The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-04-03
COLLINS GRAVES is quite i'll with rheu.

Mrs. L. NJ. LOOMS and son Clark, Wis
tied here last week.
WIN. MOORE has moved into Miss Min
ME Blackmer's house on Park street.
W. A. WALL & Co., have a large stock
of wall papers, as they announce in our
business notices to-day.
THE maple sugar festival at the Bap-
fist chapel Tuesday evening, was a very
successful and enjoyable affair.
Miss FANNIE SIPPERLY of Melrose, N.
Y, who has been visiting her cousin Mrs.
L. II, Moore, returned home on Tuesday.
L. T. FAY goes to Cheshire, Mass, this
week to take charge of the works of Enos
Adams & Co., located in that part of
Berkshire county.
THE Bennington Graded Schools be-
gan Monday, after week vacation, and
now enter on the home stretch for the
Commencement next June.
AMONG the patents recently issued we
notice one to j. b. McNamar of North
Bennington, for a paper machine. We
hope he will realize fortune.
Miss ScHRAMM of Burlington, Iowa,
who is attending school in Utica, N. Y,
is passing the Easter vacation in town,
visiting her friend Miss Mary Hutchins
THE time of the trout season draweth
near. E. B. Griswold e. Cos is the head
quarters in town for fishing tackle and
sporting goods of all kinds. Make a
note of this.
THE Battle Monument staging has been
taken down and Watson's splendid pho
tographs of the completed exterior may
be seen and purchased at the BANNER
Stationery Store.
GEO. n. ALDRICH has purchased of II.
W. Marsh the dwelling just north of Mr..
Marsh's own residence on School street.
This, and several other sales of late in
this village, was bargain.
OUR mail carriers should respect pri-
vate property, and where good marble,or
other well defined walks are provided,
they should not cross lawns or otherwise
trespass. CITIZEN.
HIN. WILLIAMS invites his old pat
rons to call and see him at his new quar-
tiers in the old and well known harness
shop of Jos. V. Hupf. He will make his
own announcement in our columns later.
CALVIN HATHAWAY, at work for j. II.
Loring & Co., had the misfortune to
smash one of his fingers, Monday after
noon. An accident policy would be
very satisfactory alleviator in such case
THE Aid Society of the Second Con-
gregational Church held very enjoyable
maple sugar festival Monday evening.
There was large company out, and the
financial results were quite satisfactory.
THE "Deestrick Skewl" advertised in
another column will be the most laugha-
BILE affair of the season. 1t is hoped that
the kind of teacher (master) will be
found to keep the unruly elements in or
der.
THE Putnam House is undergoing re-
pairs, making ready for the summer
trade. A number of the rooms in this
first class hotel are refurnished, and
largely increased summer boarder trade
is promised.
THE Rev. Edward COnOver of Ballston,
n. Y, moves to Bennington this week,
and will become bookkeeper for George
lockwood & Co. Mr.. Conover has many
friends here who will be glad that he is
to again become resident of our historic
town.
THE new dress of the BANNER is only
one of several improvements that are
contemplated to mark its 50th volume.
1t will continue to be the welcome week
| " visitor to the families of Bennington
which has characterized the history of
the past half century.
LEWIS r. NEWTON has secured situa-
ton with the B. & r. railway, as bag
gage-master at this depot. Since his re-
turn from the West he has worked at his
trade in the printing offices of this vii
lage.
c. II. DARLING, Judge of the Munich
pal court, received word last week of the
critical illness of his father in Woodstock,
Vt, and, accompanied by his wife, went
Immediately to that village. His father
has heart disease and although yet alive
at last accounts is hardly expected to re-
cover
A GANG of ice-packers from Lake
Champlain arrived in town Monday en-
route to Woodford. They are North Riv-
er men. The supply Office is still good in
that town. A manufacturer of condensed
milk in New York has this week con-
tracted for 600 tons and a second order
for Central New York is among the prob
abilities.
OLIVER PAUL, the advance agent of
the Bennett Wallack Company, was in
town yesterday endeavoring to arrange for
his troupe to play Hamlet in Library Hall,
April 10th. His idea was to engage Prof.
Frank Bradford to assist. We have not
learned as to the result. This is a fine
troupe and if they come will be well pat
ronized.
THE bakery building next east of Mich
ols's $50 Main street, has been opened by
Dassori Brothers, bakers and confection-
ers, this week, where may be found, so
their announcement says, first class
bread, fresh candies and fancy cakes in
endless variety, Charlotte russo, jellies,
creams and ices. Fancy creams and
frozen buildings speciality. We intend
to satisfy the most fastidious."
SPEAKING of what difference il
climate few miles will show in the
Green Mountains, Sunday with very LITTLE
= snow in Bennington the drifts were any
7 where from 10 to 20 feet deep in Wood
r ford. In $780, l.. d. Hamlen, who supple
l mented his supply of ice from the Wood
S ford pond, finished cutting April Goth
i with ice from 90 to "a inches thick. HI
+ plowed his garden in this village tn
o next day. The distance to the Woodfor'
G pond is about miles.
THE renting of pews in the Methods
q Church has begun for the coming yeaI
Conference meeting at Saratoga this yea
u beginning Wednesday, the 10Th, inst
!. Bishop Newman presiding. The paste
u will be absent one Sunday probably. L
= another place we give some of the stats
. tics of this flourishing society. One fin
! indication exists and that is the fact tina
" all the pews in this church are occupie