The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-09-23


n. Y, has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. A. ]. Cooper this week.
Miss MABEL FROST and her cousin ar
rived in town this week. Miss Frost
will establish a dressmaker's shop and
live here with her parents.
LAST Friday evening Mrs. Fred.
Thomas invited few friends in and gave
her husband a surprise, and an enjoya-
BILE occasion was the result.
THE Rev. NJ. L. Severance discoursed
last Sunday on ''The Ministry of SOnow.h
I'VE wish it might be heard or read by
all the sad, aching hearts among us"
says correspondent.
THE Rev. Edward G. Read of Somer-
vile, n. j., will occupy the pulpit of the
Second Congregational church next Sun
day morning and evening, the pastor, the
Rev. Mr.. Seymour, having gone to spend
the day with his former church at Win
chester, Mass.
AT the South street meat market,
Arthur G. Sweet is ready to serve the
public with pork, sausages, etc., put up
in his former well known way. His sau-
sages are equal to any in the market and
greatly superior to any that are brought
in here from out of town.
Mrs. E. S. KEYEs of Minneapolis,
Mimi, has been in town a few days. She
is en- route home after tarry at the sea
shore. She came East on account of
health and we are glad to note her i'm
provement Mrs. Reyes was warmly
greeted by her many friends here.
On page three of this issue we publish
the late letter of George Ticknor Cuotis,
who, although Democrat, yet repudi-
ates the Tariff Plank of the Chicago Plat
form. His statement as business man
and based upon actual experience is
worth thousand nine column theories
of Carl Shurtz or any other dOctriRdire.
/. p. NORTON is home for few days.
He has lately made one of the most sue
cessful tours of his territory in the inter-
est of that staunch old company, the
Northwestern Mutual. We note that
this company's showing, in comparison
with number of other leading compan-
les, is very flatteTing to the agents and
managers, and satisfactory to the in
creasing number of its policy holders.
A. P. CHILD's is the Bennington dele
gate to the National Association of Life
Underwriters, which meets in New York
this week, closing to-day with banquet
at DelmonicO's. The other gentlemen
of the State delegation are Messrs. VIII.
II. Whitcomb of Burlington, l. S. BOrley
of st. Adams, and Mr.. JENNIE of Brattle-
bOro. Several life insurance agents from
Vermont have been in attendance. The
convention opened the 21st.
THE President and Secretary of the
Vermont Fish and Game Club announce
the following: "To any fish Warden or
any other person who shall cause the
final conviction of any person found
guilty of violating the game laws, the I'M
dersigned will, until further notice, al
low sum equal to one-half of the sum
imposed in each case; certificate of the
the evidence of who is entitled thereto"
A WHIST party given by Mr.. and Mrs.
w. c. Hitchcock on Monday evening was
the scene of great enjoyment to q large
number of their friends. 1t being the
tenth anniversary of their marriage the
friends present made it very Jolly oc-
casion by the appropriate and unappro-
pirate gifts which were presented to the
host and hostess. When the choice of
partners was made Ed. L. Bates drew
Cleveland and Judge Robinson President
Harrison. M. Bates and partner won
the first prizo with fifty-one points and
Judge Robinson, who had Mrs. Bates for
a partner, followed with fifty points,
taking the second prize.
THE repairs on the Library building
having been completed. this week the IL
brary itself has been moved to the first
floor and the whole fitted up in man
ner, as we SAID few weeks ago, second
to no library and reading room we know
of in Vermont The new shelves are sup
ported by iron frames, and the volumes
arranged in alleys so that the large num-
Der show to admirable advantage. The
spacious rooms are elegantly lighted by
the large windows by day and electric
lights ut night brilliantly illuminate the
pleasing scene. The reading room now
being on the first floor is easily accessi-
BILE and we predict for this institution, in
its new quarters, an era of success I'M
dreamed of in the past.
LAST week we published as obituary
the bare mention of the death of the
father-in-law of Mrs. Allie Munroe of
this village. Boston papers of Friday
have the following notice that will be of
interest to the family and friends here:
REV. William H. Monroe, rector of the
historic old North Church, died in Chel-
sea Wednesday. His death is due to ex-
haustion and overwOrk in the pursuit of
his duties, which he made very arduous
by his energetic faithfulness in every
branch. His last summer had been spent
in an effort to rally his shattered strength.
He became connected with his historic
parish is 1881, as successor to William
II. Burroughs. His labors have been
largely those of missionary, and he has
made his church the strongest in the
northern section of this city. His asso-
Citations with the North Church are life
long, since as a North End baby he was
baptized at It's font. He graduated at
Trinity College, Hartford, in 1856, took
the course of study at the Alexandria
Theological Seminary and was ordained
to the ministry in 1856. His first rector
ship was at Melrose, lasting six years.
After preaching in New Jersey and Phil
adelphia he returned to St.John's church,
East Boston. Two years elapsed, and
his next charge brought him to Christ
church-the Old North-where he finish
ed his life's work. A widow and two
children survive him.
LAST Wednesday evening the members
of Stark Lodge of Odd Fellows and of
Miriam Rebekah Lodge gave recep-
ton and banquet to the Grand Master of
the State, l.. J. Retting or Brattleboro
Present and participating in the Grand
Masters visit were the Rev. Thomas
Rogers of South SALISBURY, member
Of lodge in Nova Scotia, and Bro. Frost
of LAFAYETTE Lodge of BOSTON Sneechas