The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-03
DAVID CARPENTER is about again, con.
valescInV from hia late illness

= center, VINO Qleu last lnuIeudy WaS
10 mother .in-law Of S. j. Gardner OF tn
10 town. She was an excellent woma
and both the families afflicted by HI
h decease are well known in this part
4 the county.
= MELVIN WADswoRTH was injured Fr
day while attempting to restrain youn
n horse he was driving. The shock to h
: system was the greatest injury, for
! though he was dragged some distance
few slight cuts was all the bruises n
ceIved. He is better.
: JOHN p. GUILTINAN, son of Francl
! Guiltnan, succeeds to the vacancy i
the head clerkship of the Benningto
postoffice. made by the resignation o
Chas. s. Kehoe. Mr.. Guiltinan has bee
in college at Burlington and has ha
: also some experience in the postothc
! there.
MICHEL HEALY offers his real estat
in Bennington for sale. 1t includes tn
Elm Tree House and tenement house
on the opposite corner of River ant
North streets, and is desirable property
The hotel is Licely finished inside anC
the whole Is in good repair. See notice
S'oS"hSiS NcuoJ'
THE sprinkler was put upon the streets
last Monday. but not until after our PEG
pie had had quite taste of dust, accu
mulated during the sunny days just pre-
cedIng, and which we're the first we en-
jOyed this spring. NJ. E. Burgess says
almost everyone subscribes literally
all should do 80.
| TIM DoonIo,. nkoo1.o T,a,,noo, rIo,,
ing this week in Library Hall, under the
auspices of Goldsmith & Wood, are a
first class troupe They are giving the
best of satisfaction to our amusement
public. Two nights more remain, Fri.
day aud Saturday with matinee in Che
afternoon of Saturday. - @''t
THE high water on Monday broke over
the banks and crossing Boardman's
meadow quilted out the garden of VIM,
Nichols, completely destroying it. At
one time his barn was threatened and
the live stock were removed to neigh
boris barn. The stream is still up and
washes out both highways.
THE condition Of Mr.. Jas. A. Pierce
continues 10 be matter of deep solici
tude. The reaction hoped for when he
was first stricken down has not come
and for weeks he has been gradually
failing. The doctor had hoped that he
might be gotten up again so as to be
about but that expectation is now nearly
abandoned.
RECTOR WALKER has been offered
the editOrship of the Diocesan scheme
of Sunday school lesson leaflets, teach
er's helps, etc. This is work for which
he is eminently fitted, but which he has
felt obliged to decline, preferring to put
his full strength into his parish duties
here. The salary offered was fattering
in connection with pastoral work,
The little child of Herbert Rice fell
out of the front garnet window of the
Breese market on North street Monday,
and, although bruised considerably the
awning caught the child and saved its
life. The fall was severe but nothing
compared to what 1t would have been to
the side walk, ten feet more, and fortu
nately the child staid upon the wooden
awning.
Two courses have been laid on the
Battle Monument two feet each in ele-
vation) and the workmen have Just got
fairly at work. Mr.. Parsons reports
that the backing" stone from the "Ly
man quarry are coming out in square
chunks so that both the front and inside
courses will be composed of regular
layers making a much better wall than
had been thought possible.
ALL about us, during this week, the
report has been that the water Ia higher
A.. ., 6
the great food In this immediate
vicinity there has not been repetition
of the scenes of 1863, but the way the
water rose Sunday in the WallOomsac
gives an inkling of what might have
been had the snow on the East Mountain
come down during the thaw of the last
days of March this year,
THE San Francisco. Cal. Morning Call
of April 10Th, says: "Mr. Herman Rob-
inson, a member of the Executive Com
mittee of the Pacific Coast Association
of Native Sons of Vermont, will leave
this week for a two months visit 10 has
cid home at Bennington. VT" Mr.. Rob-
inson is a son of Geo. w. Robinson of
Bennington Center, and reached here on
the 28th, ult., where he was
cordially greeted by many old friends.
WE are in receipt of cards for the
wedding of Mr.. Harrison l. Norton and
Miss Annie, daughter Of j, F. Bayer.
Esq. which is to take place in st, Pauls
church, Walla Walla, Washington Ter
ritory, next Tuesday, May Sth, at one
o'clock, p. m. A reception will follow
from / 80 to $50 at the home Of the
brides parents. The BANNER extends
cordial greeting and congratulations.
The bride will make pleasant addition
to Bennington society being an accom-
plished lady and her husband is already
known here as one of our rising and
promising young men. After brief
tour they will be "at home" to friends
in Bennington.
AN exchange says: "a great many
women are becoming faith curers. They
take what is called a course of instruc-
ton from some fakir and then branch
out for themselves. These women are
generally the wives of self-made men
and have reached stage in their for
tunes when domestic work is given over
to the servants. They do not practice
the faith cure for fees, but never refuse
money when it is rendered to them,
There is said to be four or five such
in Troy. One of them has
fitted an Office with telephone in her
house and when she is called
on at night cures by telephone. This
faith curing at long distance is said to
be as successful as the other sort"
On Thursday April 20, the Inaugural
Festival of the Choir Guild of the Dio.
cese of Long Island was held in st.
AIMS church, Brooklyn. The services
were Of q most interesting character.
in the evening when nearly
400 vested chorsters, members OF eleven
choirs and each wearing the badge and
color Of hts choir, led the music. The
numbered 1000. This is
the largest festival of vested choirs ever
held in this country, as the Guild repre-
sents the largest membership, and some
OF the best chOirs and choir masters.
The object of the Guild is to encourage
and introduce higher standard OF
church music, and to promote congrega.
tional singing. The Rev. Vim. Bogert
Walker is president of the Guild, and,
although he resigned after leaving the
Diocese of Long Island, his resignation |
was refused until after this Festival.
NEXT week the grand musical festival
is to be held in Troy, n. Y, commence
ing the 9th and continuing three days.
Prof Van Olinda has been instructing |
the Bennington quota during the win
ter and they will be in attendance as
will also classes from other towns. The
singers are Mrs. George F. Graves, Mrs.
Title Goldsmith Keeseman, Miss Mamie |
Hutchins, Miss Ida May Sharpe, Miss
Lizzie Norton, Miss Nina Morgan, Mr..
M. B, Norge n and DR.. Chisholm. From