The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-11-27

VIII POVPiO BOAhS W Ah"hAoSi'inS ~
unions.
DRYsDALE's opening Tuesday evening
was a grand affair. Over 1000 people
visited the elegant store during the even
ing.
THE fine J. L. Madison farm at North
Bennington was sold this week for
$1,000. This is very small value for this
real estate.
THE Rutland Herald of Wednesday
says: 81. l.. Middleton of Hamilton,
Ont, and Charles NJ. Bliss of Bennington
are in town."
DEA. AND MRS. S. S. SCOTT ate their
Thanksgiving dinner yesterday at S. G..
Cones in Manchester. Cashier Cone
went home to spend the day.
MRS. j. II. LoRING has recovered from
an accident of two weeks ago, so that
she sits up little daily. She fell down
six steps and injured her back.
NJ. E. WATSON does not convalesce
from the measles as fast as he had hoped.
He has trouble with his eyes that forbids
the opening of his Photographic rooms
for a week or ten days more.
A FEW years since masOns and carpen-
tiers were idle during the winter in this
village, but times have changed for the
better and it now looks as though they
would have work the year round.
E. L. NICHOLS has returned from New
York with the finest and most complete
assortment of Holiday goods ever shown
in Bennington. He is now hard at
work arranging them for exhibition.
Look for an advertisement next week.
THE Refolmer'S advice last week to
take children out of school had It's usual
effect. The following Monday the atten-
dance was much larger than at any time
within the five weeks previously. Great
is Advice and Livingston is its prophet.
THE Methodist people of Shushan, n.
Y. dedicated a new church this week,
built under the passionate of the Rev. j.
E. Metcalfe, well known hereabouts.
Mr.. Metcalfe is also the preacher in
charge of West Arlington station.
JAS. H. WHITE has invented shinge
which he attaches to folding screens,
and it can also be used for other articles.
This is the best thing we have yet seen
for the purpose intended. Mr.. White is
manufacturing some very nice easels,
umbrella racks, ETC., of new design.
J. H. BAHAN has finished Judge E. L.
Sibley's new street and sidewalk, so
that parties can now drive south from
Main street, up Harrison avenue, thence
west On Cottage street and thence north
on Mccall Street and see quite an addi
ton to the village in a very short time.
THE american Paper Trade of Nov.
18th, inst, has an item that is of local
interest: 1.-THE dimensions of the new
building of the Bennington Valley Pulp
Co., of North Bennington, Vt, are
32x12O feet. 1t is two stories high and
will be used for dry-house, store-house
and finishing ROOM
THE Proceedings of the Second An
nual Convention of the Vermont Fire
mans Association has just been issued
from the BANNER job rooms. 1t is a
nice pamphlet and does credit to both
the printers and to Secretary f. ID.
Moore. who has done the labor of com
piling for publication these proceedings.
The Association was fortunate in Secur-
ing Mr.. Moore to do this labor. Future
secretaries may well build upou the
model he has created.
APRoPos to the New Tribe of Red
Men" at Rutland, the Her0ld says:
Maj. Coffey of Bennington, who is in
town, is a member of the tribe of Red
Men in Bennington. He said last even
ing that delegation of Bennington Red
Men would probably come to Rutland
December 1, and assist in the institution
of the tribe here. Many have expressed
a desire to have the degree team of the
Brattleboro tribe do the work, as it is
said that they do as fine work as any
tribe in the New England States"
AT the annual initiation banquet of
the Theta chi fraternity of Norwich
University, last Saturday, Chas. W..
Pierce acted as toast master and from
what the Mortified Ne,cs says of the oc-
casion it was fine affair. The following
were the toasts and the speakers; Theta
Chi" E. w. Clark; "Our New Brothers"
W. +. Hurlburt; "Old n. IT," Prof.
Chas. Dole: "Our Absent Brothers, r..
H. Ford; "The Ladies'" E. c. Bennett;
"This Evening"" D. C. Webb. Speeches
were made by Prof. Mowry, Chas. H.
Davis and Messrs. Storrs and Gibson.
There were thirty-three gentlemen in at
tendance at the banquet.
LIVINGSTON is just about as competent
to guard the public health as he is to
guard the public morals. His enterprise
as publisher of news was well illustrated
last week by his disquisition on Inca
sles." After the disease has prevailed for
weeks over the whole country and has
about spent its force here, Livingston
stands up with all the gravity of a Cog
gled owl and announces that the measles
are around, and that they are dangerous,
and that the doctor or anyone else who
says the disease is not dangerous is a
fool. The BANNER does not believe in
slang, but we must be allowed for once
to say "Rats."
THE Coroner's inquest into the causes
producing the death of Thomas McGratl