The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-15

THE Misses Heaxt are visiting friends
in Northern New York.
E. b. PATTERSON drives new and
nice looking horse-one of Carpenters
now on sale here.
DEWEY DUNHAM, the builder, is at
present experimenting work at the
James C. Colgate farm.
E.E. HART & Co., drive a very stylish
bay on one of their wagons-good
enough for city coupe horse.
THE regular convocation of Temple
Chapter, No. s, r. A. NJ, will be held
next Monday evening, in Masonic hall,
at o'clock.
ROBERT PILLING the contractor, is to
build dwelling house for Frank Cone
on the east side of Depot street, below
River street.
GEORGE H. MOORE has sent a very
promising four.year-old Hambletonian
to Mr.. Spencer to be trained on the
Cambridge, N. Y, track.
THE Misses Harrington have just pur-
chased of Piercy & Company, Troy, N.
Y, one of their fine pianos. The in
struments sold by this firm are very pop
ular in this vicinity as the house becomes
better known.
ARTHUR ]. DEWEY, Real Estate agent,
has sold to j. S. Lindley, the contractor,
five building lots on Putnam street from
the Dewey property; also, Blue Stone
Quarry for building purposes, which he
has commenced to work,
THE pastor of the Methodist church
being absent, attending the Annual
Conference, held in Pittsburgh, N. Y,
this week, there will be no services in
that church next Sunday. The Sunday
School will assemble as usual.
THE April convocation of Mt. Anthony
Chapter, Order Eastern Star, was held
on Wednesday evening of this week.
One new member was received and
several petitions. 1t is evident that this
chapter is bound to boom this year.
RANDALL j. CRAWFORD has the con-
tract for the various building improve
ments to be made in town this season by
r. B. Godfrey, and ground has already
been broken and building operations
commenced for the new laundry build
ing just east of the box shop on East
Main street.
On our 9th page to-day will be found
the new advertisement of Childs & Pow
ers, general agents of the New York
Life, and, also, agents for the Fidelity
and Casualty Insurance Company B 9th
of these companies have lately paid
promptly several losses.
THE Democrats, in this State, are en-
gagged in little family quarrel that does
not concern us. for when election day
comes all such differences are laid aside,
whether of State or town matters, and
the Democracy vote as one man. This
is more then can be said of the rank and
file of the Republican party.
WHILE we have not been furnished
with the programme of Easter music for
the Second Congregational church, yet
we feel assured that the song service of
that sanctuary will be up to it's usual
standard of excellence. The pastor,
Rev. Charles r. Seymour, will preach on
the topic suggested by the day.
THE Odd Fellows have in contempla-
ton an anniversary entertainment, the
date of which should come on the Goth.
the seventy-third establishment of the
Independent Order. But the Mikado
being upon that evening the date will be
announced later. 1t is to be made up of
home talent, and will be fine affair.
THE Rev. A. D. Heaxt of the Metho-
dist church preached sermon last Sun
attention. The subject was 1.-THE Cere-
bral and Mental effects of Alcohol" Mr.
Heaxt branched out on new path of
temperance reform, and, by request of
anumber of our people the discourse will
be printed in full in next weeks BAN
NER.
The annual parish meeting of St.
Peters church, will be held next Mon
Il OF ~ hn a1o
ton of eleven vestTymen. The vestry
will meet for organization and election
of officers Immediately afterward. The
financial condition of this church is the
best in years and is, therefore, very
gratifying to its congregation.
PARTIES from Massachusetts who
have been looking for farms in Vermont
tell us that the pamphlet issued by the
State Board of Agriculture last year was
much better in their opinion than those
issued by the other New England States
because it gave descriptions of the
characteristics, soil, etc., of the different
counties and their adaptability to various
kinds of farming.
THE scene about Goldsmiths last
Monday morning was lively one.
About two hundred assembled to choose
seats for the Mikado, and for a time
half dozen would hardly have sufficed
to wait on the ticket holders assembled.
When the people dispersed the plans of
Library hall for both the 26th and 9th
showed sections A and b sold, with a
number of marks on G and d. The
choice of seats lasted all day, showing a
financial success to the undertaking.
THE Stark Hose Company have placed
in their house on Pleasant street a fine
billiard table. This organization cap
tured the old sign of the Stark house,
which by having out the gu" will serve
as proper sign for them. These letters
were made in the old U. S. Pottery,
and are of the same material as the stat
uary in front of the residences of Cap
tains Walker and Fillmore on Pleasant
street. Besides the historic assocla-
tons this sign is Of material not obtaina-
bic ut this time, and will be highly
priced.
IHE Methodist Episcopal Sunday
School Board elected the following off
GERS for the ensuing year: Superinten-
dent, F. A. Greenslet, Assistants, w. A.
Austin, Mrs. w. d. Newton, Miss Kate
lockwood; Secretary, E. b. HurlbuTt;
Treasurer, Andrew MauTer; Librarian,
Il. T. Griswold; Chorister, NJ. b. Nor
gan; Organist, Miss Luella futile.
Charles Cooper, the retiring superinten-
dent, declined denomination. During
the many years he has served as super
intendent the Sunday School, says a