The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-05-22

E. II. WoRTHINGTON places on sal
a some leaders in clothing and furnishing
s. this week.
Ie ST. AGNsEs GUILD held variety par
?. ty" at Parish Hall last evening, whicl
). was well attended.
% BENEDICT NILES of POwnal Centre, tn,
k venerable father of Ward E. Niles of tina
l. village, died on Tuesday and was burie'
yesterday.
" COLE & BURT excel in those fine suit
It of ready made, which cost only abOu
C from one-half to two.thirds the price o
S custom-made clothes.
To finish the new church edifice of st
+ Francis de Sales, each member of thi
/ congregation has agreed to give the
: avails of one days income monthly
g This good idea and worthy of emula
n ton.
SHERIFF ROBINSON had valuable coll
: severely injured Tuesday. The coll
S jumped fence and in so doing ran int
, his shoulder sharp board, four inches
Y wide. The board went entirely through
/ the fleshy part of the shoulder separating
: the flesh from the bone. Whether 1t will
permanently disable or injure the colt is
: not yet known. 1t was valued at some
, $500.
3 THE brisk trade these days at G. b.
. Sibley's clothing store in the Free Ii
brary building, shows that people like
suits that fit them perfectly, when GUS
tom made or otherwise. "Sibley's is the
place." say his patrons, "to procure a
+ perfect fitting suit of clothes of the latest
Styles See advertisement of furnish
, ings elsewhere to-day.
do
in the New York ID. of r. convention.
The business transacted was of a routine
nature and election of officers. Mrs.
! Sarah COonradts of Troy was chosen
president. Troy Union Lodge, No. 30,
exemplified the "beautifed" work to
the great satisfaction of all present.
This work, like all others in the Order,
is based upon that of Miriam Lodge of
this village, the Lodge in which this
form of Confering the degree originated.
THE suit of the State against the vii
lage of Bennington, begun in 1887 to re-
cover some $500 of fines paid into the
village treasury, and which the State
claims should have been paid to it, adj
vanced another peg this week. The
cause is referred to E. L. Waterman of
Brattleboro to hear and determine. The
hearing was commenced this week and
after preliminary skirmish by counsel
was continued. The issue turns upon
the construction of sentence in the law,
probably Supreme court Job before it
will be fully decided. Attorneys Shell
don and Mason appeared for the village.
| PROF. A. r. CLARK of New York, has
arrived in town for weeks stop as
noted by us recently. His annual visits
have come to be looked for by great
many people who have been fitted with
correct spectacles for their eyes, or whose
friends have been successfully treated
for defective vision by Prof. Clark.
There is no need for our people to be at
the expense of journey to the city for
treatment, or to procure the means to
see better Our experience has demon
strated that scientific examinations and
tests are made 10y Prof. Clark, and as his
stay is limited to Thursday, tile 2Sth,
inst, there is no time to lose. He reached
town on Wednesday of this week.
PROF. GEO. W. YATES and wife, of
Saratoga, N. Y, were in town Monday.
Their many friends here would have
been pleased could they have made a
visit. Prof. Yates made us a call and it
really seemed like old times. He says
that the improvements in and about
town are very marked. That our village
and surrounding are very attractive and
that the signs of life and activity are
greater than any other place he knows of
to-day. Having just returned from a
trip to Connecticut and Massachusetts,
the Professors opinion is quite crafty
ing as it is a comparison with manufac-
turing towns East. Garry the news to
free traders. The Mckinley tariff is
bound to boom business everywhere.
The Decoration Committee of the
Centennial Commission of 30, Will c.
Bull, chairman, are about to make a can
vass of the village and vicinity to ascer-
tain how much and to what extent our
citizens will decorated along the route
of the possession, and in other parts of
the town. If our people take hold of
this matter with anything like the en-
thusiasm of 1877, the town will shine
with beauty. And there is no reason
why the very elaborate private decora-
tons of 1877 should not be repeated or
surpassed in 1891. Members of that
committee will call upon our people who
should meantime think the matter up
and be ready with their replies to ques-
tons.
THE Glass of '02 in our Graded school
met Wednesday and organized by the
election of these officers: Niles, pres- |
dent; Hemenway, vice-president; Miss
Daley, secretary; Venable, correspond |
ing secretary; Watson, treasurer. The
personnel of the class is as follows: In
the Business Course, Joseph Watson;
in the Teachers Course, Miss Drucella |
Dakin and Harry J. Hemenway; in the
Higher Academic Course, Miss Ella NJ. |
Daley, Miss Melissa Morse and Thomas
j. Venable; in the College Preparatory, |
Clarence p. Niles and Lyman II. Tombs. |
The Glass colOrs are: Red, white and
blue; the motto, mon schOig Sed rite
StudemuS." This is a promising class
and the BANNER hopes they may all sue
coed in graduating and that their ranks |
may remain unbroken.
On Friday, the 18th, Grand Patriarch |
N. NJ. Puffer instituted an Encampment, !
l. o. o. F., at Barton. In this office he /
was assisted by three other Grand Off |
GERS, and by dozen prominent Odd Eel |
lows from va. ious parts of the State.
The Encampment of st. Johnsbury con-
ferred the degrees upon twelve candi- |
dates and the new body starts off with |
10 members. A fine spread rendered by |
the landlord of the American House, |
Encampment. was greatly enjoyed at |
midnight. This makes three new
camps" this year, one more than anyone |
else has been able to show of late years, |
and is quite an event in the record made |
by Grand Patriarch Puffer, who is also |
the popular colonel of the Regiment Pa
triarchs Militant.
IT is not pleasant news to the potatoe
growers of Rensselaer, and Washington !
counties that the steamers plying be-
tween st. John, N. b., and Boston have
more than they can do to carry Prince |
Edward Island potatoes from the British !
dominiOns to this country. But there is |
one comfort: Under the Mckinley law |
the foreigners have to pay twenty-five |
cents per bushel duty instead of the old |
fifteen cent rate. Without this protec- |
ton the homegrown potatoes would be |
driven out of the market by the inferior
foreign product.-Troy Times. These !
sentiments apply as well TO Western
Vermont as to their neighbors in New +
York just across the imaginary line. 1t i
will be remembered that imported early !
potatoes last year almost ruined the .
home sale in many places.
In another place to-day we take occa-
sion to make few remarks upon the
educating effects of Memorial Day. We
now learn that Dan II. Reno, of Troy, N. D.
Y, will this year repeat his stereopticon
entertainment for the benfit of the Sons
of Veterans, in Library Hall, the evening
before the Both. On the afternoon Of the
goth, matinee for tho benefit of the !
children will be given beginning at
o'clock. As the exhibition consists of