The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-21
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WIN. r. MORGAN lost valuable horse
Saturday, the result of disease.
EDWARD E. LONG of the Boston Lotus
Glee Club, passed Saturday and Sunday
with his parents.
A. P. CHILDs and family leave Ben
nington next week and will pass the
winter season in Troy and Springfield.
THE Governor of Vermont has reap
pointed Hon. Chas. II. Darling as munic-
lpal judge for another term of two years,
commencing December first.
The missionary committee of St. Pc
ter's Church give a supper this evening
in Parish hall, the proceeds of which will
be devoted to local charitable purposes.
The NeiU England Farmer is a domes-
tic journal as well as an agricultural pa
per. 1t has, among other good things,
reports of cooking schools held 10 B0s-
ton.
MISS EUGENIA HUTCHINSON, who has
been in Chicago for couple of weeks,
reached home to dav. She attended the
National W. G. I. U. while in session in
that city.
THIS is the season of prospectuses for
papers and magazines. The careful
reading of these ANIMALS will greatly as
sist the proper selection of family read
ing matter.
JUDGE DARLING and wife returned last
week from their wedding tour. They
will reside in the dwelling on School
street, recently the home of Elisha
Wadsworth. "'
FRANK WEAVER is the artist that dec
GRATED the fine residence of Cashier Geo.
F. Graves, and also the dwelling built
by Harri on l. Norton-two modern
houses nearing completion in our village.
TEMPLE CHAPTER, No. 8, r. A. NJ,
holds a special convocation in.Masonie
hall next Monday evening for work on
the P. M Degree. Members of this de-
partment of Masonry will be made well
come.
MADAME FOWLER has a card in an
other column which will interest our
musical people. She is teacher of
music who comes here highly recon-
mended, and her references are unex-
ceptional.
Miss MARY RAwsoN and Miss Carrie
Warren, 90 this week to Boston, TO at,
tend the New England conservatory of
music. They are musicians of much
promise and expect to take a thorough
course of study.
THE name day" of St, Katharine S
Guild, an organization of st. Peters
Church, will be observed in Parish hall
next Monday evening. The yonng la
dies will be glad to welcome their friends
on this occasion.
LEON LAMARRE is laying fine stone
walk in front of his premises on School
street. j. /. LOOMS is doing the job in
his usual workmanlIke manner and Is
assisted by his son. Mr.. Loomis also re-
laid the Methodist Church walks recent.
ly.
THE Y. NJ. G. A. building is to be ded-
icated in Burlington the first Of next
week. State Secretary Lawrence left
Bennington Wednesday morning to as
sist the Burlington association in secur-
ing $4,000 for the fur ishing of the build
ing.
JUDGE DARLING OF the Munic pal
Court, says that he has in his hands sey
ersl uncalled for witness fees, and that
if not called for before court time these
will revert to the State. He will be
obliged it those to whom these fees are
due will call for them at once.
THE Rev. j. w. Bennett and wife of
Troy, N. Y, visited his brother, Col. E,
d, Bennett, this week. We are glad to
know that Mr.. Bennett has so far recov-
cred his health that he breaches as usual
Sundays, but his friends think he should
have taken longer rest from active pas.
toral labor.
IT has been decided to hold the next
session of the Troy Conference at Sara
toga Springs. The selection of the place
of holding the conference had been left
with the presiding elders, who have in
formed Rev. DIR. Gates of Saratoga, that
the invitation to meet in that village has
been accepted.
THE Baptist, Second Congregations
and Methodist Churches of this village
will unite in Union Thanksgiving ser
vice at the Methodist house of worship,
at II o'clock a. M, Nov. 2Sth, and the
sermon will be delivered by the Rev. T.
Marten of the Baptist Church. All are
cordially invited to attend.
CITE me names and places" says the
sceptic concerning cheap farms in Yer
mont. Here is an instance from Put
ney "Oliver Blood of this town has
bought at auction the farm belonging to
the estate of the late Horace Carpenter,
in Westminster West, back-hill farm
of 240 acres, and one of the best dairy
farms in this section, and containing 40
acres of heavy timber price $l625.
THERE is some money left in Vermont
yet. A current item says that not many
weeks ago ten thousand dollars was sub
scribed for in one day, in Windsor, for
stock in cotton mi in Denison, Texas.
Free Press. Why not develope the new
an rare quarries of variegated marble re-
Gently discovered in Manchester on the
farms of Mr.. Dyer and the Messrs. Pur-
dy? Could ten thousand cents be Dor.
rowed on good security for that purpose
THE St. Adams jail was the &c me of
an escapade ore Sunday evening recent
ly. As Sheriff Marvin was entering one
prisoner grabbed him, another pushed
open the door, while third fred a re
volver in his face, only missing the sher-
if by reason of poor aim. Who fur
nished the revolver Two were captured,
which is unlike our Bennington exper-
fence, otherwise the condition of the
jails, ETC., of the two counties are near
ly parallel.
THE Weathersfield correspondent of
the Rutland Herald says The story is
being told that there is glebe land yet re.
naming on Ascutney mountain. These
lands were granted by the English gov
eminent for the support of the Episcopal
Church, either by direct use or by reve-
nues derived from them" As Mt. As
Quincy is one solid mass Of granite that
church in this diocese has only to I'M
prove their granite deposit to become
the richest corporation In America.
THE pleasant residence of A. P. Childs
Monday evening was the scene ola bril-
liant reception in honor of two ladies
who are now visiting in town, daughters
of Resolvy Gage: Mrs. George Albro of
Syracuse, N. Y, and Mrs. Lyman w.
Clark of East Bosom, Mass. On this
occasion opportunity was given to have
these ladies meet their old Bennington
friends, for the first time in several
years. The opportunity was we'll i'm
proved by our people, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Childs dispensed the generous hospital
ity for which they are famous, and did
the honors OF the evening. Mesdames
Albro and Clark are visiting Mrs, Col.
Scott and other friends and will remain
for week or SO longer.
ITseems incredible that any one should
doubt the fact that good farms in Yer
mont, near railway lines, can be bought
improved, and with buildings thereon.
for from SO to IS per acre, yet the screeds
of Joseph Battell and others, shows that
there is great deal Of sceptioism on this
subject abroad. The Free Press cites the
following, in addition to the examples
published by US last week, as instances
of good Vermont farms sold for less than