Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-10
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
North Bennington.

Fred Ii. Colvin was at Hoosick Falls,
n. Y, with friends, over last Sunday.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
hold their fair Dec. 18th, at the new viii
lage hall Supper will be served from
six to nine. Ten cents admittance to
those who do not wish supper, twenty
five cents for supper. here will be a
variety of dressed dolls, comfortables
and fancy articles, and nice home made
candy. An are cordially invited.
Mrs. DR., S. Is. Newton spent Sunday
last in Troy, with her daughter, Miss
Grace, who is in the business college.
Miss Ten EYck visited with Mrs. c. w.
Roberts last week, who is a cousin. She
is the soprano singer at the Fifth Str cot
PTesby terian church in Troy.
Miss Rose Blair is spending a few days
with her relatives, MIR. and Mrs, II. T.
Cushman.
An alarm was given Saturday evening
that the house on Water street, occupied
by Mr.. Davis, was on FIRE. Very soon
the neighbors were on hand, and it was
found that the fire had started in a wash
stand, into which matches were some
times thrown when light had been
struck The stand wascarried out after
help of the fire company was not needed,
though the company was near the prem
Uses very shortly after the alarm was
given. with the engine in order for exc
Cution.
The congregation at the union ser
vice meetings in the Congregational
church for three evenings past, have
been favored by male Quartettee con-
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man, 3. r. Henry and Harry g. White.
The selections have been good and the
rendering of tbs pieces such as to re-
ceive general commendatiOn. =
The address Of the Rev. G.. II. Adalian,
a native Armenian, at the union meeting
Sunday evening, was eagerly listened to
by large audience which gathered to
hear from one acquainted with the Gus
toms and religion of the people who
have for more than year and are still
being prosecuted, murdered and slaugh-
tered by the thousands by the merciless
Kurds and Turks. His account of his
country and Of the great good accom-
plished by the missionaries in raising
from barbaTiSm to civilization so many
of his people, was high tribute to the
religion of Christ as the only leaven to
redeem the world from ignorance
and superstition. The present
uprising of the Turks is only repeti
ton of the prosecutions and massacres
which have been perpetrated upon this
people for n long period. He gave the
account of over ninety thousand who
had persisted since the year 1920, up to
the uprising some sixteen months since,
and could only hope that something
might be done by the civilized powers of
the earth to put stop to such atrocities
for the sake of humanity and of God.
He exhibited the costumes and dress of
the natives of his country, and in con-
trast with their absurd ugliness, com
pared our own style of dress as shown
by photographs of his own family, con-
sisting of a wife and four children, and
also group of twenty or more of the
missionaries and natives in American
costume. A collection amounting to ten
dollars was taken and presented to him
as Christmas present, and the follow
ing resolution, prepared by w. G. Shaw,
was unanimously passed, viz Resolved,
That we add our voice to those express
Sions already sent to the proper authOri-
ties at Washington, urging upon them
speedy action for the protection Of the
American missionaries and property in
Armenia, and speedy aid for the relief of
the Armenians from the cruelties of the
Turkish government.