The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-01-26

MIR E. S. HARRIS is to move up stairs
in the house occupied by Herman A
Taylor on Main street.
Mrs MERINUs VAN DENBURGH has re
turned TO Albany, N. Y, TO reside, com
peted her work here and closed up her
late husbands business in the BANNER
bindery. While in Bennington she las
made many friends.
ASH Wednesday falls on the 10th OF
February thisyear, eight days earlier
than last year and the social season will
have correspondingIy shorter run. A
A good deal of society business however,
can be compressed into three weeks
when the whirl gets fairly in motion.
In another column we note the decease
in Adams, Mass. of the estimabe wife OF
Edgar Taft, who is well known to many
of our readers. AS Nellie Buchanan our
North Bennington subscribers will re-
call the lady who has been summoned
hence. Her sister Mrs. Biggart, and Mr..
Biggart, of this village attended the flu
neral, which was held on Sunday last.
THIS time it's pleasant social dance
by the Putnam Hose Company, to be
given at Apollo hall, tomorrow evening,
with nice supper cooked entirely by
members of the company, and served in
the supper hall adjoining the ball room,
The small bills say If you don't like
10 v,,nH fax, If
constructed otherwise and enjoy nice,
orderly and agreeable evening of pleas
ure, be sure and come"
j. P. HoPsoN. Esq, has resigned the
superintendency of the New York, Rut-
land & Montreal railway and Mr.. j. II.
Dunn is appointed in his place. Mr.,
Hopson has demonstrated his ability as
a first class railroad man while he has
haG the up. hill task of plotting that line
through breakers which might have de-
TERED less determined man. His sue
cessor is ii gentleman of considerable
railroad experience, who has been in
the employ of this company while Mr..
Hopson was superintendent.
OUR patrons will please take PAR
TICULAR NOTICE. that in clubbing
with the BANNER for either the Tribune.
Journal, or Mail and Express, the extra
paper or papers are mailed from their
respective Office of publication. We re-
ceive the money, remit it to the SAID
city we klies, and any compls ints of de
lay in their receipt should be sent to the
home Office and not to us. Our respon-
sbllity ends with the forwarding of
your name with the money. In one or
two instances complaints of errors in
address or non receipt have been sent to
us.-send to the paper where the mis-.
takes occurred.
SINCE the stories of ''early railroading
in the Western Vermont Valley" were
told, first by Rob't NJ Clark. and little
later by Chas. S. Clapp, both veterans of
the rail. various comments have been
made thereon in our exchanges. The
Granville, n. Y, Sentinel copied both
versions, and last week its correspond.
ent at Castleton says: THE item copied
by the Sentinel, from the Rutland Her
aid, that the train that ran from Troy to
Rutland in two hours and ten minutes
was the quickest time ever made be-
tween those two points was great mis-.
take, as in 1862 train ran from Troy to
Rutland in one hour and thirty-seven
minutes. think Clark ran the Hoo
Sic from Troy to Eagle Bridge in thirty
minutes. Nat Gookin ran the John
Bradley from Eagle Bridge to Rutland
in siXly-seven minutes. The II R. R.R
was late at Troy, John Bradley was on
the train and had several Montreal pas
sengers. The r. & b. r. r. would wait
only specified time for the r. & w.
train" Modern travellers should recall
the old iron. short rails used in 1926,
figure out the miles per hour these
stories call for, go over the line now
with its improved road bed, and----l
shiver.