The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-23

JEREMIAH Dll4l4lNdS OF WOOOIOfu, Is IN
luck this week, having received a pen
sion of little over four hundred dollars.
WE are glad to see Miss Lucy II. Cut
ting home again, much improved IN
health by her visit among friends in the
Berkshire Hills.
The father and mother of the Rev.
w. j. Chapman have come to make
their son visit ofseveral months at the
Methodist parsonage.
PROF. E. w. HOWE, the county super.
visor of schools, was elected trustee of
Burr and Burton Seminary at the recent
meeting and has accepted.
MRS. THos. A. HUTCHINs has been
quite i'll for a week with an acute attack
of liver complaint She Is better and in
a fair way soon to convalesce.
B.FRANK STAFFORD of New York city,
was up over Sunday making a flying
visit TO his parents here, HIS family
will come up later for their usual sum
NOR visit.
JANIToR RUGG of the Graded school,
who is also sexton OF the Second Con-
gregational Church, has two of the best
kept lawns in town-the grounds con-
nected with both of the institutions
named.
THE pastor of the Second Congrega-
tional Church, the Rev. Chas. K. Sey-
mour, has fine report to present to the
conference of churches next week, as
the result of his short, but successful
pastorate.
A TELESCOPE ems is now to be made
that will GiNtu innbng Il, lta,,,
eter. BY its aid 1t is hoped to be able to
find the sou of the man who is mean
enough to beat a country editor out of
his subscription.
CHARLEY" RIDDLE on Saturday
mounted the village coach and made one
trip in his old place. He was feeling in
good spirits and his friends were pleased
to see him able to perform this labor.
He experienced no i'll effects from this
exercise.
PLACE lamp chimneys, tumblers and
such articles in pot filled with cold
water, 10 which some common salt has
been added. Boil the water well and al
low it to cool slowly. When the articles
are taken out and washed they will re-
sist any sudden change of temperature
Hon. c. MORTON GRAVES, a wealthy
gentleman of Chicago, and wife, are
stopping at the Putnam, They have
concluded to take back with them n =.
W. Hollis bright little son, relative Of
the Graves family here, and give the
boy all advantages that wealth can pro
cure.
THE Fitchburg Railroad will make
special excursion rates to Troy and re-
urn, on Tuesday, May 2Sth. on account
OF Bdrnum's Circus, which will exhibit
there on that day. Rites from Walloom
sac including an admission ticket to the
shows 81 35 Tickets good by all regu.
lar trains.
TWENTY years. ago today the tops of
the mountains in this vicinity were
white with snow. We have had an I'M
commonly warm and forward spring,
and we may experience long cold spell
now to pay for il. Snow in the latter
part of May on our mountains is not an
unusual thing,
JOB STAFFORD. one of the older resi-
dents of this town AMI very reliable
cit zen, il one Of six brothers-all living
whose combined ages aggregate 447
years, as follows Samuel 81, Lewis so,
job 70, Martin 76, JIel 70 and Stu ley
81 yer Treir ages average TAI years,
circumstance which forms record
difficult to find in many families.
THE invitations are out for the mar
riage of the Hon. John II. Flagg. for
merly of Bennington, now of the me-
tropOls, to Miss Peachy, daughter of
Mr.. Frank F. Jones of Brooklyn. The
ceremony will be pronounced in The
Church of the Reformation, Gates ave-
nue., Wednesday evening, June 9Th, at
8 80 o'clock. The BANNER extends con-
gratulations.
THE Rev. DR.. Joseph D. Wickham,
ID. D., of Manchester, who is now in his
ninety-frst year, is the oldest living
graduate of Yale Col 'ege, and will attend
the coming commencement. He was
present at st. Paul's Church, New York,
during the delivery of Bishop POtter's
now famous sermon. and was probably
the only person in that assembly who
ever saw President Washington.
THE Bennington BANNER has two of
the longest legal notices on record, av-
eraging l6 folios, each of nearly two
thirds Of column, in that nine column
paper. -GrdnUile, ". y, Republican.
If our contemporary had noticed it last
autumn the record would have been
even more amazing, as we had a legal
which filled four and one-thrd columns,
and twenty-five inches to the column.
MRS WARREN BLACKMER whose con-
-tilution, though strong, could not well
endure the severe strain of her husbands
long sickness, followed him TO the bptt. r
life on Saturday las. In death the
two were not long parted Mrs. Back
mer had anticipated visit TO her sister
ard relatives il Hampton, N. Y. tut her
fatal attack of illness followed so soon
the dearh and burial of Mr.. Blackn er
that the iurney was not undertaken.
She was good W f., christian mother,
aud has gone 10 an assured reunion and
reward. The funeral was attended from
the homestead on Park street. Monday
afternoon, the Rev. Chas, X Sey mour
uffi ;iatng. and her remains were laid
beside her husband in the Chapel GENE
terry.
THE final entertainment In the course
which has been anticipated for some
time. will be given on Friday evening,
May 81, at the Baptist Church. This is
to he a concert of a high order. 1t is
sufficient to say that it is under the d.
rection of Prof +. N. Squire. The
chorus is made up of twenty selected
voices. Great care has been taken in
the selection of the music, which is new
and beautiful. The choruses are bright
and pleasing, the solos remarkably fine,
and with the quartettes, duets, etc..
combine to make up programme thor
oughly enjoyable to all lovers of music.
This has been over four months in prep
aration, and with the support of Mrs.
j. b. Parmenter. well known as a bril-
liant and charming accompanist, rare
treat is promised.
WALLACE BRUCE. always great fav-
Orite here, was greeted with good
house last Friday evening. We doubt
very much if any other lecturer could
have called out such an audience with
the thermometer at 800 or more, and so
many other entertainments on hand.
Ready Wit" was finely illustrated, and
the difference between wit and humor
well defined. Many in the house had
heard Mr.. Bruce before, but never has
he given such general satisfaction, and
as the best critics agree in saying that
Mr.. Bruce gave better satisfaction on
this subject Friday evening than any
one in the lecture courses since the days
of Cough and Phillips. We hope to
hear him again next winter, and ifthe
Y. NJ. A. has n course during the season
of 1889 30, his name will be a drawing
card.
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