The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-23
NORTH BENNINGTON.

Large quaint ties of oak and other lum-
Der are being delivered to stock the FL.
T. Cushman Manufacturing Company.
Misses Aria and Ella Mckay have gone
West to spend the summer, taking in the
Worlds fair, and returning in Septem-
Der.
The Vermont mills are adding some
new English spinning machinery for the
making of yarn which is sold so readily
in the market.
Thomas Powers, who entered the Holy
Cross college in Worcester from our
Graded school year since, has been
afflicted with lung fever, anu is now at
home, in hopes to recuperate his health.
We hope he may speedily recover.
Mrs. Roster mother of Henry
Rosier,sp her SSth birthday afternoon
with Mrs. j. c. Wright, enjoying the
tea and the bouquets of rare flowers
which had been especially gotten up for
her.
Our venerable and highly respected
friend and neighbor, VIM. E. Hawks,
who has been seriously i'll, for several
weeks, is much improved in health. He
is attended by DR.. w. E. Putnam of Ben
nington.
The sermon of Rev. G. II. Peck last
Sunday evening from Ephesians v:15.
lt'See that we walk circumspectly" was
listened to attentively by many of the
young, to whom it was especially in
Gtructive.
The closing exercises of the Graded
schools will occur this coming week;
each department will hold exercises in
their respective rooms as follows: Mon
day afternoon, 100, first primary, Miss
Eva lockwood, teacher; Tuesday after
noon, 1.30, second primary, Miss Lottie
Mattison, teacher; Wednesday afternoon,
100, intermediate, Miss Kate lockwood,
teacher; Thursday afternoon, 1.30, gram
mar, Miss Marion B. Davis, teacher.
Each school will give exercises not alone
in Rotations and music, but some class
work will also be performed to show
parents the method of instruction and
what is being accomplished. Parents
and friends are earnestly urged to at
tend. The opportunity is most favor
able one to become acquainted with the
condition and progress of the school.
Friday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock will oc-
cur the graduating exercises in the Con-
gregational church. The class is COM
posed of the following members: Tizah
A. Montgomery, Molly S. Bottum, Mary
A. Barker, Lizzie A. Barton, Lima l..
Tozer, Anna NJ. Sisson, William G. Spaf-
ford, Harrie G. White, William A.Myei g..
The graduating class have invited Rev.
G.. r. Seymour to preach a bacalaurate
sermon before them in the Congrega-
tional church, Sunday, June 25th, at 8
o'clock in the afternoon. Every one is
invited to attend.
The train from Troy due at $50 p. m,
Tuesday, came into the yard limits at
too fast a rate, not observing the sign al
and ran into freight train that was on
the main track. The two engines collided
and both were badly damaged. The
smaller engine, the Trenor T. Park, on
the passenger train ran up the front of
the larger freight engine, the Trenor w.
Park, and took off the smoke stack, at
the same time losing its cow catcher and
smoke stack and crowding the small
wheels back to the driving ones. When
it came down it was out of running order
and had to be tow ed to Rutland for re-
pairs. The larger engine will be laid up
for some time for repairs. They are
both Bennington and Rutland engines.
1t seems almost miracle that so little
injury was done to the passengers or the
employees. Lewis Sparett of Troy, the
express messenger, was injured by the
falling of trunks and boxes but not dan.
gerously and he left for home the next
morning. Two passengers were slightly
bruised and the newsboy was also hurt
though not seriously. The Ais train
from Troy had lost the right of way and
soon followed the wrecked train, taking
the passengers on to Rutland with less
detention than was expected. Conduc
tor Paris gave all needed attention tC
the wants Of the passengers and made
all az comfortable az could he