The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-02-21


EDWIN D. MOORE and George Ineson
have returned from two weeks trip TO
New York and Boston.
CAPT EVANS and LieuIenants Weld
and Fillmore are at Montpelier this week
attending the officers' regimental school
Of instruction. .'.1 tt
WE copy today an article from the
Paper World on Our Postal Rates, in
which is discussed penny postage. 1t
should be read by all our people.
THE body of Mrs. B. NJ. Hervey was
brought here Tuesday. and buried in the
village cemetery. She died in Cohoes,
N. Y, but formerly resided here.
THE president of the State Agricul'ur-
al Society (Col. Geo. W. HookrT offer
a premium to Vermont farmers this year
on CROPS to be raised. We shall print
full particulars next wetk.
THE editor is under obligations to the
Rev. G. A. Wilkins of SALISBURY, and
the Hon. Henry Clark Of Rutland, for
assistance during the past two weeks.
Oar readers are much the gamers there
by.
THE freight traffic is reported to be
better than ever on the Bennington and
Rutland road. Besides the regular
freight train, extra trains are run over
the road to Rutland and very often from
Bennington to Manchester.
PROF. FRANK BRADFORD is about to
set cut on aseries Of readings to be given
by him in the cities and towns along the
Hudson. His engage uent extends to
The latter part of March, until which
time he will he absent from town.
THE Hon. Faxon L. Bowen OF Reads
horo, held probate count Thursday and
Friday, in the matter Of the estate Of
Ira Fillmore, in the place Of Judge E L.
Sibley, who was disq ialified from sitting
by reason of the relation Of his father in
the case.
We are told that all the pews in the
Second Congregational Church are rent
eG. This is the largest edifice in town
and this result is quite complimentary
to the pastor. the Rev. Charles R. Sey-
mour Evidently this church and socie-
ty are entering upon an era OF great use
fulness.
JUST as Masonic hall, to which refer
ence was made last week, is beginning
TO assume its old time elegance, the
storm of Monday comes and the water
vets it all down again by leeky roof
1t will pay the owner, Trenor l. Park,
to put on new roof and so save some
hundreds of dollars.
THERE will be a union temperance
mass meeting at the Baptist Church
next Sunday evening, Feb. IA, under
the direction OF the different pastors.
The children's choir will furnish music,
and there will be recitations by the lit
tie ones from all the churches. An in
teresting programme is in preparation.
HENRY I. BoYNToN, formerly Of this
place, was in town few days ago. He
was recently burned out in Maine.
whittier he lad removed from Massa.
chusetts, and is prospecting for an OPP
ening for business. He is visiting rela-
ives in Wilmington the last of the week.
We should like to have Mr.. Boynton To-
cate here.
NJ. H. DEMO has purchased the S.
Marie Harwood farm aud will move
thereon from Pownal, where he has
been for several years. Mr.. DEMO lie one
of our progressive young farmers, a gen.
tleman of integrity and an excellent cit.
izen. We are glad he has decided to
make Bennington his place of future
residence.
VIM. WINSTON has commenced work
on an extension and repair of the Shell
don property on Main street, recently
purchased. The first floor will be store
with work shop in the rear, and the sec
ond story will be occupied by himself as
family residence. Mr.. Winslow will
not move in, however, until spring or
early summer.
THE Rev. Mr.. Atwell, diocesan mis-
sonary of the Episcopal Church, is now
holding services 10 this section of the
State. His object is to make arrange
ments to held services for the benefit Of
church people, and 70 establish missions
in localities where there are no stated
religious meetings enjoyed. There is
ample room for such labors in this State.
In many towns a civilized heathendom
is fast taking the place of the piety and
reverence for sacred things held IN early
years, and efforts should be made to re-
store these communities to regard for
law, order and consequently TO
a higher plane of pubic and private
morality.
On the fourth ia ye of the BANNER to-
day, is an article from the Mail and Ear
press on the anniversary of the birth Of
the maItyr-president Lincoln. We
hope every school boy and girl will read
the immortal Gettysburg speech con-
taineI in said article. Also that parents
will re read il and call the attention OF
their Chi dren TO 1t. The reason Of this
request consists Of the fact that this
speech, is deliberately left out of school
text books because of our Southern
brethren, while there is oceans Of room
for John G. Calhoun's Rights of Q
State, 'and other ante. bellum utterances.
LincOln's name will live in grateful
memory when that OF Calhoun aud his
in treason shall nave been for
gotten.
A NEW thing, certainly new name
was devised, when the members OF st.
Mary's Guild, st. Peters parish, held st.
carnival. Seldom has any
sale, not pretentious. presented more at
tractiye features. The hall was taste
fully decorated; the booths were pretty
the grove, Ia wl,ich members Of St.
X theline's Guild dispensed chocolate,
WAS novel and much ir,quented. The
"Cupi II" with their unique and al tislic
for each patron, looked as il
they might have been sent by the "Senti-
mental Saint" himself. The supper. as
The eue't' observed, was Simply ele-
CANT" Altogether the occasion was one
Of exceedingly pleasant s;cial inter-
course, skillfully effective on the part of
hose who managed the affair, and of