The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-21

dwelling houses on Putnam street.
MRS. O. r. BENNETT of New York i
visiting her parents here, Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. w. Stewart.
FIFTEEN couples from here attended
dance given in Grange Hall at Soutl
SALISBURY Friday evening.
MAJOR R. j. CoFFEY is giving out t.
visitors at the Soldiers Home some Tin,
views of the Home with its new chapel
PARDON RUSSELL and daughter, Mrs
Frank E. Norton, and friend, Miss Bessie
Fox of Bennington, were guests of A. F
Biggart this week.-HOosick Falls Demo
crGt
MoHEGAN TRIBE, No. 6, 1. o. of R. NJ.
gave pleasant reception to members anC
friends at its council rooms in Adams
Block Saturday evening. Clam chowdel
was provided.
THE Walloomsac House at Bennington
Centre will remain open until after the
State Convention of the Y. P. S. c. E.
for the accommodation of those who ex-
pect to attend.
No wonder that it is getting to be the
thing for country visitors to hnger in the
country to see the beautiful autumn foil
age, which has the appearance OF velvet
carpets, of rich colors, at distance.
SAMUEL MERRILL, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home, on his recent return to
that institution from leave of absence,
found awaiting him notice that his pen
sion had been increased to twelve dollars
month.
A PROMINENT manufacturer OF this
town, recently received letter from
Russia dated as follows: "5-17 Sept:
1892" Will some one of the Graded
school scholars tell the BANNER readers
what the figure $50 meansp
THE Rev. VIM. B. Walker,D. D. G. NJ,
A. C. Halsey. D. G.. Burt and others will
attend the communication of Tucker
Lodge, at North Bennington, tomorrow
evening. The Third Degree will be
worked.
Mrs. JOHN R. PILLING of Nutley, n.
J., has entertained number of her Ben
nington friends during the past few
months, due mention of which has been
made in our columns. Among the later
visitors to her hospitable home was Mrs.
H. L. Stillson.
cLANDLoRD COLLINS of The Putnam
has received a letter acknowledging
courtesies extended to the delegates dur
ing the recent convention of the Woman's
Board of Missions. The vote of thanks
saws: "We appreciate your kindness in
lowering prices for board and thank you
for that favor and for your treatment of
our delegates.
THE Bennington Young Mems Demo
cratic club was the winner of one of the
prizes given by the New York World to
-, IL. rr,ry tho moot tn ire Wnct-
ern campaign fund. The club sent in a
trifle over $1OO.-Troy Press. We should
expect that Bennington Democracy, led
by its organ, could compete successfully
in a contest to swell the corruption fund
of that party.
Hon. H. G. Roof of Bennington, who
is in the city, is one of the directors of
the State Agricultural society. He in
formed our representative at the Van
Ness last evening that at the recent State
fair at White River Junction the receipts
exceeded the expenses by about $4,000.
Burlington must hump herself to beat
these figures next season.-Free Press.
THERE is a project on foot to erect a
new hotel on Grand View Terrace the
coming season. We are told by gen
tleman in interest that the preliminary
steps have already been taken to form
stock company to put through this en-
terprise. We suggest that the Lake
project should be revived, and this hotel
be situated so as to overlook it. At any
rate let us have the hotel-both projects
if possible.
WHILE the municipal court is letting
class of offenders know that there is a
God in Israel it would be we'll to hint to
the class of boys who throw stones
through windows that retri button awaits
them also. By the way, the most urgent
need of our village to-day is night po-
lice patrol. Its absence is potential in
up class of boys, and Others,
who are "hard tickets"
BY vote of the Lodge last Wednesday
evening. tie Odd Fellows trustees were
instructed to hire rooms in the third
story of the Putnam Block. The terri
tory proposed calls for lodge room BOX |
48, a drill hall, banquet and sociable !
room 48x54 feet, spacious parlors, ante
rooms, kitchen, etc. These elegant quar-
ters will be occupied by Stark and Mir |
lam Lodges, Manser Encampment and
Canton Bennington. !
GROUND has been broken for an addiS
lion on the south end of Chas. CooPer's
upper mill and the work is to be under |
The charge of Robert Pilling. If Harri- |
son is reelected and there is no break in |
the Protection policy an addition will |
be built on to every mill in |
Town, which would call for much new |
help from elsewhere, and the building of |
4 large number of houses to accommo-
late them, ensuring us veritable boom
md the doubling up of this village.
WE have received a communication
rom prominent citizen of Salisbury,
which recites in verse the combat of
couple of citizens over matter that was
'ather rank, but as we are not told of
,he ''nub of the story" as it stands, the
is not ineligible to the ordi-
lary reader. We think it possible, how
,ver, that the occurrence is duplicate
If late Mortified incident. In the lat
er very prominent people took part in
list cuffs.
THE Rev. Charles r. Seymour received
Wednesday of the death of
lis mother, Mrs. Erastus Seymour, who
lied at Rootstown, Ohio, the 18th. Mrs.
seymour had been in poor health for a
ong time. She was eighty-one years old.
Mr.. Seymour started Wednesday evening
% attend the funeral. Rootstown is
bout forty miles south of Cleveland and
he expects to be back in time to take his
ocular services next Sunday. In this
udden aff1iction the genial pastor of the
second Congregational Church will re-
GIVE the sympathy of many hearts.
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