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for Northern New York, to set car of
granite work, shipped there by Mr.. Es-
tabrook last week.
THE Rev. S. Mclaughlin will leave to-
morrow for Saratoga, to attend the an
aual meeting of Troy Conference which
holds its session there this year,
LAST evening, at the Methodist par
sonage, Judge Carney in behalf of the
church, presented the Rev. Mr. McLaugh-
lin with purse of $50 in gold. 1t was
pleasant surprise to the pastor.
JAS. A. BRADY, manager of THE Cot
ton King" James Corbett and several
other attractions, paid A. NJ. Palmer
$4,000 for the privilege of producing
"Trilby," outside of New York, Phila-
delphia and Boston.
EsTABRooK has been charging his
granite works, building blacksmith shop,
etc., and has derrick nearly ready to
raise at his shop. He has engaged James
Amedon, practical man at setting up
monumental work, who has been with
him most of the time for the past five
years, to set his work this season.
J. F. HOWARD, the Shakspearian i'm
personator, will give Romeo and JUL
et," Friday evening at Odd Fellows
Hall. Tickets are now on sale at F. N
Squirrels jewelry store. Read few un
oil al ,fe. Sc,
probation of the text of his author is
very satisfactory. In enunciation, dis
tribution of emphasis, grouping of
phrases, infections, cadences and gener-
al tone and harmony, he leaves the hear
er with sense of conscious restfulness. "
Rev. A. A. Miner, d. D., Boston. 'Mr.
Towards Interpretation of Romeo and
Juliet was very satisfactory. A difficult
task was we'll performed. Boston Daily
Globe, March 9Th, 1895.
A GENTLEMAN, evidently a stranger in
these parts, picked up a pocketbook at
the station in North Bennington yester-
day morning. Upon investigation the
pocket book was found to contain $40
in greenbacks. The finder went from
enc person to another disclosing the
pocketbook and it's contents at the same
time enquiring as to the ownership.
There were five or six claimants, when a
lady appeared and in a great stress of
mind stated her loss. The pocketbook
was returned to her and she even forgot
to thank the honest finder. A member
of the Cotton King company remarked
that fellows place is in heaven. I'd
wager hundred dollars to ten cents that
If this train met with collision he would
be the only man killed. This is verify
an age of provdential reward but heaven
knows where to expect the reward"
In our issue of April 9th, there was an
article, Historic Landmark Gone" that
deserves more notice locally than we
gave it. Our readers will recall that the
subject was the venerable Peru meeting
house, located on the ridge-pole, so to
speak of the mountains in town of that
name in Berkshire county, Mass. The
builder of that house of worship was
Shadrick Pierce, grandfather of Mrs. w.
E. Murphy of this village. The shingles
thereon were hand-riven and were the
product of one tree. From the belfry of
this ancient church could be seen the top
of the Bennington Battle Monument.
The church, however, could not be seen
from the ''lOok-out' in the monument
because it is located too far down, but,
possibly it may have been visible from
the top lookout, but this is not certainly
known. The architecture of the old
church was unique and attracted great
attention. There were pillars, grooved,
with moulded basis and Ionic capitals.
These were all worked out by hand, and
the carving of the capitals was the work
of Mr.. Pierce, largely with jack knife.
There are many other things that could
be said about this church edifce, and it
is a public calamity that its destruction
should come by fire, as stated. Such
Landmarks should be preserved.