The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-11-13
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1891.
Miss KATE STAFFORD of Philadelphia,

i)r. Streeter, are Wishing IN NEW Jersey
For the past few days C.. Fred Van
Week has been confined to the house by
sickness.
THE rains of this week have been most
gratefully received-the drouth had be-
come very severe here.
Mr.. AND Mrs. NELSON A. BURRIrT of
Fort Edward, n. Y, were the guests of
Mrs. George F. Graves over Sunday.
THERE will be new timetable on the
b, & R. railway next week. The morn
Lng train for Troy leaves at 7.45-a few
minutes later than now.
j. E. DEWEY and wife of Middlebury,
are visiting at Col. E. d. Benefits this
week. They arrived from New York
yesterday and will remain few days.
Mr.. AND MRS. CHESTER REYNOLDS of
Chicago, are rejoicing over the advent of
ason. Mrs. Reynolds is daughter of
Mrs. Henry w. Bradford of this place.
DIR. AND Mrs. FREDERICK S. PRATT
gave a card party Wednesday evening
last About forty guests were present.
Handsome prizes were given, and choice
refreshments were served.
In the credit system of the Good
Templars during the last quarter the AS
beat the BIS and will, therefore, be the
guests of the latter on some convenient
evening in the near future.
THROUGH the agency of the Hon.
VNI,a.,o, Unite 1nripn tho noct WpnlE a
pension has been granted to F. L. Albee,
the ianitor of the Graded schools, for
SO per month with arrearages for twelve
months.
WIN MOORE has purchased the "At-
wood" place on South street, lately
0wred by Mr.. Hanoman. Mr.. Moore
recently sold his house and lot at Averill
Park, N. Y, and, therefore, comes here
permanently to reside.
THE Hoosick Falls Democrat of
Wednesday, has these items: miss Raw
son of Bennington, is the guest of the
Misses Skinner, Church street.-Mrs. H.
A. johnson of Bennington, has been
visiting with Mrs. G. H. Boynton.
H. S. BINGHAM is going to Germany on
q vacation trip. He has contemplated
something of the kind for some time-it
being years since he allowed himself any
respite from business. We are sure he
will enjoy his European trip hugely.
THE laundry owned by John G. Har-
wood has been purchased by Messrs.
Smith & Healy. These enterprising gen.
Gemen will continue the business and
We bespeak for them success in the
"Troy' steam laundry of Bennington.
THE exhibition of the New Home sew
bag machines this week, has attracted
good deal of attention. The range of
work that can be done on these machines
has been shown to be much larger than
the ordinary housewife thinks is possible.
no better exhibit has ever been shown
in town.
MRS. PROF. DAVIS was called home to
Utica, n. Y.,;;last week by the death of
her niece whose decease was quite sud
den to her friends here. Accompanied
by her daughter Mrs. Davis went at
once, and we hear that on the way the
little girl was taken sick with the Group
and has been under the doctors care
since their arrival in Utica. We hope
the illness will soon yield to trestment.
THE new mill of the Lasher Stocking
Company begins to show off its fine pro-
portions. The staging about the tall
chimney is quite prominent object in
the distance as one approaches the vii
lage. The company have very artistic
of "Lasherose," the name of the goods
they manufacture. The letter-heads
were printed at the BANNER job Office.
WELLS r. SMITH is so he hobbies
around the house but is unable to work
as yet. This is the fifth week he has
been laid off on account of his injuries.
Last spring he hurt one of his toes
while unloading barrel from Drysdale's
delivery wagon, and although he made
light of it yet the injured member con-
tinued to grow worse until it resulted as
aforesaid. We hope he may soon be out
again.
In the death of John Boyce, noted else
where, there is removed one of couple
that have long attracted the notice Of
children and others on our streets. Mr..
and Mrs. Boyce were always together
the one little in advance of the other
attracting the attention of almost every
body. They have for some time been
the recipients of charity, and we are glad
70 see that kind friends took care of
them in their necessity in addition to
public assistance.
The last quarterly payments of pew
rents have been made in the old church
by the people of st. Francis de Sales
parish. The intention is to hold fair
the latter part of this month or the be-
ginning of December, and then to occupy
the new edifice as soon as it can be made
ready thereafter. We congratulate this
people on the near prospect they have of
enjoying worship in the grand edlfice
they have so faithfully reared to til e
name of Almighty God.
THE Congregational Club held a very
interesting meeting last Friday evening.
In another place we copy the Sunday
Call as to the speaker of the occasion,
the Rev. c. S. Sargent of Adams, Mass,
Who remained over Sunday in exchange
With the Rev. Mr.. Seymour. A debate