The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-06
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
NORTH BENNINGTON.


twins, a boy and girl.
The Rev. E. G. Read of Somerville,
\. j., with Miss S. E. Park, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Hall on Wednes-
day last.
II. i. Spafford and wife have returned
from the Worlds Fair, and like all
others, speak very highly of the great
exposition.
The apparently improved condition of
Mrs Hawks last week, proved only to
be the prominition of her decease, which
occurred on Monday
Miss Mary Palmer of Blackinton,
Mass, a life long friend of the family,
was present at the funeral of Mrs.
Hawks, Thursday, as were also relatives
and friends from Hoosick and Benning-
ton.
S. B. Hall left for Chicago, Thursday,
to attend the fair. Col. Walbridge has
been, and the first of the week Mrs. j.
A. Atwood went in company with Mrs.
G. j. Mckay and her sister, Mrs. Hun
tington.
Union gospel meeting will be held at
the Baptist church next Sunday in the
morning, and at the Congregational
church in the evening. The evening SER
mon will be especially interesting to
skeptics and cavilers and.a are kindly
invited.
The horse and buggy of Andrew Nash,
our village blacksmith, which was taken
last Sunday evening, when hitched in
front of his brothers house in Benning-
ton, was found the next day at the foot
Graylock mountain, North A dams. The
rascals had driven to Adams and for
some reason, perhaps failing to meet an
accomplice to whom to turn over the
property, had let the horse loose to wan
der for itself.
The gospel meetings, conducted by
the evangelist, the Rev. w. II. Hurlburt
of Ohio, are awakening religious inter
est, which it is hoped will result in much
good. The Bible readings in the day
time alternate in the two churches, and
the preaching services in the evening are
held in the Baptist church, except on
Sunday evening next the union meeting
will be at the Congregational church.
The prospect is that the church will be
completely filed.
Thomas Hardenburg, son-in-law of
Thomas Powers, died recently, after a
peculiar and distressing sickness which
baffled the wisdom of physicians, in AL
banv, n. Y, and his remains were
brought here for interment in the ceme-
terry in Bennington. He leaves a wife
and four children. The funeral services
were in the st. Johns Baptist church,
by Father LaChance, and many friends
were in attendance. We understand the
widow and children will come here to re-
side.
The death of Mrs. W. E. Hawks on Mon
day evening, the I'd inst, has filled the
community with mourning, and has
called out an expression of deep sympathy
Tor Mr.. Hawks who is deprived of his
faithful and loving companion. She was
a daughter of David Colvin, who lived
near the Bennington line in SALISBURY,
and was the last surviving one of seven
children of the family. She was born
the 10th of May, 1911, her maiden name
being Eliza Hall Colvin, the middle
name being given by the mother of Gov.
Hiland Hall, with whom she was ia
vorite in her early life. She united with
the Baptist church in Salisbury, which
was located near where she was born, in
the year 1882, and was married May 2,
1897, and with her husband was among
the original members of the present Bap-
fist church of North Bennington, which
WAS OISdulZcu III 10Th, oONOldl llOIl OllC
old church uniting with them as charter
members, and few of whom now re-
main. Having always lived in this
nelghbor hood, with kind, genial and
affectionate disposition she always made
friends and with little effort on her part,
retained them during her lifetime. For
the greater part of her life, the pecuniary
circumstances with which she was sur
rounded, made it possible for her to aid
the needy and dispense comfort and con-
ISOLATION to the sorrowing, nor was the
inclination wanting to thus make
her life invaluable. Her friends
and associates were not only of those of
her own denomination, to which she
was warmly attached, but she found
pleasure in association with others, and
by her affable social qualities made her
companionship agreeable at all times.
The long membership in the church, of
over sixty years, was characterized by
faithfuness in all that the term signifies,
not only as relating to a desire for the
conversion of the unsaved, and the up
right walk and influence of professors,
but to the ways and means by which the
Church should be sustained in all its eff
forts for good. Her son, Alfred W., has
for years resided West, and for some
time in Topeka, Kansas, and being alb
sent from home did not receive news of
his mothers death in time for the funer-
al. The granddaughter, Susie, who has
been caring for her grandparents with
filial affec ion, was permitted to be pres
ent during the last sickness and thus be
a great comfort to the aged ones. The
funeral services were held Thursday af-
ternoon at the house at 2.30 o'clock, and
the church at 3. The Rev. r. B. ToZer,
her pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. c.
II. Peck and Rev. q, Marten of Benning-
ton. After the reading of the Scriptures
and remarks made by the three, in which
her beautiful Christian life was reviewed
and commended, and feelingly recon-
mended to the large audience present.
Rev. w. II. Hurlbutt offered the closing
prayer, and the remains were borne to the
cemetery, where was prepared the rest
ing place, with the headstone inscribed,
and with which in her life time she was
familiar. The flowers were numerous
and were the more priced coming as
they did from near and dear friends.
The singing was by the choir of the
church where she worshipped, and the
bearers were Myron Clark, Gilbert S.
Mattison, S. E. Ranney, G. Z. Yelling,
J. II. Walbridge and II. D. Hall. Mr..
Hawks desires to thank the many
friends who have been so kind to them
both in her life time, and especially in
her last sickness, and for the sympathy
shown in all his trial and sorrow.