The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-04


on the fair grounds at Manchester Cen
tire, September Sth, 9th and 10th, The
prospect is good for the best fair ever
held by the society. ,.
CHAs. SEHoUDINE, a Swede and fire.
man at the Campbell mills, attempted
suicide the first of the week. Jealousy
of his wife was the cause. To-day he
was allowed to plead guilty to drunken
ness and was fined s. and costs
GEN. JOHN TYLER CUTTING, member
of Congress from San Francisco, Cal. :,
was in town yesterday calling on his sis
ter, Mrs. E. F. Cutting. Gen. Cutting
and party haye1, recently returned from
an extended tour through Europe and
for few days have been i. the guests of
his uncle, the Hon. Walter A. Wood at
Hoosick Falls. .-y s.. tgu-.r
THE death of little Bessie Evans last
week is a sad affection to her parents
Mr. and Mrs. John II. Evans, Jr., and
during these dark days they will receive
the sympathy of many friends and rela-
tives. In this connection Mr.. and Mrs.
Evans wish us to extend their thanks for
these expressions of ,sympathy,ca and es-
pecially to their frieuds who so kindly
assisted them during the illness and
death of their little daughter Bessie.
The Bennington Rifles are to take an
excursion down the Hudson River on the
18th, inst, and the round trip tickets
have been placed at $3.50. While it is a
"basket picnic yet refreshments will be
served on board the side-wheeled steam
er Belle Horton to those who do not care
to bother with lunch. For particulars
see handbills about next Thursday. This
excursion will go down as far as the
Catskills, enjoying some of the majestic
autumn scenery of the North River and
will be popular outing. - -
ASIDE from the Bible there is scarcely
more important book to be found than
the work, entitled "That Unknown
Country" published by c. A. Nichols &
Company, Springfield, Mass. Fifty-two
of the ablest divines, scholars and phi
losophers, of both the old and new
world wrote expressly for it. 1t is not a
compilation, but work written up by
over fifty of the ablest thinkers and writ
ers of the present age. Among them are,
Lyman Abbott, D. D., Prof. George P.
Fisher, Washington GLADDEN., D. D.,
Leonard Woolsey Bacon, D. D., S. G..
Bartlett, D. D. LII. D., Cardinal Manning,
Bishop Chas. II. Fowler, Bishop F. D.
Huntington, Dr. John Henry Hopkins.
The book is not an argument. 1t is an
album of the best thoughts O. the ablest
thinkers and ripest scholars of the pres
ent day on the most important subject
that concerns the people of this world.
Never in the history of bOokmaling, has
there been so exhaustive, and authorita-
tive treatment of the subject as it is
given in this book. ESQ.,.
THE opera house project has been re-
viyed during the past week or ten days
and the street talk is that the elegant
building will surely 60 up in the spring.
We learn from Mr.. Henry w. Putnam
that he has purchased the old Stark
house barn so long occupied as livery
stable, and, as soon as few preliminary
negotiations are completed, intends to
open driveway to Pleasant street and
SO shut up the present public way under
a part Of the Stark House. Probably
when these proposals are concluded and
a small piece of land acquired to the rear
of the old hotel, the opera house walls
will rise in the early summer next year.
The plan contemplated is the one so fully
described in our columns some time ago.
While Mr. Putnam is willing TO build
the opera house as an investment,
prompted also by the public-spirit with
which he is actuated, yet he desires to
have some of the people, locally, take an
interest and form stock company, sc
that board of trustees will have the care
and management of this property when
completed. This is a sensible idea and
should prevail. The building will cost
$50, 900, and of course will be an orna.
ment to the town.