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PRICES on shoes reduced at Evans's,
| North street.
MRS. F. J. BRIDGES and children of
Orange, N. j., are visiting at G. S.
Perry's.
MISSES IDA AND CLARA DE FREEsT of
Troy, N. Y, daughters of Engineer De
Freest of the Washington Volunteer
steamer, are visiting with Geo. II. Har-
wood. '''
THE Bennington and Rutland Railway
will sell half rate tickets from its stations
in this county to Arlington, Saturday,
next, Aug. 18th, for all that wish to at
tend the mass meeting there.
1. E. GIBSON and wife, N. M. Puffer
and wife, Miss Blackmer, DIE. Moore
and wife, and Geo. II. Burch and wife,
who have been taking two weeks out
ing in Maine, are expected home to day.
THE contract has been let to build the
new residence of f. o. Graves, corner of
Elm and Washington streets. Work was
| begun yesterday, and the fine home will
soon go up to be completed next winter.
ATTENTION.. is called to the notice of
the sale of the Manser homestead on
South street, in another place. 1t is a
corner lot and quite desirable property.
The household effects go with it.
W. F. BARRETT, Harry Kehoe and J.
F. McRae spent Sunday in Saratoga.
They made the trip on their wheels, leav-
ing here about 7.30, Saturday evening
and arriving at Saratoga about II o'clock
returning home the next day.
IN order to raise funds to pay for
shingling and repairing the church at
WoOdford Hollow, blackberry short
cake and ice cream will be served there
on Friday evening, August 18th. Friends
are cordially invited to come and enjoy a
pleasant evening and at the same time
help along good cause.
THE entertainment last evening at the
Methodist church, for the benefit of its
Sunday school library, was nice and
we'll attended affair. The committee,
gra tulated upon the success attending
Prof. Glover's talking machine" The
professor performed all he advertised to
do, as well here as at North Bennington,
OF which latter event more is said in an
other column.
COMPANY K, Vermont National Guard,
left Monday morning for the annual
muster at Brattleboro. The company
mustered 81 men rank and file. The
company has been doing considerable
drilling of late and will make a good
appearance. Lieut.. Davis and Sergent
Armstrong have qualified as marksmen
to compete for individual prizes at the
on Gen. Estey's staff; Maj. Evans, com
manding the End battalion; Chief Bug
Ter Marlborough, Color Sergeant E. G.
Bennett also left Monday morning. The
wives of several of the command viii! al
so be at the camp portion of the time.
Adjutant Hover of the End battalion, &C.
companied by his wife, left Sunday in
their own conveyance. Col. and Mrs.
E. L. Bates left Monday. Among others
who will be present during the encamp-
ment will be Col. Bennett and wife,
Col. DIN Scott and wife, Maj. A. B. Val
entine, Miss Lillian Ford, Mrs. March
and others.
THE funeral of Robbie Smith was OBJ
served from his home on South street,
Saturday afternoon. The large attend
ance of friends spoke palmer than words
could express, of the regard and esteem
in which the deceased was held by the
community, and who in an illness of a
year in duration, never murmured at his
sufferings but bore them like the hero
that he was. The casket in which the
remains were laid was covered with floral
tributes, they being very numerous and
handsome. In fact it seemed almost, as
if everyone had desired to show in this
way, the last token of love and esteem
for him. There was handsome pillow
principally of hydrangias, from Mrs.
James Hurley horse shoe of the same
flowers, from the Sunday school class in
st. Peters Sunday school, eight young
lads, Mrs. Hattie Bradford teacher; Miss
Alice Smith sent pillow of sweet peas
and candy tuft; Mrs. Bailey, Little Falls,
N. Y, beautiful roses; from a friend
and schoolmate," Mabel Brant, were
pansies beautifully arranged; from Mrs.
Chas. Kehoe, and Fred Thomas a col
lection of pinks, sweet and fragrant;
from Mrs. William CULVER, basket of
immOrtelles, strlkingly suggestive of the
immortality of the soul that had gone;
from Charles Palmer, boquet of white
flowers tied with white ribbon; from Ed
die Burgess, pansies and pinks; from
Sarah McDeavitt, triangle of pansies
and geranium leaves. There were many
others, the fragrance from them all fill
ing the house and extending out into the
street. The funeral services were con.
Quoted by the Rev. Geo. i. Richardson,
rector of st. Peters church, where the
deceased had been a regular attendant
until stricken down by illness. A quar-
tette choir composed of NJ. B. Morgan,
Miss May LOOMS, Mrs. Allie Monroe and
T. A. Hutchins sang the hymns, Lead
Kindly Light and Nearer My God To
Thee" songs which his sister sang to
him many times during his illness and
which he requested should be sung at
his funeral. He also selected the bear
ers from among his schoolmates. They
were: LeGrand Hyde, Richard RawsOn,
Charles Sweet, Eddie Burgess, Joseph
Ayres and Duane Mattison. The inter-
ment was in the village cemetery, the
grave being handsomely trimmed under
the direction of several of the women
from st. Peters church. Quite large
number followed the remains to their
last resting place.
An Example for Bennington OFF,
Gals.
WilliamstOwn has been after the whis-
key sellers hard of late, and Samuel
Stark waather nrOSecutinp officer hoe