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

will be present.
Mr.. AND Mrs. WILLIAM HALL of
Troy, N. Y, have been in town a week,
stopping at the Childs mansion.
Miss MAGGIE WHALEN and Julia Cary,
who have been visiting friends here, re-
turn to their home in Troy this week.
LEO ALLEN was in Bennington last
week, where he visited Mrs. Joel
Wyman, his aunt.-St. Adams Messenger.
WE were pleased last week to receive
call from the Rev. Geo.. Shepard, who
is pastor of large church on Long
Island.
MISS Bessie BENNETT entertained
number of her little friends at her home
Wednesday afternoon, il being her ninth
birthday.
THE Graded schools open next Mon
day. There are several changes in the
corps of teachers, but how many we are
not advised.
MISS ABBIE SHERMAN visited Miss
Bertha Griswold recently and the latter
returned with her Tuesday for visit to
her home in Johnsonville.
WILLIAM PLUMB, editor of daily
paper in Corey, Pa, was in town over
Sunday. Mr.. Plumb was called here to
attend the funeral of a nephew.
EDWARD H. SCOTT, member of the
Petroleum exchange in New York, re-
turned Wednesday after passing few
days in this village with his family.
MRS. FRANK TIFFANY and family have
returned from Martha's Vineyard, after
a sojourn of nearly three months. Mrs.
Tiffany's health is much improved.
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No. 10, F. and A. NJ, are reminded that
the next regular communication will be
held Tuesday evening next, Sept. 9th.
J. S. LINDLEY has just added to the
power in his woodworking shops on
Main street, an engine and boiler. This
has been necessitated by his increasing
business.
Hon. JOHN V. CARNEY one of the
Republican candidates for Presidential
Elector, and also candidate for Judge of
Probate for the Bennington district, is
about again, conYalescing.
WE are told that the travelling tooth
extractor left some of his patients in
such condition that they have not been
we'll since. 1t is generally safe to pat
ronize your home dentists or some one
whom you know.
THE Bennington Rifles of the YER
mont National Guard, reached home
from the muster by special train late
Saturday evening. They all report a
pleasant time, but plenty of rain. None
of the company were under the surgeons
care while away.
MT. ANTHONY CHAPTER, No. 1, o. E..
S., hold q regular convocation next
Wednesday evening, Sept. 7th, at s
o'clock. The business of the evening
will be to consider proposed code of
bylaws, to receive petitions and to
initiate candidates.
OUR readers should not allow the
election excitement to drive out of their
minds the special village meeting Sep
TENDER 9Th, which has been called to see
il the village will authorize the Trustees
to contract for lighting the streets with
electric lights, to raise $500 by tax for
the highways, and to hear the report of
the sewerage committee and act upon
the same.
MRS. j. H. LEvERICH of San Jose de
Guatemala arrived here Thursday eve
ming accompanied by her daughter.
They are on their annual visit to Mrs. F.
g. White, mother of Mrs. Leverich. Mr..
Levelich will join them later He is
now general agent in Central America
for the Pacific Mail Steamship company
and the Panama Railroad company. For
several years he was agent in Colon, U.
SC, of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
company of London, England.
MIsTAH EDITOR, SAIL wants to tell
doc" Miller dat scrap wild de pole
cat is right bad mess TO- cherry one but
de pole-cat. POle-cats is low down ami
mails, and dar mean occupation OBJ di-
gestin' carrion in de darkness would
nebber be known afo' de void if better
beasts had de hard sense to let dem
alone. Heah me, now, yo' doc" Mil
Ter and come right off dar, else suah as
yo' bawn, dey'l make yo' smell bad, dat S
what dey will! AFRICA.
IT is diverting to notice the way in
which the New York Democratic papers
treat the report of Labor Commissioner
Peck which we print, in substance, else
where. The Times, which is the most
INSCRIPTIONS of the lot, suppresses it
altogether. The World, rather with re-
gard to its utility than to its origin,
describes it as "a Republican campaign
document The Sun gives it half
column space, without comment. The
Herald says that ''Hil's friend Peck aids
prOtectionists."
MIS-. uEOR6E UhAN Els gave Il
reception Wednesday evening. A large
number of guests were present and the
house and piazza was handsomely deco
rated. Mrs. Graves was assisted in re-
ceiving by Mrs. Eugene L. Graves of
Cleveland, Ohio, in whose honor the
reception was given. Goldsmith's
orchestra furnished choice selections.
During the evening the Misses Hutchins
and Price sang charmingly. Fine re-
freshments were served.
THE Bennington & Rutland railway
will ticket from Bennington through to
Cambridge and return to the fair for
S1.10. The fair is held next week, be-
ginning Wednesday and continuing three
days. The Fitchburg also ticket through
from Pownal for $1.10 and from North
Pownal for 81, the same days. These
tickets all have coupon admitting to
the fair. For particulars as to other
stations, with rates of fare including
admission, see the small bills. Take the
regular trains on the b. & r. and for
schedule of trains on the Fitchburg note
the bills. There are to be many at
fractions at Cambridge, races, dog
race, etc.
WE copy in another place an item from
the Tacoma Ledger relating to the rail
way career of the Hon. ThOs. Garfield of
Burlington. The writer does not state
one incident in the remarkable resume,
and that is the wheat fields he made the
financiers see when they took the trip
mentioned in the article The party had