The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-21

Mrs. N. NJ. Puffer.
Mrs. WALTER L. MEAD of Fort Ed
ward N. Y, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
D. W. Hall of this village.
REV. G. R. CUTTING, pastor of West
minister church, Yonkers, N. Y, is a
guest of Mr.. c. E. Dewey.
Miss NETrIE Wilcox of Troy, N. Y,
sister of Alanson Wilcox, is visiting here.
She came about two weeks ago and re-
manned over the celebration.
WE are informed that at given poin t
on the road from Williamstown two
miles from town, 1913 persons passed in
As seconds yesterday, on their way to
Bennington.
PRESIDENT HARRISON and party left
North Bennington at o'clock Thursday
morning for Mt McGregor. There was
quite gathering at the station to see
the visitors off.
OF the former pastors of Bennington
churches present at the Centennial this
week we noticed the Revs. E. G.. Read,
NJ. D. Jump, W. W. Foster, Jr., and W.
j. Chapman, who each gave the BANNER
| a call.
AMONG the Sons of the American Rev.
olution of Connecticut, who was detained
at home at the last moment, was VIM.
Wallace Lee of Meriden. The society of
that State, however, was represented
here by Vice-President Hill.
| CAPT. FILLMORE and his Bennington .
Rifles took full snare in the Centennial
proceedings and contributed towards
the success Of the affair. They made an
excellent appearance in parade, and Ben
nington was proud of them. .....s '@.'
THE press contingent of the Centen-
NAL are under great obligations to j. Ed.
Walbridge, the Main street furniture
dealer, for the loan of some comfortable
chairs and the best extension table he
had in his establishment. The boys ap-
preciated the courtesy.
IT is presumed that many of the guests
whose portraits appeared in the daily il
Illustrated BANNER during Centennial
week will be DESTROYS of an opportunity
to secure the electrotype for future use.
Therefore, having no further use for
them, we will send the cut according to
order postpaid on receipt of S1.50, which
is one-half the original cost.
THAT the arch is good imitation of
masonry, remark of one of our rural
visitors would seem to prove. After
looking over the structure for moment
he drew long breath and remarked:
"Gosh! They built that ar bridge
quick. When l was in here a week
ago there wasn't single stone drawed
for it,"
GEN. STARK's great-great-grand chill
dren, W. N. and Miss Mary E. Blanchard
of Peacham, in Caledonia county, were
in town this week, the guests of F. N.
Squire. They had with them the sword
taken by Gen. Stark at the battle of Ben
nington from the Hessians, and the we'd
ding dress worn by Mollie Stark. These
interesting relics may be seen at Squire
& Rawson's store for few days.
WIN. G. BULL, chairman of the decora-
tions committee, did a fine thing when
he designed and built the triumphal
arch for the Centennial. 1t was thing
of beauty everybody acknowledged that
and Mr.. Bull spared no effort or ex-
pense to make it so. 1t was feature of
the celebration that will live long in the
memories of people who saw it. The
arch was an honor to the days pro-
gramme and credit to the taste and
skill of its designer.
THE enthusiasm of our Centennial
was not confined to the East. Vermonters
West, who could not get here, made up
celebrations on their own account The
st. Paul, Mimi, Erening Despatch of the
18th, under large headlines, says: "E.
r. Bryant and wife, Mrs. Jane M.
Bryant, Lucretia S. Bryant, George E.
Bryant, Dennis G. Pierce. Charles E.
Pierce and wife, all of Bennington
county, Vermont, with many other Yer
monters, go to Minnetonka lake to-mor-
row to celebrate with. the Vermonters'
association the centennial of the admis-
sion of Vermont into the Union, and the
dedication of the Bennington Battle
monument"
THE Ballston Springs, N. Y, journal
has the notice of the death of Mrs. Eliza
beth Titus, mother of Mrs. S. o. Gro
mack, formerly of this town, now of Da-
kota. The Journal says: ''AIrs. Eliza
beth Titus, one Of the old inhabitants of
this village, died at her residence Friday
evening, August 14th, aged SO years.
Mrs. Titus has been in feeble health for
a long time, sufferer from consumption.
She was the widow of the late Alfred
Titus, and has been resident of Balls
ton Spa for thirty-five years. Her birth
place was in Sullivan county, this State.
For over forty years she has been a mem
Der of the Presbyterian church, and in
her last sickness her strength came from
Him whom she had so long served. She
leaves, of her immediate family, two
daughters, Mrs. A. II. Wallace and Mrs.
F. M. Clark, both of this village.
The Vermont Association of Life
Underwriters held business meeting
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the
Board of Trade rooms. Col. H. E. Tay-
lor and Lynn D. Taylor Of Brattleboro,
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