The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
BENNINGTON BANNER.
THE Misses Leonard of Fairhaven, ar
visiting Miss Minnie Blackmer.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1891.

THE Misses Leonard of Fairhaven, are
visiting Miss Minnie Blackmer.
WIN. MOORE has been granted a pen
sion of SIP per month to date from Octo-
bel, 1890.
Mrs. FRANK b. WILCOX of -Hoosick
Falls, n. Y, visited with Mrs. o. Slack
last week
Mrs. WALTER L. MEAcH who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. d. w. Hall, has
returned home.
o. r. BENNETT of New York, attended
the celebration, and looked in upon his
former companions of the BANNER
printers.
Mr.. AND Mrs. GEO. B. SEARS returned
home to New York on Monday Mr..
Sears came up for the week of the cele-
bTation.
THE wedding dress of 'Molly Stark"
in the show window of Squire d Rawson
during the week, has attracted a good
deal of attention. ..'r
MRS. ELLA VANDENBURGH and sister
Mrs. Meesiek, of Albany, n. Y, were
visiting with friends here and at North
Bennington, last week.
As announced, the Rev. E. G. Read,
preached last Sunday to his former peo-
pie in the morning He returned to
Somerville, n. j., early in the week.
"THE delay in issuing the BANNER"
says an old subscriber, sis richly repaid
in the full report of the Centennial cele
bration." These pleasant words are APP
preciated. ,.-->
WE are sorry to say that our extra edi-
ton of the BANNER was exhausted even
while orders for hundreds remained I'M
filled. We will endeavor to print copies
enough next Centennial.
THE Misses Katie and Josie Grace and
Maggie Ryan of Mechanicville, n. Y,
and Miss Maggie Hackett of Elmira, who
have been visiting Miss Minnie Mahar
during the Centennial at 157 Mill street,
returned home Monday.
THE J. II. AS were defeated by a
small nine Saturday. Score, Is to l. The
feature of the game was Nolan's pitching,
while the other team had three pitchers
knocked out of the box. The city papers
report the game as "The small team
Won"
FREDERIC FUTILE, vice-consul at
Chemniz, Germany, and wife, sailed yes
terday from New York on their return.
1t was in their honor last week that Mrs.
II. S. Bingham unfurled the German
flag. Relatives here greatly enjoyed
their visit.
FOLLOWING the excitement of last
week Mrs. c. NJ. Lambert received a tele-
gram that her sister. Mrs. r. w. DeWolf
ot Lyme, Conn, was dead. Mr.. and Mrs
Lambert started Immediately, but owing
to delayed trains arrived only Just in
time for the funeral Saturday They
came home Monday.
c. II. ARMSTRONG of Leonardville, n.
Y. n cousin of E. D. Fillmore, was in
town during the Centennial. He will
visit Cambridge, N. Y, on his way home
attending the fair at that place. Mr..
Armstrong was greatly pleased with our
celebration and all of its appointments.
AT A. Y. Adams's last week Mr.. H. P.
Burtis and wife of Warren, r. l., and
Mrs. John Adams of Troy, n. Y, visited
and saw the grand procession. The
Mesdames Adams are in Warren, having
gone there few days ago. Mr.. Burtis
found time in the rush to call upon his
old time friends in the BANNER Office.
Now that the Centennial is over, the
village trustees should see to it that the
delinquent property owners on West
Main street put up their side walks to
. grade, or do the job for them. The tenn
porary walks on East Main should not be
allowed to remain, but the whole should
be permanently fixed-and ali before the
autumn rains and early winters snow |
Wake up, gentlemen. You have done
well, thus far, now finish the job.
A. p. CHILDs, one of the directors of !
the Denison Cotton Manufacturing Com |
pany, has had subscribed towards the
working capital and to put that enter
Dpiyp IFS feet over S9E O0O cipna lima
10th. This shows the faith that the
stockholders have in that Southern en-
terprise. Mr.. Childs was made chair
man of the Boston meeting in June to
devise means to tide the company over,
and the above is the gratifying result to |
the security holders
THE finishing touches to the easement
of the ladder in the top of the Battle
Monument have been placed thereon this |
week. 1t is indeed a pretty sight to
stand near the top, as we did Tuesday, |
and, looking down, see the people as
cending and descending the stairs. The
monument seemed from that position to |
be alive with people, and yet the in
terror is so vast that no crowd was APP |
preciable. Verify the greatness of our
memorial shaft grows upon theobserver,
THE Lasher Stocking Company have |
selected as the site for their factory the |
Fred Berry lot" so-called, corner OF |
Maple and Gage streets. The architect |
from Boston was here Wednesday and
the plans will be forthcoming soon.
The buildings are to 60 up Immediately. |
The Berry house" will be removed, and |
the site contains about one acre of land |
IN a splendid location. The company is |
composed of Frank Lasher, president; |
Clias. S. Beach, treasurer; E. A. Booth, !
seoretary,-an enterpr1sing trio of young
men who will make success of the in |
dustry. |
THE wedding silk dress waist worn by |
the veritable Molly Stark, when she we'd
ded the hero who would not let her |
sleep widow" has been or exhibition /
ut Squire & Rawson's jewelry store dur
ing the week following the celebration. |
Tt IS owned by Miss Mary E. BianchardIa a.
descendant of the Stark family, of Peach
am. At the suggestion of Hon. Thomas |
White this waist was donned by Molly /
Stark Childs, the eight year old daugh- |
ter of A. P. Childs. The body was a |
perfect fit, though the sleeves were much |
too long, showing that the original Molly |
was probably slender in size. The dress |
was probably white 125 years or more |
ago but lis changed to stray or tan |
color: 's'
Editor of the Bdnner:-Historic Ben
nRgton has achieved worldwide fame |
fer hospitality and patriotism during the |
recent grand commemoration of the |
heroism Of 17T7, and the independence of |
II91. Such achievements, rightly used, |