The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-02-07
j. R. PILLING il In town

ington, Iowa, and meets a hearty well
come from his many friends.
ED. MOORE and George Inesou have
gone on a weeks vacation, and will.
take i'm New York and Boston before
their return.
The Board of Civil Authority meet at
the town clerk and selectmen's office,
Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock, for the
abatement of taxes.
SELECTMAN E. S. HARRIS and lie,
Gibson after attending the Odd Fellows
meeting at Montpelier, proceeded to Tin
vestigate" the Carnival.
THE Band Concert last week was sat-
isfsctory to the organization and the
audlence-musical notes being exchang-
ed for those Of the Government on ia
vorable term.
REV. q. MARTIN on Monday attended
the semi-annual meeting OF the board OF
the vermont Baptist State convention,
at Rutland. The next meeting of the
board will be held in Bennington next
June.
j. Ed. WALBRlDGR & Co. during the
present ''slack" in business are making
:. special drive on lounges. No better
time for having your furniture repairing
done. Call on them before busy times
commence.
GEO. COOPER has taken out a patent
under date of July 9th, for an attach
ment to circular knitting machines.
This attachment will make French emf
oroidery, neck trimmings, to knit goods,
and tuck" work Of various designs.
THE Citizens Band desire to publicly
acknowledge their thanks to Mrs. G. w.
Keeseman, Mrs. G. F. Graves, Mrs. E.
D. Merrill and Miss Carrie Warren, for
the valuable assistance they rendered in
the late concert, making it by their aid
a euccess.
JUST think ofit-cold weather straight
on for six weeks But unless signs fail,
that is The prospect. The bear of ira.
dltlonal memory could see his shadow
when he came out of his den on Satur.
day last, so he decided to 90 back and
take another nap.
The entertainment given by 1.-The
Wrens' on Saturday evening, for the
benefit of the Relief Fund Of Custer
Post u. A. R was largely attended
In regard to the merits of "lhe Wrens, >
we may say that in light dramas OF
comedies adopted to representation in a
parlor or lodge room, they succeed best
PROF Frank Bradford, who gave uni.
Verssl satisfaction at the first entertain.
ment in the Baptist Church, will read
on Friday evening, Feb, 9Th, at the re-
quest OF his friends. This will be tht
thiro entertainment in the course
There will also be instrumental music b,
Mrs. Parmenter Miss Adde Marsh. anc
solo by Miss Audrey Bowen.
MUCH interest is being taken through.
out the State in furnishing rooms FOL
the new addition to the Soldiers Home
Already 10 rooms have been Furnished
by g. A. r. posts, w. R. corps and Sons
OF Veterans. Individually, Mrs. Coffey
matron of the Home, will answer many
inquiries TO others at the department
convention OF the W. r. corps al Brat
tleboro next week.
The finance committee of the Vernon
Soldiers Home, Gen. VIM. Wells Of Bur
lington, Col. j. j, Estey Of Brattleboro
Col. A, q. Tracey OF Middlebury, Col
Franklin Fairbanks Of st. Johnsbur,
and Maj. A. B. Valentine of Bennington
will meet at Bennington Feb, % to tran
sact important business in connection
with the Soldiers Home. The new hos
pital building will be acted upon.
THE Dickens lecture 10 be given her
this month in Free Library Hall, will
llfe-size representations of the grea
characters Of Charles Dickens, as show
by sterIopticon, will be a delightful,
instructive and entertaining affair, Rev
F. b.. Rowley of North Adams will de
liver the lecture. Let all who enioy
good time and favor moral and elevat
ing entertainments give this their pat
ronage.
THE eccentricity OF the weather give
people who are not busy something Il
talk about. The cold OF Monday wa
followed by rain on Tuesday, durinI
which the snow rapidly disappeare d
On Wednesday morning early risers say
the earth again covered with snow an,
flakes falling. In some localities tn
mercury recorded, inside Of SO hours,
change from 200 below to 500 above,
variation Of SO degrees.
AT the annual meeting of Bennington
Lodge OF Perfection, A. A. s. R, he'll
Feb. 4th. 1889, the folowing-name
officers were elected for the ensuin
wear : G. B. Sibley, 80, T. P. G. M; {
e Graves, 16, H. of T. D. G. NJ. A. {
Huhb-ll 80, V. s. G. w. J. II. Norton
IA " j. G. w. E. l.. Bates, IA, G. OF
a'or w Ii. Bradford, SO, G. treasurer
0 E. Adams. IA, G. S. K. OF 8. 4: E. {
Houghton, "A, G. NJ. ofC j. l.. Niles
80. G. q. Of G. w. B. Arnold, 80, G
nospi'aler ; j. d. Sercho, IA, G. tyler.
WE call the attention of our reader
to the advertisement in another colum
Of the Mutual Life Insurance Compan
III New York. This ompany. since il
organic stion in 1913, has paid to its pol
icy holders 1912 ,4S1 $3.50 SO. The won
derful growth OF the company is due i
large degree to the freedom from rel
friction and irksome conditions in tn
contract and to the opportunities for in
vestmsnt which are offered in ldditio
to indemnity in case OF death In 1888
the company wrote over $103. 000, 900 O
new insurance.
is Rutland County trying to come u
to Dakota in the way of cold weather
On Monday last. at dawn, the thermom
eter at WallingfOrd stood only 90 dc
gress bt w zero. Clarendon was no
much behind, the mercury marking 2
degrees below. Other towns in tn
county, not yet heard from. may bpa
the W,liiDgfOrd record. Bennington
County hardly claims equality with Ru!
land on the score of irigidity durin
cold 'snapl." In the village the TEN
peraiure on Monday, say at a. N, wa
about degrees below.
THE Rev. VIM. Bpgert Walker, rectc
OF ST. Peters Church, has just complet
ed the first year of his reclorate. Tn
statistics OF his official acts are as fol
lows Baptisms, Is marriages, 3 bur
ials, 10 commandments added, 20 hol,
communion, public, so private, 8, to
tai. 10 Number of individual commun
ions made. 1899 services, 434 sermon
and addresses, 1855; parochial calls
1925. None can doubt for momen
after perusiug these statistics that Rec
tor Walker is an interchangeable and devot
ed worker, ever striving to do good.
FIFTY years ago, on Friday, Feb. Slh
1889. Archibald Bates OF SALISBURY wal
hung at Bennington Center for the muir
der of his brothers wife. The fiftietl
anniversary of that execution occurring
this week will recall TO the memory Of
old inhabitants in SALISBURY and Ben
nington the details of the crime and thu
swift punishment that followed. The
tragic event created Intense excitement
at the time throughout the county. Thu
murder was committed Oct. I'd. 1888
Bates was tried in December of the sam,
year, and found guilty. His execution
took place Feb. 9Th. 1889, and was wit
messed by spectators, men, women snC
childfen, from all parts OF Bennington
County. The house in which the muir
derer's victim lived stands on the roaC
running westward from South Shafts
bury towards White Creek, N. Y. and i
pear the present residence Of Edward
Bot;um.