The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-24

READ WDat Miss morgan has 10 say In
another column to-day.
PROF. HOWE, supervisor of schools,
drove into town to-day from visit to
the schools of Searsburgh.
WIN. E. HAWKS and wife have gone
to Idaho, TO be absent a month. Mrs.
Hawks goes to visit her sons.
THE French Catholics of this village
closed three days fair Saturday even
ing. 1t was held in Apollo hall. The
society cleared about $500
CHAs F. SEARS desires to contract for
the chopping Of 200 cords of wood, with
responsible parties, the lot being situated
on the North side If Mt. Anthony.
MISS LIZZIE SQUIREs was summoned
to North Adams, this week by the criti
cal illness of her brother, sick with brain
fever. She reached his side before he
died.
The transactions OF the Grand Chap.
ter, o. E s. for 1889, were issued from
the BANNER press this week. IL is q
pamphlet Of 1903 pages, with covers, and
is fine piece of typographical work.
READ the new advertisements in 10
days BANNER &c. E. Graves, JIG. Myers
Quackenbush & Co., not to forget Mich
oils and Drysdale who were too busy Ia
give details; and not forgetting our
leading clothing dealers, etc.
Mr.. ]. H. LEvERIcH is in town this
week. With his family he is to sail for
Honduras, returning to his business
there. Mrs. Leverich and daughter
spent the summer with her mother, Mrs.
f. 9. White, and other friends. We
wish them safe voyage to their South
ern home.
The REV. Mr.. CADY OF the N. E. Con-
ference is here this week assisting the
Re-. Wm.J. Chapman in reviy al service 6
at the Methodist Church. He common
ced last evening and will continue to-.
night and Friday evening. Mr.. Cady Is
fine preacher and we hope will do
much good,
BILLS are out for trotting match on
Riverside Driving Park, TO take place
Saturday of this week, beginning at
o'clock p. N. The first money of 800
lisa race against 81 time. F. H. Bur-
CESS enters "Col. Egbert." There are
two stake races of 300 and $50 purses,
divided with various entries for each.
With four entries in the former and six
in the latter, all local horses, the event
promises to be an interest one.
WORK has progressed on the new
chnrch edlfice of st. Francis de Sales
parish, to such an extent that something
OF its graceful proportions are seen. 1t
is hoped to get the roof upon the main
building before winter; the chapel is al
ready enclosed, leaving the tower to fin
ish another season. Most of the inside
work will be done during the winter il
the contractors succeed as they hope, in
enclosing the church before snow flies.
THE reader should recollect the con
cert and ball of the ii. W. Putnam Hose
Company, tomorrow evening at Library
Hall. The gentlemen Of the company
have arranged for very enjoyable con-
cert to begin at 8 O'Clock and continue
one hour, The grand march at 8 will
usher in season of festivity which will
not be abated until the supper hour al
midnight, when the company and que ,tt
will proceed to the Putnam and sit down
toa banquet. The usual post midnight
fun will close the admirable progra mme
now. fully prepared.
LAST Friday COL E T. Griswold, as
sisted by Adj o. w. HARDWOOD, Quarter.
master Andrew Maurer, and Camp Off.
GERS Jesse E, Barney. w c Clark, organ
lied a camp of the Sons of Veterans al
Poultney with nineteen charter mem
bers. Capt. Gleason and seven members
from Rutland assisted in the ritual, The
Bennington delegation returned Satur.
day afternoon. A peculiar circumstance
attended the organic alton of this camp
One Of its charter members, VIM. Lamb
aged SO, the son of veteran, has a SOL
VIM. II. Lamb, aged 33, who is also
charter member, and grandson, who
is elgable and will be mustered in al
the next meeting. This coincidence is
hard to parallel,
A LODGE of the New England Order o
Protection was organized in Good Tenn
plar hall last Thursday evening, with {
chartered membership of 80 and oppor
tunity given within 80 days for addition
al members of the same class who MAJ
desire to come in on the charter terms
This is the 10th Lodge of this order il
Vermont, and from all sides we hear i
well spoken of. The lodge is nance
"Walloomsac," and starts off with thu
| following board of officers Warden
Norman M. Puffer Past Warden
Arthur j. Dewey Vice Warden, Chas
Barnes Secretary, o. w. Morrison
Financial Secretary, r. o. Goldsmith
Treasurer, r. F. Robinson Chaplain
G. F. Burt; Guide, G. II. Burch; Guar
dian, W. r. Hyde /; Sentinel, T. P. Sib
ley Trustees, DR.. ii. j. Potter, ,Jr., IL
S. Walbridge, G. E. Galusha. The in
shutting ceremonies were conducted by
a deputy from Boston headquarters.
In the "High License" controversy
now going on in the columns of the Rut
land Herald various opinions have beer
discussed. Some of these are new anC
others are theiold and stereotyped phase
of liquor agitation. Prof. wager has con
tributed some very important articles OF
the subject of Prohibition, one of whict
the MIddlebury Register copies. Tina
paper says !: Zone point made by Prof
Wager, merits especial considera
ton. 1t is, that the enactment of tn,
present liquor law was the result of
lively agitation, that those who weT,
educated through that agitation hav,
largely passed. away and that something
should be done to bring the generation
now in control of things up to an appre
citation of the necessity for the contInu
ance OF the law on our statute books anC
for the enforcement of it," This is
point" the writer has often alluded tt
in temperance meetings, and q fac
which seems heretofore to have escaped
newspaper notice.
SEVERAL years ago the Canadian ODD
Fellows adopted a custom of once veal
COMMUNICATING, with appropriate ser
vices, the departed members of thei
lodges. The Odd Fellows, here auC
there, in the United States also began t.
observe Memorial Day. stimulated nj
doubt by the Grand Army observance
Of Nav Both. The Sovereign Grand Lodge
finally caught the appropriateness of the
idea and passed a law that O;t. 10Th
the anniversary of the birth of the foun
der of the Order, Thomas Widely, should
hereafter be observed annually by Odd
Fellows throughout the world as day
Of remembrance for those OF the order
called to the better life. This year il
the second observance and the loca
lodges turned out Sunday night and at.
tended church at the First Baptist. The
Rev. q. Marten read the Parable of the
Good Samaritan, and preached sermon
on the "FriendshIp OF Jonathan and
David, . the subject matter of two de-
grees OF Odd Fellowship. As stated ex-
clusively by US last week, the choir, with
Prof. Squire, leader, gave song service
in perfect harmony with the occasion.
The sermon by Mr.. Marten was one OF the
best we have ever heard on the subject
named, and the members we're much
pleased with the arrangements so finely
carried out.
AN exchange says ain the midst of
the books which lie upon tho reviewers
table there is a sensible little guide for
young people written by Mary E. Burt,
teacher in Cooks county, Illinois, and