The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-02

from Saratoga after sojourn Of tw
weeks among friends and relatives.
THE selectmen will meet every Satur
day afternoon, from 2 until o'clock, a
the Town Clerks Office until furthe
notice.
MAMIE, infant daughter Of NJ. J
Guiltinan, U. S. Mail Agent, is rapid
convalescing, after lingering illness
three weeks,
THE Rector of st. Peters Church
giving a series of lectures on the book o
"The Acts of Apostles" at the Frida.
evening services.
SAMUEL WooD, formerly of Benning
ton, died in Philadelphia last Monday
July 80. Mr., Wood was a member o
Mt. Anthony Lodge of this village.
Miss SADIE GUIITINAN of Saratoga
daughter of Michael ]. Guiltinau
70 merly of this place, is passing her va
cation with her aunt, Mrs. G. Nolan.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HENRY D. SQUIREs
whose residence for MANY years haI
been in the city Of Paris, France, arr
visiting their sister, Mrs. 7. A. Hutchini
in this village.
WE are requested by the managers oil
the River Side Driving Park, to say thai
it is a private park, and parties not hold
ing season tickets who use the track are
requested to purchase such tickets or de
sist from driving thereon.
READ the CLUB TERMS at head of edi
torial column. Tho offer is unprece-
denied. The BANNER and your choice
from some twenty other well established
weeklies, including Boston, New York
and Troy journals for only rs CENTS.
THE opportunity to get the BANNER
during the presidential campaign for
the small sum of 10 cents, is eagerly
grasped daily. Every Republican voter
should at once see to it that Demo
cratic friend or neIghbor is placed on
the list. The present political contest is
one in which ideas and arguments will
play the most prominent part
THE excursion of St. Peters Sunday
School to Deming's grove, Arlington,
yesterday, was great success. The
members of the school and of the con-
gregation with their friends attended in
goodly numbers. The grove is delight.
full spot, the dav was superb, and every
body down to the babies returned with
happy faces and every evidence of hav-
ing enjoyed a splendid time.
THE third death at the Soldiers Home
in this village occurred July 81, when
Comrade Philo d. Farwell of Dorset
passed away at the age of So years and
four months. He died of old age and
paralysis, and he is believed to have
been the oldest Vt. veteran. He was
born in Dorset April 3, 1903, and he en-
listed Aug. 90. 1861, in Go. E, Fifth Yer
mont from which he was discharged
May II, 1868.
The well known Temple" band of
Hoosck Falls furnished the instrument
al music that pleased the audience so
highly before and after Mr. Martin S po-
litical speech on Wednesday evening
elsewhere referred to. Mr.. MaXon's
capital campaign songs were well re-
ceived- We regret we have not room
to publish the interesting report of the
rally including some of the salient
points of Mr.. Martins speech-contrib-
uted by &C."
kOEN EMAIL VI. ~ W. Obbo anu
Relief Corps IN the Department of Yer
mont, have already made application to
furnish rooms in the new addition now
being built to the Vermont Soldiers
Home. among them the organizations at
Bennington, Bradford, Windsor. Bur
ling; on and Underhill. Each room will
be furnished with two beds, The cellar
is dug and the foundation partly laid
and Contractor Lindley will put large
force of workmen on immediately.
CHARLES w. PIERCE, son of G. A.
Pierce, proprietor of the BANN':R, has
received an appointment to Norwich
University, Mortified, Vt. The APP
pointments are conditioned rs at West
Point, on passing preliminary eXami-
nation, but we apprehend no trouble to
Charlie on that account. We believe the
military training and the course Of study
in such an institution are decided help
in after years TO any young man who
can avail himself of such privileges.
WE receive with considerable doubt
the statement OF an exchange that a
California Chinaman has found use
for the bugs and beetles which are at
tracted and killed by the electric lights.
He gathers them and pickles them in
brandy. Heap good for cold, " he says.
II that Chinaman will migrate eastward
next Summer. and take a contract to
catch and pickle Colorado beetles and
current worms, he will be gladly well
coined and every possible encouragement
given him to start the manufacture OF a
a now patent medicine.
On Wednesday last a laborer digging
n ditch on the lands OF Maj A. b.
Valentine, turned up with his spade a
relic OF the Harrison campaign of 1910.
1t is a copper medal having engraved on
one side log cabin, with barrel of hard
cider, and on the other profile OF
William Henry Harrison the peoples
CHOICE The date OF the Generals
birth is also stamped on one side but is
not entirely legible. 1t is quite a coin
cidence that on the very day OF the
Harrison rally in Bennington village
this medal should he exhumed after
burial of forty years. Is not the circum-
stance sign that the eagle Of victory
that perc he'd on the Harrison colors in
1910 will come back from the dead past
to rest in triumph upon the Harrison
colors Of 1882
ONE OF the best planned excursion
trips advertised this summer, is that APP
pointed for Tuesday next, Aug. 7th,
under the auspices of the two Shafts.
bury Sabbath Schools and the Baptist
Sunday School of North Bennington.
The route proposed ia from South
SALISBURY station to North Adams,
through the Hoosac Tunnel and return,
stopping at Williamstown several hours
for basket pincic and recreation, and
arriving home again before shutdown.
Train going, leaves South SALISBURY at
$50 a. M. returning, leaves Hoosac
Tunnel IL a. M, arriving at South
SALISBURY 5. 10 p. m. Rates from South
SALISBURY children under IL, round
trip ticket, 75c, adults $l.35. For fare
from different points see handbills and
posters. There will doubtless be a
merry crowd on board the special excur.
sion train before 1t reaches North
Adams.
CANTON BENNINGTON, No. 4, Patriarchs
Militant, left home on Tuesday after
noon on trip to Rutland and thence to
Weirs, N. II The Canton while in Rut-
land aided in instituting a Canton in
that prosperous village. From COM
plimentary notice of the visiting organi.
cation, in Wednesday 3 Herald, we make
the following extract: The marching OF
the visiting canton was excellent, no
fancy movements being executed on &C.
count of the muddy condition of the
streets The Canton made striking ap-
pearance in its handsome uniforms,
which are of black cloth, with brass
buttons and gold trimmings, the style
Of thu coats icing Of the frock pattern.
All wore black hats. those of the