The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-05-22

We hear. Of no. complaint Of dry
weather in this section.
The Dr.sRobinson farm has been sold
to L. r. Brown for $500.
The frosts of Saturday and Sunday
mornings did considerable damage to
early gardens.
The firm of Calvin Endress & Co. has
undergone a change and is now known
as James d. McNamar &sSons.
Preparations are in progress for the
opening of the Green Box Bank, at the
Congregational Church the first Sunday
in June. There will be concert in the
evening and this will occur in connection
with it. ,i 80 aft-@.
The new dwelling n. s. Durham is
nearing completion. The plastering was
dOhe by Mason Corbett of Bennington,
and gives good satisfaction.
The Bennington Valley Pulp Company
is putting in new machinery and prepar-
ing the mill for the manufacture of box
board in connection with that of wood
pulp. SI , y
Measures are being taken to, have a
fine flag hoisted over our graded school
building. The citizens and scholars
have all caught the spirit Of the age, and
are clamOring thtft 1.-THE done soon. 1t
viii probably be thrown to the breeze
on the forenoon Of Decoration day.
The village trustees appear to have the
interests of the place in view, and are
doing well the work being done. The
paving of the cutters in the steep grades
of enr roads, will in the long run be a
saving in expense, and add much to their
looks. 80 srH. aTj ',..r rs.
Rev. NJ. L.. Leverance occupied. the
pulpit of the Congregational Church last
Sunday, in exchange with Rev, Mr.. Peck.
Many Of the audience which greeted him,
had been edited by; his sermons as they
formerly listened to him when he
preached for months as supply, and
were gratified to hear him again. His
text in the morning was based upon
John Iv:11, ''Sir, thou hast nothing to
draw with, and the well is deep" He
spoke of the deep mysteries which en-
velop everything with which we
have to do, showing, how futile are the
philosophers and sopllstries OF men in
solving the deep things of science. anew,
and eloquently presented the way which
God has revealed in his word as opening
up the only solution of the more intri-
cate and deep things which pertain to
the spiritual realm, pnd which when &C
cepted, believed in and trusted, become
abundant and satisfactory.
Monday afternoon few of the many
personal friends OfiDeacon and Mrs. w.
L. Hawks, made an impromptu visit at
their home in honor of Mrs. Hawks
10th birthday. The occasion was one of
real pleasure, Ths, attendance would
have been much larger had it been more
generally known, then the rain prevented
some, yet about twenty sat down to re-
freshments furnished by the guests, after
which Pastor Gilbert made a few re-
marks appropriate to the occasion and
offered prayer. Since this was in type a
pleasant sketch has been received, which
concludes as follows: AFTER which
[prayer] the company gathered up their
traps and left, though not quite as I'M
ceTinonious as they came, all voting a
pleasant time. There were four persons
present whose ages were as follows, one
81, one TO-, one neayly70, and one nearly
Troy papers Monday contained this
item: 'Laban MiIliken of HoOsick
Falls, who jumped into the river at the
foot of Washington street in this city,
died Saturday night at the Troy hospital.
The body was this morning taken to
HOosick Falls and thence to North Ben
nington, where the interment will occur.
For the last three years the deceased had
been unable to work on account of his
age, which at his death was 81 years.
Last Friday after dinner he took train
from Hoosick Falls to Troy without
making known his intentions, He ex-