The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-12
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MRS DENNIS BLACKMER sustained sc.
rious injuries by fail down the steps OF
her house Saturday.
Miss ELLA GAVIN is seriously i'll. The
disease seems to be gradual breaking
down of vital powers.
B. F, WooD returned home Last week,
from his job on the powder mill repairs
at Valley Fall1, N. Y.
Col. OLIN SCOTT is in Wisconsin on
business. He has been absent a couple
of weeks and is expected home in few
days.
WIN E. HAWKS is in New York city
for two weeks stay in the metropolis.
he is accompanied by his wife and
daughters
THE staging is down from around the
top of the Battle Monument, and the
ores. Of that structure shows t. splend
advantage.
MRS Jos. AYREs started yesterday for
her Western home in Hebron, H., after
passing the summer with her son, Mr..
John II, Ayres.
MAI. A. B. VALENTINE, wife and
daughters, who have been IN New York
city couple of weeks, are expected
home Saturday.
JOHN r. PILLING has become connect
ed with the Star Hosiery mills in Co.
hoes, N. Y His family remain for the
present in Nutley, N. j,
Miss BERTHA GRIswoLD teaches the
school in the Gus Warren district, In
West Bennington. She is graduate of
the Bennington Graded school.
AT the BANNER Stationery Store will,
be found to-day large line of Christ
mas and Holiday goods. novelties, etc.
Call before the assortment is broken.
THE Rose Buds" an organ cation of
little girls connected with the First Bap
tist Church of this village, hold Christ
mas festival on Monday evening, the
23d, inst.
GoKAY's Souvenir of Bennington"
reviewed in these columns recently, is
for sale at the BANNER Stationery Store.
This is handsome Christmas present to
send to friends out of town.
WATSON. the artist, is fully up to the
times and his photographs of the Battle
Monument and of the village Of Ben
nington are selling like hot cakes" at
the BANNER Stationery S ore,
BLACKMAN & LEVY, merchant tailors
and cIothIers, of "a Spring street, New
York city, are to open branch store in
the Hawks block, Saturday. This firm
have branch houses in several localities,
one Of which is in Hoosick Falls.
POSTMASTER MARTIN has visited Troy,
Nnrfh a and nIhar fNlanao
ly, with view of studying the
carrier service of places having the free
delivery system, so as to start OFF as IA
yorably as possible here January let.
THE new time tables of the FItchburg
and B. & K. railways appear in another
column to-day, corrected to Dec, 9th.
While there is no change Of importance
from thi, station yet the connections
and trains elsewhere will be of interest
to our readers.
THE Supreme Court of Vermont has
just decided that water works compan-
les have no right to take water for run
ming machinery, or for other purposes
besides furnishing water for sanitary
and domestic purposes, and for extin-
guishment of fires.
WIN. j. CAMP in applying Monday foi
an increase of pension was ident fled be
fore the County Clerk, by Chas. G. Cole,
the comrade who brought him off the
battle field. 1t was purely accidental
that Mr.. Cole was called upon to per-
form with another, this service for an
old comrade in arms.
MISS ALLIE CLARK returned Tuesday
from a ten weeks visit TO Denver, Colo.
She expresses herself as pleased with
her Western trip. She also stopped with
friends in Omaha and Chicago. Miss
Clark resumes the instruction OF her
class in music, which has been admira-
bly, managed during her absence, by MIR.
Phillips, a pupil.
A TEACHERS Institute ia talked Of for
the county, to be held in the Graded
school building in this village, some
time in January. We notice that these
institutes" have been held IN several
localities in Vermont during the autumn
and that they have attracted considera-
BILE attention. Ours will not be behind
our neighbors in this respect.
AT the Armory Monday evening quite
a number of ladies and gentlemen at
tended the drill of the Bennington r 1es.
A laughable incident occurred; just as
the order, charge bayonets, was execut-
ed mouse ran out and stirred the audi
ence up considerably. 1t has been a
question since, which was scared the
most, the mouse or the others.
THE large audience that Frank Brad
ford drew last Saturday night, on his
fine acting, must have satisfied the
Adele Frost Dramatic Company, for
they have engaged him to play the
"ghosl" and first grave digger" IN
Hamlet, this week Saturday night, at
Hoosck Falls. We predict that our
friends in that village will see some very
fine acting by Prof. Bradford.
New YORK has a silicatephiscognos-
cosphocraphy society. The motto of the
" Silicatephiscognoscospho raphickers II
is, "Brevity is the soul of wit "and Sill
icatephiscognoscosphocracy' is a speci-
men of il. If the 'Silicatephiscognos-
cosphocraphicities" were to start paper
called NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
err" the editor would doubtless call his
briefparagraPhs 'Silicatephiscogno cos
phocraphicalities."
MEssRs JOHNSON AND LIND. Swedish
gentlemen from Brockton, Mass were
here Friday night IN the interest of look
ing up Vermonrs cheap lands. The
State has been advertised 70 we'll that
all anyone has to do Is to visit the towns
where these farms are located and buy
for themselves just as a business man
would naturally do. These gentlemen
were taken in charge by Hon Hosea
MIpn of Wilmington, the author of the
bill under which the Commissioner acts,
the latter being out Of town. Whining
ton has a large tract of real estate suita-
BILE for these purposes, and 80 has Peru
and Landgrove IN this county.
The question of double taxation In
Vermont is being brought more and
more to the attention Of the people, and
in our State news to-day we copy the re-
marks of the Hardwick Gazette on this
subject. The Clipper, also, says : 1.-THE
more it ls studied "dOuble taxation
1.-THE more the people are becoming con-
WINGED that there is an injustice, espec-
tally to our farmers, who are not 80 for.
tunate as to own their farms free from
debt. Indeed, iT is quite certain that a
REIMBURSEMENT of our present tax laws
would go far towards encouraging farm
ers to remain in Vermont. The ques-
ton Is one that should be studied care
fully and whatever il wrong in those
laws should be remedled In our next
legislature"
In Plymouth. Mass. succotash is the
great dish at every celebration OF Fore
fathers Ddy, Dec. 22d. Tradition ssys
it has been made IN that ancient town
ever since the days of the Pilgrims. and
il is supposed that they learned to make
it from the Indians. This favorite dish
OF the natives OF Plymouth, is not to be
confounded with the modern dish OF the
same name. Made after receipt which