The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-25

EDWARD j. HALL goes to California
tomorrow morni e to visit Wells Valen
tine, whose condition is not as hopeful
as was expected.
WORD comes to his parents here thai
Julius Norton is sick with la Grippe in
San Francisco, Cal. His ship touched
that port few days ago.
The subjects of the sermons at st.
Peters church on Sunday will be at 1876
a. m, "Burden-bearing" at p. m,
THE Christian Faith Reasonable"
THE reports as the condition of Mrs.
DIR. Pratt, i'll in Albany, N. Y, as stated
last week, are not as reassuring as we
could wish. We understand that coun-
Gil of physicians was called on her case
yesterday, but we have not learned OF
the conclusions reached.
INVITATIONS are out announcing the
marriage of Mr.. Frank Camp to Miss
Lottie Zwingi of Cambridge, N. Y, on
March 31st. The ceremony will be at
Cambridge, and the reception held at
Bennington the same evening,
A SCIENTIFIC publication says that a
man is composed of thirteen chemical
elements, and goes on to name them /;
but as it omits alcohol we decline to &C
cept it as correct inventory of the
makeup of some men in this locality.
Clipper.
ATTENTION is called toan article another
column this week from the Weekly
UnderWriter, a leading insurance journal,
relating to the so-called committee of
seventy" which uses the name of Gen.
Slocum in its endeavors to get proxies
for the April meeting of the New York
Life Insurance Company.
Mrs. F. MCLEOD left for New York
last Monday morning, where she will re-
main about ten days studying the latest
millinery novelties and selecting goods
preparatory to opening millinery par
lor in the store now occupied by Worth
ington, next door to the Town Clerk S
office. Notice will be given of her open
ing, which will occur in season for the
ladies to select their Easter hats.
H. B. CARPENTER of Burlington, Kan
sas, is expected here from the 10th to
the 18th of next month with about
twenty fine horses, which he is to sell
hereabouts. These range from saddle
and family horses to those of heavy draft
size. He writes that they are choice
lot and we have no doubt of their ready
sale. For particulars see the bills to be
issued later.
THE seventy-third anniversary of the
introduction of Odd Fellowship into
America should be fittingly celebrated in
some manner by every subordinate
Lodge in this jurisdiction. The 26th
day of April is now recognized as Odd
Fellows day. This item from an ex-
change suggests that the local Odd Eel
lows are preparing an entertainment for
that event. As the date is taken by an
other organization, the Odd Fellows will
celebrate during the early days in May.
THE writing school so acceptably
taught by S. H. lockwood, during the
past winter, closed last Saturday. There
were ninety-five members of the class,
and great PROCESS was made by these in
the art Of writing. The roll of honor at
the close stood as follows: The three
best writers are, Leland L. Fillmore,
Miss Emma Niblock, N. E. Greenslet
The three that made the most improve
ment are, Miss Julia Gibney, John Paul
son, Mrs. |. e. Gibson. Another class
will be formed next autumn.
A NEW w. r. C. was organized here
Wednesday evening with 80 charter
members. Mrs. J. G. Blackmer of Man
bCDOb. dSb DbtllC WAS
the instituting officer. 1t is called 18th
Corps Relief Corps and will meet each
Wednesday evening in Good Templars
hall. Last evening there was public
installation of the officers, who are as
follows: President, Lucy j. Gibson;
Senior Vice President Elvira G.. Clark;
Junior Vice President, Olive F. Puffer;
Secretary, Laura A. Long; Treasurer,
Eliza A. Puffer; Chaplain, Harriet N.
Patterson; Conductor, Martha Burch;
Guard, Gertie NJ, HOGghton; Assistant
Conductor, Minnie L. Diackmer; Assist
ant Guard, Bessie NJ. Stevens.
WHAT Bennington needs TO complete
its attractions as summer resort is the
Lake" enterprise we wrote up last year.
All along the banks of Lake BOmoseen
in Castleton, Lake st. Katherine in Wells.
and other places where such bodies of
water exist, the city people are erecting
cottages and the summer business is an
chored to the land tenure. An item just
before us says: "Whitelaw Reed, editor
of the New York Tribune, is building
summer cottage near Paul Smiths, on
st. Regis Lake" Now Mr.. Reeds cot
tage probably would not have been built
but for the Lake" When an artificial
body of water of the generous proper
tions we named in the Rice survey" of
the valley to the south of us, can be
made for reasonable sum it seems to us
that Vermont capital should develope
this opportunity.
WE have been requested to publish the
names of the Republican town commit
tees in the towns of the county which
are as follows: Arlington, G. NJ. Brown
son, r. II. Andrews, II. NJ. Farnham;
Bennington, |. E. Gicson, K. D. yelling,
j. p. HarwoOd; Dorset, G. NJ. Sykes, G.
b. Williams,J. l.. Cochran; Glastonbury,
Trenor Harbour; Landgrove, w. W.
Wiley, Henry Bolster, w. r. Strong;
Manchester, f. c. Orvis, j. c. Blackmer,
F. w. Cook; Peru, r. l. Batchelder, P.
I. Wyman, E. NJ. Lyon; Pownal, Ward
L. Niles, d. T. Bates, A. B. Gardner;
Faxon L. Bowen, II. K. Blan-
chard, W. d. Howe; Rupert, G. b. Shell
don, VIM. Root, F. NJ. Carpenter; Sand
gate, Clark Hamilton, Willis Bentley, M.
J. Convey; Searsburgh, G. j. Bond, Geo.
w. 4. Shippee; SALISBURY.
W. II. Wbipple, II. Merle Bottum, f. A.
Pierce; Stamford, G. L. Winchell N. II.
L. II. Crosier; Sunderland, Jas.
A. Graves, E. L. Lawrence, H. S. Burt;
Winhall, b. G. Benson, j. NJ. Kendall, /.
l.. Kelly; Woodford, Myron III. Wood
ward, Grant Harbour. John Harbour. OF
the above the committee of Glastonbury
is deceased.
THE concert by the Reeves band last
Saturday evening was superb affair