The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-03-17
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
NORTH BENNINGTON.


Mrs. S. B. Hall.
Prof Parker and wife OF Londonderry,
have been spending few days with Mrs.
l.. P. Sheldon this week.
VIM. Coulter has gone to South Shafts
bury into the employ of the Eagle Square
Manufacturing company.
VIM. TompSins is sick and has been
Obliged to give up work. He had severe
sickness about year since and he is now
threatened with similar prostration.
Miss Julia Houghton of Hoosick Is Wis
iting this week with Miss Mabel White,
attending the extra meetings, in which
they are much interested.
Miss S. E. Park of Bennington was at
the meeting Tuesday evening and enjoyed
the sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Hewitt. She
was the guest of Mrs. H. D. Hall.
We are sorry to say our venerable ard
much respected friend, Dea. VIM. L.
Hawks, has been confined to the house
with an attack of sickness for about
three weeks, bat we hope is again i'm
proving.
Mr.. II. L. Reade of Connecticut will
deliver his lecture entitled "The seed,
stalk, flower and fruit of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition" in the Congre-
gatiOnal church North Bennington on
Saturday evening, March 18th, 1880.
Admission free. All are invited.
The special meetings of this week,
though the weather and walking has
been unusually bad, have been kept up,
and the preaching services as also the
Bible readings and prayer meetings have
been very well attended. The hope and
expectation is that they will be greatly
blessed to the good of very many in this
village and vicinity.
The Rev. Geo. r. Hewitt formerly
pastor of the Congregational church
here, preached to very good audience
Tuesday evening, and was affectionately
welcomed by many of his former parish
toner's. 1t was very pleasing and cheer
ing to hear his good words, from the
same platform he had spoken from so
many times before.
A real treat was enjoyed in Bank Hall
last Friday evening, as full house even
to all standing room, witnessed the pre-
sentatiOn of THE Seven Old Ladies of
Lavender Town." by members of the
graded school, the proceeds being for
the benefit of the school library. The
operetta, so we'll acted by the seventeen
different characters, was received with
great applause, and the enjoyment was
universal adding to the health and spirit
of the large audience in diversion and
laughter. The parts were well chosen
and admirably brought out, but there is
space only to speak Of the leading part
by Professor Lightning Haskins, which
was capitally performed to give a good
idea of all. The piano solo by Miss Mar
ion B. Davis, was fine, and the cOrnet
solo by Prof. Parker gave much pleasure
to the listening audience. The violin
solo by Geo. Donnelly, with piano ac-
compartment by Miss Tuttle of Benning-
ton, was encored, and the vocal selec-
ton by Mrs. J. d. Atwood was received
as usual with attention and applause.
The receipts more than met the expecta-
tions of the projectors.
The funeral ceremonies of Charles II.
Cole, on Monday last, at o'clock, called
together large number to show the r
respect for the young lad and sympathy
for the heart broken mother and friends.
He was ten years old the 21nd of last
June, and though so young had endeared
himself to a large circle outside of the
Immediate family, to all with whom he
had been accustomed to meet at the day
or Sabbath school, or in his ordinary
mingling with others in the village. His
father, Hiram Cole, Esq, deceased May
12th 1892, and since Charlie has been
from his mature understanding a more
than usual companion for his mother,
and by his filial love and attention to her
has attracted the notice Of all. He was
fond of the conversation of those older
than himself, though not ayerse to the
| company of the young, and frequently
called upon the neighbors and in an edi-
| flying line of conversation passed a
pleasant time. His sickness was of a
| trying nature, continuing for eight
weeks, being obliged most of the time to
get all of his rest in a sitting posture. 1t
was great comfort to his mother, that
| for the greater portion of the time her
health was so spared that she could be
about the bedside and attend to many of
his varying wants. There are many
things connected with his life which will
long be remembered by his mates and
neighbors of all ages, such as fidelity to
parents and every known duty, his will
ingness and tact in carrying out plans
for an entertainment or school exercise,
or other object which would commend
itself to his good sense. The best medi-
cal advice was followed in his sickness
but skill and care could not avail, and
suddenly when it was hoped he might
possibly be spared he was called away.
The Rev. G. III. Peck officiated in the SER
vices, the teachers and many of the
scholars of his department in the school
being in attendance. 1t was a comfort
that F. E. Burgess of Burlington and w.
II. Burgess of Lakewood, N. j., sons of
Mrs. Cole, could be at home and assist
in the completion of these last sad rites.
That the younger brother, little Parker,
may be spared to develop as Charlie had,
and become the solace of the stricken
mother is the wish of her many friends.
Flowers were tastefully arranged about
the casket containing the body beautiful
in death, and the pure white of many OF
them could but suggest the loveliness OF
the life which had been lived, and then
yielded up so early. The appropriate
selections were sweetly rendered by the
choir, Mrs. Jas. Atwood, Miss II. S.
yelling, w. G. Shaw and S. b. Hall,
The bearers we're w. Spafford, J. H.
Cushman, Roger G. Peck and Robinson
Hall, and the interment in the. cemetery
near the village, the whole under the
charge of j. Ed. Walbridge, undertaken
SOUTH sHAFTsBURY.
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