The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-11-15
MISS MABEL VAIL of Pawlet ia Waiting

]. ED. WALBRIDaE has been confined
to his bed for few days, but is now
better.
THE Ladies' Aid Society, Sons of Vet
Grams, will hold their regular meeting
next Monday evening IN Sons of Vete-
rams hall.
ROBERT DRYsDALE to-day promptly
meets all competitors cuts in goods
See his circulars. A, Drysdale & Son
are not to be undersold in this market. |
MRS. N. NJ. PUFFER and Mrs. LIE
Gibson attended the State d. of R. Con-
vention at st. JohnSbury, last Friday IAN
account OF which is elsewhere in this
issue.
THE through passenger service from
Boston and the West via the Fi,chburg
r. R., is much improved since tire late
change in time. Our people may take
advantage OF this at Hoosick Junction
and Troy,
THE broom attached to the flag pole of
the II. E. Bradford & Co.'s mill after
the result of the election was made
known, was large enough to sweep
clean,r and later figures showed that
such was the fact.
THE Battle Monument is now 1879 feet
and will be ready to complete another
season. Watson, the artist, has some
fine photographs of the structure and
they will be on sale in a few days.
II this favorable weather continues, an.
other ten feet will be added.
The Republican parade Monday even
ing had the effect to tame or dazs the
"birds Of the air" (''beasts of the field"
yet to be heard FROM, and a partridge
was easily caught IN VIM. R. Graves's
yard, evidently dszed by the glare of
torches and the sound OF many rejoicing
voices.
THE Troy Telegram says "John A.
Quackenbush's plurality in Washington
county was $500, and his plurality in the
district 9922, Reflect upon this tremen-
dous showing, Mr.. Sanford" The BAN
NER suggested that our friend Mr.. San
ford was running on the wrong ticket
this year.
THE corrected Fitchburg r. r. time
table in another place to-day gives the
changes south, eust and west which
went into effect last Monday. The most
important is the placing back to the old
time GAS my of the Troy train. All
the plhfEs not mentioned leave at the
same lime as formerly, that is, to Rut-
land aud north.
THE Rev. w. B. Walker left Monday
for Brooklyn, N. Y, to attend the an.
nual festival OF the Choir Guild OF the
Diocese of Long Island. The members,
consisting of singers, men and boys, all
vested, will exceed 500, and it will be
the largest festival Of the kind ever held
in this country. The Rev. Mr., Walker
was the frs president of the guild, and
one Of its organizers. He attends by
special invitation of the executive COM
mittee.
IHE Electric Light Company haYe
placed $50 incandescent lights in Free
Library Hall. and they will be lighted
to morrow evening for the Putnam Hose
Company's dance. The Court House has
1850 incandescent lights to remain during
the December term. Two lights will
remain in the lower hall lighted all
night and for the purpose Of taking in
prisoners and 10 prevent escapes. The
work of placing the wires on the new
poles Of the company has progressed to
just this side Of the Benton bridge.
THE committee of ladies OF the local
GOOD TempIar's LOdge (Sllsses Kate
Snyder, Josie Clark and Abhie Sinclair,
have completed the refurnishing Of
their hall and rendered their report.
By this 1t appears that the funds con-
trihuted were sufficient to pay all the
bills and a few cents were left oyer.
The thanks of that useful organization
are rendered again to those who helped
this good work along. We hear it ex-
pressed by prominent people that moth
ing has happened which gives the Lodge
so much public confidence as the declar-
alton that no political prohibition test is
the standard OF the Order, but that it
will continue in the future as in the past
to work on moral suasion lines.
GAMBLING and betting is a vice that
no law can obliterate. Tie past season
at Saratoga was ono long to be remem-
bered by the sporting fraternity, as in
ninety races out of every hundred the
short horses won and the favorites lost.
Ip consequence the pawnbrokers reaped
harvest in taking in pledges. Messrs.
Msrsion & Fecbner having over l4OO on
hand at the ending Of the season, COM
prising many diamonds, gold bunting
case and open faced watches; many
Elgin, Waltham, Rockford, B. w. Ray
monJ, p s, Bartlett, Swiss and English
silver watches; also ladies' and boys
watches in all grades, and many valua-
bles to numerous to speak OF; they
propose holding an auction in the Whit
ney Block on Main street, commencing
Monday, Nov, 10Th, for the purpose OF
selling 900 lots of the above. The man
ager will deposit $500 in the First Ma
tional Bank TO secure purcba 3ers against
buying bogus goods. our citizens and
neighbors should attend these sales.
THE admirers of Mis- Howe will be
pleased to learn that her short tour Of
New England has been more Of tri-
umpbal round than could have been ex-
pected in pupil. At Montpelier she
received an ovation hardly ever accord
ed to any one before. The Brattleboro
papers annouce: 1.-THE evening of Nov.
Goth has been definitely fixed upon as
the date Of Miss Hows's farewell con-
cert, and arrangements have been made
for the appearance on the occasion OF
Mr.. NJ. w. Whitney of Boston, Mrs. E.
X. Pratt Of Braitlcboro, and the Beetho-
ven Club OF Boston. MIR. Whitney is
well known rs the leading bass soloIst
Of this country. The Beethoven Club
consists OF Mr.. Charles N. Allen and
Mr.. Albert Won Raalte, violins; Mr.. Carl
Meisel, viola; Mr.. Wulf Fries, violon-
cello; Mr.. Augustus Ellis, bass viol
Mr.. Van Santvoord, flute. 1t is proba-
bly, not too much to say that this con-
cert will furnish the rarest musical treat
ever given in Brattleboro."
On Friday and Saturday evenings,
Nov. 23d and Oath, c. NJ. Russell gives
his great war lecture, illustrated, in
ihrarv Ha1l uudar tho auenioaa NJ |