The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22

AN iron ramrod was ploughed up last
spring on the battle field, near Baunl's
entertainments.
SUPT. ASA F. LOOMS of the First Bap-
fist Sunday school, is spending a week
at Round Lake.
A. w. WARREN of L2rrimore, Dakota,
is visiting friends east. He is always
welcome in Bennington.
MISS F. E. STILLsoN has been visiting
friends in Manchester and Rupert dur
ing the past two weeks.
MRS. L. S. FROST of Watertown, Mass,
is visiting in town. She has just recov-
cred from an attack of fever.
MISSES HATTIE RUNDEL and Hattie
Simpson, of Troy, N. Y, are visiting
their friend, Miss Lille Ford.
MRS, S. II. ROSEWOOD goes Saturday
to Boston, TO visit for month with her
sister, Mrs. Samuel ]. Wilde.
MASTERS GEORGE AND FRED STILLsoN
of Brownsville, and Edward Stlllson of
North Rupert are visiting their uncle,
II. L. Stillsou.
MISS KATIE WHELAN and Miss Mary
Coffey, both of Troy, N. Y, are spending
their vacation with Miss Maggie SulIi-
van, of this village.
MRS. JAMES E. BOWEN is improving.
Her sister, Mrs. Sharon, who has been
with her for a short time, goes this week
to her home in Leominster, Mass.
Mrs. JULIUS NORTON of Saratoga, N.
Y, stopping for the summer in Cam
bridge, has daughter, Miss Eliza, who
is dangerously i'll with heart disease.
AMONG the delegates who will, from
Vermont, attend the National w. r. G. =,
at Milwaukee next week, are Mira. Eliza
Cutting and Mrs. l. E. Gibson of Ben
nington.
THE First Baptist Church will be open
next Sunday, as usual, for all the regu-
lar services. Pastor Marten returns
from his four weeks vacation, passed
amid the Green Mountains.
GEO. MATTIsoN and wife of Newton
vile, N. Y, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Chas. Adams of this village. They
came on to enjoy another Sixteenth Of
August at their former home.
SHERIFF PIKE Tuesday, took Dewitt
Carrier to the work house on account of
non-payment of fines, $40 assessed
against him for intoxication. Twenty
days is the new regulations for first
offenses.
GEO. w. MASON presents us an apple
kept until to-day in his cellar in this
town. The apple is sound and finely
preserved. August 22d is rather early(?)
for apples of 1888 to appear in the sane.
tum of the BANNER.
THE Father Matthew T. A. B. Society
will give reception in their hall to-
morrow evening, in honor of the young
ladies who assisted them at their picnic.
This is graceful thing to do, consider
of all concerned.
OWING to repairs going on in the trunk
sewer which runs through the center of
the village from the Scott foundry to
Depot pond. small stream of water has
been running down the main street gut
ter at intervals for several days.
ONE Eli Gilbar of Greenwich, N. Y,
paid the regulation price of Sunday
drunk 81 Oh, and shook the dust of Yer
mont from off his feet Monday, going in
the direction of home. Old topers should
take notice that Sunday DRINKS have
been raised in price from $94l to $11.O1.
WE took occasion to say last week that
the finest company would go to muster
this year that ever went out of BenninR
ton. 1t is significant as substantiating
this statement that the inspection record
runs as follows : Co. A, 100 ; Co. b, SO ;
Co. K, 90. The band was 40 per cent.
and the lowest.
THE Rutland Herald, with commend
able enterprise, published this week a
complete roster OF the enlisted members
of the Vermont National Guard. If the
First Sergeants had turned in the men
really in the ranks Inclusive of substi-
tutes) the list would have then been
more in the nature of news.
M. L, HARRINGTON has sold the five
acre lot east Of the L: ). track on West
Main street, to D. l.. MCCALL Mr.. NC
Call mas already disposed oil one building
lou on the west sac OF this land TO Mrs.
FRANK w. van, ana VIII utilIze one OF
the remaining lois thereon Tor the old
Baptist parsonage, as stated in another
item.
THERE are five applicants for the Ben
nington county vacancy IN the State
scholarships of Norwich University. A
competitive examination will settle the
matter. As result of Lieut.. Irish's Wis.,
1t here last week, in the interest of that
institution, several will commence their
collegiate course there with the fall term.
Five or SIX young men have the subject
under consideration.
THE "Mid Summer Fete,, nm the lawn
of Mrs. L, P. Norton. Tuesday evening
was grand affair. The magnificent
electric lights lighted the surroundings
as bright as day, and the occasion was
more than ordinarily enjoyable. A large
company. graced the occasion, and the
ladies OF st. Peters fairly "out-did'
themselves in the manner Of their recep-
ton and entertainment of guests.
THE JTtica N v Do;Jy prooo has
among its "Holland potan,S ;,ams 81 TIC
n. h mat The folIowino ,.Tha Rev ~
O. Uook If North Gags wb;Ia On ,he
NAV home last EVENING from o,tond;no
tha SmUdav School Asaoo;a,inn 49, an
,.onnanied hv his vic in a 49, NC,
with a seTions accident 7, haina varv
da,L the wagon ran Of an aroban n,o,,,
hv the residcnce of w n u;tchcocL
hot ryeen here and Trsnton conai1ino,
both of them. Mr. Cool striEino aoainst
something which cnt a cash ovee one
ave and sIso breaking two ribs Dr
HINT was called and Sawed nm ,ba oash
He was takeninioMr Hitcbcn p ,sI h6"s o
nbera he ranainad onsr nioht nj.
wife was NOT bnrI He ia raster ~ The
Presbvter,an Church at Nortb CAGE and
Lac Son,h Trsnton 4'0'V' '"e0 OH"
MoNpAy q nostoffice irsnector dronned
down an onr town ana among Tho th;pas
inves,i T wss tba nronoaa1 80 aa,a6
Iish a free deliverv rom The Ranninoton
Office We nndeIstand hat hs was To- n
orahIv Immersed with Ihe showing
made Tbe village naeds the enIargo5
service and will GET il If The Streets arc