The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-18
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
September is, 1s01.


Miss ETHEL CHILDs gives card party
this Friday evening.
LoRING BINGHAM returned to his
school in Peekskill, Wednesday last
Miss IDA MUNRoE of Boston, is visit
ing her sister Mrs. W. W. Monroe of this
village.
Mrs. JAMES HABBERLEY returned last
evening from her visit to Delaware coun-
ty, NY.
Miss VIcK1E KELLER of Troy, n. Y,
is spending two weeks with the Misses
Annie and Libbie Stortz on Depot street.
WE are glad to hear this morning of
hopeful improvement in the case of Mrs.
DIR. Jenney, who has been critically ill
for some days.
CHARLES T. BURT has rented the
house on Union street lately occupied by
Fred Thomas, and is nearly settled in
his new house.
Miss MARION H. SIBLEY has gone to
New York city for fall styles in mil
linery. She will return next week and
duly announce her opening, at the
Hawks block millinery store.
MRS. Col. Z. D. BENNETT most pleas
antly entertained number of her friends
at Progressive Euchre Party" last
Wednesday evening. Handsome prizes
were given and choice refreshments
served.
WIN. MOORE and son Arthur, are
spending couple of weeks at Sand Lake
and Averill Park, n. Y, their former
home. Mr.. Moore sent ten and one-half
pounds of fish-pickerel and strawberry
bass-to his family here, all caught in
one day.
SEVERAL boys have thought it smart
to steal into Library Hall by means of
false keys and thus see shows without
paying for it. Three of these youngsters
were apprehended Monday evening, and
steps are on foot to make an example of
them and their confederates.
IT is reported that schools are being
taught in various places by teachers who
have no permit or no certificate. This
is matter for committees and town
superintendent to look after. No tax
can he raised to support school taught
by an unlicensed teacher. The law on
this point is very strict.
THE regular weekly prayer meetings
of the Methodist, Baptist and First and
Second Congregational Christian En-
deavor societies are to be replaced next
week by union praise and promise
meeting, to be held in the prayer-room
of the Methodist church Sunday evening
at six o'clock. The Rev. Mr.. Marten will
preside.
LIST of letters advertised at Benning-
ton, Vt, postotice for the week ending
Sept. 18th, 1891. Mr.. Frank Boston, Mr..
Frank Callahan 2, Nunzio Casasanta, A.
J. Davitt, Chester & Harold Cannon,
George A. Long, G. H. Wood Mrs. E. H.
Bloss, Mrs. j. F. Brady Miss Fannie
Turn, Mrs. Eliza Hewett. Mrs. Henry
Oderkirk, Miss Ida Reed.
Mr.. EditOr:-We thought something
was going to be done by the committee
appointed at that enthusiastic temper
ance meeting a few weeks ago. Boys are
still to be seen on our streets bearing the
drunkard makers signs, and older men
still reel on toward the grave, apparently
that goal being the only remedy for their
fatal habits. These are past hope of re-
form, but can not the boys be saved?
Yours, for the boys. VIC.
j. ED. WALBRIDGE with a party of
eight or ten, among whom were Mr.. and
Mrs. A. S. Woodward of Massachusetts,
visited last week the old cemetery, above
the Capt. Shields place, on the first road
laid out in Woodford. This cemetery is
over hundred years old and is sur
rounded by stone wall, but so thickly
grown with trees and shrubs one has to
look sharply to find the headstones. The
view from the surrounding hills is mag
nificent. 1t would seem to us that the
town should take good care of this place,
repairing the fence, trimming out the
underbush, etc. Will it do it.
accomplished the feat of making the
fastest time ever known. One day this
week train ran from Buffalo to New
York making an average time, section
ally, of 61.44 miles per hour of the entire
distance of 436 miles. Including a stop
at Albany, 8 minutes and 2s seconds, to
change engines; at Syracuse, minutes
and 80 seconds, and at Fairport, min
utes and so seconds, to cool a heated
journal, the total running time was 439
minutes and IS seconds, thus making a
continuous average speed of 1882 miles
during the run.
The foundations for the Lasher Knit
ting Company's mill are about completed
and the building will go up this season.
1t is to be of brick, two stories. The
main mill is 40x1O0 feet, and besides this
there will be an engine house, etc. For
few weeks this mill will give employ
ment to small army of masons, and we
understand but few of these have been
engaged as yet. This mill adds one
more to Bennington's circle of industries,
and business that is bound to lead the
whole world in the stocking business.
The firm are to control solely the patents
heretofore taken out. This gives them
monopoly.
WEDDING bells ring out smerrily these
days at st. Francis de Sales church.
Inst Monday afternoon the Rev / 6