The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-12
NORTH BENNINGTON.

NORTH BENNINGTON.
W-Read F. L. Bottums advertisement on
first page, every week
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Bruffee of Turner's
Falls, Mass, made their friends here a
visit during the Holidays.
Mrs. ]. Halsey Cushman of Benning-
ton, spent the day, yesterday, with her
friends here, Mr.. and Mrs. II. I. Cush-
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Hall have been
spending week or moro with their
daughter, Mrs. F. G. Mattison, Of Ben
nington.
Frank Powers has moved his barber
shop into the new building of G. w.
Walworth, where he has placed new
chair and other fixtures, which makes
his room one of the Dleasantest and
best in town. The large plate glass
front furnishes good light and reminds
one of a city establishment.
Dea. G.. A. Bruffee met with fall at
Hoosick Junction, week or more since,
and has been laid mp with bruised mus
cles, more painful and lasting than if a
rib or two had been broken. He is try
ing to get about some now.
The Week of Prayer is being observed
the Congregational and Baptist church
es. They are largely attended, and
some of them have been made more in
teresting by Bible readings in connec-
ton with the list of subjects, by Rev.
w. H. Hulburt, the evangelist.
On account of its being the Week of
Prayer, Prof. Hard's singing class was
postponed to next Wednesday evening,
I'll AIo H.
organized and the new sacred operetta,
words by Fanny Crosby and music by
Caryl Flond, will be put in rehearsal and
given at Bank Hail. as soon as it can be
learned, and all the singers here or in
the adjoining villages are invited to be
present and join the club, for whose
benefit the performance will be given.
A week SINCE, neighbor H. S. Durham,
who resides just out of the village, on
the White Creek road, killed good beef
creature, and was much pleased to view
the suspended carcass, so fleshy and
fat, leaving it to hang until morning,
that it might lose the animal heat be-
fore further disposition of it should
be made. On going to the place of
buuehering, what was his surprise to
find that the two force quarters had been
instrument for dissecting it, but using
Dunham's knife for the purpose. There
is but one feature in the whole transac-
ton to render any consolation, and that
is that the miscreant in his hurry or fear
of detection, left the headquarters, usu
ally considered the better half of beef.
The mail to-day Thursday, brings the
sad news of the death of Mrs. Ambose
Birney, at River David, Canada, P. O.,
where she removed about ten years
since. Her husband was for many
years employed by the late T.. W. Park,
and afterwards by Gen. J. G. McCul
Tough, as farm manager, and Mrs. Bir
ney is recollected as a lady of more than
ordinary refinement and culture, always
genial and kind, and as she was won't,
dispensing charity as occasion presented.
Her death occurred the Sd, inst, after
a sickness of only eight days, and the
interment was at Point Ceder, Protest
ant cemetery in the place of her resi-
dence. Mr.. Birney had been out of
health for years, and news of his de-
cease would not have been SO unex-
pected. Mrs. Birney was a sister of
Mrs. G. D. Mattison, whose family have
affectiOnate remembrance.
Mrs. s. R. Lamb died at the residence
of her son, Henry F. Lamb, on Sunday,
the It'll inst. She came here from
Greenwich, N. Y, in 1867, with her late
husband, Dea. II. A. Lamb, who died
March q, 1873. He came to superin-
tend the shoe business, which was car
ried on for several years, and in which
company he was a partner until his
death. Mrs. Lamb was born in Abiding
ton, Mass, June 2S, 1921, and married
in 1910, Mr.. Lamb being engaged in the
boot and shoe manufacturing in North
Adams and Greenwich before coming
here. He was originally from Milford,
Mass, their surviving children being
I'll. F. Lamb and Mrs. E. W. Bsbee of
Norway, Me. She was of domestic
turn of mind rarely going into society,
but agreeable in conversation, kind and
atfable. Rev. G. H. Peck officiated at
the funeral services at the house, on
Tuesday last, at II O'clock, and the re-
mains were taken to Greenwich, n. Y,
for interment, where is located the fam
lily lot. Mrs. Wheelock and Mrs. Nc
Nit, relatives, of Johnstown, N. Y,
were present, as also Capt. Bsbee and
wife, the latter of whom is now ill from
nervous debility,
wooDFoRD.