The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-17
Local..

orange county NeIlnOul.
THE pay-car went down over the L. !
S. r. r. Tuesday. Col. Bennett, as usual, |
paying the employees Of that line prompt
ly.
WIN. B. SHELDON and wife, who have
been travelling in the west for the past
five weeks, are expected home next
They are now in Milwau-
kee, Wis.
The steering cars which now pass
through Bennington between New York
and Montrealeare lighted by gas taken
from tank filled beforethe trains leave
either city. ~
The Rev. E. E. Rogers, whose sad
sfflIction in New York City, we noticed
recently, is about removing to Putnam,
Ohio, having accepted call to the Pres
byterian Church OF that place.
NEXT Sunday services will be held as
formerly in the Baptist, Methodist and
Second Congregational Churches OF this
village. Due notice will be given of any
union services TO be held hereafter.
THERE are no dull times at Cole &
Burt's. The low prices they make on
clothing and furnishings keeps a con-
slant flow OF goods from their hands to
those of,their customers. See adver-
tisement in another column.
IL. b. HUTcHINs, an ex-member of the
Read steamer company, paid visit to
his friends in this city yesterday after an
absence of five years. Mr.. Hutchids is
now located at Burlington, Vt where
he is prosperilg. -Troy Press, Saturday.
AT Rutland last week, the two Ben
nington cases in the United States Court
were disposed of as follows The jury
in the Wilcox cause disagreed, were dis
charged and the case continued, Chas
Robson settled, paying $3.50 and costs.
THE elegant new furnishings of Ma
sonic hall are now being placed in posi-
ton. There is none finer in Vermont,
and the whole corresponds with the
elaborate decorations of the walls and
ceilings. The opening will occur next
month probably.
| Mrs. JOHN w. FLAGLER is selling off
household effects, preparatory to remov-
al to New York City, where Mr.. Flagler
has been engaged in business for more
than year past. We regret the cir
cumstances which take Mr.. Flsgler and
wife from town.
THE will of the late Daniel Robinson
was admitted to probate by Surrogate
Lord of Troy, N. Y, Saturday morning.
All of the estate, real and personal OF
the teslatOr, is given absolutely to his
widow, Lucinda NJ. Robinson. The will
is dated November 20, 1888.
THE capital stock of the Green Noun.
tain Summer Home Company is TO be
innnaaao1 nd 8. h,N
pose is called for Oct. 231. Scamp
Comfort" has been a great success the
past season and enlarged borders will be
needed for the summer of 1890.
AS one of the results of the late visits
to town Of Judge Bowen, the Sheriff has
put new locks on the Jail here, some
needed repairs have been commenced
and the 'old skating park" will be put
in as good condition for health and safe
ty as circumstances will admit Of.
Arthur CRANDALL, a member of the
Bradford Hooks, was remembered BY
that company last Thursday, in the pre-
sentation ola willow rocker. The orna
mentation is that of hook and ladder
truck and equipments, and is an ele
CANT gift. tits highly appreciated.
The marble posts indicating the grade
of our streets, established by the recen
survey made by the Rev. E. H. Randall
are being placed in position under tn,
supervision of the surveyor. WheI
completed this will be most excellen
work carried out in business like man
ner.
MISS LIZZIE NJ. BAssETT of the pos
office department at Washington doe
not improve in health as fast as was an
tIcpated when she resumed her work
after spending her vacation here thi
summer. Unless there is a change il
her health she will probably resign il
the near future.
BY "cards received" we learn that Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Goodnough celebrate,
their fifth wedding anniversary on Sal
urday evening, Oct. l2th, at their pleas
ant residence, 176 North Main street
Waterbury, Conn. They will please &C
cept the congratulations of their man,
Bennington friends.
THE Rev. w. B. Walker being absen
IN New York City this week and next
services in st. Peters Church will b
held as follows : Evensong tomorrow
evening Morning Prayer Sunday a
1890 Evensong next week Friday
On Sunday, the eth, the regular servi
ces will be held : Early Communion
morning and evening services, at tn
usual hours. The choir are practicin
new and elaborate TIE Deum whic
, will be used in the near future.
OUR readers, will do well tQjook owe
, the notices Of our local advertisers thi
week. In the clothing line &. b. Sibley
Cole & Burt and John II. Ayres are 30
deck with new fall goods Drysdale
, too busy to write in detail, but is open
ing mammoth stock at the River stree
/, emporium, while several others invit
the attention of our readers, includin
, Nichols, at the old Main street store
They are all reliable dealers, and pei
form what they promise. This is ais
true of j. Ed. .Walbridge & Co., VIII
have several car loads of new furnitur
at prices lower than ever.
Don't forget the poor editor whe
you have an item. If your wife lick
You let us know of it and we will set
right before the public. If you hav
company let us know oft, ifyou are nc
ashamed of your company. fla young
ster arrives at your house begging RAJ
ment, buy quarters worth of cigar
and come around, and if you are cas-
subscriber will furnish a suitabl
name for him or her as circumstance
will permit. If.you have a social gath
ering of a few of your friends, brin
/. around big cake, seven or eight pie:
{ ham, not necessary to eat, but as
a guarantee of good faith. You need nc
= invite us for il is little too cool for GU
summer wardrobe. We mention thes
little things for we want the news, an
will have it if there is way of gettin
= it.
8 PROF. E. w. HOWE, supervisor c
s common schools, has been out in tn
county several weeks visiting these in
situations, which in the aggregate hav
been termed The Peoples College.
= He returned last week from Readsb Dor
and Stamford, and will pass this wee
5 in Sandgate. Prof. Howe reports tina
he finds our schools in very much tn
: condition expected, and represented i
e the discussions before the Legislator
r which passed the present statutes.
2 a portion of these schools fair attemp
D is made TO render them efficient, and i
e others the standard is very low. Their
I are schools yet in our county wher
D teachers, with from 40 to SO pupils
= struggle along as best they may, teach
I ing some scholars the first rudiments @
e reading, and others requiring recitation
in algebra and physics, while the bal
ance range in study all the way betwee
r these branches. Manifestly in schoC
\ of this character, ungraded, the peopl
4 are requiring and expecting of thei
s teachers physical impossibility. Tim
I alone, with discriminating supervision
o will remedy these evils, and Prof. How
! is just the one to accomplish the reform
JUDGING from the many kind word
liza n m ~ fr,r,, cinr % rr,n O r