The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-06-14

d JULIUS, youngest son of L. P. Morton
Z. seriously i'll for some weeks, is now col
valescing rapidly.
GEORGE BARRETT.aud wife Of Hart
ford, Conn.,, are visiting Mr.. Barrett
mother, Mrs. w. II. Robertson OF thi
:, village.
MISS L. B. ADAMS, a relative OF ID
, Strong of Saratoga, N. Y, was one
9 the guests at the wedding Of Miss Stron
last week, an account of which IS give
elsewhere to day.
THE Soldiers Home grove is to be tn
scene soon of Sunday School gathering
from Troy aud Rutland. There is N,
t finer place on the continent for an ex
t cursion of this sort to picnic.
THE delegation from Bennington il
, attendance upon the Grand Bodies o
the Masonic FIR ,ternity at Burlington
this week are: Alfred Robinson, John Il
Pilling, NJ. B. Morgan U. d. Phillips
and Prof, Howe.
THE firm of ]. Ed. Walbridge & Co
continue to offer special inducements il
the way of folding beds, which are a
handsome sIde-board when not in use,
Their woven wire mattresses are still
selling at the low prices quoted recently
ALLEN THURMAN MARTIN, born last
Saturday and son of Postmaster Mar
tin, is bouncing boy of 10 pounds.
With the eldest named Grover Cleveland
and this one Allen Thurman, who dares
affirm that Mr.. Martin does not keep up
with the Democratic procession?
THE celebration of "Childreu's Day."
at the First Baptist church will occur
next Sunday. At the evening service
there will be speaking by the children
of the Sunday School, and music by
both the choir and school. A tiue pro-
gramre IS in course of preparation.
Hon. SMITH M. WEED and his daughter
Miss Ceesta Weed arrived home last
Sunday morning from their California
trip Plattsburgh Republican. Re
turns from the Oregon election show
that the "cipher ally" did not materalize
this year as was predicted when Mr..
| Weed first went out there.
In the election of Mrs. Jos. II. Loring
to the Office of Grand Matron of the
Grand Chapter, Order Eastern Star, the
members of that society in Vermont
recognized the value of her service per-
| formed in their interest in graceful
manner. The Office with its attendant
honors was fully deserved.
EDWARD E. LONG has been visiting at
his home here. We note that the Lotus
Glee Club of Boston, of which he is an
active member is engaged to furnish
the music for the Vermont Academy
Commencement at Saxton's River. This
70 pa Sfutn inafitntInn and lpUpFaI
Bennington people are interested
therein.
TIE Battle Monument is now up fifty
feet. The stagings are built up as far as
the stone are Iaiu, inside and outside,
and the mast Of the hosting derrick
1 ,ses in the center of the s,ructure. The
electric display about the monument
and derricks curing III, storm of the
evening of the 9th, inst, is said TO have
been very fine.
The Rev. VIM. B. Walker returns
from Ann ArbOr, Mich. to- morrow, in
time to Officiate as usual at the Friday
evening service in St, Peters. he has
been attending the commencement ex-
ercses of the University of Michigan,
one of the faculty being particular
friend and whose courtesy he has cit
jOyed in the visit.
CAPT. II. l.. SHIELDS and family are
at Furnace Grove for the Summer. The
Captain last year amused hiUself and
contributed not a little to historical
literature by writing series of articles
on his "Recollections of the Mexican
War" These articles took well and
were crpdItable To their author Cant
Shioits hos a f;ns comntrv nIaco
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THE "honors" showered last week
Saturday on II. w. Martin, our Demo-
cratic postmaster, In addition to tire
birth of his son he received official mott
fication Ii after Jul y LIST, 1888, this
office would be ranked Second Class
having been raised from Ihlrj Class'
by its increased receipts, that the salary
would be $4,000, with allowances 81 ,6"4,
Pretty good for one DAY In once hoio-
"s
IHE language usea oy tue mira rarity
Prohioit'onlsts, OorueriDg as IL uoes near
the verge OF nlasphemy whenever tney
refer 70 uou, IS enough or ough' 10 se'
TO wake up CHRISTIAN Peop,e 70 sEnEr
OF duty In respect 70 worus' Wheh
'siang ana the sanuer OF pont'ca'
campaign Is ihterIF ueI WIN p,ots e4
prcsslons belonging only 10 lne A't-r IL
IS hlgh time that Ine educ'Vlphal ten
dency OF these puol,SneG speecnes an
dtorials De considered seriously oy
religious people not gwen 10 hypocrisy
TIE Summer arrangement of trains in
and out of Bennington makes some i'm
nor,ant chang la the mails, The morn
mo mail 70 TROY. New York and the
West now closes at 6.55 a. m. AtS.45a.
m, a mail is sent out for Boston and