Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-15
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
North Bennington.

DANIEL Mccarthy, Jr., who has been
out of health for some time, is now con-
fined to his bed with consumption, it is
feared. The broken arm of his father,
proved to be severe fracture.
Ice at this season of the year, as the
clear, square blocks are carried away, are
a welcome commodity to many, antic-
ipating the refreshing luxury to be ex-
perienced the coming warm weather.
H. c. White is taking fine blocks, of the
very purest, from his pond to fill his ice
house.
Sunday morning it was found one of
large plate glass windows in the front of
w. r. Worthington's clothing store had
been broken during the previous night.
The stone which did the mischief laid in
front of the window, though portions of
the glass which were three eighths of an
inch thick were driven some distance in
to the store. A person was seen to run
from the neighbOrhood of the store
about II o'clock Saturday night, but sus-
piciOn was not aroused that an attack of
| the kind had been or was to be made.
Such vandalism should not go unpunish-
ed and some mean should be taken to
bring the miscreants to justice.
Miss Ella Mckay is in Geneva, N. Y,
| among her relatives for a visit.
The annual meeting of the COngrega-
tional society, was held in the chapel of
the church Monday evening, Jan. 18th.
Reports of the treasurer and collector
were made, which revealed healthy
state of the finances, and the strength of
the society was increased by the addition
of several new members. The following
officers were chosen for the present year:
H. D. Hall, president; NJ. G. Huling, LIST
vice president; II. T. Cushman, End
vice-president; B. T. Henry, clerk; w. G.
Shaw, treasurer; Arthur II. Cushman,
collector; Harry c. White, II. l. Spaf-
ford and w. +. SimOnds, auditors. The
duties of collector, which had been per.
formed for twenty-five years by II. T.
Cushman, were, at his request, relegated
to another, whom, we doubt not, will
perform them satisfactorily.
The sad news of the death of Dea. My
ron Clark of Salisbury, which town he
represented in the last Legislature, has
just reached us. He died during last
night of pneumonia, and was most re-
respected officer of the Baptist church
here, in fact was pillar of that society
He was a man of excellent judgment,
strict integrity and christian principle
We shall have more to say of him in Fri
days issue.
H. A. Morse has been making an I'M
usually large number of fine harnesses
this season, several of which have been
ordered by parties from out of town. A
light single harness, now hanging in his
show case, which has just been finished
for Frank Hinsdill, is attracting cOnsid-
cradle attention. This is made from the
celebrated Moffats leather, with solid
nickle trimmings, and is really work of
art Some who are competent to judge
have remarked that it could not be
equalled in this State. The demand for
high grade harnesses in this ction has
greatly increased since the Horse Fail
has been held here annually, and Mr.
Morse seems to be getting large share
of this trade.
Our readers will recall the mention
made about the Graded school of this
village, at the State Teachers Associa
ton Convention in Rutland, last month
in regard to vertical writing" The
Boston Journal of last week had quite an
extended article upon this system OF
penmanship and made the assertion that
reporters and others who write rapidly
use the vertical stroke, some even going
to the extreme of back-hand. Legibili
ty is greatly desired in newspaper work
aud no style of writing other than the
vertical exemplifies this idea so well as
the system named. Before us as we
write are some specmees from Oul
Graded school, taken at random, that
show great proficiency in plain writing
Even the little people, from five to eight
years of age, give marked specimens OF
progress in vertical penmanship. The
people of North Bennington are greatly
pleased with this subject as Ghown by
Prof Dressed. The specimens before us
are all from the lower departments, and
the school officials say that the progress
is much more noticeable IN the higher
grades. These are fine enough for ex.
hibit'on.