The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-04-19

AhN AhN AANN VI
will be administered.
A SHARP business man up in st. A
bans who has married off six daughter
says that courtships cost on an averag
about three tons of coal and forty gal
Ions of kerosene each.
DIRECT your letters and direct then
plainly. During the year ending Jun,
30, there were 10 900 letters without an.
addresses whatever sent to the Dead Let
ter Office at Washington.
THE Hon. j. W. Wakefield of Bath
Me-, was in town this week on business
connected with his interests here, HI
addressed the village trustees Monday
evening as stated elsewhere.
THE Good Templars Of Bennington ara
soon to assist in the formation of {
Lodge in Arlington. This is a good field
and the prospects are excellent. Thos
l.. Smith has the matter in charge al
Arlington.
THE Bennington Odd Fellows are in
vited to North Adams, the 9Th, to assist
in celebrating the Goth anniversary of
the founding of American Old Fellow
ship. The invitation will probably he
accepted.
THE funeral of Mrs Fred Berry was
held Monday. She was a good woman
and had many friends, who were untir-
ing in their attention and sympathy dur.
ing her long illness. The Rev. Mr.. Mar.
ten officiated.
AN electric light trust is the next
thing ON the docket. Perhaps some way
will be discovered by and by of getting
corner on sunlight. 1t must grieve the
bloated millionaires to see the people
enjoying this necessity at 50 near cost
price.
THERE was family gathering at Geo.
Cooper's Monday, it being the 3Sth an
niversary of the wedding day of the
brother of Mr., Chas. Cooper and his
good wife. The family friends made
several presents, among which we note
a handsome cherry center table.
+. L. BLAKE, now of Grand Rapids,
Mich, spent a few days in town and re,
turned Tuesday. He was called East the
first of last week by the death of his
brother in Albany, N. Y. Mr.. Blake re
ports business brisk in the wide awake
city of Michigan where he is located.
The funeral of Mrs. Betsey Z. Burt,
widow of D. R. Burt, was held Sunday
afternoon, the Rev Mr.. Marten official
ing. Deceased was an excellent woman,
and lady greatly beloved by all her
friends. The remains were laid at rest
in the family lot at Bennington Center.
DR.. HosKINs, one OF our well known
agricultural editors, practical farmer
and a good authority on farming
thrashes all his corn with a common
grain thrasher. He says that it cost less
to thrash than to shell it, and that it
makes the fodder worth enough more to
pay for thrashing.
A, C. HALsEY retired from the Put
nam House April LIST, and the hotel is
continued by Mr.. L. Collins assisted by
his son. Mr.. HaIsey's plans are not yet
perfected as to the future, but he has re.
ceived fiattering proposals in a thriving
town not far away and we hope he will
accept and so remain near us.
REV. J. w. BENNETT, brother of Supt.
E. ID Bennett, who has been Presiding
Elder of the Burlington District of the
of the Troy Methodist Conference the
allotted term, is assigned to Trinity
church Troy, n. Y, the Old Congress
street charge. 1t is good appointment
and we are glad to note this mark of
favor.
THE Fort Edward correspondent of a
Troy exchange has this to say of gen
tleman well known here: Rev. H. l..
Grant of the Methodist church has been
removed to Westport. Mr.. Grant has
made host of friends during his stay
here and his absence will be much re
GREETED" He has been at Fort Edward
for three years.
THE Park Guard are in process of re-
organization, twenty five members hav.
ing been discharged and recruited up
from oul young men. Some of these
are High school boys and all are from
the best we have. With this material
this military company should rank with
the best there is and no doubt such will
be the outcome,
AMONG the preachers placed upon the
"supernumerary" list, at the session Of
the Troy Methodist Conference, we no
tice the name of the Rev. Milton Tator,
late pastor of the Bennington charge.
Among others on the roll in this relation,
and known here, are Rev. Bostwick
Hawley, D. D., w. H. Meeker, II, W.
Slocum, and others.
WE are told that an answer is in prep.
aration to the Washington lawyer, who,
so flippantly answered Geo. w. Robin
son in the matter of the old Pillory and
Whipping Post at Bennington Center,
and which was published by Us last
week. 1t will appear week after next,
and is by gentleman fully CO petent
to write upon that historic topic.
THE Rev. Fred Widmer, the new
Methodist pastor, is a gentleman we in.
troduce to our people with more than
usual pleasure, He is a man every whit
of him besides being very a very able
preacher. The Bennington Methodist
congregation have reason to be congrat-
ulated that for the coming three years,
probably, their leader is to be our old
friend Fred Widmer.
D. j. WARD, Jr., knows now how il
is" Tuesday morning the coal fire was
thought to be out and he turned on some
kerosene oil. An explosion followed,
injuring his eyes, burning one side of
his face, his moustache entirely eff; his
hair was only saven because he had his
hat on his head at the time. 1t is not
safe to take anything for granted, with
either powder or kerosene.
On our fourth page will be found this
week the promised historical article
from the pen Of the Hon. Geo. w. Har-
man, entitled "Battenkill or Ondawa,
and San Coik." There is probably no
one better equipped with material to
write upon historic matters than Mr..
Hartman. and we promised several arti=
Giles from his pen. The paper referred
to will command attention.
THE Vermont Methodist Conference
was in session last week and adjourned
the first of this week, identical with the
Troy body, Among the appointments
of the Springfield district, OF interest
locally, we note Bondville. Rev. W. f.
Fitch; Jacksonville. Rev. G. A. Arm
strong; Landgrove, Rev. F. w. Lewis;
South Londonderry, Rev. }. c. Vial;
Wilmington. Rev. L p. Tucker.
ELECTRIC light wires should be care
fully guarded against chatting or rubbing
against the branches of trees or other
swaying or moving objects. Such chat
ing wears the coating off and where that
IS off the bare wire ls a source of deadly
peril, communicating strong electric
current to whatever 1t touches, whether
a tree or otherwise, creating flame and
carrying a force strong enough to kill a
man instantly,
A NEWS item in one of our New York
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