The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-07

part OIL ner VacaJlOn IN NOrJn AuaIns,
Mass.
MRS. S. S. PRATT leaves for the
Worlds Fair next Tuesday and will also
visit Racine, Wis.
MIR. AMAsA BRADFORD of South Gard
ner, Mass, is visiting in Bennington,
stopping with his cousin, Mr.. E. W.
Bradford.
TWELVE members of Mrs. II. E. Brad
ford's class in the Methodist Sunday
school enjoyed ride to Woodford, Sat
urday afternoon. After supper there
they had a moonlight ride home.
AT the Worlds Fair yesterday, there
were registered at the Vermont build
ing: Mrs. II. S. Bingham, Miss Ella A.
Bingham, Miss F. S. futile, Mrs. E. A.
Bradford, Mrs. G. H. Dewey and num-
Der of other Vermonters, among whom
we notice Chester Parmenter and wife
of Rutland.
THE Plattsburgh Republican says:
"The subject of the lecture at the Bap-
fist church next Sunday evening will be:
"ProfessOr Briggs and General Assem-
bly," During the summer season the
service will only be for one hour and
most of the time devoted to the lecture.
All seats are free and it is the coolest
place in town" Ipdeedl
THE committee on teachers of which
Or. Lyman Rogers is chairman, have
partially completed their labors in the
line of faculty for our Graded schools
the coming year. In so doing the com
mittee have consulted the full Board of
Trustees, with view of arriving at the
best possible results-the whole matter
being, as far as completed, as follows:
Prof. Davis is unanimously re-engaged
superintendent at the salary of last year,
$500. Miss Haven is re-engaged as
preceptress of the High school at the
same rate of compensation, with Miss
Anna Rogers, taking the place of Miss
B. A. Collins, assistants The vacancies
in the rooms of Miss Leonard and Miss
Russell are not yet assigned. Miss Ball,
as stated by us last week, is engaged to
fill one vacancy. Misses Carpenter,
Scarborough, Keefe, Sibley, Ross, White,
Mrs. Hicks and Miss Whitney are re-en-
gagged. Also Mr.. Downs as music teacher
Another primary teacher will be en-
ployed, making two vacrncies yet to fill.
THE Granville Sentinel, in reporting
the races in Middle Granville, NY, last
week. has a column of remarks, some of
which is highly complimentary to the
trotter Frank Burgess" owned by F. A,
Burgess of Bennington. 1t seems that
Whitehall people put forth horse that
was supposed to sweep the board, but
the Sentinel says he Jones Ordway)
acted so badly that he would not have
won a PAS class. Had he been perfect
in his acting, we do not think he could
have won as the pace set by Highland
L." and Frank Burgess" was undoubt-
eddy too fast for him. Highland L.
won the ''free for all'' race. Frank Bur.
CESS won the the first heat, by length
in 222. OF the balance of the race, foul
, heats, we copy the Sentinel: I'm the
second heat drivers were changed or
, Highland l.. and he won the heat in
/ 2 25. The third heat was very exciting
Frank Burgess pushing the gray stallion
{ all of the mile but was not fast enough
to pass him, the heat being finished in
I 2:214, which lowered the track record O.
2:23t, and also the record of Highland
f L., 2:234, and is also the fastest mile
' ever trotted or paced in race in North
Z ern New York The fourth heat wa:
\ hotly contested by Highland L. and Bur
+ CESS, but the favorite before the race
Burgess, was not speedy enough for thu
f grey, who logged under the wire witt
9 reins lying on his back in 2 :234, Burgess
q coming in second as he did in the thirC
n heat, but was set back to third place
each time for running
f The aged sister of the Hon. Luther r
Graves, Mrs. Susan Case Hewitt, passed
Il quietly to rest at clock last Saturda.
n evening. For the past II years, OF since
l. the death of Mr.. Hewitt, this estimabl,
:, lady had found home with her brothe
r in this village. She was born in Shrews
g bury, Nov II, 1906, and it is an interest
a ing coincidence that she died at the SAM
S age that her father did, 81 years, anC
. within few days of the exact years
> Mrs. Hewitt as young lady came to Ben
; nington and resided for time, previou
}. to that of her brother, Mr.. Graves, il
y 1S40 While here she was a teacher il
IS Sunday school, and there are several o
{, our people living now who were he
+, scholars prior to 1910. Marrying MI
q Hewitt she passed large portion of he
Z, long and useful life in Clarendon witt
h her husband. To them was born tire
children, one daughter of whom lived t,
!: the age of 20, the others dying in in
~ fancy. Mrs. Hewitt and her famil
were constant attendants of the Baptis
U church during two pastorates of the Rev
20 Edward Conover, and his absence iron
4 town at the time of her decease is great
1T regretted by the family. Mrs. Hewitt
70 had many friends in her old home a
n well as here in our community. She wa
20 highly esteem ID by the members of tn
D. Baptist church as a lifelong Christian
Z, Mr.. Mar / in the funeral address paid
al well-merited tribute to her simple trus
9r in the Saviour. her testimony throug
A. many years, even to her end, to the low
4 ing Kindness and tender mercies of he
t. God. She was plain, humble and cor
IN sistent follower of the meek md lowl
e Jesus. Her interest in the churches a
)r Rutland, Wallingford and here in Der
n nington was continued even in her late
er years. One of the last remarks she mad
in to her pastor was an expression of he
pleasure in learning of a revival in on
Sc of our neighboring villages. Thong
living quiet and secluded life she mad
IN herself felt by her piety and her prayers
re Many of the influential members of tn
90 various churches in the village attende
N the funeral services, thus attesting thei
" appreciation of her worth as a Christian
II The exercises at the funeral on Monda
Id at IL o'clock a. M, were simple and in
lie pressive. The remains were inferred /
L. East Clarendon beside her husband an
W children, according to her wishes.
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ut OUR VILLAGE FATHERS.
Is Regular Trustee meeting July 81.
10 Present: III. T, Cushman, End, presi