The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-06-06

VIII ne uldue Gneu 10 receive Granu Dir
Underwood. Public to Odd Fellow
and their families.
IDENTIFICATION cards in case of acci
dent will meet with success as the lates
novelty. Each one who carries care
ills 1t out with his name, address ant
other personal particulars such as mum
Der of bank book" "size of hat" an,
"height," stating also whom to hav
notified in case of any serious accident
THE Bennington county (Vt.) confer
ence of Congregational Churches ha
been warmly engaged this week witt
the question of county evangelization
and has with great unanimity decided
to enter upon the work the coming au
tumn. Rev. B. Fay Mills will lead fou
churches of Bennington in an undenOm
national campaign in September.-BOS
ton Journal.
SOME of the white Caps" of the vii
lage were present at the meeting Of tn
Baptist convention Tuesday evening
They were not very fierce looking set
On the contrary, their appearance anC
behavior excited admiration, as wei
might the sight-for such it was-of per
haps score OF smiling, handsome it'll,
misses, belonging to the "Rosebuds,"
juvenile society OF the First Baptis
Church.
THE Hon. Phi iP Z. Chase of Mechan
icsville, Rutland county, who died re
Gently was, from January, 1862, to DC
tOber of the same year, a lieutenant oil
Co. A, of the ID Vermont Regiment
The members of the company here speal
of him as an efficient officer, brav,
soldier and an honest man. He wa
afterwards made captain of Co. X, o
the same regiment We gave motto,
of MIR. Chase two weeks ago in our Rut
land items.
NEXT Sunday will be Whitsun day
Services at st. Peters Church. Celebra
ton Of Holy Communion, a. m. Full
Morning Service. Celebration of the HOLY
Communion and sermon, 1890 q. IN.
Choral Evensong and sermon, p. NJ
Next Monday and Tuesday will be tn,
Festivals of Monday and Tuesday il
Whitsun- week. "wednesday, Frida,
and Saturday will be the Ember Days oil
the season. Special services on all these
days at st. Peters Church.
THE Graded school trustees met Sat
urday afternoon and elected Prof. Chas
s. Davis Of Saratoga, N. Y, superinten
dent. Prof. Davis comes very highly
recommended and is unanimously chos
en- by the board. Prof Weld is to re.
main with the high school where his in.
valuable services have been rendered fol
several years. With these two gentle
men in their respective places, the pros.
poets for the coming school year are
favorable for progress and high stand
ard of scholarship.
THE Cantons belonging to the First
Regiment of Vermont, Patriarchs Mill.
tant, are to have grand field day al
Rutland the 18th. 1t is now expected
that Grand Sire Underw God, who is also
the Commander-in-chief of this branch
of Odd Fellowship, will be present, with
his three daughters to give ecldt to the
occasion, The probabilities are that
Ex-Gov. Underwood will arrive in Ben.
nington June 18th, and alter a reception
by the order here on the evening of that
day, proceed with Canton Bennington
to the rendezvous at Rutland on the
morning of the 18th, Tuesday.
THE Bennington ministers association
ihCb WIN ISFNs ~. IL. tCh1 ~ NUTID
Bennington, Monday last. Present
Rev. Messrs Gilbert. Hitchcock, Peck.
Severance, Wilkins. and Severance.
licentiate. After the usual devotional
exercises, Rev. Mr.. Peck read an able
and exhaustive paper on THE Holy
Spirit" A motion to suspend the regu.
lar meetings Of the association until Sep
TENDER was laid over until the next
meeting. The subject of Evangelistic
work will also he discussed at the same
time. Adjourned to meet with Rev. Mr..
Chapman, Bennington, June 18th.
THE delegates to the Baptist Sunday
school convention speak in glowing
terms OF the warm hearted hospitality
extended to them by the Baptist society
during their stay in Bennington. Pastor
Marten and the other members Of the
local committee left nothing undone
that would tend TO the comfort Of their
visitors. Many pleasant friendships were
formed, and the impressions made in the
highest degree favorable to the Benning-
ton Baptists and our community gener-
ally. Other religious denominations
showed strong interest in the meet
Ings OF the convention. and a kindly
christian spirit was manifested in many
ways, the effects Of which will outlaSt
the occasion that called it forth.
In the BANNERS notice OF Memorial
Days observance in Bennington. there
occurred an unintentional omission OF
the tasteful designs placed IN the ceme-
terry in honor OF 1.-The unknown dead" Of
the army, and the deceased members OF
hn aEafa anN 10 La
were honored by an urn and memorial
offering Of evergreens and flowers. A
vacant chair, its seat covered with bou-
quets. its arms and back drsped with
red, white and blue, commemorated
1.-THE unknown" heroes OF the Republic
who gave their lives in it's defense. Back
Of the chair were stacked three muskets
on which hung knapsack and canteen.
These tributes, 80 expressive, were the
work OF a committee OF two ladies, Mrs.
Eli Tiffany and Miss Lucy II. Cutting.
THE It'll annual encampment of the
Vermont division, Sons of Veterans, U.
S. A., will be held in this village June
18th and 18th, The committee of ar
Camp Frank Ray, No. 4,
has had printed at the BAN
NER Office circular for distribution
among members of the order in YER
mont, giving the programme of exer-
cises and mentioning some OF the pleas
ant features of the encampment. Among
these are parade to the Battle Monu-
ment and Soldiers Home, an exhibition
drill by Camp No. 30 of New York, an
entertainment, supper and public in
stallatiOn of division officers at the Sol
diers' Home. The local camp is making
ample arrangements for the entertain
ment Of all who see fit to accept its hos
pitality, and hopes there will be large
on the occasion.
As the sction OF the village trustees
in relation TO grading the streets seems
to have been misunderstood or else
found fault with unnecessarily, we call
to Section 10 OF the Bylaws Of
the village. 1t reads as follows at
shall be the duty Of the trustees to estab-
lish the grades Of the streets in the vii
lage and no work shall hereafter be
done upon any street until the grade
thereof is fixed and established and
record of the grade OF the streets so fixed
and established. as afore aid, shall be-
kept in the office of the village clerk in
a book t. be provided for that purpose :;
and any person who shall kno ingly
change or alter the grade of any street
30 established by the trustees, IN alOre
said, except by their order shall be pun
ished by a fine Of not less than twenty
dollars, nor more than one hundred dol