The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-09-19


his bed.
MISS BELLE PRATT is visiting friends
In Castleton.
MRS. HENRY E. BRADFORD has re-
turned from her Western trip.
JEROME STEWART and family OF Troy,
N. Y, are visiting relatives in town.
MRS. ELLA HELLING returned last
evening from a four weeks vacation.
MRS 8. H. ROSEWOOD has returned
from Boston, where she has been for
four weeks, visiting.
3 JAMES GUILTINAN,hss returned to Ben
nington to reside after several years. alb |
sence. He is lately from North Adams,
Mass.
Miss IDA BALDWIN is visiting Mrs. Col |
E. d. Bennett. Her father, V. w. Bald |
win, will be in town the first of next |
week.
Mr.. EUGENE GRAVES and family of
Cleveland, Ohio, have returned from the |
seashore and are stopping at Mr.. L. R.
Graves.
Mr. ALBERT A. NORTON contemplates
returning to Bennington to reside with
his uncle, Mr.. Melvin Wadsworth on
North street.
Miss MARY SHURTLEFF returns to st.
Agnes school in Albany next week, and
Miss Lucy Childs goes to Troy this W, elk,
to attend school.
EDDIE G. BENNETT gave dancing par
ty TO few of his young friends Monday
evening, last. Eddie leaves for school
this week at Mortified.
THE Society OF Christian Endeavor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, will
hold corn sociable at the residence of
Mr.. E. s. Gokay, on Wednesday even.
ing Sept. 25.
MISS JENNIE B. MERCHANT returns
to her home in New York City to-day
She has enjoyed the Green Mountain air
and the society OF many friends for sew
eral weeks.
.SCHwARZ is receiving a very large
line of ladies' shoes. He says he has
never had as fine stock Of these shoes.
In other lines, also, he carries a very
great assortment,
E G. BENNETT gave a reception Mon
day evening in honor of the delegation,
which enters Norwich University to-day,
as noted elsewhere. There were some
thirty in attendance,
MRS. F. w. GooDALL has returned
from four weeks visit to friends in
North eastern Vermont and New Hamp-
shire. DR.. Goodall and wife are antici.
pating visit to the Metropolis soon,
THE Rev. ]. Fisher Crossett for many
years prominent in missionary and bene-
VIOLENT work IN China, died very sudden
ly on the 21st of June, while on a steam
er northern bound from Shanghai. He
had been in feeble for some time; was
buried at Trintsin. He was the eldest
son of Rev. Robert Crossett, brother of
the late Dea. Isaac Crossett of BeDning
ton.
MRS L. S. FROST returned, to-day, to
her home in WATERFOWL, Mass, after a
five weeks visit TO friends here. This is
the first time she has been in town since
removal six years ago. Tuesday even
ing there was reception held in Odd
Fellows Hall for her benefit by the
Daughters Of Rebekah, she having been
the first lady N. G.. of Miriam Lodge, No.
| 8. The "beautified" work was exempli-
fled in the manner for which this lodge
is famed and which is hardly equalled
by any other,
IT should be remembered that Mr..
Mlls, the evangelist, goes nowhere of
his own motion. His time is more than
occupied in responding to the calls of
the churches. In the case of Benning-
ton, four clergymen invited him by vote
of their constituency. These clergy
men yield nothing of their prerogatives
as pastors and preachers. They simply,
for the time being, put themselves under
the evangelist's leadership, having full
conf lence in his ability and wisdom.
They feel that they make no mistake in
this, as they confidently expect to rea-
llzs in themselves and their people a
new intensity of spiritual life and an en-.
larged scape OF future operations.
On Monday evening, during the heavy
thunder shower, large barn owned by
Jared Howard and situated in the south
part of the town, was struck by light
ming and consumed with its contente,
The barn was a 30x40 feet structure and
few years ago was repaired at an ex-
pense of several hundred dollars. 1t is
estimated that the barn contained more
than forty tons of hay, the bays going
down nine feet below the floors. On the
front floor only the day before Mr.. How
| dIu udu RdbucICu u anu cIOlOu ulo ldIlu
ing tools. These are a total loss. In
surance-barn 5000; contents 800. The
loss is estimated as high as 300. Mr..
and Mrs. Howard were in the village and
had left their children at home coming
down before the storm, Their anxiety
until the fire was located may be i'm
agined. The same evening lightning
also struck the barn Of William Burt at
the north of the village, but did little
damage. Just before the Howard barn
was struck, the electricity came down
into swamp near Chas. II. lockwood
and the bolt gave several, some distance
away, quite severe shocks. This demon
stration was accompanied with loud re.
ports and much noise, it is said.
THE teachers in the Graded Schools,
under the direction Of Supt. Davis, are
making encouraging inroads upon the
truants and chronic stayat-homes
among our children. The rooms in some
of the departments are crowded. Not
withstanding the plrade and picnic Of
last Friday, more than ninety per cent.
of all the children on the daily register
were in school, The measures which
accomplish this may be energetic but
they will be appreciated and approved
by every right-minded citizen. The
first step toward good progress in school
is constant attendance, and parents who
neglect this matter have no just ground
for complaint if their children fail to
learn and at the end of the year are not
promoted. II the teachers are waking
up to the importance and dignity Of their
work and are taking new interest in
every child, let parents appreciate the
reform and by all means encourage and
support the work. If this is done and
done heartily, we predict that our teach
ers are destined to accomplish in an ed
vocational way what the good people of
Bennington have not dreamed of in
years. The spirit Of advancement is in
the air and the tramp Of progress will
soon be heard without putting your ear
to the ground.
Popular Excursion.
The residents along the line OF the
Fitchburg Railroad between Troy and
Shelburne Falls, and at Saratoga, Schuy-
lerville and Mechanicville, are again to
be treated to a low-rate excursion to
Boston and New York. 1t will leave
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