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


have dance at Camp Comfort the first
week in September.
The Tiffany shops have shut down
Tor TWO weeks for repairs, giving their
employees short vacation.
YESTERDAY Mrs. A. B. Perkins suffer.
ed relapse, but prompt assistance and
remedies acted upon the disease, and
she is now better.
MR.. EDWARD STEARNs and eldest
daughter, Mrs. CornelIa Chase OF Brook
Ign, N. Y, formerly residents OF Ben
nington, have been in town this week
Mr.. THATCHER PERRY of Brattleboro.
is visiting bis son G. s. Perry OF this
village. Mrs. Perry has been here a
month and will return home with her
husband about Sept. 1st.
Geo. w. Williams succeeds Duane
Sears rs clerk in Chas. E. Graves's store.
Mr.. Sears goes to New York city with
his mother and expects to leave Ben
nington in few days.
LANDLORD PRATT, ofthe Stark House,
contributed $l4S, this week, on account
of the prohibitory law, and will remain
during the month Of August. His plans
are not yet matured for future action.
The Rev. j. H. Clark of the Ida Hill,
Methodist Church, Troy, has been in
Town, accompanied by his wife, and
officiated at the Methodist Church here
last Sunday. He is a friend of the
pastor, Rev. W. j. Chapman, and
stopped at the parsonage. ~. ...,.,. p.
The Bennington Rifles, Co. X LIST Reg,
N. CIV, will leave Bennington at sos
p. m Monday evening, Aug. 10Th. They
will lodge and take breakfast at the
Bardwel House, and leave Rutland at
6:OO a. M, Tuesday morning, arriving at
West Randolph at II a. m.'t
LOUIS w. AUSTIN, grandson Of Dea.
70. L.. Taft of this town, started for Ger
many yesterday to complete his educa-
ton. He will be absent three years.
and will go to Strausburg TO studyunder
specialists. His father, Prof. Austin,
returns to Winter Park, Fla.
The following delegation are expect
ing to represent Bennington at the Mus
ter OF the National Guard of Vermont
al West Randolph Col. E. d. Bennett
and wife, Maj, A ]. Coffey and wife,
Maj. A. b. Valentine and Miss Jennie
Valentine, Maj. J. B. Parmenter and
wife, and Mrs. Capt. Evans.
HORACE s. LELAND, who died this
week in Springfield, ILL.,, was Yer
monter. and the second son of Aaron,
who was for many years Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont. The family we're
originally from Landgrove in this coun-
ty, and began hotel life there. As a
family of landlords the LELAND brothers
enjoy a world wide reputation.
nNu 81. FL
ceived by the Commissioner of linn
grafton. Maj. Valentine, was opened
yesterday having been mailed direct
from Lansingburgh, N. Y, the place of
residence of the lady who made it, she
being nonresident. She not only
gives much information not called for in
the blanks, but classifies the items. She
appreciates the motive which raised the
Commission.
The Springfield Republican editorial
~, yesterday, paid It's respects to the
circular-leIter( published in another col
umn) to listers by Commissioner Valen
tine. heartily endorsing the movement.
II makes one or two good points, one of
which is THE plan is good one and
ought to succeed. II will succeed if
public spirit has not also disappeared
from the communities adjoining the de-
serted acres, with the departure of the
inhabitants" Even so,
AMONG the arrivals at the Putram
this week are E. s earns and daughter.
of New York, relatives of Bennington
PEOPLE, among whom they are visiting.
Tuesday evening a four horse (tallyho
parry consisting OF d. r. Smi and
wife, w. 8. jerks and wife, E j. Noble
and wife of North Adams. Mass, stop
ped here over night. Yesterday, l. N,
Demarest OF Santiago de Chill, South
America was registered. OF those stop
ping to enjoy Bennington air are DIR.
aud Mrs. G. A, Alden and family of
New York City.
REMEMBER the F. M T. A. B. Society
ield-day August 10Th. In addition TO
what Is said in another column, there is
TO be running race between two princi
pal runners chosen from each company
OF the fire department, and tug OF war
between 8 members OF the fire department
and the same number of the F. NJ. T, A.
B. Society; this will be an interesting
contest as the latter has "outpulled'
the department; there will be an in
teresting ball game, between the II. w.
Putnam Hose and the Bennington Centre
ball nine for $25 a side,
THIS forenoon DR.. Mclean of Troy,
N. Y at the Re quest Of the attending
physician. DIR. Lyman Rogers, removed
an ovarian tumor from Mrs. William |
Nichols. The operation was in the pres |
ence of most of our local doctors, and |
and was successful. The case is not a
hopeful one and the operation was pro-
longed by the state of the patient, but |
she bore up under it better than was ex-
pected. This was a matter OF last re- |
sort, as the patient could not have sur.
vived many days Longer without relief, |
and while there lie life there is hope of
course.
A CORRESPONDENT writes "Iu con-
sideration of the many interesting his
torical memories that cluster around the |
old State Arms House at Bennington
Centre, also its age of more than one
hundred years, and its remarkable state
OF preservation, would it not be wise for |
tho 9 in aut hority to hesitate before they
order it's destruction, that its future
preservation either as memorial hail.
made fire proof, for the reception of
revolutionary relics, the portraits Of as
many Bennington battle heroes as could
be obtained, and other interesting access
Sions, OF that its subserviency TO the
enterprise in other respects
shall be more fully discussed"
THE nearest to floods" and "nunda-
lions" that Bennington has experienced
this season, amid a summer of wide
spread disaster, occurred last Friday after
noon. The thunder roared and the
lightnings fl .shed," as the declaiming
school. boy used 10 say when ''cornered"
on "a piece to speak," but the tradition
al teapot was not smashed as far as beard
from. The water in the Walloomsac be-
came very high for time succeeding
the pouring rain of 81 hours duration.
The hood-gates Of the Wooden Mills dam
we're open and yet the pond soon filled
up and water ran over the top-a re
occurrence, The wheel was
started but no great damage done. For
! time our streets became q river course
aud a damming up Of the Dewey brook
1t the Lebanon Springs trestle made
some lively work thereaboutaf for while
to hll up the cellars in that
locality. The storm was local and ex
tended south to Troy, butdid not reach
Albany, N. Y, and to the north of US
was not felt above Manchester. This
was the hardest shower experienced
here this year.
MAJ. SPooNEk, state inspector Of rife
practice, was in town this week, and
asst evening gave the "R fies," Company
K, an inspection and instruction. He
iound our portion Of the National Guard
IN excellent condition, and ready for the
muster, The position OF