The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-04-26

e time card went into effect last Monds
and the arrival and departure OF trai
are shown in the Fitchburg sdvertis
, ment Of Bennington connections in a.
other place. There il a daily train lea
/, ing here at 8 20 .. m. for Chatham al
returning at 7.50 p. m, with tri-wee
ly train leaving here Tuesdays, Thur
days and Saturdays, and returning Mo
, days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
A. c. HALsEY goes to Arlington al
is to open the house Of that name Their
Mr.. Halsey is gentleman well-liked
a landlord and the Arlington" falls I'M
excellent hands.
ARBoR DAY will be celebrated tn
year by the children of the Grade
school in planting trees in the new Cen
etery Park. The public exercises wi
be held on Saturday at 80 o'clock p. n
The school will march to the Park whe
each class will superintend the plantin
OF their tree and name it The chang
to April 2Sth, Is on account OF ArbO
Day not being legal holiday the school
could not therefore adjourn to partici
pate, and Saturday accommodates u
better.
BISHOP LITTLEJoHN of Long islam,
diocese, recently made visit to 81
Luke's parish, Brooklyn, N. Y. This
the church which was in charge of tn
Rev. w. B. Walker now rector OF ST
Peters, thus village before he came here
The Bishop congratulated the churcl
upon it's fortune IN now having recto
nd A,raoinr 10 onaaE hiahl 4,
of the services of Mr.. Walker, which
courtesy is very pleasing to the friend
Of the rector Of ST. Peters, both in Ben
nington and Brooklyn.
THE Williams College Commencement
exercises will begin June "a, the bacca
laureate address being delivered by
President Carter. The Young Men,
Christian Association of the COLLEGE viii
be addressed by the Rev. DR.. Phillips
Brooks of Boston. A feature Of tht
closing exercises of this year will be the
celebration of the 50th anniversary OF
the founding of the old observatory
The exercises will be conducted by Prof
T. H. Stafford, Field Memorial Professor
of Astronomy. The old observatory en-.
j rys the reputation OF being the first ob
servatory for astronomical purposes
erected in this country.
E, II. BoUGHToN committee suicide at
the Marshall Infirmary Tuesday. Mr.,
Boughion ia about 6S years old. AT one
time he was in business in Troy, N. y,
with his brother, E w. Boughton in the
hat trade but afterward removed to
New York where after a mercantile life
of some years he hecams a broker, and
had an Office in Broad street. Two or
three years ago he failed, and his health
soon became poor. He was sent to the
Infirmary about two months ago. Mr.,
BOughton's wife and daughter are living
at Ithaca. The latter is the wife of Prof.
Thurston of Cornell University.
ONE of the oldest and most celebrated
hotels in this country is the Revere
House. B ,ston, which has probably en-
terlalned more distinguished people than
any other American hotel. Paren Stew
ems, who founded it, gave it world
wide reputation for refined elegance and
delicious fare, a reputation which has
been maintained throughout its career;
and today it is the favorite resort Of
those who most fully appreciate the
good things of this life. Mr.. John F.
Morrow, the present proprietor, is one
of the most popular and efficient of hotel
men. and well sustains the pre- eminence
OF this famous hostelry.
THE venerable Bishop OF Vermont paid
his annual visit to st. Peters church last
Monday, and preached in the evening
His sermon was plea for church unity
and was an able discussion of the "sIgns
of the times" on this much thought of
subject. The preparation for such an
event is the cultivation in the heats of
Christians of the Love which the gospel
as at once the sign and the
promise of brotherhood, and which per
vaded the early church. With this
principle permeating all those who call
themselves Christians there will some
way be found tC again unite in one yisi
BILE fold all who bear the Christian name.
After service reception was held in
Parish hall where a large number met
Bishop Bisstl once more He went to
Manchester Center on the early train
morning.
The sidewalks of our village, in many
places, should be repaired at once. We
notice that in Cambridge, N. Y, there
is proposal to put down slate tagging.
aud in the County Post we find the ex-
pense figured out, which we copy as a
to our pleOple. These flag
glng stones, it seems to US, could be
to Bennington rs cheaply rs
to Cambridge. The Poet says I'VE
are informed by person who should
know what he 10 talking about, that
contract can be made with practical
slate men to furnish and lay the stone
for seven and one half cents per square
foot. IL this be true. 1t seems TO us per
fectly clear that such a contract should
be made. We simply desire to call the
of our village fathers to this
Cambridge has been paying
for tagging material eleven cents per
square foot. AS TO the relative expense
between this and marble we are not in
Toned.
THE Governor has appointed May 4th.
Arbur Day, and its observance will BE-
general throughout the State, We note
4 remark or two: II recommend that
the youth in the schools and colleges he
invited and encouraged by their teach
trs to observe the occasion, as far as may
be, by collective action, and that village
and communities in like
observe the day. Aud l do here
by call the attention OF the town author
ties throughout this State to the fact
that in too many instances the old GENE
teries and burial grounds are greatly
neglected, in fact, seemingly forgotten
by the living, and l suggest that wher-
ever this condition OF things exists, such
a course be taken as to make it a thing
Of the past. Surely, there is hardly
higher duty than that Of the living to
the dead, and the full and cheerful per
Torrance OF that duty is everywhere re
ceived as evidence of correct living; and
il is certain that the occasion is fitting
one to be observed by performance Of
this duty"
Death of Mrs. Abram Burton.
This morning brief note from her
son, says that Mrs. Abram Burton died
last evening, few mi utes past six
o'clock, at the residence of her daughter
in Greenwich, N. Y. Yesterday the
news came here that this aged lady was