The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-05-02
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's'-ss .Ss h"sy W.
Reliable vegetable and flower seeds
In bulk at Goldsmith's. 45tl2
h. X. Brown ofthe Iron Print works
OF North Adams was the guest OF Geo
Kendall Wednesday.
Miss Agnes Quinlan who has been
visiting friends In Warrensburg, N. Y.
Is expected home this afternoon.
The annual meeting OF st Mary's
guild OF st PETERS church wall be held
at the parish house Friday afternoon.
Rev and Mrs Harold c. Harmon OF
CAIRO, N. Y, are spending few days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs j. Ed
Walbridge.
The Junior class OF the Bennington
high-school will present the tive act
Imedy "Mr Bobn Friday evening 10
School hall. All welcome; admission
zoe. 46t2
This evening the Sunday school will
hold Its annual meeting at the ME-
church. Reports from officers, address
by pastor and election OF officers.
veryeody invited.
The card party which was 10 have
bsen given this afternoon by Mrs c.
Nj. Graves and Mrs mcCandliss has
been cancelled owing TO the sudden
death OF an aunt Of the two ladies.
r. b. Godfrey and Charles Ayres
drove 10 White Creek yesterday and
spent the day fishing for trout. Their
catch WIS small in number but br
Ayres got one that weighed nearly
pound.
Thomas M. Vail and family OF Troy
who have been spending the winter In
Saratoga, will return to their home
10 Troy this week for q few days and
about the middle OF the month will
come to Bennington Center.
Mr. and Mrs b. G. Howe will on Fri.
day, May 3, celebrate their Goth ami
yersary ut their home In st Johnsbury.
Nr Howe was for two years landlord |
at the Pntnam house and he and Mrs
Howe have many friends here.
A special quarterly conference will
be held at the Me church Friday, May
jrd at 7.30 p. IN. Every stewa' d, trus.
tee, clrss leader, IS superintendent
and Epworth League president should
bs present and Il is very important
that they should be.
The brotherhood OF ST Paul he'd lis
regular monthly meeting last evening. |
After the usual order OF buslress Sas
passed, two candidates were initiated
In the order OF Jerusalem. T. +. Girls. |
void presented the order with q hand.
somely framed charter and thanks 10 |
he donator was voted by the society.
u was voted 10 have q banquet Wed |
nesday, May %.
Rev Walter Clapp's lecture at St
Peters parish house Wednesday even
ing was most Interesting and lnstruc.
tive. He told OF bis work among the
igorra,es and other native tribes OF
he Philippines who are being gradual
= civilized and brought under chris
tian training. Mr. Clamps lecture vas
illustrated and was listened 70 by a |
large audience.
Mrs Jennie Elizabeth Gates, wife OF
the Rev DIR ID. w. Gates OF the Troy |
conference died suddedly al her home |
% Round Lake Monday afternoon.
She had been In poor health for sever |
NJ years. She had been married 81 |
NNAAHf 3AN NAH Wi nuONu NnTOuEU
Western Vermont, her husband having |
been settled rs pastor OF the Methodist |
'burch In Rutland from 1875 10 1899 |
and the next i've years was presiding |
elder Of the Troy distrist.
Mr. aud Mrs T.. A. Chambers and |
Mts Wallace Freeman OF Willlamstown |
7eturned Monday night from a trip |
around the world. They Travelled alto |
ether ., 900 miles by water and 1000 |
miles by rail, aud during the whole \
Journey not one OF them experienced q
leg day. They stopped three weeks
In Japan, which was one OF the pleas
ant features Of their visit. They arriv
cd la San Francisco about three weeks
ago and had since been crossing the
continent, stopping al various places
~ islerest.
bennington has another murder
case. This time the victim 10 little
girl but four years old whose little
Deck vas slasbed from ear 10 ear and
shose ifeless body was found almost
siihin hailing distance of her father.
IL Il good 10 think that the law allows
Just a, fan protection TO q child Ia oil
its Neakness as 10 full grown man.
aud punishment Just A. severe will be
neted out 10 the heartless wretch who
IL proved 10 have perpetrated the
helnous crime. II the report proves
true that q criminal assault was made |
or attempted the degplcable wretch
hardly deserves ths consideration OF
nan. Benniogton county's last murder /
or vas never found. This one who |
committed his heinous crime In broad
day light on tie Sabbath day and on 4
little girl too young 10 defend herself,
within a stones throw Of her father. |
should teser be allowed 10 escape the |