The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-18
IN TIE LOCAL FIELD.
North BennInrton.

len new seats were auueu 10 our lll%n
school room last year, making the whole
number So There are forty-eight schol-
ars in this room this year, and applica-
tions from two more. 1t is made possible
for Prof. Dressed to successfully teach
this number as assistance is given by
Miss O'Brien teacher of the grammar de-
partment, who has some of the High
school classes assigned to her,
At a special meeting of the Baptist
church recently called to consider the
resignation of the pastor, it was voted,
nearly unanimous, not to accept it. The
general feeling that the prosperity of the
past four years, with present hopeful
condition of the church, was evidence
that the time had not come for the pres
ent harmonious relation to cease. A
committee of three consisting of L. A.
Dolph, L. NJ Loomis and c. S. Percy
were appointed to canvas the church in
the interests of q much needed parson-
age. The meeting adjourned till this
week Tuesday evening, when the com
mittee made report of progress strong
ly favoring the undertaking. Two 9TH
ers, II. S. Durham and Dea. NJ. Clark
were added to the above committee, and
instructed to proceed at once to circulate
a subscription paper soliciting funds to-
ward suitable and commodious home
for the pastor. 1t is a worthy object
and would add materially toward inn
proving and identifying the village.
Dea Clark has caused the house occu-
pied as a parsonage, to be newly shin
gled.- George Green, who has been
quite sick. so as to alarm his friends and
neighbors as to his recovery, is better.
and expects soon to be in school.-Our
village and vicinity was represented in
Troy last Tuesday at the dedication of
the Soldiers monument by fifteen or
twenty of its citizens. The memories
of the great struggle of the Rebellion
were awakened by the occasion and
speeches, and the large number of veter-
ans in the procession drew from the
crowds who had gathered on the long
line Of march, continued cheers and con-
gratulations for the noble defenders of
the flag and services of the dreadful con-
flict.-In conversation with the young
man who had dismounted from his byci-
Gle TO adjust some of its parts last Mon
day, we learned it was John, son of the
late Rev. E. p. Wild, D. D., who had
come from Manchester that morning and
was on his way to WilhamstOwn to COM
mence a college course, which place he
expected to reach about p. IN. His
brother graduated from this institution
last year, and is now in business in New
York.-Mrs. Wadsworth of Staten Is
land, n. Y, who has been spending
about seven weeks with her son and
daughter, left for home on Monday The
son goes to New Haven soon to complete
his college course, it being his third
year in Yale.-A large party, number
ing twenty or more, of the relatives and
friends of Mr.. and Mrs F. B. Jennings,
were at tea and spent social evening at
the Fairview mansion last Friday.
Among the guests were Mrs. Isaac Jen-
nings and her sister-in-law Mrs. Parsons
of the American Board of Missions in
Turkey, whose husband was murdered
some years since while on a missionary
tour, being taken, by reason Of his pack
ages of books, Bibles, etc, which he
was carrying for distribution, for trav-
eller having a large amount of money in
his possession. His helper also suffered
the same fate. W. w Ranney Of An
dover, and his sister Miss Frances RAN
ny of New York, have been spending a
short time at their old home here
Misses VanKieek and Powell of New
York, are visiting Miss Ella Mccullough
this week The Bennington House,
opposite our charming depot, and the
pleasant grounds surrounding it, has been
put in thorough repair and tastefully
painted, so that with its present man
agement the public no longer shun stop
ping over in our village when on bust
ness or pleasure The store and
dwelling of our enterprising young mer-
chant, Fred Bottum, is just completed
and is commendable addition to the
old 'burnt district" Let there be more
enterprise exhibited in different direc-
tons by our young and married men.
Mrs. j. G. Mccullough is spending a
week in Burlington with the wife of Ex-
Minister E. j. Phelps.