The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-01

Y DIRK is visiting Alice mabel NorIOh'
THE menagerie at the Soldiers Home
has been increased the past week by the
arrival of four prairie dogs from the
West.
MELVIN WADswoRTH returned home
last Friday from his winters soJourn IN
the West-principally in Illinois and
Wisconsin.
II. S. BINGHAM and family have gone
ON trip, in their own conveyance, 10
visit friends ON the East side OF the
mountain.
G, LOUIS HARDWOOD was obliged TO
come home from Norwich University
before Commencement, because OF SICK
ness. He is just able to walk out lit
tie.
On our inside pages the reader will
find a number of articles: The State Re-
publican platform, and the County items,
received too late and deferred from last
week for the reasons there stated.
MARTIN MORGAN, who served in
| Company B, End Vermont, has gone TO
Castleton to visit his old comrades in
arms, living in that town, and whom ne
has not seen since they were mustered
out.
ALBERT KIERCE of Arlington, brake
man on the Fitchburg railroad, was IN
iured last week at Hooslck Juncton,
| having his left arm caught between the
dead wood while coupling cars. He was
taken to the Troy hospital.
THE Brattleboro Phenir says: Thirty
two members of Killington Lodge, l. U;
o. F., of Rutland, accompanied Grand
Master Retting of Brattleboro to Man
chester, where he instituted Hope
Lodge on Thursday night, June 10Th.
The Lodge was organized with 10 cnaT-
ter members, and the members OF hll'
lington worked the degrees.
THE Ladies Afternoon Card club i'm
ished their meetings for the season by
giving luncheon at Mrs. Z. W.. Ihatch'
ers on Pleasant street "Wednesday AFTER
noon. The prizes were awarded as t0i
lows: Miss Carrie White received the
first, Mrs. Thatcher, second and MIS-
Will Phillips the third.
THE manufactures located here are
all crowded with orders and some OF
them are kept running nights. The AL
dine knitting mill, which employs about
20 hands, is being enlarged; and in thu
Lasher stocking mill more machinery IL
being put in, to increase the output OF 1T
goods, so great is the call for them
This mill was completed only about two
months ago.
THE cadets from Norwich Universit!
came home to-day, the Commencement
exercises closing yesterday. Among tn,
graduates are Charles w. Pierce, eldes
son of the publisher of the BANNER. HI
takes good rank in his class and wa
chosen second on the list of speakers b.
the faculty. The subject of his ORATOR
was ''The Social Progress of the Future
THE Rutland Herald of Wednesda,
saws: tDr. Charles WoodhouSe and Mrs
s. G. Putnam were married yesterda.
at the doctors home by Rev. II. r. Flske
) assisted by Rev. j. w. Guernsey. Afte
the ceremony DR.. and Mrs. Woodhous
gave reception to a few friends ant
took the afternoon train to Saratoga TO
a few DAYS visit DR.. Woodhouse is il
his SOth year" and his wife is 30. Bot
have friends in Bennington.
!, THE Odd Fellows are considering tn
matter of taking rooms in the third stor.
of the Putnam Opera house block. Thi
would give them a commOdious drill
: room. of which the organization stand
in need and which cannot be obtained il
the Adams building where they are nov
located. Since Apollo hall has beel
) used for other purposes the Odd Fellow
, have had to hire Library hall, or g
without a place to drill.
WE notice that the Graded school dis
: tricts of Rutland and st. Adams bot
held their annual school meeting las
Tuesday, following the school law o
1888. With daily paper published Il
each town it would seem to IMAM up
tree, that these two large school dis
tricts would have heard of the law o
1890 If Graded schools were excepted
why not the Bennington district also
The last Tuesday in June is mucl
: more sensible time to hold Grades
school meetings than in March, right i
the middle of the Spring term. w
await an explanation.
l THE spring meeting at Hoosick Falls
, n. Y. which will be held at the Hoosic
Falls Driving Park July 9Th, 9th and 18th
] promises to be one of the most interest
= ing that has been held there in years
t The entries have been liberal and tn
purses offered of good size. Everything
that can be done to make the meeting
r success is being done by the association
> There will be two races each day. Th
\ programme is as follows: First day, 2.5
J class trotting and 2.30 class trotting an
\ pacing for 5000 purses. The last da
s will include the 2.40 class trotting for
a 5000 purse and free for all trotting an
pacing for purse of $3.50. Pools will
: sold on the track on all events.
7 BENNINGTON may we'll claim to be tn
banner town of Vermont as regard
S secret societies. In the Masonic lin
: there is a Lodge, Chapter, Commander
D and Order of the Eastern Star. Ten
Q perance is represented by Lodge 0
S Good Templars and a Father Matthe,
t T. A. B. Society. The Graud Army b
. two Posts, two Woman's Relief Corr
: and a Camp of Sons of Veterans. Cd
: Fellowship by Lodge, Camp and Car
ton. The Order of Red Men is one {
latest and most fleurishing in tow
+ Last week the members of the latter 81
ciety had trout supper at Camp Con
1 fort. Among the invited guests frol
v abroad were F. II. Twitchell, Mayor {
;. Bath, Me-, and G. II. Greenleaf, also
Q that city. The party was taken to tn
+ camp in a special train, placed at the
il disposal by Superintendent Z. ID. Bel
e nett of the Bennington and Rutlan
d railroad which left here at & p. MIA
a land Herald.
Q BY personal letter we learn that Go
}, J. II. Goulding of Rutland, has been a.
g pointed private secretary to Col. Fulle
l. Republican nominee for Governor. Fro
the Herald we learn that Col. Gouldir
e resigns his position as assistant pos
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