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THE local Father Matthew T. A. B.
Society will give a social in their hall,
Monday evening, next, the 9th, inst.
Mr.. AND MRS. Albert Norton made up
party of sixteen, who enjoyed days
outing, Thursday, near Dunnville stream.
OL1N SCOTT is repairing, repainting
and otherwise improving, what is known
as the George W. Benton homestead, on
Main street.
Miss HARRIET COLEMAN, who came
East with her cousin, Miss Harwood, a
few weeks since, returned this week to
her home in San Francisco, Cal.
WALTER CADY and wife of Troy, N.
Y, is passing his vacation with Mr..
Cady's mother on Willow street. They
were present at the wedding, Wednes-
day.
THE Benediction service at st. Francis
de Sales church, which was discontinued
during July, will be sung again Sunday
evening at o'clock instead of 4 O'Clock
as formerly.
Miss MINNIE HOGAN was injured
while stepping from the elevator in Val
entine's mill, yesterday, and had to be
carried to her home. Fortunately no
bones were broken, we are told.
MISS HAZEL MCLEOD gave heliotrope
party, yesterday afternoon, to about
twenty-five of the little folks. 1t was
held at the home of her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Kimball, and was
gala occasion.
Miss LILY WARREN, daughter of the
late George Warren, has entered the
Brooklyn hospital, on Cumberland
street. a training school for nurses.
Miss Warren is a fine young lady and
will be greatly missed.
THE Father Matthew T. A. B. Society
have arranged very fine programme for
the coming August 10th. The bills will
be out next week, giving a fine pro-
gramme of sports and races and in our
next issue we shall give them more at
length. The arrangements ought to call
in quite crowd from out of town.
THOSE who complain about the re-
quire nents of the Board of Health
should remember that the powers of the
board are quite arbitrary, and, therefore,
no position is taken without due deliber-
alton. The question is asked: Will this
be reasonable if considered by juryp
If it appears so the order Is given, and a
compliance is expected.
AT the Union services at the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, next Sunday
night, the choir will be assisted by Prof.
E. E. Long. The music, in part, will be
"Grande Offertoire," by Eugene
Thayer, organist Miss Luella Tuttle;
Jerusalem" by Parker, with parts for
chorus; Praise ye," trio from "At-
tIla ~ hryU arIs h.
Morgan, and Miss Audria Bowen; Gath
er in Heaven" by Dow, tenor solo by
Prof. Long.
THE Rev. Chas. R. Seymour has re-
turned from a two weeks vacation and
will preach as usual next Sunday morn
ing. Mr.. Seymour's outing has been of
great benefit to him. In the evening at
els o'clock, at Union meeting of the
Christian EndeaYor societies of the vii
lage, in the Second Congregational
church; the Rev. E. G.. Read will speak.
This will be fine opportunity to hear a
former pastor, and no doubt will be i'm
proved.
LUNDIN, the muscular wonder, import
ed from Europe for Ringing Brothers
Worlds Greatest Shows for this season,
announces that he will support a plat
form and twenty men on his shoulders,
during the coming exhibitions of the big
show in this city. He declares that the
heavier the men are the better. The ex-
perience will be novel one, and num-
Der of well-known men propose to be in
cluded in the illustrious twenty that the
Hercules proposes to poise in the air on
his great shoulders.
THERE have been a number of com
plants by people who have had their
pockets picked on the cars hereabouts,
recently. Our readers will recall that of
the lady from Hoosick Falls coming to
Bennington, week before last. And an
other, Mrs. Dr. Greene and daughter,
lose some money lat North Bennington,
coming in on the train on the night of
July 10Th. Last Saturday at Burlington,
man was arrested for picking the pock-
cts of Mrs. Shepardson, who has been
identified as John Larney, alias "Molly
Matches" one of the most famous pick
pockets and bank burglars in the coun-
try. Larney had on deposit in the Bur-
lington Savings Bank between 81 900 and
81, 800 and in the Schenectady Savings
Bank $514. His alias, 'Mollie Matches"
came from his custom of Disgusting as
match girl to ply his craft of picking
pockets. Larney has worked between
Burlington and Troy, going down by
boat and returning by rail and vice
versa.
AT the late Fireman's tournament,
here, Washington Engine Company of
Mechanicville, N. Y, threw only 100
feet, when they should have thrown
much farther. The wad of paper found
in the nozzle explained the trouble at
the time. but the Union Company of Sa-
lem, N. Y, attributed their lack of sue
cess to the sudden and sad death of one
of their number. But an item in an ex.
change says that ''the bottom of a tin
can was found in the goose neck leading
from the air chamber of the Union hand
engine Saturday. 1t is now thought
that it has been there since the pipe was
brazed about two years ago, having been
accidently left in the pipe, where it had
been placed to hold the charcoal used in
brazing The engine was being over
hauled by John NJ. Williams and ]. VIM.
Toleman to find ont what was wrong
with it at the Bennington muster. This
and a small leak in the suction are
thought to have caused the failure of
the company The engine is now in
prime condition"
JUNGLE BEN" of the Boston Herald,
whose "reminiscences of Ethan Allen, we
copied, recently, closes his interesting
story,in last Sundays paper with the fol-