The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-01

MRS. FRANK TIFFANY and nurse are
at Saratoga City, Martha's Vineyard.
Miss YAUGH of New York city is visit
ing at her uncle's, Chas. Barnes, on North
street.
SIXTH CORPS W. r. c., and Post, with
invited friends, hold social picnic in
the Soldiers Home Grove, July 4th.
o, W. HAYWOOD of Troy, N. Y, visit
ed at his home here this week. He is
soon to 90 into Camp at Peekskill for ten
days with the militia company of which
he is a member.
THE annual reception of st. Peters
parish was held Wednesday evening
after service. Parish hall was crowded.
The guild of st. Mary's served collation.
of cake and icecream.
THE concrete cross-walks now going
in on our streets are a grand improve.
ment. At the Second Congregational
church corner it may lessen the sale of
stills in wet weather, but we can endure
that and the crossing is fine.
TIE annual meeting of St. Peters
guild was held Monday evening in Par
ish hall. The following officers were
elected: The Rector, er 06icio, Master;
II. L. StillsOn, President; j. T. Shurt-
left, Vice-President; Charles Barnes,
Secretary; L. F. Abbott Treasurer; L.
P. Norton, Chairman Executive Com
mittee. The various committees were
appointed and the guild adjourned.
JAMES DOYLE died very suddenly
in the Centre village this morning. He
has been suffering for more than year
from heart disease, and went out this
morning to attend to his horse and COW,
and being gone little longer than usual
his wife went out and found him dead
upon the barn floor He was GO years
old. He will be greatly missed for he
was good citizen, a kind neigh6or and
an affectionate husband, Christian
man. In her great sorrow Mrs. Doyle
will have the sympathy of all.
MRS. HELEN F. ROBINSON, widow of
the late Hon. A. D. Robinson, died in
Albany, n Y, Wednesday morning.
She will be buried in the family lot at
the Centre this Friday) afternoon. Mrs.
Robinson was a sister of the late Mrs;
Senator Foote, Mrs. Silas Hodges and
Mrs. Horace T. White. She was lovely
Christian lady. She leaves one
daughter, Mrs. DR.. John s. Deleyan, Of
Albany, and william, of Denver, Col
Her sufferings have been intense, and
trusting in her Saviour, death was to hel
a sweet release.
LAST week we alluded to the quarto
centennial of the Rev. DR.. Phillips Of
Kankakee, Ill. Since then we have re
, ceived the Kdnkdkee Gazette of JUNE
23d, which has column account of the
services and the reception. Fro m thu
,, statistics it appears that st. Paul!
LII, I, 4 1 IN w
DIR. Phillips became its rector. The
! communicates now number 226. There
remains but u of the original Al. DR.
Phillips has been the means of planting
seven other churches in fourishine
towns about him. In 1867 st. PauPt
church gave on an average per member
80 cents towards missions; now the av-
: erage is S1.06 per communicate. The
total amount raised by the parish in thu
% years, is $79,306, of which 81, 140 was
for purposes outside st. Paul's church
Over 500 people were present at the pas
tors reception and among them thu
} venerable Bishop McLaren of Chicago
7 The Gazette concludes: whether o.
J not this occasion was the climax of oul
| esteemed clerical citizens useful career
) it was certainly notable event in hi
/ life as well as in the local history of thu
CITY,"
OUR friend and brother of the Gran
, vile, N. Y Sentinel, had bad "streal
of luck" last week we should judge from
the item below. Whether some one pait
= a subscription in cord wood, or an ad
l vertizer sent in 'bottle of old rye'' thu
result was phenomenal. Hear what HI
{ said: "People residing near Lake st
Catherine are now, it is reported, highl.
/ excited over the appearance of strang
: and uncouth creature in that vicinity
The beast is des rbed as being creature
| that far outdoes the nightmare ideas o
the mythologists. 1t is equally at hom
l in the water, on the land or among thu
| trees of the neighborhood, where it ha
! been most frequently seen. The genera
3 contour of the head reminds one of SOM
gigantic serpent with this exception
The "snout" terminates in dubious
( monkey-faced knot, which much resem
bles the physiognomy of some gigantic
: ape. From the neck down, with the ex
ception of some fin-shaped flippers
Q which extend from the arm to the waist
? the creature resembles q man, only tina
D the toes and fingers are armed with claw
+. two to six inches long. Tracks made b,
q the beast in the soft mud have BEEF
U | Udken 10 WellS, WHeIo lhOy alO hOPo vi
1 exhibition in Whites Lewis house
v Those who have seen the horrid thin
4 face to face say that it is full nine fee
in height, which could hardly be believes
0 only for the fact that the tracks men
toned above are within small Fraction
of fifteen inches in length. Fishermel
Q who surprised the monster sitting silent
s ly on mass of driftwood declared tina
o its back looked like an aligators, AM
y that it had caudal termination var
!. long, which forked like the tail of fish
1 1t has been seen number of times sport
V ing in the deepest water of the lake, the
y again while running at greased-lightnin
s speed in dusty road, and finally Will
i swinging from tree to tree with as muc
/ ease as the most active monkey"
. County Court,
J. Tho nasa State vs Terry Bradley wa