The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-06

Gilbert are spending a few days inl
Hinesburg visiting MI. and Mrs.
Aurelius Sykes.
Miss Lizzie Gaffney arrived here
Monday to prepare "Westoyer" for
occupancy. The Misses Humphrey
will arrive this week.
Mrs. Louise Mitchell, who has been
spending two weeks at the home of
Mrs. F. f. Gilbert, has gone to Brat
tleboro for the summer
Among the most welcome OF recent
arrivals in town is an infant son to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Phelan. Congratulations!
George w. Lille had the misfor-
tune last week to lose one hundred
and twenty-five white Leghorn pull
let's from an over heated brooder
Orders from headquarters are re-
ported. to start operations on the
n. & W. Quarry this week, so resi-
dents without telephones will
soon have the whistle to set their
clocks by
The funeral of Miss Bertha Gilbert
occurred Tuesday, May 2Sth at the
home of her parents. Consolng
Scripture selections were read by
Rev. +. +. Hunt of Dorset, and Revs.
Carl and owen Gates, and prayer of.
fered by the latter A quartette com
posed OF two brothers and two cous-
n Of h. Iaaan.xa
Sweetly Solemn Thought and God
our Help in Ages Past" The re-
mains rest in Maple Hill cemetery.
Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral were Rev. and
Mrs. S. X. Perkins and DR. Hemen-
way and daughter of Manchester, al.
so Misses Bernardine Kimbal and
Grace Nutting OF u " NJ. who were
classmates Of Miss Gilbert at Bur
lington.
To the memory OF Miss Bertha Gil.
bert who died Sunday morning. May
26th. 1912:
She has solved it, life's wonderful
problem;
| The deepest the strangest, the last,
And into the school of the angels,
With the answer, forever has
passed.
How strange that in spite of our
! questioning
She maketh no answer nor tells
Why so soon were lifes honorine
laurels
Dispelled by Gods immortelles.
GLOW strange she should sleep sc
profoundly;
SO young. so unworn by the strife
While beside her, brimful of hope.
hector,
Untouched, stood the goblet of life
Men sleep like that, when tn,
evening
OF long dreary day dropped dow
But she wrought so well that thu
morning
Brought for her the rest and tn
crown.
"'Tis idle to talk of the future
And the rare might have been
mid our tears;
God knows all about II, yet took he
Away from the oncoming years.
God knew all about it-how noble
How gentle she was. and ho'
brave,
How bright her possible future,
Yet put her TO sleep In the grave
God knew all about those who love
her.
How bitter the trial must be,
And right through II all. God is lo'
ing,
And knows so much better tina
We"
Although rainy, Memorial Day wa
attended with success, from the pr
gram presented at the church. to ID
! dinner following at the hall. Th
decoration at the cemetery and III
address of the day was made by Re-
VIM. King OF Rupert whose remarl
, were most fittingly patriotic an
forcibly expressed. The renowne
Gettysburg Address" was read b
1 Rev. Il. f. Hunt An impressive Gel
I mony was the tolling FIVE minute be
while the veterans stood with M
! covered heads. A special choir re
= dered an anthem suitable TO the o
casion, and an affecting feature
I the program was the rendering OF Il
war song Just Before the Battl
Mother" as a solo by Miss Naor
Stockwell OF South Shaftsbur
whose clear sweet tones were deser
ing of the applause she received. 81
also sang "The Star Spangled Ba
ner" accompanied by the choir al
audience on the refrain. and at Il
cemetery she sang The Vaca
Chair" with remarkable expressll
for one so young; Miss Stockwell n
having reached her fourteenth yea
She evinces great talent and DORIS
people will expect to hear OF a n,
able career for her In the futul
Our own sweet singer, Miss Winfr
Marley also sang az the cemetel
and there were several speake
among the school children. NJ
Rose Tobin rccited an original 20,
with her usual praiseworthy ma
ner. The services OF the Paw
band were greatly appreciated. 7
boys" played with remarkable h
> mony and with unlimited liberali