The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-07-12
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20 Cents-25 Gents
20 Cepts--25 Cents
Inst received $50 boxes of elegant writing pa
per, whchwe are retailing 20 and 70 cents pc
box. The best paper for the money ever onere'
Ia Bennington,
EE~Isaac Surdam offers his furniture
business for sale and store to let. lstf'
tB-The family OF A. P. Childs desire
to secure hired girl to cook and &c
general homework. Good wages Will De
paid.
rB-Agents for "Walter A. WOODS
Machines, also Tiger" Rakes and hay
Tedders. c. E. & E. DEWEY. l9m2
cB-Parties having magazines, pamph'
lets or papers they wish bound, can have
work done at the BANNER BINDERY IN
the best manner and at low rates.
EAnother large invoice of those ~
and 25 cent box papers just received az
the BANNER Stationery store. They are
the best papers ever sold for the money
NB-Miss Allie Clark desires to inform
The public that she is prepared to sell
pianos direct from the manufacturers
Her twenty-five years experience as
teacher of the piano forte will enaole
instru5ents 23tf.
r%-John G. Harwood's laundry is
surely winning its way to local favor as
il had an assured reputation 70 Tue
trade. Mr.. HARDWOOD as manager Tor the
firm reports encouraging success. Inc
prices are much lower than elsewheTe'
and for as good grade OF work.
CR-The firm OF j. Ed. Walbridge d
Co. have just received a car load OF
lounges, ordered for the autumn trade
but which have been sent on ahead OF
time. They have decided to received
the goods and TO close out at unheard OF
low prices. This item means what IL
says!
tB-The regular communication of
Mt, Anthony Lodge, No. Is, F. q A. M,
will he held in Masonic hall, Tuesday
evening, July nth. A good attendance
is requested. The Lodge did not "call
off" for the summer as anticipated, work
appearing. The Eastern Star Chapter
do not hold regular conversations during
the months of July and August.
tB-During the coming Presidential
Campaign Frank Leslies illustrated
Newspaper will be especially interesting
and valuable. Thoroughly independent.
it will treat all the Issues of the cam
paign with strict justice and impartial
ty. Written and illustrated by the ablest
writers and best artists and engravers,
the Illustrated Newspaper will be simply
indispensable to all who desire to be
thoroughly informed. 1t will be sent to
any address six months for %. Sub
scribe at once. Address, Mrs. Frank
Leslie, Publisher, 81, So & 81 Park Place,
New York.
EY-A Bewildering Entertainment
The great Forepaugh show and Wild
West will exhibit here on August l4th.
Speaking of the performance, an ex-
change says at was bewildering
entertainment, and those who came
away from it had cont used memories OF
daring riders, performing elephants,
trick ponieo, @risl performing elephants
who seemed to think flying through the
air from one tlapeze to another pleas
ant kind of exercise, agile bycicle riders,
flash of flying wheels in the chariot
race, Jockeys contending for the mastery
on blooded steeds, Indians, cowboys, the
Deadwood coach, animals OF all kinds,
and a concert as a bonnie bOGcde for des-
sert, Most wonderful of all was the in
tensely exciting, and realistic represent
alton of General Clusters last rally or the
battle of the Little Big Horn. One pc
culiarity about this circus is that 1t iul-
fills the glowing promises made in Its
announcement. Adam ForepLugh has
been the leading caterer TO amusements
of this character for many years. de
was the first to intrCdu a eep-ra.e de
partment for the animal exhibition, the
first TO introduce four rings, and the
elevated stage, and the first to present
twenty-five elephants. Adam Fore
paugh, Jr., inherits all the managerial
capacity of his father"
tB-Life of Ben. Harrison BY the
author OF Ben Hur.-Gen. Lew Wallace
we hear has removed to INDIANAPOLIS,
and is busily engaged writing 6log-
raphy of his old friend, Gen. Ben. Har
rison. Rarely has 80 happy combina-
ton been known as that resulting in the
isrle of this work. Gen. Lew Wallace,
known the world over as the author OF
"Ben Hur," is one of Gen. Harrisons
lifelong and trusted friends, and also
distinguished soldier, trained stateC,
man, and diplomat of high national
reputation. His name as author gives
at once the assurance OF biography OF
extraordinary merit. His long and IN
Simate acquaint nee with his dlstln
;guished subject will enable him to pre-
pare rapidly en authentic and deeply IN
feresting biography. His large expert
ence in national and international affairs
fits him 10 treat Understandings ana
ably Of General Harrison's superb record
as a statesman, and clearly TO unfold the
principles held by him respecting the
science of good government. and the
weighty issues at stake in the present
great contest. Gen. Wallace at first de-
clined this task but uron the urgent 80
licitatiou of many eI IInent men OF the
party, and Gen. Harrisons assurance
that everything needful should be placed
at his disposal. 80 as to make it the
strictly authentic, and only authoriz d
Biography, he yielded to the call, and
has agreed to complete the work t"t
pbiIadaInhia carly in August