Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-02-12

visitor TO the village over Sunday.
c. II. Plumb will conduct the meet
ing and speak at Glover hall, Sunday
afternoon at $50 O'Clock.
Col c. CIKinsman one of the truss
tees of the Soldiers Home and we'll
known here, has been critically i'll for
several days.
Mrs Luman S. Norton returned
Monday from Boston, where she had
been for several weeks, receiving med
ical treatment,
Richard Conan, who had one leg
broken few weeks ago while sliding
on Silver-st, is able to be around the
house on crutches.
The local high school basket ball
team has arranged game with that
from the Rutland high school for Feb
ruary oath in Library hall.
Two of the classes of the Sunday
school of the Old First church are to
give a sociable to the congregation on
Saturday evening, at theOld Academy.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Methodist church, by a unanimous
vote last Saturday evening, invited
the return of their pastor for fourth
year,
Department Commander of G. a. r.,
r. f. Hathorn of Ludlow inspected
the Soldiers home Wednesday. He
was accompanied by Postmaster f. A,
Howe of Ludlow.
Next Sunday morning in the Metho-
dist church the pastor, Rev w. H.
Washburne will speak on "The Great
Physician" and in the evening on
"The Deaf Adder"
A Valentine Party will be held by
the st Agnes Guild in the Parish
House, Saturday evening. Supper
will be served at 6 O'Clock, followed
by an entertainment.
Miss Molly Stark Childs is now with
her aunt, Mrs William L. Hall, ia
Troy About the middle of the month
she goes to Washington and later to
Florida to spend the winter.
Henry c. Marsh died at the Sol
diers home yesterday. He was 60
years old and was admitted from
Brattleboro. He served in Company
A, Sd Vermont in the Rebellion.
The Stark hose company will serve
a clam chowder supper next week Sat
urday evening. The committee in
charge is composed of Fred L. Har-
mon, George c. Morse and F. b. New
ton,
Miss nellie Newton is to go to Rock
Island, Que, Monday, and will be alb
sent from home for month or more,
as before she returns she is to give
a recital at Woodsville, N. H., and
at several other places.
The Masonic fraternity of Rutland
is to have a series of entertainments
in Masonic Temple in that city every
evening next week. Among the at
fractions announced are Miss nellie
Newton, elocutionist, and Miss Lillian
NJ Newton, vocalist.
Preparations are already being
made by the selectmen TO close the
own liquor agency March second, I'M
der the provisions of the new license
law. No more liquor than is actually
needed will be purchased.
Graduates and former students of
the Vermont Academy residing in
Boston and vicinity held their annual
reunion in Social hall, fremont Tenn
pie, Tuesday evening. Among the
committee in charge of the affair was
Miss Julia Wilcox OF this village.
Mrs Mclaughlin, widow OF Rev
Samuel Mclaughlin, a former pastor
of the Methodist church, who recently
died while pastor of the st Paul Meth
odist church Of Manchester, n. H.,
left that city Tuesday for Troy, where
she will in the future make her home.
The report of Ernest T. Griswold,
superintendent of the Methodist Sun
day school, for the last quarter shows
that there are fourteen officers, thirty
one teachers, with total membership
in all grades of 4J2 The current ex-
penses for the year we're s47.49, and
there was raised for missions during
the time 1928.
The second in a series of invitation
dances occurred in Foresters' hall
on Monday evening, when $50 people
we're received by Mrs G. B. March,
Mrs j. NJ. Burt and Miss Patterson,
the committee in charge of the affair,
after which four hours were quickly
passed in dancing the - numbers pro-
vided on the order of dances. The