Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-17

| lHE OuO r6llOWS Will Wulh bhO bhiAN
degree tomorrow evening.
Ice, ten inches in thickness, is being
harvested from Benton's Pond.
THE building committee of the new
bank building say that they expect to
have it ready for occupancy in February.
THE lecture committee of the Citizens
League wishes to announce that the sub
scription list has been placed in the
hands of Mr.. c. H. Cone, at the Benning-
ton County National Bank. Subscrib-
ers are respectfully requested to make
their payments to him there, when it is
convenient and thus save the committee
the trouble of collection. The next lee
ture of the course will be given on Mon
day, Jan. 18th, by Rev. D. N. Beach Of
cambridge, Mass, on 1.-THE Regulation
of the Liquor Traffic."
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Post Office at Bennington, for the
week ending Dec. 10th, 1895: Florence
L. Beach, Mary Cadigan, Miss Susie Car
ter, Miss Mamie Hurley, Lizzie McQuinl
Ian, ". Brown, F. R. Clark, W. A. Doug
las, John Kinsley, Chas. Sawyer,
E. Lutherland, William Schni-
der Arson Williams, Rev. II. w. Wild.
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office, Dec. 3Oth, if not delivered
before. In calling for above, please say
"advertised," giving date of list.
THOMAS LUNAN, proprietor of the Cot
tage Hotel, was before the Municipal
court Monday morning for trial for a
second offense of selling liquor, etc. He
was fined 500 and sentenced to 30 days
in the Work House at Rutland and unless
bail is secured to-day, he will have a
chance to visit the brick house over the
river. Mrs. Richardson, who has osten-
sibly been housekeeper at the Cottage
for some time, and her daughter, took
their departure last evening, a move by
which the village is a gamer. Before 60
ing she left her youngest son, Dexter E.
Richardson, in charge of Deputy Sheriff
John Nash, who took him to the Reform
School at Vergennes to serve the remain.
der of his minority in that institution.
The lad is 10 years of age and the
charge against him was truancy.
THOMAS BULKER has been at work for
David Bushnell some time. Monday
morning Thomas was gone and with him
three suits of clothes and two overcoats,
one of the latter being fur. John Nash
was called into service and early in the
forenoon located his man. He started in
pursuit and followed him to the Clark
woods. beyond the Soldiers Home. In
his attempts to get away, Bulker forded
the river, the water being up to his
waist. Nash did not follow him that
way but secured his man while he was
trying to hide in the hen house belong
ing to ex-Sheriff Mccall. Bulker had on
one of the stolen suits when arrested.
Bulker was before the Municipal Court
Monday afternoon, pleaded guilty to lar
ceny and was sentenced to the States
prison at Windsor for year. Deputy
Sheriff John Nash left for there with
him this morning also taking Richardson
to his destination.
THE Rev. Dr. Madison C. Peters who
lectured here a few days ago, preached
Sunday for the first time from the new
pulpit which has recently been placed in
Bloomingdale Reformed Church, New
York City by Henry Maurer in memory
of his wife. DR.. Peters in his evening
sermon declared that stagnation and not
sensation was the great danger of the
church. 'If religion" he said. lis the
great concernment of life, it ought to be
presented in such a way as to excite
great interest. 1t would be a glorious
thing for New York if God made all the
preachers sensational enough to win
men from sin to holiness. The great au-
diences are not gathered in our churches
but small audiences doze and nod over
sermons destitute alike of fire and evan
gelical fervor The great masses have be
come alienated from the churches, and
unless they are saved they will work ter
rOr in the years that are to come. All
united Protestant Christendom spends
annually about $l4 ,OOO,0O for missions.
That seems like a large sum; it is
mere bagatelle. The dissipation of New
York alone would hardly make this sum
worth mentioning in the hugeness of the
expenses for disqualification. l can
not preach with my emotional thermom-
eter below zero. feel an irresistible
impulse to cry to the sleep churches
Awake Awakel"
THE following from the Troy Times
will be of local interest: "a decided
ly amusing coincidence occurred in one
of the most prominent West Troy
churches Sunday morning, and it was
with much effort that the members of
the congregation refrained from laugh.
ter in the midst of the service. Evange-
list Cell, who had been conducting SER
vices IN the village for more than two
weeks, was to conclude his work that
evening and depart on Monday. Each
church held its Sunday morning service
as usual, with preaching by the pastor.