The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-11
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II. 1891.

onto, CANADA, Tor couple OF weeks.
MISS CYNTHIA GARDNER goes to
Elizabeth, n. j., to school this autumn.
ALANsoN WILCOX has been seriously
ill during the past week, but is a little
better to-day.
THE village trustees voted Monday
evening, to pay the electric light bill,
and adjourned for week.
THE improvements on Odd Fellows
Hall, in this village, are completed. 1t
is one of the finest society halls in Yer
mont.
The Good Templars enjoyed an oyster
supper last Friday evening New men,
bers and enthusiasm is a common oc-
currence with this Lodge these days.
HENRY W. PUTNAM, who is soon to
return to New York for the winter, has
nearly completed some very fine work
on his cemetery lot in this village. He
will erect nice monument thereon.
THE next regular convocation of Mt.
Anthony Chapter, No. l, Order Eastern
Star, will be held Wednesday evening,
Sept. 10th in the Masonic Hall, at 7.9O
o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
AT the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms next Sun
day afternoon the Rev. Mr.. Marten will
give an exposition of the International
Sunday school lesson of Sept goth. This
is the second in the series mentioned
last week.
THE Citizens band went to Manches-
fer Wednesday and Thursday to furnish
music at the Battenkill Valley fair. We
are glad to see that the press reports
speak of our band in the complimentary
terms they deserve.
THE Rev. VIM. Bogert Walker and
wife have gone to Lynn, Mass, for a
visit of two weeks, the popular rector of
ST. Peters taking that time for needed
vacation. Services will be held in this
church next Sunday as usual.
THE Methodist people are doing fine
job of grading about the grounds of
their church edifice on Main street. The
lawn has always been low, and being
now raised up to grade the annoyances
of water in wet seasons of the year will
be avoided.
ATTENTION is called to the announce
ment, in another column, of the New
York Life Insurance Company; also, to
the settlement of $4,000 policy in said
company on the life of the late Phillip
Donnelly, both items of which will be
Of interest to many of our readers,
1,s, Sunday the Rev. T. Marten made
,,nitable reference to the completion of
his six wears as pastor Of the First Bap-
fist church of this village. Mr.. Msrten
has been very successful in his ministry
and under him the Baptist people are
greatly prospering-to both of which the
BANNER extends congratulations.
THE Centennial press boys expressed
through our columns their ideas of the
table furnished by ]. Ed. Walbridge &
Company for their use, and aglance into
his place to-day shows very large new
stock of these same extension tables.
Everything needed IN the house is kept
by these enterprising dealers. Take
our word for it and give them call.
The Bennington (Vt.) BANNER has
changed its form from fOur-page to an
eight This is an improvement During
the week of the dedication of the Ben
nington monument, at which President
Harrison was in attendance, the BANNER
published a daily devoted exclusively to
monument affairs. The BANNER is one
of oldest and best known publications in
the Green Mountain State,-KanSdS City
Sun.
ASIDE from the linotypes that place
The Press mechanically as well as other
wise in the van of Troy newspaperdom,
the hop picking machine is about the
greatest marvel in modern invention.
Yet it seems to be success, at least so
much of one as to assure the ultimate
cheapening of the cost of harvesting
hops to an extent that will greatly re-
Heye growers. The hop pickers, like the
type settlers, must find other avenues of
employment; but we fancy labor saving
inventions will never become SO plenty
that willing hands cannot find work to
do.-TrOy Press. '' ''.f'
THE Graded School trustees at their
regular monthly meeting, Monday even
ing voted to buy two classical maps for
the use of the High School; reference
maps for the Grammar schools; readers
for room No. i; an encyclopaedia and
dictionary to add to the library, all to
cost about 500; also a copy of the Re-
vised Statutes of Vermont to use in
school. The trustees present were:
Col. Abbott, DR.. II. J. Potter, Jr.,
Messrs. Cole and Lindley. The follow
ingibills were paid: W. A. Choate &
Co., for slate blackboards, s20O.70; L..
F. Abbott for freight, s2O55;' John A.
Robinson 6 Co., plaster, s525; Chas. A.
Wood, paper, 1878; Rowley & Horton,
$40; Frank Weaver, labor, ss41e; C.
d, D. Gibson, paints and oils, s69. 40; L. F.
Abbott, decorating, SIS; total, s4O4.S5.
Ar the time that Mr.. Il. W. Putnam
purchased the Graves, Root & Company
property on West Main Street and adj
joining the Putnam House, the BANNER,
guessing with others, stated that here
was an opportunity TO make some i'm
provements about that hostelrie. 1t is
now said that the increasing patronage
has rendered necessary certain imnrove-