Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-11
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
North Bennington.

The meetings of the Congregational
churches at the First church, Benning-
ton Centre, throughout Wednesday,
afternoon and at the Second Congrega-
tional church in the evening, promis-
es to be Ct special interest. About
l o'clock d. m. atrains will run to the
crossing near the church, and return
from the same crossing at $3.50.
The Congregational church of this vii
lage will hold its annual meeting and
roll call of members on Thursday even
ing in the church audience room.
Several from here were called to Man
chester as witnesses before the Grand
Jury, last week.
Last Friday, Charles Barton of Ben
nington, was arrested for intoxication
and brought before Justice Walbridge.
He was fined, disclosing that he OBJ
tanned his liquor in White Creek. Sat
urday, John Jones, his chum in law
breaking, gave himself up, pleading
guilty to lntoxication, and was fined.
He swore he had been out of the State
to get his liquor.
Children's Day exercises in the Con-
gregational church last Sunday consisted
of sermon by the pastor, well adapted
the text in Proverbs: 1.-THE spirit of man
is the candle of the Lord" having as an
object lesson three candles, one with a
shade, by the lighting and extinguishing
of which he was enabled to impress
their minds more readily with his inter-
esting remarks. Part of the singing was
by the choir in the gallery, with an an
them, "He shall feed his flock" in which
Mrs. Atwood beautifully rendered solo,
accompanied on the organ by Robinson
Hall. The Sunday school choir sat be-
low and dispensed, with much satisfac-
ton, several appropriate hymns, with Il.
F. Lamb presiding at the piano. The
primary and other classes had exercises
in Rotations and singing, and Caroline
Cushman sang 1.-THE Sweet Story. -Four
of the baptized children of the church
were presented with Bibles by the pas
tor, and two of the children took up the
contribution for the congregational Sun
day School Publishing Society, which
amounted to thirty dollars.
We learn that the vermont Echo" is
the name of weekly newspaper to be
published here by G.. G. Blood. What
the politics of it, if any, are to be, your
correspondent is not informed.
Arthur II. Cushman, who has been
travelling in the West for the II. T. Cush-
man Manufacturing Company, with
headquarters in Chicago, has returned,
after very successful business trip. He
has perfected an arrangement with a
leading house there, which employs
eight or ten statesmen, west of that city.
and so on to California and the whole
Pacific coast, for the entire sale of their
goods in that locality, which will per-
haps double all the former production of
their factory. Orders are now coming
in at a rate that more than justifies such
an expectation.
A childrens day concert was held by
the Baptist Sunday school, Sunday even
ing, when the varied programme was
presented in manner creditable to all
who took part. The platform which is
spacious was bountifully and tastefully
decorated with high banks of potted
plants in bloom, with various designs
of flowers on stands and shelves. But
the most unique and striking object was
a large cross, standidg upon a moss
grown, stony bank gracefully trimmed
with green and filed with pure white
laurel blossoms. 1t had been so arrang-
ed that jet of water, fountain like, was
thrown up through the foliage covering