The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-18

A brilliant wedding will come off in the
Methodist church, Thanksgiving day
We narrowly escaped having very dis
astrous conflagratlon last Thursday night
The block belonging to d w Noyes, adj
joining the Stark House, took fire from
defective chimney, but by mere chance it
was discovered and extinguished before
much damage was done
Thursday afternoon u funeral procession
consisting of eighty-three different teams,
Zone and two horse) passed through this
village, conveying the remains of a woman
from North Bennington. to the Catholic
cemetery, at the Centre.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Home
Missionary Society, Congregational will
be held at the residence of + G White,
Wednesday afternoon next
Mr.. Drysdale, the superintendent of
Hunts shawl factory, informs US that in
view of the uncertainty Of the future val
uation ofthe class of goods manufactured
by them, the mill will be closed December
1st., probably to remain 50 through the
winter. The goods now made by them are
not put into the market until next spring,
and as no idea can now be formed of what
they may then be worth, it is thought best
to close. This will he bad news for the
200 hands employed by them but Mr.. d.
speaks hopefully of the future, and says
tInt x,yorly ,,,il ho
sible.
j. V. Carney will also close his knitting
mill as soon as what stock he now has on
hand can be worked up into goods, which
it will not take but few days to do, with
these exceptions the rest of the mills eX-
pect to run all winter, as they report plenty
of work, but not much pay. They are
payinA premium for money to pay their
hands with, which so far has been prompt
ly done. None of them have yet reduced
wages, although it is rumorcd that the pro-
prietors of the Mount Anthony knitting
mills will reduce the wages of the hands in
their employ, about copper cent the present
week
One of the pleasantest occasions of the
kind that we ever attended was the fist
sociable of the Woman's Church Aid Socie-
ty, Congregational which was held at
residence of George A. Wood last Wednes-
day evening. Although the night was
stormy, about n hundred were present.
After a couple of hours had been spent in
social and friendly intercourse, refresh
ments were announced, which consisted of
ice cream, cake g., which was made and
served in that manner for.which Mrs. W
is especially famous, and in whose parlors
every one feels perfectly at home. The
company separated about half-past ten
o'clock, all pronouncing the first sociable a
thought partial we cannot refer partcu-
larry to the toilet which we were requested
to that EVENING"
In years gone by Bennington achieved
quite reputation as a musical town, but
which we regret to say has sadly degener-
ated OF late years. Not because there is no
musical talent here, for we feel safe in say
ihS ttidt thNlt 10 ~ WV III lllt Slltt WHICH
has larger or better class of musicians
than we have but, why it is so we cannot
say. Among those who in former years
uu muCn to'1OsTer muslcal taste, were j.
|. G. Cook, who for many years was the
leader of the Episcopal choir; j. $. Merrill
of the Methodist, and l. Grover of the Bap-
fist. The last two are still living in town,
although advanced in years Up to about
ten years ago, musical conventions were an
llNFI hold ,..1. i'll. L
by such eminent musical men as Lowell
Mason, Bradbury, Woodbury., b. +. Baker
and others of the same class, The last one
was held here ten years ago, Il. II. Frost
conducting. Since then musical matters
have been at n complete stand-stil.-
tbs sh0uh not BE- We have now
two as good conductors of cho-
raj society as can he found IN the state,
D. V. Hall and f. n. Squire. Other
towns each winter have their choral soce-
ties, which meet weekly for practice, and
the good effects which result from them
are easily discovered. Why cannot Ben
nington with its scores of good singers have
the same ? This question we have often
asked, but to which no satisfactory answer
has ever been made. For the good of the
older singers and also for those who here
after are to do the singing in our churches,
our schools, and in our homes, we hope to
soon announce the fact that choral society
has been formed in this place, that musical
tastes have revived, and that this town may
again take its place among those who are
known to be well educated in the divinest
of arts-music.
At the Methodist church last Sabbath
morning, DIR. Hawley delivered one of the
best and ablest sermons ever delivered from
that desk, which was listened to by large
congregation. The subject of his discourse
was, 1.-The Sabbath, its history, its obliga-
tons, and its dissertations" his text being
taken from Exodus, 20 OH, Sv. He dwelt
particularly upon the history of the Sab
bath and its obligations during the patri-
archial and Mosaic epochs. His evening
discourse was continuation of the morn
ings but was designed especially for the
young, of whom there were many present
Ills texts were from Acts, 20 CHI. z v, and
Rev. CHI, 10v. After giving the various
reasons for changing from the seventh
to the first day as the Sabbath, as indicated
in the new testament, he called attention
to the proper observance of the Sabbath.
and pictured in vivid manner the many
temptations which are placed in the way
OF the young, such as labor on the Sabbath
traffic of alcoholic drinks, gathering of
young people on the Sabbath day for plea
sure and pastime, and other ways in which
Gods day is frequently broken.
At the chapel the morning discourse of
MIR. Hubert was devoted mostly to mis-
slonary enterprises, the words on which il
was founded being taken from I'd Cor, 2d
ch., 14-16 verses inclusive, and notwith- |
standing the day was very stormy, "A good
sized audience were present In the even
ing he delivered an eloquent sermon, on the
subject of temperance, from the words |
found in Proverbs, % ch. 3 ", which was
designed more especially for the young,
and quite a number of our young ladies |
and gentlemen We're present. We are |
pleased to say that our clergymen, one and |
all, are awake to the importance of that |
subject, and they frequently nrnnch from |