The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-02

| Miss JEANETTE DRYsDALE now in
Scotland, on a visit, will return some
time in December.
Miss II. ARNoTT has returned from
Toronto, Ontario, where she went a few
weeks since on a visit.
Mr.. REMINGTON of the st. Adams
creamery, is the new incumbent here.
He is said to be a fine butter maker.
YESTERDAY morning, Oct. 1st, saw
the first severe frost of the season in
Bennington. The ground froze in places.
The finder of gentleman's spiral
diamond shirt stud will be literally re-
warded by leaving it at this Office. 1t
was lost on our streets few days since.
Miss MARY HOWE of Brattleboro, Yer
mont's noted soprano, will, it is under
stood, become the wife of Mr. W. J.
LAWN, Detroit (Mich.), tenor.
The legal fraternity will be interested
to know that the general term of the
supreme court has been ordered to con-
vene at Montpelier, October 10Th.
Miss ELIZABETH ABBOTT, youngest
daughter of Col. i. T. Abbott, left home
last Wednesday for Albany, n. Y,
where she enters ST. Agnes school for
girls of that city.
SECRETARY PROCTOR has built new
church at Proctor, and it was dedicated
last Sunday, the Rev. VIM. w. Foster,
Jr., preaching the sermon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster were the guests of Secretary
and Mrs. Proctor.
B. G. BLISS and family left yesterday
| for their new home in Chester Mass.
Mrs. Burial and daughter Grace will re-
main here until next week, going first to
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, for visit before
going to Chester also
SEVERAL of the officers and members
of Miriam D. of r. Lodge, No. 8, l. o.
O. F.. will attend the State convention
of the Daughters of Rebekah at Bur-
lington next Thursday. A delegation
from Readsboro are to drive across the
mountain and so up with the Benning-
ton delegates.
THESE pleasant days and dry weather
have been very favorable for Maj. Valen-
tine, VIM. E. Hawks and others, who
have river banks to repair, to work OBJ
literating the effects and repairing the
damages caused by the freshet of Aug.
9th, last. The opportunity has been
improved to the utmost.
If stranger calls on you and after
asking to see your sewing machine takes
out the shuttle and puts it in his pocket,
refusing to give it up unless the owner
pays him for an alleged infringement on
the patent, handle him without gloves.
1t is late swindle that is being success
fully worked in many localities.
OUR colin Family visitors will find
the proceedings of the celebration at the
laying of the corner stone of the monu-
ment, Aug. 10th, 1887, for sale at the
BANNER office. In the pamphlet are
also the admirable addresses in full of
Ex-Gov. Stewart and the Record His
tory of the Monument Association.
CONSIDERABLE solicitude is felt over
the condition of Hon. L. r. Graves, the
well-known banker, who has been i'll for
a couple of weeks from an aggravation
of chronic kidney disease. His ex.
IRENE age, seventy-nine. is telling
against him, though his physician last
evening noted some improvement.
Mrs Eliza BLACKMER has been i'll
since Sunday, but is recovering. She is
over 81 years of age but has kept her
age remarkably. She is the widow of
Franklin Blackmer, who was q well
known merchant in Bennington Centre
many years ago. Mrs. Blackmer is
also sister of the late Judge Luman
Norton.
THE New Battle of Bennington"
now being fought out in the columns of
the Troy Daily Times, was referred to
last week. Mr.. Locke was ably ans
wered by B. II. Hall (the historian), and
A. Ii. Graves, a prominent Trojan. We
have in preparation an article on this
subject which we hope to have ready for
our next issue.
IT is reported that John S. Holden G.
Company will rebuild some portion of
their tenements next year. That is, the
old red block on the corner of Main and
Mill streets, to be torn down and re-
placed by better structure, is one of
the contemplated Improvements. We
surmised as much from indications
already observable about the Wooden
Mills property.
The following item from the VALLEY
NelgS of North Adams, Mass, will inter
est some of our readers: ''Dr. Brooks.
bishop-elect of Massachusetts, has APP
pointed Nov. Goth, which is Advent Sun
day, for the conservation of the extern
sion to st. Johns church. The service
of conservation will be held in the morn
ing together with a sermon by the
bishop, and a celebration of the Holy
Communion. In the afternoon he will
visit the church at Williamstown, and in
the evening return for confirmation
service at st. Johns"
THE remains of Prof. William II.
Shaw, were brought here this afternoon,
and buried in Bennington Centre Gene
terry. We mentioned his illness last
week. william II. Shaw, formerly of
Wallingford, who has been i'll with
Brights disease for some time, died
Tuesday at Everett, Mass. Mr.. Shaw