The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-09-23

parents here for few weeks.
MAJ. A. B. VALENTINE is building a
small addition to his knitting mill.
THE Messrs. Deweys have sold build
ing lot to Contractor Robert E. Pilling.
Miss LILLIAN VALENTINE returned
to school in Newburg, N. Y, Wednesday,
Mrs. BLoss, mother of Mrs. r. J. COT
fey, has been i'll this week but is better
Miss ELIZABETH ABCoTr is to return
to st. Agnes school, Albany, n. Y, the
2Sth.
THE arrangements to celebrate Colum-
bus Day here by the schools and others,
are well in hand.
LAST Wednesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Haynes gave card party for
few of their friends.
THE venerable Luther R. Graves says
he is enjoying better health at present
than for the last year.
Miss BERTHA JEwETT returned to the
Collegiate School for Girls, at Engle-
wood, n. j., Tuesday.
WE regret to hear of the continued i'll
ness of John Lawrence. He has now
Oeen i'll about six weeks.
Miss FLORA VALENTINE of Cohoes, n.
Y. is attending school IN town and stop
ping with Mrs. NJ. W. Stewart.
Fl. W. PUTNAM, JR., and Fred. More
house have arrived in town, from Put
nam's Island" on Lake Champlain.
Miss TTBBITs of Troy, n. Y, daughter
of Col Dudley Tibbits, is guest of Mrs.
John Wool Griswold of Bennington Cen
tire.
Mr.. POTTER, veteran of the Soldiers
Home, has been sick and IN the hospital
this week. He is one of the farm hands
at the Home.
Miss LOUISE LEvERICH enters Miss
Aiken's school in Stamford, Conn.,, this
week. Mrs. j. H. Leverich returns to
Central America soon.
MAJ. VALENTINE, in attendance this
week upon the G. A. r. National En-
campment served upon the Committee
ON Resolutions of that body.
In view of the approaching convention
of st. Andrews Brotherhood at Boston,
the Rector of st. Peters church will adj
dress sermon to young men on Sunday
next service at 1000 a. m. Men, and
especially young men, cordially invited.
AT the special communication of Mt.
Anthony Lodge of Masons, Tuesday
in handsome style by the officers and a
goodly number of members present.
Several visitors were also in attendance.
Mrs. JERRY FINN was Frustrated with
shock of some kind last week, but soon
recovered so she has been about her
house and is able to see her friends. We
hope soon to note her recovery. Her
sister, Miss Stella Atwood, is with her
for short time.
Mrs. JARED HOWARD has night
blooming cereus eight feet high that has
sent out twenty-eight perfect blossoms
this summer, twenty the past week.
The plant seemed to forget its nature and
blossoms in the morning instead of even
ing, blossoms being out full nearly all
day.
THE Troy Times has this item: "Station
Agent Jones of the Lebanon Springs rail
road az Chatham failed to appear at his
post of duty Monday morning. Super
intendent Benuett was in town looking
into the matter Monday, and, it is said,
found JOnes's affairs in bad shape. No.
clue has been obtained to Jones's where
abouts."
The report that Prof. JOS LaRoux had
met his death by falling is incorrect. The
Professor alighted in the top of a tree
and fell about sixty feet, striking on his
head and shoulders. The plunky aro-
naut escaped with sprained wrist and
arm, with an injury to his back that does
not entirely disable him. This was at
the Luzerne, n. Y. fair, following his as
sent here for the F. NJ. T. A. B. society
August 10th.
THE following is list of letters adj
;,,4 Do ; d.,
vt, for the week ending September II:
HAYNES, II. b. Miller, Nellie Burer Miss
Florence Harris, Miss Abbie E. Sherman,
Miss p. Z. Thompson. These letters
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office on
October 1st, 1892, if not delivered before
In calling please say ''advertised' giving
date of list.
THE roof of the Opera House is near
ing completion, while the carpenters are
rushing the inside finish. The frort of
the block has gone up the second story
this week, and one can now begin to ap-
preciate the great improvements Mr.
Henry W. Putnam is making this year.
We note in this connection that the les
sees of the Opera House, MessTs. Tiffany
and Bond, are already making the pre-
paratory arrangements for the grand
opening of the Opera House during the
holidays.
IT is said, and by authority that we
have confidence in, that the late David
f. SqulIes always claimed the first cut
nails were made in this town. If this is
established and we see no reason why it
is not, for Mr.. Squires saw the work
done and was, therefore, an eyewitness,
it is an important historical fact. The
forge was situated between the present
dam and the wooden mills and the pro-
cess consisted in forging out a sheet of
iron, and then cutting the nails across
the sheet, the width being the length of
the nail. The heading was then done by
hand. These nails were nearly equal to
wrought nails, but, later, iron was rolled
out and cut across the grain. This pro.
duct of cut nails made them quite brittle,
the method of rolling sheets and slicing
them up not having come into use.
The Fitchburg railroad run an excur-
sion to Boston in connection with the
Bennington and Rutland October 18th.
The connection is made with the early
morning train leaving Manchester at Z. IS;
Bennington, 7.45; North Pownal, 9.57;
Pownal, 1908, arriving at the Hub at
3.20 p. m. On the Fitchburg it is a spe-
cial train leaving Troy at $50 and follow
ing the regular express. The fare from
Manchester round trip, is $500; from
Bennington, S4.15; the Pownal stations,
1925. Bennington way, people change
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