Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1896-01-14
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
North Bennington.

| NJ lSS Nellle DrdCReIC returned from q
visit to friends in North Adams Satur-
day.
Rev. Mr.. Spencer, who Officiates at the
Hinsdillville NJ. e Church, has had an
attack of quinsy, which has kept him
from his pastoral and church duties.
A family of five, the mother, three
daughters and the youngest, little son,
were all baptized in the Congregational
church last Sunday, the first four unit
ing with the church. 1t was an impress
sive service, the morning service being
from Acts, 1915, "And she was baptized
and her household" The sickness of
the mother prevented the family from
presenting themselves on communion
Sunday.
Mrs. George Hinsdill has been on the
sick list for many weeks, and missed in
social circles. We learn she is improv-
ing.
As one of the heaters in the Baptist
church was out of order and undergoing
repairs and the audience room could not
be properly warmed, the morning ser
vice was held in the lecture room.
Some twenty five from here attended
the lecture of Rev. d. A. Beach, d. D.,
of Cambridge, Mass, on THE Liquor
Traffic" Monday evening and were
highly pleased with it, IL was a rich
treat to hear one so capable speak for
nearly two hours upon the subject which
has engaged his attention for many
years aud with which he is so COnvers-
ant. His experience in the city of Cam
bridge, containing seventy thousand in
habitants, where he has cO.oDerated
with Others to keep it dry city and
where they have by hard labor heen sue.
ce sful, has emineniently fitted him to
speak on the subject. The only draw
back was, that the audience was only
about two thirds as large as it should
have been.
A memorial service to the memory of
Rev. Sam'l f. Smith, d D., author of
national hymn, America" and scores
OF other beautiful ones, among them the
missionary hymn, THE Morning Light
is Breaking" etc. etc 1t was also praise
service with a printed program with re-
sponsive reading and hymns of DR..
Smiths composing. 1t was to have
been held in the Baptist church, but the
means for heating it being out of order
the union meeting was held in the Con-
gregatiOnal church, the pastors taking
part, with personal history of the la G
clergymen and author by Prot. Philips
our graded school, and a summing
up of his wealth of characteristics, aims
and talents, which combined to make
him great power in the educational
literary ard religious world. The united
choir gave US good singing and the adj
dress was tiue effort.
1t would seem from the hotel keepers
meeting at Montpelier last week which
was called in the interest of an attack
upon the State prohibition laws, that
ours is the banner village of the county,
as it was represented by two active
friends of the liquor traffic, j b. Nc.
Namar and b. &. Surdam. Truly If
if there is any real glory or satisfaction
i'll thus being persOnated at such
gathering, let us congratulate ourselves
on the unique event, but if to the great
II ajority of the sober, industrious and
Intelligent citizens, it appears rather a
humiliation and disgrace, let us hang
our heads and resolve still that in all
the future our influence shall be for law
and order, and the lettering of the con.
ditions of the home life.
The following communication has
been handed your correspondent for !
publica loB: TN regard to the item in
tie 'RefoImer' about Ada NorthOuse,
the case being for stealing bed blankets |
of LOniS NOrthnuSe. II relative, was not |
EFT ed She beat Mr.. Louis Northouse |
and the State aud cleared herself, there |
was 40 settlement about it at all, SO the |
editor should beware of mistakes"
Frank Powers is moving into the |
house recently purchased of Sam'l A.
Watson.