The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-01-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A WHITE Christmas.


Mrs. II. S. ARMSTRONG is i'll with i
\ Iflammation of the ear and throat.
Y THE First Baptist society holds its a
u nual meeting next Monday evening.
THE ladies' of the Second Congreg
tional church cleared $500 at their la
fair.
THE annual meeting of the Secon
Congregational society is to be held mel
Monday.
Miss MARY SHURTLEFF is home Il
: the Holidays from St. Agnes school,
. Albany.
The Norwich University Cadets retur
to school this week after the holiday VI
Ication.
THE Graded schools begin their winte
term next Monday, with the same fa'
ulty as last term.
p. G. BOND of Dandy, is the new tick
let agent Of the b. & X. railway at tn
Bennington station.
J. S. LiNDLEY proposes to begin build
ling his new sawmill as soon as tn
weather viii permit
Mr.. AND MRS. G. +. GRAVES enter
tanned very pleasantly number of thei
friends on Christmas night.
SEVERAL annual meetings are to b
held within the next week, Of whicl
notice is given elsewhere to-day.
CARDS are out announcing the mar
rage of Katie NJ. Nolan to Henry w
Hansmann, Jan. 18th, 1891, at St. Francis
de Sales church.
LETTER carriers have been loaded
down with holiday gifts until they looked
Il.l-z AL l1 nf Ganta (flntte 1ttrfnr
the past two weeks.
| H. @. LINDLOFF and John II. Ayres
Ihaye lust returned from weeks trip tC
Chicago. The former went on business
land the latter to visit his mother.
THE Kings Daughters receive at the
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms tonight. The event
will be a notable one, being the first New
Years anniversary of our local associa-
ton.
THE children of the Second Congrega-
tional Sunday school enjoyed their
lChristmas entertainment last evening in
the chapel. A right royal good time was
the verdict
THE Odd Fellow installations occur as
follows: Miriam Lodge, Monday evening,
Jan. 5th; Stark Lodge Wednesday even
ing, Jan. It'll; Manser Encampment,
Monday evening Jan. 18th. inst.
A BENNINGToNIAN in the West, the
assistant cashier of flourishing bank, in
renewing his subscription, writes: II
can't get along without the BANNER.
It's better than a letter every week."
THE annual installations of the Grand
Army societies of this town, are to be
held Saturday evening of this week. The
Post, the W. r. c., and the S. o. ", will
be installed at union meeting held for
that purpose. The exercises will not be
public.
"A NEW Canton is to be instituted Jan.
10th, at st. Adams. This completes the
Regimental organization under n. NJ.
Puffer, the Lieut.. Col. commanding An
election of Regimental officers is to be
held at the same time and place. Canton
Bennington will be well represented.
THE Christmas music at st. Francis de
Sales church was of high order. There
was midnight Mass, and Mass said at I
and 10 a. m. Large congregations were
out to each of these services and the
Feast of the Nativity was duly kept by
our Roman Catholic people. To-day
there was High Mass at 8 a. M, it being
the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ.
CHAs. T. BURT has been making sew
eral sets of double harness for the Crit
fifth works in Dandy. The style is an
original one, with new pattern of
binders the whole making the very best
sets of double harness we have ever seen.
He has already sent forward four sets
and several others have been ordered for
the local trade.
THE words land wife, which crept
into our notice last week of the depart
ure of L. d. Fillmore is one of those in
stances unfortunate for the editor as it
is not true of the parties spoken of. Mr..
Fillmore's estimable wife, as we knew,
died some years ago, and we hasten to
correct the mistake.
Z. E. HART & COMPANY are too late
for change in their advertisement this
week, but 1t will appear in our next
ISSUE "Snow white flour as well as all
lines of groceries are leader at this
popular store. The prices are so low
that they discount those of Troy, N. Y.
Give the firm an order and be convinced.
THE Sunday school of St. Peters
church held their annual Holy Innocents
Even service, last Saturday, and the
usual distribution of Christmas presents
from a well-laden tree in Parish hall, fol-
lowed the exercises at the church. The
entertainment was considerably impeded
by the snow storm so that the attend
ance was smaller than common.
THE Christmas music at the Metho-
dist church last Sunday was very nice.
The excellent programme arranged by
Prof. Goldsmith was admirably sung by
the large chorus choir of that church. A
portion of this music was repeated at the
watch-night meeting last evening. The
occasion was a notable one. The new
choir of this church is improving
rapidly.
TEMPLE CHAPTER of Royal Arch Ma
sons, elected and installed the following
officers, at the annual cOnvocation Mon
day evening: Rev. W. B. Walker, H. p.
John T. Shurtleff, X; H. s.. Bingham,
S.; G. B. Sibley, treasurer; G. NJ. Lam
bert, secretary; j. L. Finn, c. of H.; G.
d. Phillips, r. S.; J. A. n. Williams,
r. A. c.; Z. s. Chandler, NJ. "; j. II.
Norton, NJ. 2V.; DIR. A. S. NJ. Chisholm,
NJ. l VI; H. L. StillsOn, NJ; sentinel to
be appointed.
The music in st. Peters church
Christmas, consisted of carols at mid
night and the Communion Office was
Haynes's Z fiat The TIE Deum was by
Dudley Buck. All passed off finely. The
music was repeated Sunday, but the
storm interfered with a proposed re-
hearsal Friday evening so that the after
noon service was not as well prepared as
had. been. hoped. They were not solita-
ry in this experience as other choiTs
labored under similar adverse circum-
stances.
THE children Of the Baptist church
thoroughly enjoyed the contata "Grand-
mas Christmas" at the church, Tues
day evening. The contata was under
the direction Of Mrs. J. b. Parmenter
and was accompanied by an orchestra.
Not least of the attractions was baby
Edna, the youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Ed. Walbridge, who crowed and
enjoyed the visit to Grandma's as much
as the older people. This will be re-
peated Saturday evening, by REQUEST.
THE elaborate programme at the First
Baptist church was rendered as far as
possible, in the absence of Mrs. Downs
(snow- bound) one of the sopranos. This
music will be repeated next Sunday, re-
versed, the morning and evening trans
posed, closing in the evening with
''Hosanna' by Prof. Squire. This is
done by vote OF the congregation who
were greatly pleased with last Sundays
musical effort, and the expression is
quite complimentary to this choir.
THE indications point to very large
gathering Of Masons, at the Western
Vermont Masonic Union the Goth, From
all sections OF the counties of Chitten-
den, Addison, Rutland and bennington
counties we hear of parties who are com
ing from Lodges. The invitations were
extended to Lodges in the State of New
York contiguous to us so that beside the
-or,,,Iar ,,ofonr thara will ha uuunaroug