The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-03


L0ring, i'll for the pact six weeks with
iuflammatory rheumatism. is better and
hopes soon to he out again.
The Bann ngton County Mi NAL
Bank declares a semi annual dividend of
three per cent, and carries IA handsome
sum to surplus and undv ded prof s,
Miss Roof, telegraph ope er and
w. U. manager here, has been III for
some days but is better now. The COM
pany ought to furnish her with larger
and healthier quarters.
A LAW suit Monday between Wilson
d ,rrow and j. A. Stratton resulted in a
vel dict for cots. The case was about
the rent of farm which defendant hires
of plaintiff, and 1t was shown thar the
wife was the lessee.
WE notice by our exchanges that in
many places the Sunday b'fore Chlid-
mas Fourth in Advent) was celebrated
as the Nativity. This is something like
observing the Fourth of July on Me
mortal Day, but it will be seen else
where that Bennington churches gave
the Nativity proper observance, either
on the day itself or on the Sunday fol-
lowing,
THE death of d. E Purdy Of Manches
old residents of that town. He occupied
the homestead farm, which has been in
the family for many years. His illness
has been a long one, through which he
had BEEN patient sufferer. He left
widow and five children, two sons and
three daughters. Mr.. Purdy was sue
cessful farmer in Manchester AMI was
one of the prominent men of the town.
THE Bennington Minister'S Ass, cia-
ton met wi h Rev, F.Widmer last Mon
day. Present, Revs. NJ ssrs. Mar =,
Seymour, Widmer, Severance, Hitch
cock, Gilbert. Rev. A. S. Gilbert read
a paper on the subj Ct, Glow Shall We
Ujiliza the Latent Talent in Our
Churches" The paper prepared the
way for an interesting and profitable
discussion that occupied the entire ses-
sion. The next meeting will be held
with the Rev. Mr.. Gilbert at North
Bennington, Monday, Jan. l4th, at 8
a. m.
PROF. JAS. H. CANFIELD of the Kar-
sas University, passed Christmas with
his father, the Rev. DIR. Garfield Of
Arlington. He was called East partly
on educational business connected with
the approaching meeting, in July, Of the
National Teachers Association at Mem
phis, Tenn. He met the prominent
teachers of New England at Williams
town, andlwas in Cincinnati yesterday
ct similar gathering, expecting 10
reach his home in Lawrence tomorrow.
Prof. Garfield is the efficient seer, tary
of the N ohal Assoc alton.
WIN H. ROBERTSON, a well known
blacksmith, died suddenly Saturday
evening the age OF fifty years, after
an illness Of nearly two years. Mr. Rob-
ertsOn was an excellent mechanic. a
kind hearted man, and veteran of he
Union army. The funeral was after ded
New Years n oruing at ten O'Clock from
his residence on School street, The Rev
Chas. r. Seymour officiating. The oh
sequies were in charge of Custer Post
G. A, r, Hi' wife survives and as
two children. Mr.. Robertson was Ont
If seven children, five of whom sur
yiye.
SOME eighty residents of Hoosicl
came down on a FItchburg train thi,
morning, and then, accompanied by {
number Of TrOj ms, went TO Albany
The party went to All Sair IS Cathedra
where they witnessed Edward Tbbti
of Ho Dslrk Falls consecrated as priest
The service was very elaborate, BISHOP
Doan preached the sermon and the choir
rendered Mendelssohn's How Lovely
are the Messengers Rev. Mr.. Tibbt'
will have charge of All Saints Church
at Hoosick. The Hoosick party will re-
turn TO their homes this evening. -TTOl
Press, Saturday.
ARRANGEMENT have been made t
furnish either the Boston Weekly Jour
nal, or Advertiser, the New York Week
ly Tribune, Press or Mail and Express
in connection with the BANNER for thu
small sum of S1.S5. If more than ont
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add As cents for each additional paper
This offer is open only to advance pay
ing subscribers living in Vermont. anC
will soon be closed. Arrangements have
also been made to furnish the New Yorl
Daily Press and the BANNER 10 Vernon
sub ,cribers for $500 Like the frs
Cffer, this is open for shot time only
Also the BANNER and Troy Weekly
Times to any address for $500
LAST Friday morning. R b TT Dolley
a stone cutter employed for two year
meut, was found de I'd beside the roar
near Phillip Hubbell's, Bennington Cen
Ter. Doley had be n on a spree for sew
eral days and when found had an empty
bottle with him. The b idy lay fact
downward in the grass, win feet vi
to krees in water in It'll brooke
which runs there. 1t began to snow
about six o'clock the evening before anC
from appearance d ,lley fell there Il {
intox icated to get up before the snow
storm. Two brother. at Nj h Adams
Mass, were not fed, and came IN anC
took the body home tor burial. The
seleclD,en inquired into the circum
stances and decided not TO h' Id an il
quest. The friends Of DOley were salts
fled that he died from alco ollsm ant
Exposure.
THE Empire State does not pride it.
self upon comprehending all the "wis.
dom and virtue" lying around loose, bu
they manage t. bring criminal. to jus
lice as the following VIII sho W. Tn,
Court report Of the late term of Wash
ington County, the case of Peep e q
James r imsey-burgl ry in the thirC
degree-resulted IN verdict of guilty anC
sentence to States pris n for fou
years and eight months, and was fJ
being accessory to the stealing Of on,
chicken, The trial was very short. Tn,
evidence on the part Of the prosecu,io
was given by James Ramsey, son o
the defendant. who tse flied that he wa
sent by his father on the night of tn,
10Th Of last March, to procure chi ken
for their breakfast the next morning
The defendant was indicted under a sec
ton OF the Penal Code, which prov de
that a person advising or abetting
crime under such circumstances can b.
indicted as principal.
A BURLINGTON correspondent write
to the Free Press giving examples o
some words in spelling given out t
scholars in the primary grades of Yer
mont schools, and remarks: 1T seem
obvious that the primary need Of tn,
young is to be able to spell correctly tn,
words in common use, and which ar,
necessarily employed IN ordinary CORE
spondence. Beyond these others ma,
be mastered IA there is need. But il
one of our schools such words HI tn,
following are given for the c. ilirPn Il
wrestle with Echimodermats, nun
mulites, noe Iluca, bracialaril. debran
chiata, myIi pod, platyhilminthes, ne
matelminthes, amoebuunicelular, pro
CLOTHS, endoderm, interambulscral
Now we venture to say that not one il
20 Of the pupils know the nearing o.
one in 20 Of such words. Why sho' i
they? How can they Even Weber,
unabridged will not help them unless by
some additional pages deslt NJ d TO Il us
trale scientific terms" The BANNEI
woud refer this writer to the book. oil
Physo ogy and Hygien", The use o.
which are made compulsory in oul
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