and the latter's daughter. All will return here, Saturday, where they will be joined by Daniel D. HEMENWAY and daughter of Granville, and Mrs. PAIGE of Brandon. Between them all, they ought to be able to keep Charles out of deviltry over Sunday; but it is doubtful if they do. The mill started up, Tuesday morning; and welcome indeed was the clatter of the shuttles that we are wont to complain of. As a result of the suspension, the carding, spinning and weaving departments are being run an hour and a half over time daily--from 7 to 8:30 o'clock. This is a sign that business is good with our main-stay, and the community rejoice in consequence. The trustees of the Black River Academy, and also of the village, were out in force, Monday, considering the project of laying out a side-walk from the Baptist church corner up the hill and along the Academy grounds front; and this will undoubtedly be done at an early date. To complete the improvement, it ought to be extended along the front of the church, as well, and thus obviate the necessity of going into the middle of the road to get round the corner, which is especially disagreeable in wet and snowy weather. L. G. EGLESTON is canvassing this town for the book "Hidden Treasures," a nicely-bound, well-printed volume of some 500 pages, detailing the struggles of many eminent men in the pursuit of success in their varied walks of life. It is a work the perusal of which can scarcely fail to be profitable as well as entertaining, especially to young people, and is worthy a place in every home library. If its lesson, "Why some succeed while others fail," shall be heeded by your boy or girl, you may well look upon the volume as the best investment you ever made. GREAT GRASS GROWTH.--Talking about grass-growth, Captain GRAHAM alleges that July 2d there was cut on his premises stalks of herdsgrass 4 feet and 10 inches in length, and August 17th, from the same ground stalks 42, 44, and 44.5 inches in length were cut; making a prodigious total growth of 102.5 inches in one season! During a recent trip into Springfield, we saw grass (cut but not spread) upon the ground, growing up through which the aftermath stood six inches high; causing our facetious companion to observe that it was evidently the purpose of the owner to gather first crop and aftermath at the same time. This somewhat novel method has the merit at least of economy of time. KICKED A BUZZ-SAW.--L.G. FULLAM had the misfortune, Monday, to get into the doctor's clutches; the penalty of departing from that straight and narrow path that lies anywhere but upon the table of a buzz-saw. He was standing on the saw table at the mill to adjust a belt, and in getting away the outside of his right foot, near the heel, came into contact with the saw. The first Mr. F. knew of anything wrong was the sound of something striking the saw, and looked down he found himself wounded. The cut was about three inches long, and of a nature that will be painful and slow to heal. Dr. BRYANT attended. RUNAWAYS.--Rev. J. B. REARDON and Misses Emma and Anna GOULD had a narrow escape from serious if not fatal injury, last Saturday morning. They had just gotten into Mr. R.'s buggy, in the GOULD side yard, preparatory to a drive to Plymouth, when the horse became frightened at the ice-cart and ran on to the centre-post of the double gates to the yard, tilting the vehicle so that the occupants were all thrown out upon the ground. Taking a short circle to the left, with the buggy bottom-up, the horse then dashed between the old CLARK blacksmith-shop and the elm in front, clearing himself from the vehicle and continuing his mad course up Main street to the hotel, where he was captured. Fortunately the occupants of the buggy were not seriously hurt; and beyond a broken whiffletree, the buggy was not greatly damaged. At the cemetery, the same day, S. S. MAYO's horse became frightened and took a lively turn about the grounds; but, luckily, it kept in the driveways, and was stopped before any damage was done to stones. A broken cross-bar and several slight cuts on the beast's legs, summed up the damage to beast and vehicle. THE ACADEMY DEDICATION.--Arrangements are so far completed for the approaching dedication as to warrant the opinion that the high order of excellence of the 50th and 51st anniversaries of Black River Academy will be fully maintained by the 54th, at which time the elegant new building will be formally dedicated. the exercises will be held in Hammond hall, on Tuesday, Aug. 27th, 1889, at 10 o'clock, a. m. Rev. Henry L. SLACK, of Bethel, Conn., will deliver the oration. His recognized ability as a pulpit and platform speaker is a sufficient guarantee for this part of the program. The poem of the occasion will be presented by Miss Lily E. A. ROBBINS, who is assuredly no novice in verse, and whose reputation as a writer is in justly high repute. Capt. E. A. HOWE will give the history of the building enterprise, together with a description of the features of the "new system" with which this building is equipped. The dedication ode and song will be given upon the Academy grounds by Rev. J. Mervin HULL of Kingston, Mass., after which the building will be inspected by the public. In the afternoon a banquet will be served at the Ludlow House, at which every friend of the institution will certainly want to be present. Perhaps the most popular part of the day's doings will be the concert in the evening, at Hammond hall, by the celebrated Ruggles Quartette of Boston, at 8 o'clock. This company of singers is without rival; they stand at the head. One evening is too short to satisfy the hearer. There will be added to this very attractive entertainment the pleasure of listening to Mr.Edwin K. HOOD, in his finely rendered readings. For the benefit of those who know what this entertainment will be, and who wish good seats, we will state that the tickets will be on sale Saturday (tomorrow) morning at 10 o'clock, at Hammond's store. Remembering the difficulty of gaining admittance to the hall by the late comers, we advise all to secure their seats early. Tickets on the Central Vermont road will be sold at fare one way from all points from Rutland to Bellows Falls, inclusive; good to come 26th and 27th, and to return the 28th. The band will be present at the morning's exercises and the march, and Mrs. H. B. HUDSON of New York city will sing. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT