The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-18
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PATRICK GRIFFIN is home from a visit
to relatives and friends in the west.
MRS. B. F. PooRE and children, with a
few invited friends, enjoyed a picnic to.
gether Friday.
Miss JENNIE TRENTMAN goes tn Schel
ectady, N. Y, Saturday, to visit her
aunt, who resides there.
ALEXANDER CHISHOLM of Newtonville,
Mass. is visiting his son, DIR. A. s. M,
Chisholm, Of this village.
JOHN II. FLAGLER has been in town
this week. We are pleased to hear that
his wife, who has been i'll, is better.
BEGINNING with next Sunday, and I'M
I'll further notice, Evensong will be said
in St. Peters Church at 1880 instead of
o'clock.
THE condition of Mrs A. B. Perkins
continues to be that OF promised recOy-
cry. This ia indeed good news to her
many friends.
MRS. GEO, H. MORRISON, Miss Mary
Tyler and Mrs. Sarah A. Tyler, OF Lam
singburgh. N. Y, will spend the rum.
mer ut Woodford.
THE families Of John W. Williams and
Louis l. Tiffany are at Camp Comfort
for the summer. They occupy one OF
the fine cottages erected there this year
NJ. N. CLAPP was in town this week.
His new house on School street will be
ready for occupancy Sept. 1st. 1t is a
double tenement built after the fiat"
pattern.
AMONG the excursions to Camp Com
fort next week.. is that of the Sund ~
school of St. Peters Church Wednesday.
For particulars see the bills or enquire Of
members.
| MESDAMES WRIsLRY and Oatman have
gone to Round Lake 10 stay a few days.
Mrs. Wrsley goes from there 10 Troy, N.
Y, to be companion to the venerable
widow of P. P. Stewart.
THE popular pastor Of the First Bap-
fist Church in this village, the Rev. q
Marten, takes his vacation OF four weeks
after next Sabbath. 1t is bis intention
to ramble over the Green Mountains and
Berkshire Hills on his bicycle,
The Rev. VIM. j. Chapman and fam
lily visited the fatr er Of Mrs. Chapman
in Manchester last week, driving up
with their carriage. Two of the child
rem, Arthur and Ethel, remain with their
grandfather for longer visit.
E. L NICHOLS, wife and son Lester,
are at Martha's Vineyard. They will
remain during the Baptist anniversaries
annually held there. Il is hoped the sea
air will improve Mr.. Nicholas health,
which has not been good for several
months.
THE young peoples societies connect
ed with the Second Congregational
Church are very hourishing. giving EVIL
dence of the earnest christian life pre-
valent in that congregation. Accessions
are constantly being made to the ranks
Of these workers.
ST, PETERS GUILD held a very inter
esting meeting with the rector OF the
church Tuesday evening, and adjourned
until the regular meeting in September.
A very fine paper on church matters was
read by MIR. Walker and heartily en-
dorsed by the guild.
BENJAMIN r. SEARS. a young man Of
about 90 years OF age, started for Wash
ington Territory last night on the mid
night train. A warrant for his arrest
was obtained on Monday night by the
brother of woman Of % years residing
here, but Sears became aware that com.
plant had been entered and fled.
The artists engaged for the Round
Lake music festival which opens July 90,
are Mrs. Martha Dana Shepherd of
Boston, pianiste Mrs. Edith LIE JENNIE
of Providence. R. l., Miss Hattie McLain.
Mr.. j. FL. Ricketson, Mr.. Gardner S.
/ 7 all ~ IL
rahn and Prof. Charles A. White of Al
bany, conductors.
THE stairway, built of oak, in the
Stark Hose Company's house, by Lind
ley, is a fine job and finishes the rooms
OF this organization and makes them
complete. The members have largely
built and furnished their hose house
we wonder il the village will ever thank
them ? We contend that private enter
prise should not be compelled to improve
village property.
THERE is a project on foot to enlarge
and partly rebuild the Methodist Church
in this village. We sincerely hope this
will materialize and the suggestions
come true which have 80 often been
made in these columns. The sum OF
$4,000 would make this a very attrac-
tive house OF worship-putting on a
gothic roof. building tower, and chapel
80 much needed by this large an pros
porous society.
THE attention OF the Bennington Re
former is called to the fact that notwith-
standing the unequivocal denial Of John
l. Pike that Hiram Atkins "sold" TO him
the appointment as Postmaster at Will.
mington, it has not yet retracted it's
false charge to that effeci2 Is the editor
of that paper determined to merit the
reputation of being a malicious liar p
Argus d: Patriot. He has very firmly
established reputation.
PROF. CHAs. s. DAVIS is much sought
after man these days. Immediately
upon his acceptance Of the superinten.
dency of the Bennington Graded schools,
the S lratoga people (where he was then
employed) offered to raise his salary ;
and now along comes an offer of $1,000
and living expenses, from the place he
left to go to Saratoga, years since. We
think Bennington was very fortunate 10
securing his services Just at the time
they did. else we had not gained then,
at all. ..E..
BY the rules and regulations Of the
Sons of the Revolution, Vermont divis.
ion, the annual meeting each year ia to
be held in. Bennington, August 10Th.
Those eligible to membership are such as
can trace their descent from Revolution
AIRY sires. In and about Bennington
there are large number who take par
ticular pride in this honorable and heroic
line qf ancestry, and the society should
receive at least fifty accessions to its
present growing membership next
month. Our leaders who contemplate
such an association ought to be looking
up proofs Of their compete ncy for petit
TONERS. And the people generally
should take an interest in the matter.
THERE was a slight furry in railroad
circles the other day when President
Phillips of the Fitchburg demanded Of
the old Troy & Boston company 1921, 552
before Sept. 18th, 1889, or the alterua-
tive OF the stock of the latter being sold
at public auction according to an agree
ment and terms of sale. This money
has been paid by the Fitchburg on ac-
count of the Troy & Boston since the
consolidation. The trustees OF the Troy
& Boston are Daniel Robinson, William
Kemp, George A. Packer, Otis G. Clark.
Henry E. Weed, Samuel B. Sanford
Norman B Squires, John v. d. s. Mer-
rill, 81. Durkee, j, seph H. Parsons, DR..
w. S. Webb and Fl. McTwombly.
WE have received letter from our
whilom correspondent, Mr.. w. E. Shell
don of Chicago. He rehearses Wendell
PbillIps's oft-exploded and many times
answered Trades against secret societies,
with no discrimination between those
that are good and such as are evil or or
ganz ID for bad purposes only, and we
decline in this evening OF the nineteenth
century to turn back the hands of times
dial to 1880. and admit such a condem-
nation as our friend would like. He is
entitled to his opinion, but when he