The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-07-10

MRS. WM. CAMPBELL is visiting
Cohoes, N. Y, this week.
o. WIN. R. GRAVES advertises his properl
for sale in another column.
MISS BELLE PRATT has joined part
of friends for visit in the vicinity
i, Lake Champlain.
Mrs. HOWARD HARrr SHIELDS is sic
: with congestion of the lungs, as we lear
" from our Troy exchanges.
e Col. OLlN ScoTr's residence on Pleas
ant street, has greatly improved al
= pearance since the painting of same.
"A a Miss ANNA G. PARK has returned froI
her winters sojourn in California. Sh
is accompanied by her niece, Miss Parl
"A FRANK ALBEE has been elected janito
70 of the Graded Schools. He entere
upon the discharge of his duties Tue:
}, day.
70 TAFT CoMMANDERY will hold specia
conclave Thursday evening, July 10th
! The Order of the Red Cross will be con
i ferred.
o. r. BENNETT was in town the frs
of the week, returning to New Yorl
i Monday night. He passed the FOurtl
with his parents in Manchester.
5 MORE than one mile of frontage on th,
l highway of the farm of Mrs. Dr.. +. G
Clarke has been nicely moved in ad
I vance of haying on the farm.
M. B. HoUGHToN was injured yester
day, being kicked in the abdomen by {
4 horse. Although severely yet it is not
5 thought his injuries are dangerous.
A LARGE and enjoyable strawberry
l festival was held by the congregation OF
! st. Francis de Sales church in the main
part of the new church Friday evening
THE First National Bank has elected
Edward w. Bradford, of III. L. Bradford
! & Co., director to fill vacancy caused
n. Z.
/ THE annual announcement of Burr &
Burton seminary at Manchester, in an
other column, is commended TO the at
tention of our readers. This old and
substantial educational institution de-
serves well at your hands.
LIST of letters advertised at Benning-
ton, VT, postoffice for the week ending
July 4th, 1897 Mrs. George Anthony,
Mr. Henry Robertson, Mr.. john Loran,
Mrs. Cora b. Ryder, DR.. George Nc
! Wharf, Mrs. Laura N. Walker, John
Neher, Mrs. Vira Warren.
THE new flyer between Montreal
and New York over the Central Yer
mont and Bennington and Rutland rail
roads is very popular, and bids fair to
largely increase the summer travel to and
Argus. So say all who have travelled
in 1t.
FRANK GAGE returned to Boston,
Mass, Wednesday of this week. Mr..
Gage kindly consented to sing at the
Second Congregational church last Sun
day morning, and at st. Peters in the
evening. Mr.. Gage sang in both
churches when he was a resident of Ben
nington, and all were much pleased to
hear his fine voice once more. Mrs.
Gage will remain in town a number of
weeks.
THE noted reader and delineator of
character, Miss Olive Thompson, is to
appear in Bennington, July goth. In
Library Hall on that date Miss Thomp-
son will present monologue entertain
ment in which she introduces her mar
velous costumed representations, inter-
spersed with song recitals, autoharp and
banjo solos, etc. Our readers should
bear IN mind the date and enjoy Miss
Thompson's wonderfully life-like i'm
presentations.
THE special village meeting resulted
as we predicted it would, only that the
subject was dismissed in even more
summary way than we anticipated. The
meeting was called to order at sharp one
o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. At the
close of the reading of the call, motion
to adjourn was made and adopted, two
IN ha 4h.,I
large number out there was a general
unanimity as to this way of disposing of
the matter. 1t is reported that the new
survey of Messrs. Bates and Rice does not
differ materially from the levelling up of
the Street Commissioner. The street
improvements, meantime, are going
right along, and two of the five who
signed the call to lower the survey have
proceeded to grade up to the grade. Our
word for it, if this is once done no money
would induce these property owners to
restore that street to the old regime.
SOME good catches of trout are re-
ported and sportsmen are just beginning
to find out that Vermont Especially
Bennington county,, is good place to
put up for vacation, and in conse-
quence some of our best families have
announced their intention of receiving
summer boarders. Now that the ice is
broken we may expect a reasonable
amount of summer visitors in town each
year, and we can assure all corners that
our town is abundantly supplied with all
that the average summer boarder can de-
sire. Fishing is good, air of the best,
hunting excellent, boating thorough,
scenery so picturesque as to charm the
eye of any artist, and, if the party wishes
to get lost in the forest, 10 minutes walk
from the hotel would lose him so COM
pletely that four compasses and the
champion puzzle solver of the county
could not get him back to civilization.
NORTH POWnal Correspondent Of Tran
script
SECRETARY Foss, Secretary of the Illi- |
nois Association Sons of Vermont sends
us two suggestive circulars. One is
headed: 1--WE are coming Father Abra-
ham 10000 strong" and then follows
notice to their members of our centen-
NAL celebration Aug. 10th, The pro-
gramme set forth is not dissimilar to the
one we have already published From
the circular we Judge that large num-
Der will be present in August. They |
truly say that "Vermonters cannot visit |
too often the old Green Mountain Hills |
of their childhood, and this occasion is |
the opportunity of lifetime and the |
event Of century, This is followed |
by the historic poetry, "Ho-all to the |
borders" etc., not forgetting the "Deer-
skin" and "brOwn," so familiar to our
ears. The annual meeting was held |
June I'd. Forty-one new members had |
been!added during the year. An excur-
sion to Bennington to attend the "Cen-
tennial celebration of the admission of |
Vermont into the Union and the dedica-
ton of the Bennington Battle Monu- |
ment," was decided upon as above stated. |
They will be cordially welcome.
Miss RACHEL ALBRo, daughter of the |
late T. Jefferson Albro, died July 9th,
aged "A years, at the residence Of her sis |
ter, Mrs. William II. Grover, 10th St,
New York city, at which place the |
The remains were brought to Benning- |
ton Wednesday, July 9th, by her brother, |
George Albro, and deposited in the |
family lot at Bennington Centre. Miss |
Albro was native of Bennington, living |
in the Walloomsac House at the Cen |
tire during her childhood, and, later, in |
this village. A few years were passed |
with her brother George in Syracuse, |
but as her health failed, her home was in |
New York city with her sister, Mrs.
Grover, where she received the tenderest
care until her death. Rheumatism ter
minating in consumption, caused great |
suffering, which she bore most pa
tently. Deceased was an unusually de-
voted daughter and sister, and her kind, |
unselfsh disposition endeared her to all |
her many friends But their loss is her |
gain for truly, ''for her is a crown |
Of righteousness" awaiting, in that home |
where there is no more work, pain or |