The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-23


HIRAM B. FAssETT went to Arlington
early in the week, and shot fifty gray
squirrels inside of two days. He says
he sighted" the greater part of these in
one day. Next.
The Citizens Rand give a grand con
cert at Library hall, next week Friday
night, Oct. Both. This is an organiza-
ton that is worthy of a benefit and we
hope our people will bear them in mind.
AT the wedding at the First Church,
last week, the bride, Miss Harrington,
wore her mothers wedding dress, and
carried fan that was once her great
grand-mother's Mrs. Micah J. Lyman.
The young people of the Second Con
gregational church give an oyster sup
per, social and fan sale at the chapel,
next Wednesday evening, October 18th,
the proceeds TO go TO the Y. N. c. A.
Supper will be served from to 8
o'clock. OF course there will. be good
| attendance.
AT business meeting of the Y. NJ. c.
A., board last evening, the resignation
of Secretary Flndt was accepted to take
effect Nov. 3Oth. This resignation was
rendered some time ago to take effect
Oct, Both, but Mr.. Flindt has consented
to stay one month longer. We are not
informed as to the future plans of either.
An exchange says: william ii.
Dung, prosperous land owner at Bis
marck, n. Oak, has recently had demon
strated to his satisfaction that when any
thing is wanted the way to obtain it is to
advertise. He wanted a wife to share
his fortune, advertised for one, and the
result was that few days since Laura
L. Morgan, teacher in Pownal, became
Mrs. Young and has gone to Bismarck.
The couple became acquainted through
correspondence brought about by means
of Mr.. Young's advertisement"
RECENTLY revival of interest in the
temperance question has occurred in the
Second Congregational society. The Ie-
suit was an impromptU temperance con-
cert of the Sunday school. A pledge
was produced binding the signers to alb
stnence for five years, and is being
largely signed by the young people. The
pledge book is to be left open one Sun
day more and then closed for the length
of time specified. This movement pro-
ceeds on the principle of the old proverb:
can ounce of prevention" etc. If two
or three successive generations of total
abstainers can be raised up IN our town,
the liquor problem here, at least, will
find a solution. With this view, the
movement just now in progress in our
schools has deep significance. Every
parent in Bennington should be pro-
foundIy interested in the organization
which has thus sprung up for the pro
motion of temperance principles. Let
the work speed on.
Now that the fish stories are to rest
until spring, the season of foX-hunting
has arrived OF is arriving For the ben
eft of our local Nimrods of the"Reynard
Chase" we copy from the Granville, n.
Y, Sentinel, the result of a late affair
among our neighbors of years ago. 1t
says: Fox hunters in convention: John
fully, PRESIDENT; Albert De Kalb, vice
president; Hiram Duel, treasurer and
funisher of grounds, Realistically
shoots at short range, misses and seeks
relief through the both barrels of his dis
charged piece. De Kalb, with his adj
vanced arms, and knowing his close
proximity to the fox and Tully. refrained
until the fox (not Tully) had moved
away, then fired; and Steve Staples says
that if Kelly had been there all would
have been well. Tully declares that
hereafter he will never go up to Hi
Duers again unless he has fish pole, as
he could have hit the id fox across the
back. Next
WE have received reproduction of
"The Ne,c-Jersey Journal" published at
"Elizabeth-T Town." dated Wednesday,
June 10th, 1890. Being produced by the
Photographic process the exact paper as
to type and style is before us, and it is
quaint indeed. We find one paragraph
that is very interesting in connection
with the late Centennial of Vermont
bein an "Ertrdct from q late Procldma-
ton Of the Governor Of Vermont, appoint
: ing day Of tafting and prayer. Thai
the Supreme Governor of the unlverft
"'would remove every obftacle out OF
the way of the reception of this ftate in
the Federal Union; that he would blefs
the United States of America, fucceed
their councils at home, and negotiations
abroad: preferve and ftrengtben theil
union, blefs their allies and render the
, connection formed with them mutually
beneficial; that he would grant wifdom
and council to their Legislative, exccu
{ tive and judiciary departments, and tina
he would prolong and render eminently
f ufeful the life of the Prefident of the
= United States of America. "
1 AT the Vermont bar association meet
, ing in Montpelier this week, Judg,
t Chas. II. Darling was admitted mem
Der. The address of the occasion wa
given by the president, the Hon. Jas. X
| Batchelder, who also presided at thu
s post-prandial exercises. Judge Taft
s contribution included the famous "bil
G of sale" reciting that Hon. Theophilu
a Harrington, one of the early judges re
+ fused to hold slave except the Orde