The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-22

North bennington.
II. c. White is in Chicago and other
western cities, upon business trip.
Mrs. G.. H. Bruffee was taken sick
last week, which was the reason of her
daughter, Ida, coming home at this
time.
The next and last of the literary club,
gatherings of the season will be held on
the 9th, at the residence of Mrs. W. G.
Shaw.
H. E. Shepherd, Agent of the Fitch
burg railroad at the depot here, has
moved into the house vacated by H. B.
Cunningham
The Rev. NJ. i. Severance of Benning-
ton Centre expects to preach at the
Congregational church in exchange with
the pastor, next Sunday, April oath.
Mr.. S. L. Allen of New York, spent
Easter Sunday with his daughter, Mrs.
B. T. Henry, at Riverside. Many other
friends here, are always glad to see
him.
Mrs. c. E. yelling with her daughter,
Miss II. 5. Yelling, went to New York
and Brooklyn last Monday, to visit
friends. Mr.. yelling will join them
later.
The new store of W. R. Worthington,.
is being treated to a finishing coat of
paint, which adds greatly to its appear
ance, and makes it an ornament to the
place.
The union Fast Day services were held
in the Baptist church in the evening.
Both Rev. Messrs. Tozer and Peck were
present, Mr.. Peck making the principal
remarks.
The temperance porter which is being
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several who have been suffering by the
prevailing influenza or Ia Grippe, with
the best results.
The flowers which were sent by Mrs.
Mary Clark of Brooklyn, N. Y, were
placed after Easter, upon the mound
covering the grave of the late Mrs.
O'Brien, her mother.
We learn that L. B. Newton, NJ.
d.. will go to Bridgeport, Coon,
early next week, and it IS expected he
will bring on his return, bride. The
young lady, Miss Emma Newton,
teacher in Bridgeport has been with us.
occasionally for years as a visitor, so
that we have no hesitation in saying she
will be welcomed to society here as a
great acquisition. If any gra re or other
wise personal questions are to be pro-
pounded as to the matter we would say,
the Doctor is of age, ask him.
A young lady of this vicinity who
claims to be high-up in the arts and
sciences, and boasts of a sheep-skin of
the class of sc, made use of the follow
ing remark. A friend carried the family
some vegetable oysters, and this miss of
culture came out to the carriage to get
them, and on seeing them exclaimed
with surprise: "Oh, | thought they had
shells on 'em!" The friend not being
up in natural history, kept mum, but at
the same time thought this high-fOwn
miss had scared too high. X.Y.Z.
W. II. Burgess of the firm of Hoyt &
Burgess, butchers and grocers Lake
wood, n. j., has been at his mothers,
Mrs. Hiram Cole, on short visit this
week. Lakewood is a fashionable win
ter resort for health, with large hotels
and boarding houses, which are filled
with guests during the winter as other
places are occupied in the warm weather
as summer resorts. Ex-President Cleve-
land has residence there, and spent
portion of the winter in it.
The collection in the churches in re-
Spouse to the suggestion of the Cover
nor for giving relief to the Russian suf-
ferers, was taken Sunday instead of Fast
Day, and although the Congregational
Society is on the eve of making extern
sive repairs on the church, and the Bap-
fist people are about building parson-
age, the sum contributed aggregated
S26.50, receipt for which, has been re-
ceived from Hon. II. f. Field, treasurer.
On Tuesday afternoon last, as the
freight from Troy, n. Y, due here
about o'clock p. m, was coming from
State Line, as the engine came around
the curve several persons were discov-
cred short distance ahead. The en-
CINE was reversed as soon as possible
while several of them were making for
the banks to get out of danger, but two,
young Pat McCarty and Jack Watson,
were so intoxicated they were unable
to get off the track, and the engine came
within about two feet of crushing them.
Had it been down grade instead of heavy
up grade they both must have been
killed. 1t was necessary for the train
men to move them from the track. In
January last the same Pat McCarty was
taken from the track of the Bennington
& Rutland railroad, just in time to save
his life.
Easter services at the Congregational
church in the morning were of more
than usual interest. The flowers we're
abundant and tastefully arranged, in
Guiding white rosebuds and carnations.
lilies of the valley and a wreath of
'milaX, which were sent by Mrs. Mary
Clark and son of Brooklyn, n. Y, in
memory of their late mother and grand
mother. Mrs. d. d. O'Brien, who was
ever foremost in her efforts to adorn the
church for this most happy day. The
excellent sermon was from the text, "If
re then be risen with Christ" found in
irst part of Col 81. Special effort had
been made by the choir for appropriate
music and the solo by Mrs. Jennie At
wood, was highly appreciated At the
lnion service in the evening, Rev. Mr..
Peck in his remarks, after going through
IN Easter BroOkfield exercise, assisted
~ Rev. Mr.. Tozer, in which the congre-
cation took part, followed up the ser
non of the morning by short address,
the morning discourse
IN the resurrection, an event of the
greatest Importance of any which has
occurred in the worlds history, as to the
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