The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-13


tiOnal church next Sunday evening.
THE Stark House moves a few feet
daily. At the present rate of progress it
will land on its site by next year. The
building should never have been moved.
WIN. H. PARK of Charlestown, Mass,
is here on business. Among other
things he transfers to the Camp Comfort
Company the title to the Little Pond
property.
THE BANNER Stationery Store is in re-
ceipt of quantity of Dennison's crepe
tissue paper-just the thing now going
for fancy articles, lamp shades, fire
screens, lambrequins, photograph frames,
bon bon bags, etc. 1t has a soft silky
tissue and is an elegant material for
many purposes. Directions accompany
each roll. We have fine line of colOrs.
THE new board of officers of the Good
Templars are: G. P. Niles, c. T.; Miss
Nellie Wilkins, V. T.; Ernest L. Lam
bert, secretary; Archie Crawford, F. S. {;
Miss Eliza A. Puffer, treasurer; John
Denley, chaplain; James Stewart,
marshal; Miss Inez Post, guard; Jas. H.
Davis, sentinel. The installation exer-
cises will be held this evening.
THERE seems to be a scarcity of places
in town where board for the summer
may be obtained. The person who fits
up his or her residence, with the lawn
laid out into croquet or tennis grounds
will reap rich harvest. AS matter of
fact it is easier to get board for the sum-
mer in some of the small villages about
us than here. And yet several ladies
have been inquiring as to board in town.
1t would be a pity to know that Man
chester afforded better facilities than
our town.
JUDGE E. L. SHELLEY has bought the
creamery property and will convert it
into a machine shop, for the manu-
facture of Stationer's supplies. We
suppose that this means the end of a
creamery in town during the present
generation. Several philosophical
gentlemen have sunk about S., 200 IN the
effort to establish butter factory to
produce what we purchase of Whining
ton, Chatham and even Chester, Mass,
creameries, but it was of no avail. The
machine shop enlargement was needed
by Judge Sibley and this property is
just suited to his needs.
WE are receipt of the Ansonia, Conn,
Erening Sentinel of May 10th, containing
an account of disastrous fire in Biz
mingham, situated just across the river.
From the SentinerS version we infer that
the electric fire alarm of Birmingham did
not work "for shucks." 1t reminds us
of what the Bellows Falls Times has Of
ten said about the cheap system which is
in use in that village. In the same issue
of the Sentinel is report of a fire in An
sonia, which has the same alarm system
that Bennington has had on trial for the
past year, and the boxes worked to a
charm, just as ours have always DONE
We give this item of news so that those
in interest may investigate if they see
fit. AS stated last week we need the best
system-one that is always reliable,
rather than chedpness.
THE Grand Chapter, Order Eastern
Star, meets at Manchester Centre, June
9Th and 9th. The exact programme,
socially, has not yet been definitely
fixed, but probably there will be an
exempllfcation of the "work" Wednes-
day evening and banquet Thursday
evening after the installation of Grand
officers. Among the important matters
to be considered is that of a Ritual, the
one in use since 1876, having been
pirated by a rival institution, amplified
and called the ''Order of the Amoranth."
Mt. Anthony Chapter quartette is to
assist in the musical programme of the
Grand Chapter sessions. In the last
few years this order has grown from
about 400 members in Vermont to near
1900, and in the United States now num-
bers over 10000.
WE noticed short time since the
death of Wells r. Martin of Vermont
vile, Mich. The Echo of that place has
the following notice of him: "It becomes
our painful duty to chronicle the death
of one of our oldest and most respected
citizens, Hon. Wells r. Martin, who
passed over to his reward on Thursday,
April 2Sth, at o'clock in the morning,
in the SIND. year of his age. Deacon
Martin was too we'll known in Eaton
county to need any extended biography
from us. His life as pioneer, a
thorough business man, a kind and gen.
erous neighbor, sincere Christian, a
conscientious politician, faithful pub
lie officer, an upright Mason, a Boaz and
Jachin in religious, educational, politi-
cal, social or domestic relations are writ
ten in characters of living light upon the
hearts of our people, and in the history
of our community. He has gone to
prove the reality of that hope which for
so many years has been the support and
stay of his earthly life, and which he as
sured us, during his last brief illness, he
was ready to meet and abide its conse-
quences. We shall miss his familiar
step and venerable form on our streets,
in our places of business and in our