The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-06-21
Mps Dr.Nr 8 PUIIJ1ps of Kankakee,


} ILL.,, is expected here next week.
MISS FANNIE WIDMER, daughter of tn,
Rev. Fred Widmer, and for several year
teacher in the Brandon Graded school
i now at home.
]. B. PERCY serves his customer
with milk twice daily, an accommoda
tion which is appreciated by those who
desire fresh milk morning and evening
B, F, PooRE'E business of Domestic
Bakery" has SO increased that today he
moves to larger quarters in the l. b
Chandler building, lately occupied by
Martins shoe store.
YESTERDAY w. H. Lake. grocer, was
sued for claim of $50. This morning
attachments of monthly bills coming
due 20 the aggregate of $1,000 were put
on, the setting up in the writs being
some $4,000 in amount. What Mr.. Lake
will do in this matter is not yet deter
mined. 1t is hoped he may be able to
go along.
THE BANNER acknowledges generous
basket, containing new potatoes, lettuce,
peas and mushrooms from the gardens
of H. w. Putnam, Esq. The presiding
genius of these gardens is James Hurst
who has been Mr.. Putnam's gardener
fer several years. We think this Incl
dent justifies us in giving Mr.. Hurst the
palm" on early garden sauce" in Ben
nington this year.
THE prominence of the Hon. j. K.
Batchelder and the two law firms of
which he is the senior, before the County
Court is shown in our reports of the
term just closed. Cut OF seven trials he
tried, all of them, either as Batchelder
& Bates or Batchelder & Barber, attOr-
neys, and won six out of the seven, the
exception being that of Conkling vs..
Niles, wherein Batchelder & Barber ap
peared for the defense.
THE New York Life Insurance Com
pany, for which great corporation A. p.
Childs is manager for the State of Yer
mont and a goo1ly portion of Massa-
chusetts, is now paying local matured
Endowment and Tontine policies to
those who have ortunately fsprvived
their endowment feriods, which policies
pay more than Savings bank rates of in
terest-as an investment-an average Of
over fifty per cent. cash dividends, re.
suits greater thaR IN any other life in
surance company during the same
period. *"*
JAS. E. CURKAN and H. c. Webster
and wife of Montpelier, the representa-
tives of Rob Morris Chapter, Order Elst
ern Star, on reaching home united in
printing the following card in the
Waterman. We copy it because of its
local interest Having occasion to
visit Bennington, we improved the op.
portuuity TO visit the Soldiers Hume and
note the condition of the Home and Its
inmates. We talked with number of
the old soldiers and they all said that
they had pleasant home ana were well
provided for every thing being furnished,
even to tobacco and postage stamp and
a good mother (they call Mrs. Coffey
mother); and everything that "moLher"
does is all right. All are contented and
happy and have nothing to do but to en-
Joy themselves. If they do any work it
Is voluntary. Everything is neat and in
order. Captain Coffey and his estima-
BILE wife do all in their power to make
the Home what that word implies, and |
have succeeded to remarkable degree. |
II the State had been raked with fiue
tooth comb 10 improvement could have
been made on the selection for keeper |
of the Home Many of the inmates have
been on the sick list, but Pll are well
now. Many will remember John Eddy, |
who was not expected to live but a few |
weeks when he went TO the Home. He
now looks better than for long time
before. They all take commendable |
pride in doing some work and in helping
to keep the Home in good order