The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-06
DORSET

. hoh al luC otu noAiC-
/ c. A. Scott returned to business in
Philadelphia this week.
Joe McBridee is working for l. H.
Glover on the west road.
Miss Harriet Chambers of Burling-
ton is a guest of her cousin, Mrs. E.
II. West.
Henry Hulzberg has left the Mt
Merrick Kennels and taken up work
at the quarry.
F. f. Gilbert, Jr, and Sherman
Nichols End drove to Wells to spend
the day Tuesday.
Miss Elsie Seymour entertained
her little friends at birthday party
on Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. F. Gilbert are
spending a week at the home of Al
bert Kinney on the west hill.
Mrs. Miller and daughter who have
spent a portion of the season at VIM.
Holley's, leave this week for Colora-
do.
George Williams drove to Rupert
last Friday to meet his cousin, Mrs.
Hutton, who is stopping at w. b.
Sykes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Williams of
Bennington arrived here Saturday to
pass a short time with relatives and
incidentally to celebrate his birthday
anniversary.
Sunday the hottest day Dorset has
experienced in twelve years; Monday
hotter, mercury stood SO degrees in
the shade and on the quarry register
ed 124 degrees.
Judge Taylor and Attorney-g general
Sargent accompanied by States At
torney Meagher and Miss Brooks
lmotored up from Manchester Monday
evening giving Judge Kent surprise
party.
A goodly bit of state road is being
built between the places OF G. b. Gil
bert and Eugene Simmons. This has
been the worst stretch of road in
town for years and improvement
badly needed.
r. II. West Dorsets authority on
apple orchards and other tree life,
has been in deep perpexity as to
what study to take up next, but II APP
pears very evident, with his seven
tween hundred and fifty apple trees
and a different bug or worm to every
one
The funeral of John Stone was held
at his late home on Wednesday of
last week and was largely attended.
Rev. f. A. Hunt OBLIGATED assisted by
Rev. George Gilbert The hymns
we're sung by the church quartette
and Miss Sykes sang as solo Mr..
Stones favorite hymn my Jesus |
love Thee" The burial was at the
Maple Hill cemetery.
Frank Norton thinks the old saying
about moving or being burned out
every seven years" a rather hard
sentence. but to both move and be
burned out in so short a space as he
4 has experienced is indeed a direful
calamity On Saturday afternoon w
I r. Roberts, who was on the golf links
3 observed smoke rising from Mr.. Nor
Y tons house which he had purchased
4 and occupied since spring. Mr.. Nor
\ ton who was employed at Mr. Com
4 ba's was quickly notified and DR.. Lid
q die conveyed him home only to find
: the building in hopeless mass OF
flames. Only a few pieces could be
, rescued from its contents, and in
an incredibly short time the structure
so long notable landmark OF the
town, was burned to the ground. One
y OF the chief losses TO Mr.. Norton was
his valuable chest of tools Two
= neighbors had entered the house hop
ing to rescue It, but before they coul(
4 reach the door a big timber fell from
above directly between them as they
A carried the chest, wrenching IL from
/. their grasp and holding IL down be
+. lyond their power to remove IL
n Luckily the men escaped with theil
lives Mr., Norton and his famil!
p are staying at the home of Ceorg,
o Edgerton. Great sympathy is ex
pressed for Mr. Norton and all resi-
dents will be eager to assist him IL
whatever way they can. We are un
able 10 ascertain the date the build
- ing was erected. but 1t has long beef
pointed out as the "old Academy
and doubtless much of interest coul,
y, be told by the older residents Of IN,
y town concerning this hall of learn
ing But as a matter of histor.
y Colonel Stephen Martindale was th,
first teacher. lie came from Stock
J. bridge, Mass, and settled here il
IT 1888 and he died in 1925 at the age o
Il SO years He was n volunteer at IN,
Battle OF Bennington at the age o
d sixteen, when annals state. he weigh
T. ed slxty.six pounds. He was SUI
v yeyor and one of the old surveys II
u the hands OF the writer contains hi
signature dated APR. A. ID. 1914.
n lie was colonel OF n regiment durln
10 the war 1912 and marched them 4
the defense OF the state. He is d,
scrihcd as very tall and spare, courl
eous and gcntlemanly in address. an
very energetic and active in all hi
- movements" lie represented tn
town several times in legislature. O
his descendants, great grand daugl
=, ter. Nellie Martlndale Bowen, wife q
A. l.. Bowen. resides at South Dorse
Mr.. Bowen is well known in this V
81 entity in business capacity as well n
,r through literary ability
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y Tho wnv of translntors IL hard, II