The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-01-22

Conversion of st. Paul.
MRS Col. ABBOTT give an enjoyable
aftern on progressive euchIe party this
week.
THE Aldine knitting Company are
doing lively misunderstanding even
ings.
A. C. LANARRE seeks health during
the winter months at the Bermuda Is
lands.
THE sleighing is fine about our village
and is being enjoyed to its utmost these
days.
LOUIS r. WHITNEY of New York, has
been making his sister and other friends
in town short visit.
JUDGE CHAs. II. DARLING returned
this week from short visit he made to
his former home in Woodstock.
AMONG the readers of the BANNER
now in attendance at the Albany Bust
ness College, is Irving n. Clark of West
Pawlet.
Miss LIZZIE COOPER is visiting friends
in Washington, and writes that it is one
of the most beautiful cities one can find
anywhere.
THE cost per family of food in the
United States is S243.6J a year, against
$222.52 in Europe. But the American
eats more and richer food.
THE wonderful photograph or talking
machine at the Putnam House is attract
ing good deal of attention. j. X.
Seaver is tile gentlemanly manager, who
understands thoroughly the business,
and it whl pay anyone to visit him and
see the photograph operate.
THE rain of Monday caused the roof Of
Masonic Hall to leak down, wetting the
furniture and carpet, besides discoloring
the walls. 1t seems pity that the roof
on the Park Block does not appear to be
possible of fixing so that these things
will not occur sever raj times year.
The Lasher Stocking Conn any's mill
is up and covered, and work or the in
side is being pushed rapidly. 1t will be
a model mill both in appearance and 10
work in. The BANNER bindery has just
turned out for this concern handsome
set of bookstore of the finest made by
us during the year.
II. L. PRESTON, publisher of the Kan
sas City Sunday San. has been arrested
in that city for violating the law against
papers devoted to scandals and unclean
matter The arrest took place on the
10th inst. Preston was former resident
of Bennington. The penalty for the Of
Tense for which Preston was arrested is
from two to five years in the pentiten-
tiary.
OUR readers will recall that few
weeks ago we noted an accident to the
aged mother of John Ii. Ayres, by which
she fractured hip. On Saturday a de-
spatch came for Mr.. Ayres to come on
Immediately to Hebron, ILL.,, where his
mother is living with Mrs. Stratton,
married daughter, as she was worse and
rapidly sinking. He left on the 5.l5 p.
M, train and letter yesterday says that
there is no hope of her recovery. Mrs.
Ayres is good woman and many friends
here will regret to hear of the probably
fatal nature of her injury.
PROF. w. w. DAYTON, the "Prince of
Mediums and greatest exposer of Spiritu-
aliSm in the entire world" will give two
of his really wonderful and mirth-Dro-
vOking entertainments at Library Hall,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Jan
9th and 18th. "The most wonderful man
that ever appeared before Concord
audience" says the Daily People q Pa
triOt of Concord, n. IL. Prof. Dayton
and his company gave one Of their en-.
tertainments here about two years ago,
and as then we can recommend them for
giving one of the very best and cleanest
entertainments of this kind we have ever
witnessed. The well known A. Louis
Blodgette is the advance agent. Mr..
BlOdgctte has a sermon" that he repeats
after the book agent style that rather
eJlipSeS most efforts, even the Chinese
nostrum speech that one of our local peo-
ple sometimes repeats, is cast entirely in
tie shade by it.
The Fitchburg railroad will run win
ter excursion to the National Capital,
February 2nd, via. the West Shore and
Pennsylvania railways. The excursion
train will leave North Adams at p. m,
and uniform SO fare from these stations.
Leave BlackintOn 1880 D. m, Williams
town LOO p. m, Pownll 12.44 p. m, No.
POwnal l2.50 p. M. Petersburgh juno
ton LOO p. m, HUOsiCk l.04 p. M, Hoo
sick Falls l.3j p. m, WalloOmsaC l.09 p.
M, North Huosick LIB p. m, arriving
ut Albany POO p. M, connecting with
special train on the West Shore railroad,
leaving Albany 800 p. M, and arriving
at Washington at 30 a. m, February 3.
Tickets are good going only on special
train, and returning are good leaving
on any regular train of the
Pennsylvania railroad, excepting the
New York Limited and Congressional
until Friday evening, February
18th, inclusive, and from New York by
West Shore and Fitchburg railroads un-
til February 18th, inclusive, Passengers
will have the privilege of stop-over ON
return journey at Baltimore and Phila-
delphia within the limit of the tickets.
Apply to nearest ticket agent Fitchburg
railroad for excursion tickets or other
Sleeping cars will be at
taChed to the tram at Albany, and ac-
commodationS reserved in advance upon
application to w. X. HarcUurt, ticket
agent, West Shore, r.. r., Albany, n. Y.
Reduced rates have been arranged for at
the principal hotels. To obtain the re-
1uctiOn, eXCursionists will exhibit their
excursion tickets at the hotels.
AN apology in the Chuchnan this
week for bad error, the fault of the
proof reader, and what it says in explana-
ton thereof, induces us to reproduce the
plant of the West Randolph Herald d
Ne,oS on the same subject. Those who
imagine that the BANNER may be "a sin
ner" i'll this respect cover all those who
dwell at jerusalem" should carefully
read the following, and mediate upon
the latter clause: There is nothing that
tries the patience of a newspaper man so
severely as the wretched Typographical
errors that will get by the best proof
reading. Last week we hattered our
selves that the paper was a good one but
within two hours after it was printed we