The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-18

II. L. HOVER has been i'll for several
days.
THE Cadets return to Norwich Univer-
sity next week.
THE keys were turned over this after
noon by the Building Committee of the
monument, the structure having been
completed. The monument has been
reared without the loss of single life,
and no structure of the kind was ever
before built for the money.
Miss RUTH SQUIRE enters the Ben
nington High school, to graduate next
June. Miss Squire is an earnest student
and she will make good record. A di-
ploma from the High school is an hon
orable distinction and Miss Squire is to
be commended for her resolution to earn
and receive it.
THE first New York excursion is
"booked" for September Doth, fare 81. %
from Pownal stations and Petersburgh
Junction, and $500 from the Hoosick
stations and Walloomsac. The tickets
are good to return to Oct. 9th. The same
excursion runs from the Central Yer
mont road via. B. & R. and Fitchburg
lines.
THE Bennington County Christian En-
deavor Union meets at Manchester next
Wednesday. On the programme for
speeches, papers, etc., are several Ben
nington people: Revs. Heaxt and Sey-
mour; Misses Henry (Howe Benning),
Fanny Hawks, Mesdames NJ. L. Sever
ance and E. D. Whipple. E. T. Griswold
has part in the discussions. Half fare
on the B. & r. railway.
Mr.. Editor:-Under the management
of Superintendent Davis corporal pun
ishment in our Graded School was last
year practically abolished. With our
school of about seven hundred pupils.
there was, for the first time in its his
tory, not single case of whipping, and
the pupils have come to be uniformally
courteous and well behaved about the
building, as am told by the teachers.
Do you know of another school of the
same size in Vermont or in New Eng
land where there has been such an adj
vance in humanitarian methods? When
we remember the past in such matters,
the present is to be commended. A.
ALL parties who placed rooms at the
disposal of the Entertainment Commit
tee during the recent celebration, and
whose assignment of guests, either in
whole or in part failed to arrive and oc-
cupy their quarters, are requested to
send to the committee below, without
delay, either by mail or otherwise, the
number of beds turned out to them
which were not used, together with the
names of the guests sent them by the
committee who did arrive, stating
phether the rooms Were used at oil or not.
We are making earnest efforts to get the
people out of this difficulty without loss,
and this information is necessary to our
success. Signed, II. T. Cushman, I'd,
Alfred Robinson, Lyman Rogers, c..
yelling Thatcher, A. S. NJ. Chisholm,
Geo. A. Robinson, Henry D. Fillmore,
Cyrus D. Gibson, Emmett B. Daley.
Fred. S. Pratt, Fred L. Bowen, Commit
tee
YESTERDAY afternoon at two o'clock
the sad funeral rites of the lamented Miss
Lura Fox occurred. A large number of
relatives and friends gathered at the resi-
dence of her bereaved parents to look
for the last time upon her face supernat-
nrally beautiful in death. The sympathy
expressed by friends on this sad occasion
was deep and genuine. The floral trib-
utes we're exceptionally fine. Some of
them perfect pieces of art. The services
were of very impressive character.
The High school was dismissed before
the hour of the funeral. and the members
of the class came in body accompanied
by the superintendent of the school,
Prof. Davis, to attend the obsequies.
The deceased was quiet, pleasant girl,
the idol of her parents, whose loss is
great, and whose grief is inconsolable.
Whatever human aid could accomplish
was done in vain, and she succumbed to
the fatal disease that had attacked her
young life. The sweetness of her life
will remain in the fond remembrance OF
relatives and friends. 1t was not in vain
that her life was given to her parents,
though so brief. They can truly say:
ct was better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all"
Rev. y. Marten officiated at the funeral,
and sought to comfort the stricken pa
rents by emphasizing the promises of
God concerning the eternal life of the
soul. A choir composed of Messrs. HUI
bert Downs and Merritt Morgan, Miss
Middlebrook, and Mrs J. II. White, led
by Prof. Squire sang appropriate hymns,
one being, "Asleep in Jesus, blessed
sleep"
Our village Fathers.
ReOular trustee meeting September