The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-23
Local..
NIB. sQUIREs and wife have been Wis.

with sickness for a couple Of weeks.
A. P. CHILDs delivers the Memorial
Day address at Wilmington, May 80.
OLIN w. HARDWOOD of this office, has
been laid up during the week, but is bet
ter.
A GOLD cuff holder was picked up on
the street Monday, and awaits its own
er's call at this office.
The battle monument has reached the |
height of 100 feet-nine feet on the last
half of its 30l feet elevation.
WIN. WINsLow is laying a nice marble |
walk in front of his premises on Main
street. j. l. Loomis is doing the work,
JOHN w. WILLIAMS has greatly inn
proved and rearranged his store, laying
a new floor and otherwise brushing up
his premises.
THE McDaniels-Potter monument in
our village cemetery, is the largest and
finest yet erected in town. Lambert had
the contract.
NEXT Thursday, May 3O;h, will be the
Feast OF the Ascension of Christ into
Heaven. There will be service and SER
mon at st. Peters Church at 10 a m.
Ed. LoNERGAN is laid off for a few
days having severely burned his foot the
other day in the foundry of the Benning-
ton machine works of " hich he is fore
man.
THE band appeared last Friday in
their new and handsome uniforms.
Thursday evening they serenaded Col
Olin Scott. Messrs Eli Tiffany and Will
liam Morgan.
FRANK SMITH, son Of the late Geo. A.
Smith, dislocated his shoulder this morn
ing. He injured it some time ago and
the accident today was caused by sim
ply throwing up his arm.
A PRETTY case or bag for playing car DIS
is made of chamoiS skin, ornamented
with applique work designed to indicate
the use of the bag. The lower end is
fringed and the mouth drawn together
with bright-colored ribbons.
For growing cucumbers. squashes. OF
other similar plants, put old sawdu-t or
rotten wood about them. Those who
have never tied cucumbers on strong,
bushy stakes, lik' pea sticks, will be sur
prised to note how they emily it,
SLANG is less current than formerly.
especially among people who affect good
society. This Improvement ID pariicu-
larry noted among young women, who
realize that they cannot command re-
Spect while violating all the propritties
of speech.
THE death of Mrs. John Craven re-
moves the mother of seven small child
rem, the youngest babe of few days
old. Events like these seem sadder than
many others. The reason therefor il
known only to an All wise Father who
doeth all things well.
THE Herald of yesterday had the fol-
lowing : General Passenger Agent Fl
W. Spafford and Mrs. Spafford we're in
Troy, N. Y, yesterday attending the
wedding of their niece, who is a daugh-
ter Of MIR Jerome Spafford of that place"
Mr.. j. A. Spatrord was formerly of
South SALISBURY.
SIX excursions are already booked for
Camp Comfort" and the aspirations for
cottages and accommodations are so
numerous that the company wi be hard
pressed to get ready for the number
who will summer at this new Green
! Mountain resort. The locations boom
is certainly on this year.
Miss ROSE STEWART, formerly of
Eagle Bridge, n. Y, the sopranist, who
has been studying music abroad for
three years. is coming home and will
pass the summer at Arnold ThOmpson's.
She needs rest and chooses the bracing
air of the Green Mountains in which to
recuperate. Sensible woman.
On Monday the remains of Miss Liz e
Handrahan. daughter of the late Michael
Handrahan, were brought here from Ad-
ans, Mass, for burial, 1t was the after
noon of the funeral of the late Mrs.
Warren Blackmer, and a curious coinci-
dence ia that Mr.. Handrahan's body was
in the same manner brought here the
afternoon of the burial IF Mr.. Warren
Blackmer few weeks ago.
REMEMBER that tomorrow evening
Camp Frank Ray, Sons of Veterans. will
give their second annual fair and festi-
val in Free Library Hall, Friday, the
Oath inst.) A broom drill will be execut-
ed by company of fourteen young
ladies, and in addition fine programme
of vocal and instrumental music has
been prepared. The Ladies Aid Society
spread the supper.
WIN. II. BRADFORD, |. +. Gibson and
r. b. Godfrey, returned Tue day night
from the AdirOndacks, where they had
spent couple of weeks fishing. They
were Joined in the woods by James c..
Dunn of Rutland and John War; of
Troy, N. Y. The latter was accOmpan-
led by his daughters. The total "catch"
of the party amounted to several hun
dred pounds Of trout.
| f.;a
Journal, will soon write p. NJ. again after
his name in all official documents ems-
mating from the Manchester postoffice.
This is as it should be. Br), Simonds
gave the people good accommodations
when he was p. NJ. before, both as to
mail delivery and mails out and into
that town--a consideration which has
been remembered it would appear.
We learn that Mr.. John S. Holden is
making another move towards the pur-
chase of the Wooden Mills. The gen.
tleman who was to have become part
ner with him in the late negotiations
having backed out on account of the
taxation of the real estate, Mr. Holden
has canvassed the matter of another
partner to take hold with him. Now
let Bennington busine men and capt.
talists meet him half way.
THE large extension of the Valentine
m lis approach completion. The roof
will shortly be on and the inside work
will be finished as soon as possible.
Two additio to the office are also I'M
der way. These mills were enlarged in
capacity last year as soon rs the result
of the Presidential election were known,
and the three story bui ding referred to
is to give the firm the requisite room
demanded for this prosperous business.
CHAs F. SEARS has found among the
effects in the home OF the late Hon.
Benz. r Sears the handle to the doors
of the Old First Church, on which is
Stamped the date "l7S7." The first edi-
fee was begun in 1862, and was first oc-
cup'ed in 1855 6, but not completed until
ten years later. II was to this building,
standing ION the green" in front nf the
present ed flee. that the prisoners of war
were brought and confined after the bat
tie Of Bennington in 1777, This handle
must have been put upon the front doors
at later date, as the present house OF
worship was built in l604-5 and dedicat-
ed Jan. LIST. 1905.
BY request we print on our outside
pages an article from The North Ameri-
can ReUielC. whose talented edi or. Hoh
Allen Thorndyke Rec, died so suddenly
few days ago. just as he was about to
sail on the Russian mission. Editor
Rice haI for years solicited from all
sources able criticisms on various topics,
and this one on the "Chinese Question"
is written by Chinaman, Yam Phou
Lee. As an educational production the
article of Mr.. Lee will be read with in
terest, but as to convincing Us that these
United states are free tramping ground
for China's horles to over-run, as did