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to come off June 10Th and 2Oth.
ON the occasion last week of the Bap-
fist State Convention at Brattleboro,
Pastor and Mrs. Macgeorge took the OPP
pOrtunity to call on friends in that vii
lage.
WHEELNEEN from Williamstown, Hoo
sick Falls and North Bennington were in
the village Sunday, and several of our
local cyclers took runs to neighboring
villages.
THE officers to serve for the next year
and to be elected at the next meeting,
were put in nomination by the Father
Matthew T. A. B. Society, Sunday after
noon.
MAJOR CoFFEY has recently had
placed in the large pond at the Soldiers
Home, one hundred trout, some of them
weighing from one-half to three quarters
of pound.
The improvements, etc., to the Stark
hose house, are nearly completed inside.
The rooms in their new state will for
mally be opened with reception by the
company, when all are finished.
The Democratic town committee have
called caucus to meet in the village
rooms, Friday evening, the 18th, to elect
Is delegates and - alternates to the Dem
ocratic State and District conventions.
E. G. AND G. H. BENNETT attended a
musical and reception given at the resi-
dence of j. H. Whipple, in Manchester
Centre, Friday evening, Both favored
the audience with solos, which were well
received by the party.
CARDS are out for the marriage of Miss
A,,u o11 Nh, Tnhn M
Coleman, in st. Peters church, this vii
lage, on Wednesday evening, June goth,
at 8 o'clock. Congratulations are ex-
tended in advance.
REV. GIBBS BRAIsLIN of Rutland
preached very acceptable sermons in the
Baptist church Sunday, in exchange with
the pastor, Rev. A. Macgeorge. AT 8
o'clock in the afternoon he conducted
services at the Soldiers Home.
On the life of Mrs. Major W. Potter of
Pownal, Emory S. Harris, general agent,
paid, recently, policy of $1,000, in the
Old Phoenix Life Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn. This compgny pays its
losses promptly and stands third in the
matter of dividend paying companies.
The church entertainment under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of
First Baptist church, to have been given
at the residence of Mrs. +. L. Bowen on
Friday evening of the present week, has
been postponed until two weeks from
that time, because of the Jubilee meet
ing of the Y. NJ. c. A. with which it
seemed to conflict.
LAST evening the Mathews & Walters
select stock company opened a weeks
~ tlo Onara Houca Thara
was a good audience and the play gave
good satisfaction. Tonight the Danites
will be presented, and Master Earle, the
child artist, who delighted the people
last evening, will again appear in new
specialties.
The bicycle races at IllioD, n. Y, came
off last Saturday, and the N. Y. Sunday
papers contained the results. We are
pleased to note that J. Elmer Ayres of
this village, won the second prize IN the
One-mile handicap, time 1926 3-5. In COM
petition with professionals the record
Mr.. Ayres has made at Rensselaer, Park
and at Illion, is something remarkable
for an amateur IN training.
VIM. II. BRADFORD and Col. NJ. S. Col
burn of Manchester, who have been in
the Adirondacks for four weeks, re-
turned home Saturday. They had fine
sport fishing and hunting in the Saranac
region, especially in the Saranac river and
Upper Lake. They experienced quite
cool weather large portion of the time.
The health of Col. Colburn has material
ly improved by the trip.
THE Boston Herald of Sunday has the
following from Haverhill, Mass: 1.-THE
Kirmess at the academy has been the
event of the week, and crowded houses
have witnessed the performances. The
star of the week has been little Leila Nc
Intyre, miss that Capt. Eddy discov-
cred in Bennington, few months ago,
and who is a musical prodigy. She has
captured Haverhlll audiences as she did
Lawrence people at the Elk's Kirmess
there, and it is whispered that several
gentlemen, including Capt Paine, have
interested themselves in her and intend
to provide her with a musical education,
in the expectation of brilliant career"
THE Insurance Commissioners of Yer
mont, have issued their report of the in
surance business. They say: "The year
has been one of the most unfavorable in
the history of insurance business, many
companies reporting enormous losses in
stead of surplus as in former years"
The public is cautioned against wildcat
organizations that have no license to do
business in Vermont, and against others
whose licenses have not been renewed.
1t is an easy matter to ascertain what
reputable companies are doing business
here, and it would seem that no one need
be swindled by bogus or poor insurance.
CHILDREN's DAY was duly observed at
the Second Congregational and Metho-
dist churches, Sunday. The exercises
both at the morning and evening ser
vices were quite interesting and the at
tendance was large. In the former at
the morning service, there were II bap-
tisms, sermon to the young, and pre-
sentation of bibles to II members of the
Sunday school. In the evening there
were Sunday school concerts in both
churches, the primary departments TAX
ing leading parts, and at the Methodist
church Miss Audria Bowen very nicely
sang Millard's ave Maria" The
churches were handsomely decorated
with daisies, ferns plants and shields,
inscriptions, ETC., and looked very invit-
ing Children's Day is becoming quite
an interesting occurrence each year in
many of the denominations in the land.
THE DR.. Webb coaching party, who
attracted so much attention Friday noon,
reached Shelburne Farms, its destina-
ton, Saturday afternoon, at 5.55, five
minutes ahead of schedule time 1t is a
reputation of the SANDER that Vermont
has ayanrahla roads that tho tinna of