Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-21

cyclOpedias, one silk flag, one micro.
scope, rowbOats used on the school foun-
tain, gymnasium apparatus and athletic
field and the elegant new piano. we here
by give, grant, devise, and bequeath to
our beloved friends, the class of '96 of
the Bennington High School aforesaid,
to be by them held in trust for and dur
ing the full term of their school lives.
MISUNDERSTANDING their youth and
utter ineXperience and inability to cope
successfully with the vicissitudes of the
Senior year, and having full trust and
confidence in the competency of Arabelle
Horton, Hattie Louise Haven and Anna
Desmond Rogers of the Bennington High
School aforesaid, we hereby nominate,
constitute and appoint them the afore-
said Arabelle Horton, Hattie Louise Fla
ven and Anna Desmond Rogers to be
joint guardians unto the said class of '96
during the remainder of their infancy, or
until otherwise discharged.
FOurthly:-The uniforms of Lieuten-
ants Heminway and Partridge are here.
by given, devised, granted and be-
queathed to PTivates Hawks and Hudson
of the class of SO aforesaid, respectively.
Fifthly:-We hereby nominate, consti-
tute and appoint John Scott,of Benning-
ton aforesaid to be executor of this our
last will and testament with full powers
and authority to administer the same
and the estate herein before enumerated
according to law and the rules on the
last page of the report book.
Dated at Bennington aforesaid this 18th
day of June A. D. 1895.
(Signed) CLASS OF '95.
| Signed, sealed, published and declared
to be the last will and testament of the
class Of '95 of the Bennington High
School of Bennington aforesaid, by us
who hereunto sign our names at the re-
quest and in the presence of the said tes-
tatOr and in the presence of each other.
H. w. Downs,
MAUD S. CARPENTER,
CLAUDIA A. Ross.
Mr.. lie Grand Hyde then respou ded
for '0G, thanked '95 for its advice and as
sistance and ended by inviting '95 to at
tend class day next year.
Miss Miller read the prophecy. No ex-
tract can do it justice. 1t was elegantly
composed and in addition to the interest
ing future laid out for each member of
the class, it was full of literary merit.
1t was at midnight on the 6th of April.
On the morrow, the dreadful morrow,
the class essays of long suffering '95 were
to be handed in that they might under
go that painful process necessary for the
separation of the tares from the wheat
For two long hours, |, an humble mem
Der of that most noble class, had tossed
YEARLY about upon my "dOwny couch"
| Fragments of wOrnOut sentences, written
and rewritten, visions of trials to come,
had tortured my brain until l had ar
rived at that state of mind bordering on
insanity, when the slightest creaking of
the paternal mansion betokens the ap-
| prOaCh of robbers and the familiar fur
niture of ones we'll known roomi becomes
| ghosts, hOb-gOblins and like apparitiOns.
AS lay trembling from the fear ocCa-
stoned by thoughts within and shapes
and sounds without, the dusky outlines
of the room suddenly vanished. 1 saw
no longer the spectral figures and heard
no more the stealthy tread of the burg
lar upon the stairs. Instead there was
before me beautifully furnished room
through whose heavily curtaired win
dows the sun shone brightly. Whether
dreamt know not but what l saw and
heard that night l will tell you.
Every detail of the room in which
found myself betokened wealth and lux
ury, and the two persons whom 1 saw
standing at one end of the apartment
were quite in keeping with their sur
roundings. The one was pretty child
of ten or twelve, the other stately
woman. From their manner and con-
versation l soon preceived that the pair
were pupil and teacher and that the
great drawing room was about to be the
scene of music lesson. Apparently
concealed in distant corner, prepared
to watch the performance and as it prog
ressed l grew gradually spellbound
with wonder. CHANGING casually at an
artistic calander hanging nearby, 1 saw
to my establishment that it was the Sth
of April, 1915, and listented intently to
the valuable words; and examining care
fully the serene face of the stately lady,
l at length recognized an old friend.
Yes, it was exactly twenty years from
the day when l had last been conscious
of time or space, and before me stood
my much afflicted classmate, the COM
panion of my many tribulations. 1 felt
an impulse to rush forward and seize her
by the hand, but was obliged to satisfy
myself with carefully scrutinizing her
familiar yet much changed face. De-
spite her expression of calm superiority
which showed that she stood upon the
peak of fame in her sweet art, l dis
cerned look that told me that occasion
ally even this gifted creature thought
longingly for that South Sea Islander
once promised by her classmstes, and
that all her glory was not worthy sub
stitute for his woolly head and glittering
earrings. AS 1 stood gazing, my old
friend seated herself at the piano and
played for the edification of her pupil
Chopin's Symphony in manner that
must have rivalled even Svengali's great
est achievement. While the glorious