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Williams of Pittston, Penn, are visiting
at j. A. N. WIlliams's.
MISS JULIA ROCHE is in Burlington
visiting her sister at the Academy and
will remain for two or three weeks.
NEW stairs have recently been put up
to the outside entrance for Library hall,
an improvement that was greatly needed.
NJ. REYNOLDS, editor of The Politi.
clan of Eagle Bridge, N. Y, was the
guest of Hiland Fay, the fore part of the
week.
On Thursday morning, Misses Olive
Potter and Mary Hyde went to Pittsteld,
Mass, and will be absent a week or
more.
Mrs. M. RYAN and Mrs. J. e. Wilkin-
son and Master Willie Wilkinson of Troy,
N. Y, are guests of Mr.. Roche on Union
street.
MRS. GEO. WALL of Rochester, N. Y,
is visiting G. B. Wallis. Later Mr.. Geo.
Wall will pass few days at his former
home here.
Miss ANNA RIDER of Eagle Bridge, N.
Y, who has been visiting her friend Miss
Flora Fay, for the past two weeks, has
returned to her home.
MISS CARRIE WALL has gone to
Chautauqua, N. Y, for two weeks. She
will visit Miss Anna Rogers, who is
there, and the two will return together.
Miss FANNY ToMLINsoN is home from
Stamford to pass two weeks of her vaca-
ton with her parents here, before begin
ming her school for the coming year in
Stamford.
Tn,r,, I'LL sc JU;l1;o,o Toponhn1l Z. ba;pn
run nights until o'clock and some of
the Departments in the wooden mill are
run until that hour, so that they can
keep up with orders.
THE continued dry weather has come
to an end at present, the showers of the
past few days haYing done an immense
amount of good, especially to potatoes
that were planted late.
AMONG the assistant inspectors ap-
pointed by the department inspector,
Womans Relief Corps, Department of
Vermont, are Mrs. Eliza f. Cutting and
Mrs. Lucy D. Gibson, of this village.
MRS. GEORGE W. HARTMAN was taken
quite suddenly, Tuesday night, with a
severe hemorrage of the bowels, and for
some hours her condition was cOnsid-
cred quite critical. She is much better
now.
AFTER his yacht, Nautilus won the
ladies challenge cup Wednesday, from
the Thetis owned by 81. ". Putnam, Jr,
of Putnam's Island, Charlotte, Vice
Commodore Hickok gave Mr.. Putnam
and party ride to Shelburne Farms and
return on Lanes tally-ho.
THE funeral of the late John V. Selby
was attended from the home on Pleasant
street, Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock.
The Rev. Geo. L. Richardson, officiated,
and the bearers were: F. N. Squire, Dr..
H. c. Day, D. S. Packard and H. L. Still
son. The burial was in the family lot in
the village cemetery.
The journal of the special convention
to elect the third bishop of Vermont,
with an account of the conservation SER
vices and the journal of the 104th annual
convention of tile diocese of Vermont,
with the usual appendices, the whole
making book of 265 pages, have just
been issued.
Miss ADDIE PEAsE, who is spending
her vacation with her sister, Mrs DR..
Partridge, and was at Round Lake the
week of the musical association, has
now gone with her niece, Clara Pease,
to the old home in Charlotte, and will
visit friends in Burlington and New
Haven.
THERE are within the limits of the
town thirteen Sunday schools connected
with the Congregational, Baptist, Episco-
pal and Methodist churches. These
schools will unite in field day and pic
mic, to be held on the Soldiers Home
grounds, Saturday, September LIST. The
arrangements are being perfected by the
managers of the Y. M. G. A., and no eff
forts will be spared to make the day and
time an attractive one.
EDITH KEYEs, daughter of Lyman
Keyes, died at her home on Union street
Wednesday, aged about 10 years. She
had been in poor health for some time
She was young lady highly esteemed
by all who knew her, and the parents
have the sympathy of many friends
Miss Keyes had quite local reputation
as violinist. The funeral was attended
from the house yesterday afternoon al
8 o'clock.
| THE officers of Bennington Lodge Of
| Good Templars, installed last Friday
evening are as follows: U. S. Dixon, G.
T.; Miss Frances Durham, V. t.; G. A
Wattles, secretary; Miss Mabel G. Frost
assistant secretary; Geo. G. Frost, finan
cial secretary; Miss Eliza A. Puffer
treasurer; Frank Parker, chaplain; FREQ
FERGUSON, marshal; Miss Lillian E
Wescott assistant marshal; Mrs. Ella
Cutting, S. j. t.; Miss Florence Sweet
guard; James Davis, Sentinel.
A COMPLETE set, the twenty numbers
of America Photographed, may be seer
at this Office. An inspection of the worl
will convince anyone of the truth of ou
assertion, that America Photographed
equals any of the portfolios distributed
on the coupon plan, in accuracy, in work
manship, and in beauty. The first o
those ordered have just been received b!
the subscribers by mail, and the higl
praise bestowed upon the work is con
vincing that of the several hundreds wht
have already started the series all will
continue till they have the entire set
The executive committee of the Stat,
Christian Endeavor Society, consisting
of President E. G.. Osgood of Below
Falls, Presidents DR.. f. r. Stod
dard of Shelburne and Miss Durham o
Bennington, Secretary e. E. Tower o
Montpelier, Treasurer NJ. S. Cheney o
Barre and Miss Matte P. Fox of Rut
land, superintendent of junior work, me
Tuesday evening at the residence of DR.
f. R. Stoddard, at Shelburne, where tn
programme for the State society meet
ing at Newport, October, I'd and Sd, wa
arranged and plans for furthering tn
| Christian EndeayOr cause were dis