The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-06-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

j., is visiting her brother, Geo. f. Hea
On Sunday evening the Rev. Ness
Seymour and Marten exchanged pulpit
THE BANNER sanctum was graced yC
day by flowers from L. NJ. Holton
Sons green house.
HARRY WILLoUGHBY keeps abreast
the times, and is not afraid to name h
goods. See advertisement elsewhere.
e JOHN BELL and wife of Boston, Mass
l. were in town this week, visiting NJ
Bells brother-in-law, Mr.. S. NJ. Sibley.
NICHOLS comes to the front this wee
with midsummer goods, crockery, Ell
C Read what he says in another column.
l CAPT. ALBERT WALKER and Earnei
e b. Patterson have been over to tn
Deerfield River this week on fishin
excursion.
BENNINGTON laid Blackinton low i
the dust last Saturday at baseball, by
score of 9 to 5. The game was an inter
esting one.
THE Rev. and Mrs. Walker attende,
the wedding of a niece of John L.Quack
enbush, Wednesday, as stated in anothe
item to-day.
Mrs. FRANK GAGE of Boston, Mass.
is expected in Bennington to visit he
relatives, and will stop at Mrs. II. L
Bradford's.
WIN. WNsLow has word to say abou
the Summer Solstice," and what hi
has to sell to relieve its monOtony, etc.
in another column.
Mrs. JENNIE L. WHITNEY of Jersey
City, is visiting her friends in Benning.
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liam Winslow on Main street.
SECRETARY FLINDT, of the Y. NJ. CA.
returned Tuesday from a brief vacation,
which he spent with friends in Boston,
New York and other places.
SATURDAY, June goth, was the Both
anniversary of the musteringin OF Com
pany A, our town company, of which
Col. J. ii. Walbridge was captain.
THE Congregational club meets to-
night. Several notable papers have been
read before this association, from some
of which we may make extracts later.
THE crosse Buds" will give a violet
and rose reception at the residence of
Mrs. Fred L. Bowen, Wednesday even
ing, July LIST. This will be very fine
affair.
FRED FERGUSON left Monday evening
for st. Johnsbury to attend the State S.
%. V. encampment. Carroll Partridge
is taking his place in the Y. NJ. c. A.,
rooms.
THE Fairhavcn races ut Paramount
Park last week were not very heavily at
tended, so says the Era. Among the en-
tries were "B & r." and "Mayflower,"
owned by NJ. S. COlbuTn.
THE Putnam House Sunday di .ners,
aside from being remarkable in the Sc
lection of their courses, afford our peo-
pie an opportunity to dine out on that
day-a habit that is growing on our peO-
pie.
A STATEMENT last week, copied from
the Woodstock Standard, giving the
price paid to settle the controversy be-
have been $50, 900 instead of 1900 as
the Standard had it.
THE Misses Leonard and Miss Bugbee
returned home for the summer vacation
morning. Miss Bugbee does
not return next year and her place is to
be filed by Miss Buchanan an expert
enced teacher from Central New York.
THE young ladies of st. Francis de
Sales parish are to hold strawberry
festival in the new church, July 3rd, |
next week Friday evening. They expect
to make all welcome who come, and an
ticipate large attendance, as they de-
serve.
AT the Sheldon prize speaking, Nor
witch University, Mortified, Tuesday |
evening, the first prize was awarded to
E.W. Gaynor of Mortified, and the sec
omd to L. c. Bennett of Bennington.
The award last year was the same, the
three students competing.
THE Board of Health were out on
tour of inspection this week. We hope
the owners and occupants of houses will
cooperate cordially to abate any danger |
GUS places before the extreme heat of
summer renders all such menace to
health. Drs. Bennett and Potter, Jr.,
made the rounds.
A NUMBER of complaints reach us of
nuisances within the corporation, two of
which were about sewer running from
DR.. Wilcox's tenements on West Main
street and the COW yard of the Benning-
ton Wooden Mills property. We learn
that both will be attended to by the
parties owning the premises.
TIE early closing movement went into
effect last Tuesday, and all are agreed on
that one night AS stated there is not
perfect agreement as to the second night |
but all closed up Tuesday except two
bakeries, which have perishable goods
on hand. When the new order of things
adjusts itself we believe our people will
like the plan.
JAMES WooD, superintendent of the
J. c. d j. C. Miller's Hosiery Mills of
Baldwinville, N, Y, spent four days
with his daughter Mrs. II. r. Babcock,
the first of this week. Mr.. |
Wood was formerly of this town and has
many friends here who were pleased to
meet him. His son is clerk for Squire
d RawsOn.
THE removal of two elms in front of
our Graded school building opens up the
front to needed sunshine. This re-
minds us to regret that in setting out a
tree that grows to the size of the elm,
more regard was not paid at the first to
the probable size they would attain in a
were set too close together.
ONE of the pleasantest street events of
the week was the outdoor concert on the |
Putnam House balcony last Saturday |
evening. The Blackinton glee club has
the name of being an excellent organiza-
ton, and their reputation was fully JUS
tilted in their Saturday evening concert |
IL was great treat and with one accord |
thanks are extended to those who
brought them here.
JOSHUA T. SAWYER of Hyde Park, was
in town this week. The report of the |
amount of pension received by him, |
and to which we gave currency in com |
mon with other papers, was greatly eX-
aggerated. He was a lieutenant in the |
Union army, and for time during the
war was recruiting officer at Bennington. |
He was also an inmate of the Soldiers |
Home at one time.
THE paUish school building of the
Church of the Sacred Heart is nearing
completion. Several weeks ago we gave
the particulars. The building will be
ready and the schOols-two grades-will
open September LIST, or about that date. |
The remains of the late fire on this prop
erty, corner of school and Gage streets,
have been cleared away, and the wing of
the house is nearly rebuilt. In the end
this will improve the appearance Of the
whole.
1.-THE History of Freemasonry and
Concordant ORDERS" II. i. Stillson, Edi
tOr-in-chief, The Fraternity Publishing
Company, Boston, publishers, will be de-
livered to local subscribers in few days. |
There have been forwarded several extra
copies to supply the demand should any
wish to purchase who have not sub
scribed for the work. On all sides this
history. the joint production Of twenty
one authors and fifty-nine contributors,
is receiving commentator and is al
ready great success.
ROBERT FTTToN who began his latest
escapades in Bennington, which has re-