The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-21

stopped with Mr.. j. Wool Griswold.
PROF Fl. NJ. Downs wishes to present
his thanks to the chorus for their kind
assistance on the arch during the pro-
cession.
PHOTOGRAPHS of the ''Triumphal arch"
can be obtained at the BANNER office.
Mailed to any address on the receipt of
25 cents.
Mrs. H. S. BINGHAM displayed the
German flag on her residence during the
week in honor of her guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. futile.
EUGENE L. GRAVES, wife and children,
of Cleveland, Ohio, were in town during
the Centennial, and will remain until
September list.
THE straight, fine-looking young men
from West Point attracted good deal of
attention at Bennington and their exhi-
bition drill delighted everybody.
aid.
OUR types, last week, made us say that
the Rutland Company was the first to go
into camp, when 1T should have said the
''flrst from out of town." Of.course the
Bennington Rifles were the first to go
into Camp Vermont" and ought not to
be deprived of that honor.
MARCH 25, 1851, the first stroke of work
toward clearing the then unbroken for
ests of Bennington was made by Colonel
Samuel Robinson; and on the same day
was brought into the town the first white
woman who became resident of the
place. See statement in the Vermont
Gazette of March 18th, 1901.
THERE was left on the grounds of the
Soldiers Home, Wednesday, presumably
in the Canton headquarters, Vol. xiii of
proceedings of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, comprising the
years 19S7-SS-S9. Whoever may have this
lf-bound book will confer great favor
by returning it to H. L. Stillson at this
Office.
THE representatives of the several
State societies of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution met at the Soldiers
Home Wednesday and E. S. Barrett of
Massachusetts, was elected president and
L. L. Tarbell of the Massachusetts so
ciety secretary. The meeting voted to
sign testimonial to be presented the
Vermont society for the hospitality ex-
tended the 18th.
MAI. BARTLETT, commander of the
Amoskeag Veterans, says: 1.-THE occa-
sion was great success and 1 hope the
presence of the Amoskeag Veterans did
not mar the fine effect of the most pictur-
esque procession" We assure Maj. Bart
lett that so far from ''marring" the fine
effct, it was feature of the occasion
widely marked. We give elsewhere in
full Maj. Bartlett's remarks at the post
prandial exercises.
IN this issue of the BANNER, we intro
duce to our readers the we'll known
clothing house of Wells and Coverly of
Troy, N. Y. This firm is among our
neighboring city's most enterprising
firms. They made creditable display
at the centennial under the direction of
our former townsman, Frank Purdy, land
gave away nice Autograph illustration
of the Battle Monument. Their adver-
isement is worth reading.
WHEN the two batteries started from
Brattleboro on their march to Benning-
ton, somebody sought to discourage
the artillery men by predicting ''exe-
cradle roads" But when the troops
reached Wilmington they were con-
vinced that the roads were good enough,
indeed. Major Cushing had much to say
that was complimentary in regard to the
roads over the mountain, and he spoke
especially in praise of Bennington
streets.
THE publisher of the BANNER had for
his guests, among others, E. II. Wade and
wife of Northampton, Mass. Mr.. Wade
is the senior member of the firm of Wade
& Warner, publishers of the Northamp-
ton Journal. This firm has achieved no
little fame as the publishers of 'Pictur-
esque Hampshire" Picturesque Berk-
shire and picturesque Franklin.
These elegantly illustrated books are
sought after, far and wide, as souvenirs
by old residents of Western Massachu-
sets.
A LARGE number of prominent people
called upon the BANNER, and their
names appear collectively in another
place. Among the number was our old
friend, John H. Flagg; the,pOpular post
master of Manchester, N. H., whose
name we do not recall, and Congressman
Powers. The latter expressed himself
in highly complimentary terms as to the
success attending the celebration; that
no other town in the State could have
better handled such crowd of people.
We appreciate those kind words.
THE celebration, which was looked
forward to by the fakirs as a promising
field for money-making, says the Troy
Press, proved to have been improbable
| for them. The men who took the larger
part of the money from the visitors were
the faro, wheel of fortune and poker
players. There were in the village dur
ing the celebration three poker dens, two
faro layouts and five wheels of fortune.
Two of these wheels of fortune were ex-
hibited publicly on North street, near
the entrance to the Soldiers Home. The
playing progressed night and day in full
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