The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-19
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1892.

n. Y.Monday. 1t was leap-year sleigh
ride event.
TUESDAY evening a delegation of Gus
ter Post went to South SALISBURY and
enjoyed visit and cam-fire.
WE note that Bishop Bissell has
named May 18th, next, rs the date of his
annual visitation to ST. Peters church in
this village.
Mrs. JOHN Hustled AND Son of
Georgetown, Col, are expected this
week to visit her relatives, Mrs. Geo.
Hall and Mrs. DIR. A. S NJ Chisholm.
The officers of the Eastern Star Chap
ter, request us to remind the members
of the convocation called for the evening
of the 24th, inst, for work in the De-
grceS.
Mr.. G. II. FIELDS AND WIFE of Fort
Edward n. Y, were in Bennington last
week in attendance at the funeral of
their mother, the late Mrs HOratio
Fields.
Miss LOUISE THATCHER gave 4 card
party Saturday afternoon. A number of
her friends shared the hospitality Of
their young hostess, voting it pleasant
occasion.
FRANK WEAVER is engaged in dec
Grating in handsome manner the in
terror of c. d. GibsOns drug store.
This stroke of enterprise will make Mr..
GiOson's store one of the finest in town.
TIE young people are enjoying them
selves sleighing. Four horse sleighs are
in demand, parties going to some adj
joining towns each evening. The tunes
they sing on their return, make us think
of by-gOne days.
DRYsDALE's show windows are per-
fectly gorgeous He has the advantage
of the finest place in town to display
taste in their arrangement and is not
slow to improve the opportunity. HIS
display of wall papers is seasonable and
nice.
IT is said some one hundred new
buildings will go up in Bennington this
coming spring and summer. We feel
very sure that ten out of that number, if
made and fitted up with all the modern
improvements could be rented at a good
price.
DIR. BURGESS is drawing the lumber
for his new stable, which when finished
will be fitted up with office, box stalls,
operating room, etc The doctor saved
two valuable horses the past four weeks
where the owners felt very sure they
could not be cured.
A CONvOCATIoN of Bennington COun-
cic. No. 3, r. & S. NJ, for the election of
officers, will be held in Masonic hall on
Monday evening at the usual hour, Feb.
10Th. This is by special dispensation
and some of the Grand officers, Col. NJ.
j. Horton of Poultney, and others are
expected to be present
COMPANY A of the Good Templars
were royalty entertained by Company b,
at the Methodist parlors Friday evening.
Possibly next time the victors of the
credit system may be the hosts of this
occasion when it will be Company AS
turn to spread the tables. For the good
of the Order" it being LincOln's birth
day, several gave "reminiscences of
Father Abraham" the martyr Presi-
dent
No city or town can stand still and it
must improve or recede. Hardly any
one wants Bennington to 90 backward,
even if the rest of the State shGT1lh L. i,C,
m NJ 10 ;r ,,,l,o4 -, vi men
mehr are Utilizing Of changing their place
of business or residence, they will feel
this is the place to come. Western towns
and cities have doubled up in size by
putting their best men into Office and
going for improvements. This is sound
doctrine for all parties.
THE Cambridge, n. Y, correspondent
of the Troy Press, writes that paper:
Mrs. Ruby Cramer, wife of +. i. Cramer
one of our oldest merchants, diei after
long and painful illness Monday morn
ing. Mrs. Cramer has been a devoted
wife AMI mother and was u consistent
member of the Congregational church."
We are very sorry to hear of this sad
aflliction to our ClasS-mate and early
friend The BANNER extends sympa-
thy
On Sunday evening, the DIST the Rev.
{. r. Seymour will begin new series
Of six" sermons for the evening services
IN the Second Congregational church.
The subject of the first one is: SIS there
a reasonable ground of hope that the
ProhibitOry law will be enforced in Ben
nington." The subsequent Sunday even
ing topics embrace such as these: 1.-The
Mills of the town." "The Public and
the Public Library" "a Bennington
Sunday" THE Savings Bank as an Edu-
Gator" and Rest, Recreation and
Riot"
THE friends of Evangelist Mills in
town will be interested in this item.
which is telegraphed under date of Feb,
18th: mo religious revival in the his
tory OF Cincinnati has been so fruitful in
results as that now in progress here
under the leadership of Rev. Mr.. Mills |
and Rev. DR.. Chapman of Philadelphia. !
The first official reports were made to-
day, and indicate that 1000 people in the |
city and almost as many more from out |
side have been converted. Careful cal |
culators claim that $4,000 people will |
have been converted by the time the re-
vival Closes"
IN the contest TO break the will of the |
late JAS. II. Kellogg, Tuesday, the testi
mony began at Rochester, n. Y. Two |
witnesses p. V. Crittenden and William |
&. Powers were sworn. Mr. Crittenden
testified to having lived near Mr. Kel- |
logg in that city for some time. He re-
garded him as a man of entirely sound |
mind and noticed nothing to Indicate n
weakened mind on the day of making
the will. William G. Powers testified |
that in his judgment Mr.. Kellogg was a
shrewd business man of perfectly sound
mind. Further testimony was adjourn
ed until March 22d.
Presiding ELDER J. n WEBSTER Of
the Burlington district of the Metho-
dist Troy Conference speaks encourage
ingly of the work of the last year. lie
says that the record is well up to the
standard of former years. The revival