The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-09-02

house commenced on his new street.
WILL MCCLURE of Troy, N. Y, has
been passing his vacation in town.
R. H. FISK, wife and children of Rut-
land are visiting at his mothers for a
week.
L. ]. MARSH is visiting his parents
here after an absence of two or three
years.
WIN. @, CRoMACK is laying new walk
in front of his livery barn on North
street.
A MARBLE side walk has been laid in
front of Putnam's new block on West
Main street.
THE Baptist Sunday school picnicked
at Furnace Grove this week. An enjoy
able time was had.
B. G. BARBER and wife returned
Thursday morning from Nebraska, where
they have been to visit relatives.
MAJOR CoFFEY says the chapel bell
for the Soldiers Home, will soon be
heard. The chapel seats have arrived.
MRS. HENRY w. BOOTH has returned
from a four weeks absence, during
which she visited in Troy and Saratoga,
n. Y.
THE quarterly meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary to the Y. NJ. G. A, will be
held at the Association rooms, on Thurs
day, Sept. Sth, at o'clock p. m. j. A.
Valentine, Secretary.
"SoME Campaign Lies Nailed" is the
title of an article in another column that
our people should read. The Democracy
are busy circulating these falsehoods,
and no one should be caught with such
chaff.
E. Z. RAwsoN has returned from
Philadelphia, where he spent the month
of August in the practice of optics, and
will be at home hereafter. He is ready
to attend to his local customers, at
Squire and Rawson's store, daily.
JUDGE WHITE has peach tree stand
ing in front of his house that last year
bore one peach, and to-day he picked
tpO. This shows that peaches may be
raised out of doors in this climate, but
it is too far north for peach culture.
BY the State Treasurers report we
note that the income to Vermont for the
sale of banquet tickets and old lumber
last year, was S2,O9S.04. The cost of the
Centennial was about $4,000, and this
item is to be deducted to get the net
cost.
The Rev. A. S. Gilbert of Penacook,
n. H., who has been passing part of
his vacation at his old home, North Ben
nington, made us pleasant call this
week He returns to New Hampshire
to-day, in time to occupy his pulpit
Sunday.
PROF. T. E. BULLARD, optician, who
has stopped each Wednesday during the
summer at the Putnam House, has dis
continued his visits to town for the
present. Mr.. Billiard is gentleman
who has a growing custom in other
places and this takes all his time. He
promises to come here again later.
THE invitations are out for the
marriage of Miss Nellie Fisher Tiffany,
formerly of Bennington, to Mr.. Frank
Russell Boyd, which will take place at
her mothers residence, GA Walnut St.,
Waterbury, Conn, September 18th.
Many friends here will send cordial
greetings and hearty congratulations.
If Harrison should be elected fresh
impetus will be given to business, that
would be of great benefit to Bennington
English Shed mill' of the enterprising
firm of Holden, Leonard & Co., would
commence to be used. This would be
equivalent to a large new mill; for. in
our Judgment, there must be half an
acre or more of floor room in this mill.
THE pneumatic sulky has been intro
duced, and will stay, for horsemen like
it. 1t has wheels about the size of the
safety bicycle, and the seat is over the
wheels, the tires of which are heavy
rubber tubes, blown up with air. 1t
weighs about 40 pounds complete, and
the decrease in draught is 30 per cent.
below the ordinary sulky. Robert
Bonner predicts that with this sulky the
trotting record will be lowered to 2:05.
In view of the cholera scare it will be
good news to our people, who may eX-
pect the scOurge to come to us if at all
through Canada, to know that the
United States Marine hospital authorities
are in correspondence with DR.. A. p.
Grinnell, of Burlington assistant surgeon
of the service, with view to quarantin-
ing the Canadian frontier and thus pre-
venting the importation of any immi-
grants who might have come from in
fected countries.
In reply to "editor" Livingston's
sensation as to Doc. Miller and his wife
in last weeks Reformer, Miller created a
sensation by rolling his royal nibs' in
the gutter. Miller's sensation was a
success for the crowd that quickly
gathered about the two, near the post
Office, was nearly as large as the political
gathering later. doc" would have
trounced Livingston in fine shape if he
had been allowed to finish the thrashing
he so well begun.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming uncalled for in the postofice at
Bennington, for the week ending Aug.
9th: Abner d. Avery, Thomas
Belinger, II. H. Hepworth, Mrs. Arthur
E. Lane, Mrs. NJ. Morrison, Mrs. NJ. B.
Newton, Mrs. Clara Sibley, Miss Clara
Emertons, Miss Lizzie Kane. These
letters will be sent to the dead letter
office Sept. 10th, 1892, if not delivered be-
fore. In calling, please say advertised"
giving date of list.
WILL our correspondents next week,
send us the vote polled for each candi-
date of each party? Take sample
ballot, or cut one out of last weeks
Banner add mark the vote opposite each
name, and mail to this Office as early as
Wednesday or Thursday, so we can give
the total county vote on Friday. We
shall be obliged if Town Clerks and
Town committees will do likewise, for
there are several towns in which we have
no regular correspondents.
OUR friend Macarthur of Granville, n.
Y, celebrated the 18th birthday of his
fl.