The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-19


day this week."
THE committee on sewerage of the
village met the surveyors Saturday and
the day was spent in finishing the plan
of sewage. We hope to be able to soon
say that this committee are ready to lay
their plans and estimates before the
voters in village meeting assembled.
MAJ. L. S. FROST has gone into the
fish business, and delivers to customers
every Friday Having been brought up
with this occupation he knows it thor
oughly, and already has more orders
than he can easily fill. There seems to
be an opening for a fresh fish market
here.
For spirituality, originality of thought
and deep study, combined with smooth
ness, good delivery and eloquent Ian
preached in the Second Congregational
church last Sunday morning and evening
by the Rev. Mr.. Adam of Manchester, are
seldom equaled.
IT will be seen by an advertisement
elsewhere that Chas. f. Sears is to sell
the family homestead at Centre Ben
nington, adjacent to the monument; also
the grounds connected with the home
farm. These lands afford some extra
ordinary fine sites for summer homes,
and will be surely sold.
THE following is list of of letters I'M
called for in the Post Office in Benning-
ton for the week ending August 18th:
George Ely, Miss Eliza Cook. These
letters will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office, August 9th, if not delivered be-
fore. In calling please speak of advel-
tised and give date of list.
FIFTEEN or twenty little Misses as
sembled at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
II. Norton on Silver street Wednesday
afternoon to celebrate the fifth ami
versary of Miss Louisa Shows birthday.
After very enjoyable occasion gener-
GUS collation., including ice cream was
served and the young ladies went home
happy.
Col. CoLBURN is quoted in the Tribune
as saying that quite PERCENTAGE of
ballots (l0), were wrongly marked in
Brattleboro, and so the defective ballots
thrown out initiates against the law. In
Bennington just six ballots were wrong
ly marked. Our registry is nearly 1900
and town meeting is as likely to call for
mistakes as any other occasion.
IT will be remembered that the last
Legislature appropriated 81, 100 for high
ways in Woodford. We learn that 81 900
of this money will be expended immedi
ately, under the direction of Amos Aid
rich, commissioner This will be a great
help to the summer business-good roads
assured, half the battle of summer
boarders is won before you begin.
DURING the Lebanon Springs camp
meeting the railroad arrangements be-
tween here and the Springs are very
fine. Our people can leave daily on the
special at 1880 a. M, and returning leave
at 4:10, reaching home at 6p. M, or at
9:30 after the evening meetings arriving
at Bennington at II p. m. There have
never been as good arrangements as these
and our Methodist people will appreciate
the favor.
THE Troy Press has this item: "Took
the Black Veil. Miss Katie Roche,
daughter of Mr.. VIM. Roche of Benning
ton, VT, took the Habit of the Order of
the Sisters of st. Joseph at st. Joseph's
Convent in this city, on Monday, August
Blessed Virgin. The solemn and i'm
pressive services were witnessed only by
priests and sisters, among the number
Sister Mary of st. Irene, who six years
previous sacrificed all the pleasures of
this world to work for the salvation of
souls in the Order of the Sisters of the
Good Shepherd. Her cousin, Sister
Catherine Aurela, Superior of St.
Joseph's school at Little Falls, n. Y,
was also present. Miss Roche will be
known in religion as Sister Mary Will
hemnid of the Sacred Heart"
A POSTAL card from the Rev. VIM. B.
Walker, dated at Denver, Colo, the 18th.
says that the Vermont delegation of
Knights Templar were applauded all
along the line of march in that city, and
that the papers say the Vermonters re-
ceived more than their share of the COM
There was unbounded hos
pitality everywhere, and the visit to the
Loup, to which we referred last week. was
a grand event. Mr.. Walker will be home
to-day or tomorrow and will take his
services in st. Peters church, as usual,
next Sunday. We note by the papers
that the Vermonters, the Trojans and
Boston knights have arrived home in
safety, most of them coming the first of
this week. Col. Kittredge Haskins,
Grand Commander, and Col. Alfred A.
Hall are much pleased with the choice
of officers, and especially with the selec-
ton of Boston as the place for holding
the next Triennial Conclave; they say
every Commandery.i the State will be
there.
IN a private letter to the editor a
gentlemen who recently passed Sunday
at Camp Comfort, says: "The friends
who took me in charge after leaving you
drove me all about Bennington, around
the monument, and to see the Soldiers
Home. In fact made it very pleasant
for me. That afternoon and the next
day were spent prospecting about in the
The fishing was poor, al
though l saw one or two professionals
who had quite good string. Except
where one knew, as these men did, the
time of day and how to 90 at it, it was
almost impossible to get bite. have
rarely run across a much more delightful
place so far as climatic advantages at
this season of the year go. The locality
was so positively cool that there was not
a gnat or mosquito to annoy one, not
even a house fly. The best place to
sleep in l have ever seen, and l shall 90
back there again some of these days"
The recent tour of Forepaugh's show
in this State recalls an incident in con-
nection with that show while exhibiting
in Vermont few years since. The |
ticket seller had a wonderful parrot, |
which had been presented to him by one |
Of the canvasmen of the show, who was
1t one time sailor. The parrot was |
usually perched on rod in the ticket |