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

| issued cards for card party at their
summer home at Camp Comfort next
Monday evening, Sept. 18th.
MRS. c. L. HUDSON, daughter Bessie,
and Miss Jennie Patterson, are stopping
at the Summit House, Woodford. They
went up Wednesday and will remain two
weeks.
MRS. LUCY DoNNELLY and son,
George, are visiting in Massachusetts,.
Mrs. Donnelly, who, several months ago
removed to Fair Haven, has returned to
Bennington to reside.
WE note among the patents issued
within the week, that of Frank Lasher,
assignor to Lasher Stocking Company,
Bennington, stitch-holding mechanism
for knitting machines"
THE cholera disarranged the plans for
the proposed European trip of Mrs. E.
L. Nichols and her son Lester. They 60
tomorrow ON coast voyage to Nova
| Scotia to be absent few weeks.
JOSIAH E. DEWEY, Representative
elect from Middlebury, is near relative
of Col. E. d. Bennett, and lives in the
Bennett homestead in that town, in the
house in which our townsman was born.
MRS. B. FRANK Poor will continue
her domestic bakery on North street.
Her store is now in running order again,
and no doubt she will receive the patron
age of all her old customers and many
new ones.
MISS ETHEL CHILDs was the recipient
of many useful and valuable presents on
her recent eighteeth birthday anniver-
sary and was also given merry buck
board ride by lady members of the Trout
and Stream Club at Wilmington.
CHARLES D. MERCHANT of New York
passed his vacation with his father G..
G. Merchant Soon after his return to
the city he was called to do duty in
Buffalo with his regiment, the 22d. A
call to which he promptly responded.
In noting the floral offerings last week
at the funeral of B. Frank Poor, we
ommitted to say that the beautiful
pillow from the employees of the Geo.
lockwood & Company's mill was
accompanied by an elegantly lettered
| banner.
Mr.. AND MRS. GEORGE NJ. RowELL
are rejoicing over the advent to their
home of son, born September Sd,
weight ST lbs. The little boy has been
named J. Spafford Rowell, as we learn
from the neat cards issued by the happy
parents.
THE First Vermont Artillery 9th vt.
Vol.), will hold a reunion in Washing
ton during the National Encampment,
A tent has been assigned them on Grand
Army Place. Full particulars when we
arrive in Washington. No reunion will
be held in the State this year.
MRS. FANNY Mc1EoD of the Main
street millinery establishment, will be in
New York city during the present week,
for the purpose of purchasinga selection
of the very latest styles in bonnets and
hats, also an assortment of ribbons,
feathers and millinery trimmings,
generally.
QUITE a party of our people attended
the Cambridge Fair this week, each of
the three days closing tonight. The
New York and New England opens on
the fair grounds between Albany and
Troy, N. Y, the 10Th, and the Fitchburg
railroad makes a special rate of fare in
Guiding admission,
DRYsDALE is just too late this week
for change in his advertisement. He
announces TINT the season opens with
him with grand stock of fall and winter
goods. Ladies' and Misses garments,
| Jackets, cloaks, coats and military wraps,
in all the latest styles. Go and see what
the old emporium offers you to select
from, corner of North and River streets.
CHAs. R. SANFORD is building brick
receptacle for bodies in his lot at the
Centre cemetery. The lot is owned in
conjunction with other members of the
Sanford family, and Mr.. Sanford is plac-
ing vaults for each one of his own
family in his part of the lot. The whole,
when done, will be tagged over, the
surface soil and turf replaced, ready to
be used when occasion demands. AS
we understand it Mr.. s. B. Sandford will
fix his quarter of the lot in the same
way.
JUDGE CHAs. H. DARLING, of the
Bennington municipal court, has won
his supreme court case argued at the
February term. 1t is the suit of NJ. F.
Rudd VS. Judge Darling, on a charge of
false Imprisonment in remanding the
plaintiff to custody while the Judge was
acting in bis capacity as municipal
court. The case was taken up to the
supreme court by the plaintiff on
demurrer to the plea of the defendant.
The court this week handed down
mandate affirming the judgment of the
county court, holding that the plea was
sufficient, and remanded the case back
to the county court for trial upon the
merits. VIM. B. Sheldon for plaintiff;
o. NJ. Barber for defendant. We note
this is about the usual result of attacks
upon Judge Darling's official acts.
THE grand barbecue and fag-raising
by the Forest and Stream Club, at VIII
mington SEPTEMBER LIST, was an event not
soon to be forgotten by the participants.
A flag pole over 100 feet high, surmount-
ed by handsome ornaments, weather
vane, and the trout Monogram of the club,
from which was unfurled flag of the
best material 20x36 feet in size, making
without doubt, the finest pole and flag
ever raised in Vermont. These emblems
were the gifts of wealthy members of
the club, residents of Brooklyn and New
Jersey. The multitude sang the Star
Spangled Banner and America and A.
P. Childs accepted the gifts on behalf of
the club. Then followed the barbecue
where the immense roasted OK, which
was dome to turn" beans, baked in
the ground, and bread, was dispensed to
hungry populace of two thousand
people. The club has begun an addition
100 feet in length, to its club house, and
is building a dam 215 feet long, for
trout pond.
THE S. o. V. announce in connection
with the G. A. r. encampment, begin
ming Sept. 10Th at Washington, that:
Through the courtesy and kind
ness of Mr.. John McElroy, member of
the general committee for the entertain