The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-06
MRs. EDWARD H MoohE is visIling


MRS SILLMAM and daughter Of Ru
l. land, are wishing Mrs. Edward NorIo
on Pleasant street.
q Miss MARIAN HULL of Berlin. N. Y
\ wrs present yesterday NJ the funeral {
her sister. Mrs. Jnhn Lawrence.
- PROF. FRANK BRADFORD reads at TIL
i E 'stmSn Business Crll-ge, PoughkeeI
sic, N Y Saturday, March 10Th.
MISS HATTIE FISHER has returned
her home IN Yves field, Mass and Mi.
Dora Dench to Manchester Centre.
THE Order of the Temple will be tn
work at the regular corclave OF rai
Commandery, K. T., tomorrow even
ing.
Mrs. G. A. PACKER of Trov, was Il
, town last week, tut returned Saturda,
accompanied by her sister, Mrs Eject
, H"lIon. The latter will leave for he
, home in Battle Greek, Mich, mex
month.
MEssRs SWEET Crawford and WellinI
are good Republicans and good citizens
but when they appear before the voter
, of Bennington as candidates for offic
they should appear on a ticket who's
: origin is untainted by the peculiar KIM
at reformer Democracy that smirche'
: theirs.
WHEN the Republicans of this tow
determine tn mako a majority OF tn
board of stlectmrn Republican instead
of d, mocrstIc as now, they will do 81
ithOut n ticket originating with tn
d, mocrstic organ, for no matter how
good such ticket might be, lite pater
nifty would be fatal to it's eucce 8.
THE cross-walk leading from the pos
office to the 81 ley corner should b.
widened at once. Yesterday a LADY
pausing to bow to a friend stepped of
the narrow bridge over the gutter, anC
It is no thanks to the will ige official
that her injuries were not severe. A
cow path III width is not the kind Of a
crOss-walk that should be built in from
of our postt flee and on one # the prin
cipal lhorUughfares of the village.
WE have good report of a former
resident Of this county, now a promi'
nent CIT z.n of Colo ado, Mr. Felix G..
Cole OF Sargeants. He owDs one of the
finest ranges for cat l.. in all the West
and is pleased with that section of the
c0uutry. In common with other Yer
| tlOIlttIF uul "tNt nt ilktb w uthI
the old home. The marriage of his son,
noted IN another place to-day, calls out
this mention of Mr. Cole, senior.
THE Rutland Herald has recently
copied al article from the Bennington
, Reformer in support Of it's high license
tneu, les and credited 1t to the BANNER.
Il did this in its daily edition and subse-
quentiy published it In its weekly with
the same erroneous paternity. Now we
are z, nervous enough TO our wide awake
contemporary up there 10 allow it a
good deal of latitude in it's up hill bust =
ness of trying to reverse the well settled
policy OF the s ate on the temperance
question. Mr. do we blame 1t in wish
ing 10 conceal the origin of the article
in Question by attrbuting II to reputa-
bic newspaper. The next time. however,
that 1t feels tempted into this kind of
editorial enterprise, we beg that it will
use the name OF some other journal,
than ours. Although W highly appre-
ciate the honor the Herald has done us,
we !ealizs that such favurs should no
be confined to u. Pass the thing around,
neighbour, you have the whole Republic
can press of the State 10 distribute such
favurs to.
THE NV York Sun and Evening Post
have lat, ly devoted editorial space 10
urge wealthy New Yorkers purchase
V rmont farms for summer residences.
NV and then letter is received from
gentlemen in the int rest Of re peoplinR
these farms with Yankee pupu alton.
Witness the following from Boston ::
i am very DESTROYS to obrain copy OF
your valuable report and comments upon
IL xatIon and abandoned farms; and as !
know of no other way than by direct sp-
plication t. yourself, to realize nv wish,
venture to beg the favor OF you. T"
excuse my request can only plead my
wish 10 save from * erm,natiOn some
rural remnant of the manly race Of
Puritan New England. Il is about ex
,inct in its VI ban populations"
THE opening of the Carnegie free IL
brary AT Pittsburgh recently, calls atten
ton TO others. EnUch Pratt of Baltl-
more If the founder of library in tina
city. He says: For fifteen years
have studied the library question and
wondered what l could do with my
money 80 that it would do the mos
good for my fellows. l soon made w
my mind that W. uldn't found a college
for even il it were free it would be con-
fioed to few, and that few would bt
the rich, as rule. Finally decided I,
build library, and three years ago il
was finished. Even then | was dubio I,
and was afraid | had made a mistake
Now, believe in fine architecture, large
halls and magnificent Urnamentation.
think the people can learn greatly b.
studying there things, ana they will al
ways be impressed. built my librar,
on such scale, and do not regret il,
L. has been success. At the end Of tn,
first year WAS astunisbed with the re-
suit The work of the second year amaz- ~
mn. and last year the records show tina
450. 900 books were taken out and re |
iurntd. am happy man. feel now |
IN, t nave made no mI-trke; and Deith |
er has Mr. Csrnegir.' Equally az he Q.
tirent for Bennington has beeH our Free,
Library, but lack Of endo ment hs. (
greatly retarded its blessing. BY the
way, among all the new ihiDgs asking |
support is our Free Library to auffer be- |
came tho money has been expended OF |
sumelhing else I How long shall it b,
hamptrtd end restricted by a hap-hsZard |
income? Will there be corpnrars
guard attending the approaching Y. NJ |
Association election
THE sudden death Of Mrs. John Law
renee Sunday evening was very sad and |
unexpected to her family and friends |
Her health had been better this winter |
I han for many years and hopes of her |
continued Improvement were entertain
ed. Sunday, IN particular, she had beer
quite cheerful but soon after retiring
-ne was taken suddenly i'll and dealt
from heart failure ensuPd in q very
shnrt time, and almost before assistance |
could be obtained. In fact the DoctOI
did MT arrive until after she had |
breathe0 her last. Mrs.. Lawrence wa,
very estimable woman and bad man,
friends. Although her health did M
permit Of society work TO as great a,
extent as many others yet in her hom. |
she was known as woman OF peculisrl,
lovely traits of character, and Tn The
poor or distressed nne 10 whom they
could confidently look for assistance u |
IN hrr power to relieve or to bestow.
Mrs Lawrence WAS born In Berlin, N. |
Y, April 81, 1881, and was the dsugh
ter Of a former well known cuizrn
Eben,z- Hull, Uncle Eben" az every
boy called him during mis- last days.
o. II large family none remain but 81,
TER, Miss N 'riOn T. Hull who resides ~
the homestead. She wRs marrt d to M
Liwrence April 28th, 1854 aud was at
once received and cherished as mOthe'
by the sOn and daughter II her HUSBAND
by former marriage. or lhese child
rem one survives, Mr. Geo B. LawreDo.
Mrs.. Lawrence had hut one daugi.tri
(Minnlr B }, Mrs. E. w. Bradford. Th'
musicale BoIed IN last weeks BANNER
10 be held with Mrs. Bradford MundsJ
afternoon. last, YVES Of course postponed