The Vermont Phoenix, Brattleboro, Friday, January 16, 1891 Wilmington news An entertainment was given at the town hall on Saturday evening for the beefit of the Wilmington Cornet band. The attendance was quite good although the hall was not filled. The program consisted of selections by the full band, and also by the string band, which were received with favor by the audience. A fine vocal selection was given by a quartet consisting of Mrs. KIDDER, Miss Minnie RIPLEY, J. R. BUELL and A. M. JOHNSON. The last number upon the progaram was a lecture by Prof. S. M. BOWLES of Woodford, on "The peculiarities of Some People." The speaker referred to the obstinate, the superstitious and the absent-minded classes of people, while the gossips and scandal-mongers came in for a share of attention. Numerous quotations from the funny column of newspapers were made. Miss Edna L. DAYTON, a compositor upon the Northampton, Mass., Daily Journal, is visiting in town. C. M. RUSSELL gave his illustrated entertainment upon the "Civil War" at Millers Falls, Mass., on Wednesday evening, and will fill engagements at Erving, Orange, Montague and other places. L. E. KEYSER, who was called to Dundee, N. Y. on account of the illness of his mother, returned on Monday. The annual meeting of the coroprators of the Wilmington savings bank was held last Tuesday at their banking rooms. The report of the auditors showed the assets of the bank to be $439,306.61, a gain of nearly $30,000 in the past year; also a surplus of $34,831.65, a net gain of $10,300. All the old officers were reelected, including E. L. FULLER, president; Clark CHANDLER, vice-president, E. A. WILLARD, jr. treasurer. Miss Edith BOYD is paying a visit to her sister at Westminster. Mrs. Almira HAYES is very ill with pneumonia. An infant child of A. J. ROBERTS was buried from its parent's home on Tuesday, Rev. Wm. SPENCER officiating. The meetings held by Mrs. JACKSON at the Baptist church have been well attended and a good degree of interest has been manifested. Miss Mattie M. WARE was married to Lincoln H. SMITH of Great Barrington on Wednesday evening of this week, by Rev. Wm. SPENCER, at the residence of her parents. (This article appears to be appended to the Wilmington news but in a different font, not sure if it is local or not. RHB) A Touching Incident. An incident connected with the death of little Edith BOYD, which ocurred a few weeks ago, deserves mention. Just as the child was passing away, she called her father to her bedside and earnestly said: "come closer, papa; Oh, closer, papa! Oh papa; do you see that bright light away off there?" These touching words were her last and soon her spirit had passed to the land of light. There is abundant testimony oto prove that the sensations of the dying are the most pleasureable and exquisite. Numerous instances are on record where persons supposed to be dead have been resuscitatied, and they uni;formly declare that the bringing back to life was painful as compared with the ecstacy upon which they were about entering. Persons who came near to their death by drowning say taht the strains of the most entrancing music burst upon their hearing, and the return to life was like awaking from a delightsome dream. A man cut down from the gallows had a vision of entering Paradise surrounded with all its glories. Let us trust that these glorious visions are but a foretaste of eternal pleasures. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT