The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-12-18
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1891.

Miss LIZZIE NORTON of Worcester,
Mass, is in town.
MRS. FRED. d. RANNEY is quite i'm.
proved in health since last week.
Mrs. WILLIAM A. RooT of New York,
llas been in Bennington few days this
week.
HON. H. G. RooT and wife leave for
their winter sojourn in California next
Tuesday.
, MRS. OATMAN has been quite i'll, but is
better and hopes are entertained for her
recovery.
% MRS. ELI TIFFANY has been i'll for
some little time, but is improving in
health now.
Mrs. J. II. LoRING has recovered from
her recent injury so that she is about the
house and rides out occasionally.
DRYsDALE's is headquarters as usual
Tor Christmas goods. In his new store
hels ready to show you many new
novelties. ~
SQUIRE & RAwsoN "wish you a glad
and merry Christmas" in another place
TO day. Accept the hearty wish after
you read the sentiment.
-, NEXT Monday evening, Temple Chap
ter, X. A. NJ, will hold its annual Con-
V ,catiOn and election. Bennington
Council, R. &. S. NJ. will also elect
officers. t,g f r.
CITY prices rule at Loomis's store on
Main street. See his advertisement in
another column. This is the old stand,
headquarters for boots and shOes-call
and be convinced. Et
The postofice department have issued
IL, snk e.,
send holiday presents by mail to send
them as soon as possible to prevent de-
lay in transmission and delivery.
MRS. MINToN of Westfield, N. Y, and
her son, Mr.. Charles AMintOn of Grand
Isle. Nebraska, came to Bennington this
week to attend the funeral of their rela-
tive the late Mrs. Charles Colvin.
AT the meat market of Blanchard,
Robinson & Co., successors to G. e..
III ompson & Co., here has been on exhi-
btion several days the pig to be given
away at the st. Francis de Sales fair. 1t
is to be awarded the last day of the fair
to the person who guesses the nearest to
its weight.
WE call the attention of our people
5 again to the necessity of placing letter
box at their doors, both for their own
and for the carriers convenience, as well
rs to expedite the delivery of mails
about town. H. NJ. Harris has boxes in
price f. I'm Is cents upw Lrd, and surely a
selection can be made from such a stock
ROUND trip tickets for fare one way
will he sold from all stations on the Cen.
trail Vermont railroad during the holt
days, good, going from Dec. 22d, to Dec
25th, and from Dec. Goth, to Jan. 1st, in
Al, t.
4th. merry Christmas and Happy
trail Vermont to its patrons.
THE work in the Bushnell district
conducted by Misses Milton and Rodgers
will close on Sunday, and they will re-
turn to Dandy, where already they have
spent successful fortnight. The pe0-
pie of this district in Bennington will
visit of these ladies, and their presence
at the churches of this village and Cen
ire, las borne good fruit.
AT the annual Convocation of Mt. An
thUny Chapter, No. l, o. E. s., the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Maj. R. j.
Coffey, w. p; Mrs. H. L. StillsOn, w.
NJ; Mrs; VIM, E. Murphy, A; NJ; Mrs.
Frank Bradford, secretary Mrs. John
C. Clark, treasurer; Mrs. j. A. N. Will
liamS, Con-; Mrs. Maggie Cady, AssO.
Con. The installation of officers will
take place at the regular convocation in
January, 1892.
Is the grip coming again Be careful
of feet and bowels. Thick-soled shoes
and red flannel bellyband are the de-
sirable costume.-Joe HOWdrd in Neu
Yo"k Recorder. No doubt this would be
q light and airy costume, says the Troy
Tines, ,spe, tally at the present time of
year. But some doubt may be enter
tanned as to It's efficacy in warding Soff
the grip, unless supplemented by little
more elaborate outfit.
The Christmas season is always filed
WITH irappy surprises, but one of the
Pleasantcst is the announcement that
fully two million dollars have been sent
to Europe by steamers during the past
few weeks in presents for brothers, sis
tiers, and, aged parents in the distant
Netherlands" This great sum repre-
SCENTS a countless number of gifts, of
which Bennington contributes her full
share, each of them undoubtedly small,
but each telling story and bearing a
cheer that words were never intended to
describe.
"A. $. DRAPER of Albany, N. Y, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
announces that it has been finally de-
Cided to hold the next meeting of the
National Educational Association July
18TH to 18th inclusive, 1892, at Saratoga
Springs. He asks teachers in New York
State to cooperate. The meetings of
the National Association in recent years
have called together from 10000 to 30
COO teachers. These great meetings in
the last five years have been held in
Chicago, San Francisco, Nashville, st.
Paul and Toronto.
MARY HOWE LAWN, the singer, the
Vermont lady, whose recent sudden
marriage has gwen people little chance,
says the Tribune to get used tD her new
name, says that when she and her hus-
band finish their business season next
July, they will go to Paris for year to
study little more. They both have
operate ambitions. Mrs. LAWN appears
anxious to have it understood that she
never was the pupil of Nine. Marchesi
Tor more than two months, and she says:
''Trabadello, a Spaniard who sings
Spanish love songs SO they take you off
your feet, is the man we are gong to.
and we take him because we think he is
the best teacher in Paris if not in
Europe" Mrs. LAWN has many friends
In Bennington, which was one 'of the
towns that first recognized her fine
qualities as singer,
E. S. HARRIS, agent for the United
States Mutual Accident Association, and
first selectman of Bennington, has been
passing around for few days a some
what unique advertising device in the
chana f,f a draft for 60 OnO nOn A nonI