The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-31
MISS ALICE CoRpErr is quite i'll.

eVeral months past.
THE service on Sunday evening at the
second Con regational Church will be
II an evaugelisIic nature. The praise
meeting by large choir begins prompt
y at z o'clock.
DR.. B. G. JENNEY is suffering from the
effects of wound accidentally made on
hig hand by one of his instruments.
Prompt remedies for blood poisoning |
we're administered.
THE Lebanon Springs r. R. Co., will |
sell through tickets on and after Nov. |
Ist, to the following places, viz Boston
Mass, North Adams, Mass, Williams
town, Mass, Hoosick Falls, N. Y,
Troy, N. Y.
BY invitation. Custer Post and other
G.. A, Il. societies, including the Sons of
Veterans, go to North Bennington to-
morrow evening, to enjoy festivities in
Bank Hall. The members are to meet
at G. A. r. hall at 7 80 p. m, to go over.
THE services at the First Baptist
Church next Sunday will be more than
ordinarily interesting. The ordinance
of baptism will be administered both
morning and evening, and large num-
Der thus take their first step as a result
of the recent revival.
BESIDES the large building added to
the Valentine mills this season, another
story is in process of erection on one of
its wings-the roof being raised up for
that purpose. Two handsome extern
sions have been built to the elegant
offices, and are nearly completed.
THE firm of ]. Ed. Walbridge & Co.
ha aDrnraA kn aarvinao If rlaoa
upholstery workman and now make
sorts of furniture in this line. Secure
homemade and warranted article by
patronizing this concern.
HENRY STAFFORD, Capt. r. o. Gore
and Milo Stratton are in the mountain
towns purchasing cows and young stock
for the winter. They will be absent
from home several days. The creamery
business is likely to add to the number
of COWS kept on farms hereabouts this
winter.
STEPHEN X. JEwETT, aged IA years, it
is feared, is losing his mind. Should he
continue to grow worse he will have to
be placed in close confinement as was
the case for time last spring. The
family of Martin A. Morgan, with whom
he lives, are doing all they can for his
comfort.
THE B. & R. railway have planned an
excursion to Montreal for the round
fare of 81 50-iickets good going Nov.
4th and 5!h, and to return Noy. 18th in.
elusive. This is a very low fare and will
be taken advantage of by many. For
particulars see small bills or inquire OF
your station agent.
THE remains of Miss Eliza M. Norton,
daughter of Mrs. Julius Norton,
were brought here from Cambridge, N.
Y, where she died, for interment in
the family lot. Miss Norton was love.
ly woman, and has many friends as well
as relatives here, where she SO long re-
sided with her mother.
WE do not see any confirmation ofthe
rumor, last week, that the Fitchburg
system was to be absorbed by the New
York Central railroad interest. Proba
bly, the rumor obtained rise by the
change of managers which is to take
effect Nov. LIST. H. S. Marcy, OF the
Delaware and Hudson is the new mana
ger.
By vexatious omission last week, we
failed to give proper credit as to the don
ors of some of the beautiful flowers, etc.
at the funeral of Mrs. G. E. Graves. The
Sons of Veterans sent the elaborate pill
low, and the Ladies Aid Society the ele.
gantly painted and lettered banner. botf
of which were appropriate and much ad
mired.
| SUPERVISOR HOWE attended the meet
ing of the State Teachers Association a
st. Adams last week. By reason of this
gathering and an attack made on STATE
Superintendent Palmer, that gentleman
and others were afforded fine oPportun
ity to vindicate our new educational sys
tem-a fact which was applauded by thu
large gathering.
JOHN D. THOMPSON, the Putnam Hous'
barber, is to open dining parlors for la
dies and gentlemen. in his North stree
premises about Nov. 9th. There is room
in town for an establishment of thit
kind and Mr.. Thompson no doubt viii
receive a good run Of custom. The ser
vices of Geo. Henry late cook at thu
Stark House, has been secured, and fay
orte dishes will be advertised for par
ticular days, as in city restaurants.
JOHN G. HOWE and wife of Brattleboro
were in town this week. Mrs. Howe II
the State President of the w. r, e., ano
made visitation officially to that or
ganzation last evening. The occasion
was one of much pleasure and profit tc
the w. r. G. Mr.. Howe improved the
opportunity to again call on his friends
of the Odd Fellows, renewing the &C
quaintances of many years. 1t is saft
also to say that Stark Lodge gave him
hearty welcome. They return this al
ternoon.
SEVERAL ladies and gentlemen from
this village and North Bennington are II
attendance upon the State Convention o.
Christian Endeavor societies at Rut
land this week. The Rev. G. X. Sey
mour read a paper last evening on "Iht
Providential origin and unfolding o
Christian Endeavor," which was wei
received and commented on by the Rut
land dailies. The Rev. II. Marten i:
one of the vice-presidents Of the STATE
organization and is in attendance on the
convention, taking part therein.
We hear frequent complaints Of annoy
ances from peddlers. Ladies are impor
tuned to buy, and the rascdl5 Will moi
always take no for an answer Neither
have many Of them the proper license
| We stated some time ago that the per.
sons annoyed had the law in their OWL
hands-enter complaints and clear them
out or compel the taking out of the Ii.
cense. An example or two would stoI
the plague. An Italian is suspected Of
robbing a house one day this week, after
learning where the money was kept, by
means of insisting on selling something
The amount fortunately was only 81 20
OUR Troy exchanges speak of the ex.
animation yesterday into the facts of the
death of the little Bradt boy. which is
noted in our Hoosick items to-day, as
follows: "a Coroner's jury have under
consideration the unnatural killing with
VIII skey of a little boy at Farmers Inn,
near Hoosick, few days ago. The boy q
father, Alfred Bradt, and two compan
ions, while on a spree, kept dosing the
lad with liquor. The more he staggered
the funnier it seemed to them. AT
length the boy lay as il dead, the unDat
ural father became alarmed, sent for a
doctor, but too late, and despite the
ply sician's efforts the boy died from the
dreadfully bad whiHkey that he had been
piled with. Little Bradt was but nine
years DID,"
"THE Baptist Church" says the Hoo
sick Falls, N. Y, Standard Of last week,
Twas the scene of two interesting mar
risge ceremonies this week" One of
these occurred Tuesday evening. Oct. %,
"Rhen Mr.. Charles A. POLAND was unit
ed in wedlock to Miss Maggie j., daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Dryer.
The ceremony was performed by the pas
tor, Rev. A. Chapman. Mr.. Il. S. Perry
presided at the organ, Mr.. Sidney