The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-16
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1891.

WE predict more building the coming
year in this village than ever before.
Miss EMMA PURDY, of Manchester, is
visiting few days with Mrs. H. L.
Stillson.
THERE appears to be good prospect
of number buildings to be erected this
fall and winter.
Mrs. WILLIAM A. RooT goes to New
York city this week to arrange her new
home in that city.
MRS. A. w. WILLAMETTE has gone to
Elmira, N. Y, to visit her grand daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. G. r. Jennings.
SMITH COLLINS of the Putnam House
has gone on his annual visit to New
York city and New Haven, Conn, to be
absent several months.
Miss GRACE l. BURIAL, the BANNER
bookkeeper, has gone on a two weeks
vacation and Miss Carrie Hyde takes her
place very acceptably.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Creamery Association is to be
held on the 31st, inst, at the Board of
Trade rooms at 10 a. m.
THERE is vacant State scholarship in
the University of Vermont, to which
some one may be appointed by applying
to our Senator, Col. L. F. Abbott.
THE BANNER advised those who
thought of building to buy their lots six
months since, as we were then at the
commencement of better prospects for
the place.
r. II. FISK of the Rutland Herald and
wife, are rejoicing these days over the
advent of a son. Their friends here
may be interested to know that the boy
weighed II pounds.
SEVERAL. articles prepared for this
issue are necessarily deferred until next
week for want of space, among which is
an answer to the caluminators of Gen.
Porter upon the Cost of the Census"
Mr.. AND MRS. JOHN S. HOLDEN
charmingly entertained a large number
of their friends at their elegant home on
West Main street, last Tuesday evening
Progressive Euchre was played, and fine
prizes were given.
THE N. G. of the D. of r. Lodge,
Miriam No. s, requests a full attendance
next Monday evening in Odd Fellows
hall, to attend to important business,
and to hear the report of delegates at
tbo Cto+u Convention
JAMES HABBERLEY's engagement as
tenor in the quartette choir of st. Peter S
church closed with October LIST. He is
singing now in the First Presbyterian
church at Cohoes, n. Y, going down
Saturdays and returning Monday morn
ings.
THE Guild of st. Peter on Monday
elected the following officers, the Rev.
Vim. Bogert Walker, rector, being Mas
Ter er-odicio; II. L. Stillson, president;
John T. Shurtleff, vice president; Chas
Barnes, secretary; Col. L. F. Abbott,
treasurer. Monthly meetings will be
held during the year.
THE editor acknowledges a personal
invitation to attend the annual meeting
and banquet of the Vermont Fish and
Game League, to be held at the Van
Ness House, Burlington, Nov 4th, prox
This organization has done a good work
and is bound to do much more to add to
the material prosperity of the State
TODAY, at Burlington, meeting of
District Deputies of Masons is to be held
under the direction of DR.. w. S. Nay,
Grand Lecturer. A large attendance is
anticipated, including NJ. w. Delos NJ
Bacon of st. JOhnsbury, Grand Master.
and other officers of the Grand Lodge,
present and past. The Rev. Mr.. Walker
Of this village is in attendance as Deputy
from this Masonic district.
A CHIP of the o. B.-There is a prin-
ter, says the Detroit Free Press, in this
town whose little son in the public
schools is likely to follow in his fathers
footsteps. The other day the natural
history class was up. "What type of
man is the Slav ?" inquired the teacher.
''Minion," answered the boy promptly
and then wanted to lick the teacher be-
cause the accuracy of the answer was
questioned
THE pastors of the Baptist, Second
Congregational and Methodist churches
exchanged pulpits last Sunday so that in
the morning the Rev. Mr.. Marten
preached in the Second Congregational
and Mr.. Seymour in the Baptist
churches. In the evening the Rev. Mr..
Seymour exchanged with the Rev. Mr..
Heaxt. The evening services in these
churches now begins at I O. clock, and in
st. Peters at 5 p. IN.
On Tuesday Hon. M. Clark drove to
Wells to call upon some of his old ac-
quaintances. Ordinarily this. would be
a common phrase and mean but little. In
this case it is different as we will proceed
to show. Mr. Clark is in his eighty
ninth year, he visits Mr.. Levi Lewis who
is in his Goth year, John Barden who is
s., and Nelson Paul who is four fcore or
more. These octogenarians have been
acquainted with one another since they
were children. They have all been
prominent business men, and have at
different periods been members of the
Vermont notwithstanding journal.
THE Hartland correspondent of the
Vermont journal has this bit of informa-
ton which is seasonable hereabouts:
"The hnsking bee is now in order The