The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-07-03

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The annual meeting Of the Trustees {
the Soldiers Home will be held thi
" month.
Iris announced from Washington tina
. Daniel G. Guiltinan has been granted
& patent for bottle stopper.
THE Walter A. Wood mower in publ
: field trial defeated two leading eompetl
tors at Bristol, June, 9th, 1891.
G.. B. SHELLEY changes his advertise
ment to-day. The Free Library elOthin
5 store is headquarters in town for sum
mer wear.
OUR centennial matters and items o
news this week viii be found scatteret
o throughout the whole paper-in CORE
: spondence as well as in locals.
MR.. AND MRS WILLIAM SHIELDS o
S Third avenue have gone to Bennington
Q to visit relatives. They will stay during
July and August.-Troy Exchange.
MRS. PLUMB the aged mother o
: Theron S. Plumb had severe fall Wed
nesday, and injured herself seriously
At her advanced age and feeble health the
case seems alarming.
. Mr.. LOUIS A. AUSTIN is in town. HI
is taking course of postgraduate study
| in physics at Clark University, Worces
ter, Mass, and will finish year hence
I-Middlebury Register.
THE body of Michael Costello, who
died In Hoosick Falls, N. Y, last week,
was brought here Sunday for interment
The remains were escorted by the G.. A.
R., of Bennington and Hoosick Falls.
MILLER & WILLIAMS are just too late
this week for change in their advertise
ment, but when it comes to selling boots
and shoes they are never left" The
fine new stock lately received by them
will bear inspection by all in need of
foot wear.
THE "Rosebud Society," of the Baptist
church, gave a reception at the residence
of Fred L. Bowen, Wednesday, which
was pleasant affair. Miss Eunice
Stuart of Norwich. N. Y. and Frank
Gage, both rendered choice selections in
vocal music,
The new electric fire alarm was tested
last evening and it was found to work
perfectly. The strokes tolled off the To-
cality of the boxes pulled and as soon as
the public become accustomed to the
signals there will be no confusion, as
there will be none with the fire depart
ment.
THE Lansingburgh, N. Y, notes in a
Troy exchange says: can action for di-
vorce has been brought by Hans Neil
Poulson of this village against his wife
Boletta, who now resides in Bennington.
Attorney Lansing has been retained by
the plaintiff and Isaac L. Ransom for the
defendant"
UNDER a new law, which took effect
July LIST, all quarterly payments to pen
sioners will hereafter be paid on and
after the 4th day of November, February,
May and August, instead of the 4th day
of March, June, September and January,
as now. The next payment will be in
August, for two months. The payment
following that will be in November.
Pensioners should make note of this.
OF our new railroad arrangements the
Troy Press of Monday, said: 1.-THE new
Montreal flyer on the Fitchburg Railroad
made its initial trip at 80 p. m. to-day.
The train is composed Of two Adirondack
and St. Lawrence cars, smoking and
buffet car, baggage and coach and vesti.
bule Wagner drawing room car, and is a
solid vestibule train. A similarly equip
ped train will arrive in this city from
Montreal daily at 4:4S p. m"
THERE is no merchant or business man
but who will admit that the local paper
is a very necessary thing in town, and
of great assistance to them. Yet do they
ever stop to think that every dollars
worth of job work they send out of town
to be done is just so much towards in
juring the paper and Gripping it? 1t not
only Injuries the paper but themselves,
for good, enterprising paper greatly
aids town and its business men per-
sonally.-GrGnuiile Sentinel.
THEB udget report of the ball game at
North Adams, last Saturday. between
the club there and the Bennipgtons
says: The game of ball on the fair
grounds was witnessed by 300 people
The batteries were Mcpherson, Madison
and FoIonals for the home team and
Hanlon and Cronin for the Benningtons.
The time of the game was two hours and
ten minutes and the score was: North
Adams, 10; Benningtons, 8.
THE Messls. Dewey are painting their
houses on West Main street. The ques-
ton was asked how many times the resi-
dence has been painted since it was
built in about the year ITO. Some of
the New Hampshire troops slept on its
floors the night before the Bennington
battle and all night long the family
baked bread in a brick oven in the yard
for the soldiers to take with them the
following day.
THE Sons of Veterans hold their fourth
annual picnic and field day, tomorrow,
as announced by us recently. Camp
Frank Ray deserve well of our people,
and while the firemen are going to Rut-
land, yet the people will either remain at
home or go out of town to other celebra-
tions. We advise them to go to Hunts
upper grove and witness the sports, etc.,
which constitute the Fourth of July cele-
bration of the S. o. V. The admission
worth the money.
HENRY DIETEL, clerk in the L. S. r. r.
general offices here, goes to Germany
this month, sailing the 18th. He will re-
main at least year or more, and posi-
bly,, permanently. We are pleased to
know that he has lucrative situation in
prospect, but are sorry to lose him from
among the young men of Bennington.
Reliable and painstaking Mr.. Dietel will
succeed in life. 1t is rather reversing
the order of events to emigrate to the
old country, and we predict that Mr..
Dietel will return sometime to his Amer
lean home, where men are more free
and equal than is possible in Europe.
THE Saratoga, N. Y, correspondent of
the Budget says that the Spa will have a
most successful season, and adds: 1.-THE
principal reason for hopefulness as TO
the success of the present season is the
fact that President Harrison and his
Cabinet upon their return from Benning-
ton, where they will participate in the
monument dedication in August, will
mNsN Na NnNr AUwr harr
already engaged suite at the Grand
Union. It is also believed that W. j.
Arkell of Mt. McGregor fame, will have
the party as his guests for day or two
upon the mount.
| THE Christidn InteUigencer of a late
date has the following item, which will
interest the Bennington and other friends
of those named. Personally, we are very
much gratifed to hear of the Joyous
event. The Inteliigencer says: "Satur-
day, June Goth, was the silver wedding
anniversary Of the Rev. and Mrs. Edward
G. Read of Somerville, N. j., in which
their parishioners Of the Second Re-
formed Church took kindly and gener-
GUS interest. A committee of ladies
waited on them, and in behalf of the
congregation presented them with an
album of steel en0rduings, executed I'M
der the auspices Of Uncle Sam. On the
leaves of the album were artistically ar
ranged bills Of various denominations,
amounting to S242. Other gifts from in
dividual friends were received, and the
hearts of the pastor and wife were deeply
stirred by these substantial expressions
| of love from people among whom they
have labored with delightfor nearly nine
years"
AMONG the relics owned by Mrs. r. G.
White, to which allusion was made last
week, is '.fde simile of the first paper