The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-12
JOHN W. TOWER is seriously i'll.

hope, soon to be well again.
MRS. B. w. BURT of Castleton, is visit
ing her son, Chas. t Burt of this vii
lge.
Miss KATIE MCGEE is quite i'll, and
has been confined to her bed for several
days.
MRS. GEO. F. GRAVES opened her
house Wednesday for five O'clock tea,
which was given by the Kings Daugh-
ters.
MRS. S. JEwETr and son Samuel, have
returned from New Haven, Conn, where
they went last tall for few months
visit
THE work which has been temporarily
suspended on the new Llsher mill is ex-
pected tn he resumed next week, and the
plant completed.
Miss LYKE of the Graded School has
been i'll more thao week with la Grippe.
For few days her condition was
thought to be serious.
Miss ANNA ROGERS, who has just
graduated from the teachers training
school IN OSwegu, N. Y, has secured
fine situation in Connecticut, at salary
OF $500.
The o. E. S. Chapter holds special
convOcatiOn on the evening of the oath.
inst, for work in the degrees. The
meeting is called for O'Clock, and afull
attendance rs requested.
Mrs. Z LIVINGSTON SIBLEY gave
card party yesterday afternoon that
WAS exceptionally nice among the many
of the kind during the winter. The col
Luton, alsO, was greatly enjoyed.
The auditors are at work on the town
books and their report will be looked for
with interest. Already they have gone
far enough to assure the taxpayers that
the finances are in good shape, but just
what the figures are must be told later
The Guilds of st. Peter and st. An
drew will meet in Parish hall next Tues
day evening. A collation. will be served
by st. Mary's guild, and II social evening
will follow an address. Members of st.
Peter congregation, generally, are in
Wted.
FATHER ALBAN of the Trappist Order
of monks, has been taking up collections
tor his monastery in the diocese OF Bur
lington. On the last days of January he
was at ST. Francis de Sales church and
assisted the pastor in the service, also
spoke giving history of his Order. The
collection taken up was quite large. Fir.
Alban also made the visits to the sick
while in town during last week.
BENNINGTON people now go to Ches-
ter, Mass, Tor II part of their butter sup
ply and our creamery remains shut since
the departure of Mr.. b. G.. Cliss to thai
place. 1t does seem as ii Bennington
county farmers might produce butter
enough tu supply the home demand for
butter. Either do that, gentlemen, or
stup talking about hard times Cream
cries from outside find our village
ready and protitaI lie market.
f. l.. CRosELEY, who has been dyer
for the firm vi Holden, Leonard & Co.,
for two years and a-half, has resigned
his position and accepted like position
at Piqua, Ohio. Mr.. Croseley was the
first Overseer here to help start the large
Holden mill and has worked under three
Superintendent since. Mr. Croseley's
father was dyer at Sci ag lticOke, also
at COhOes, N. Y. He is 4 nephew of
six uncles, who were all dyers, also his
grandfather was of the same trade.
A WARM greeting was rendered the
lady evangelists, Misses Mil on and
Rogers, last week, by their new found
friends OF the Bushnell district In re-
spunse to an urgent invitation, the ladies
came down from Dandy for one evening.
The school house was well filled, and
following the deeply interesting talks OF
| the evangelists, about twenty arose 10
express gratitude for what they had re-
ceived through the instrumentalily of
these workers, and to leuew their Chris
tian conservation.
The prospect of military post in
Vermont, is quite good now that fa-
vorable report has been ordered by the
House Military Affairs Committee on
Mr.. GrOuG's bill to establish military
post ON the line of railway between Bur
lingtOn and Highgate, and to authorize
the Secretary OF War to accept gift of
300 acres for the post The only thing
we See about 1t is the locations; it it was
coming u Bennington We should enthuse
more, but as a matter of State pride
there is only one voice in its favor. BY
all means let us have the post, and il the
bill gets through the House, Senator
Proctor, the originator of the idea, will
see tO its passage by the Senate.
In evidence that Dr. A. NJ. johnson
had not deliberately squaudered the
town of Wilmington's mon y, and that
the charitable construction placed upon
his conduct is correct, we find this item
last week in the VALLEY Times of that
village" Wednesday tile safe was broken
open. The cash drawer contained about
tile amount of cash it should have had,
according ~ tile opinion of tile select
men, who had drawn orders against the
money supposed ~ be in tile treasury.
The orders had all been paid. Two
orders were paid Monday which amount
ed to over $l,0U0. There were several
checks which johnson might easily have
turned into money had lie cared to do so.
Had his only purpose been to have stolen
money he might have taken several
thousand dollars. Even his pocket book,
pocket memoranda, private aud personal
papers were all in the safe"
The Bennington correspondent of the
ReadsbOrU Enterprise, sends that paper
these two items: Mrs. John i. IiD.
bits, WhO went abroad for her health
SUme time ago, has 50 much improved as
tO ride out daily. She is nov in the
south OF France where December is
called the month nt roses A great
contrast to that month with us in YER
mont. Mrs. T., has the society of her
sister, Mrs. Yale, and two neices, the
Misses Brigham. DR.. Clark and
her daughter seem to be enjoying the
weather here at their summer home.
rnis we believe is their first attempt at
wintering at Bennington and hope it will
be the means VI their remaining here
through the year hereafter. We under
stand the daughter came ia contact with
some men that were racing Horses a
while agO but no damlue was dome