The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-01-01
MISS JESSIE STEWART passed Christ

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days. Is
D. W. HALL led the young mems
| meeting Sunday afternoon at the Y. NJ.
@. A. rooms.
Mrs. LYKE of Palmyra, N. Y, is visit
| ing her daughters, Mrs. Frank j. Curtis
and Miss Lyke on Pratt street.
WE are glad to hear of the improved
condition of J. L. Finn. His attack of
Ia Grippe has been quite severe.
The Christmas music about town this
year was exceptionally fine. All our
choirs did themselves proud"
Mrs. HENRY S. BINGHAM gave card
party Wednesday evening, in honor of
her son, Master LOring Bingham.
MR.. AND Mrs. FRED o. GRAVES were
the recipients of New Years gift in the
form of a little daughter, which gives
them quartette of girls.
d. L. MORGAN. Department Com
mander, G.. A. r., and Col. G. G. Kins-
man, A. A. g., were i'll town Tuesday on
business connected with that order.
GEORGE E. DAVIS of Utica, N. Y has
been visiting his brother, Prof. Chas. S.
Cavis during the holidays. Mr.. Davis is
one of the leading business men of
| Utica.
The Misses Holden gave a Christmas
cotillion Christmas night at their home
| on West Main street 1t was vely fine
affair and highly enjoyed by the large
number of young people present.
Miss EDNA CLARK, forewoman in the
Valentine mills, was presented with a
| nice "rocker," as Christmas present by
the lady employees of those mills. The
elegant present is highly appreciated.
HERRICK, the brakeman in the Hast
ings disaster Christmas Eve, will give
himself up if he can be assured that he
will be admitted to bail as he probably
| will be. His counsel do not fear a con-
viction before jury.
EDWARD S. PARMENTER has opened a
store in town and his announcement will
be found in another column. Mr.. Par
| menter is young man, son of the late
Maj. Parmenter, who is bound to sue
coed. Give him a call.
PRAYER MEETINGS are to be held dur
ing the Week of Prayer under the aus
pices of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, the Woman's Auxiliary,
Y. M. G. A. and the Y. p. G. E. societies
of the respective churches. These meet
ings are to be held in the different
churches at 8 o'clock in the morning and
are to be led by representatives of the
societies under whose auspices they are
to be held.
THERE will be a series of meetings
held in the Baptist church during the
Week of Prayer, Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings inclusively. Mr.. A. W.
Milbury of New York city is to aid the
pastor in these meetings. Mr.. Milbury
will be present, it is expected, at the SER
vices in the Baptist church next Sunday.
On Monday evening he will address a
meeting in the school house, Bushnell
district.
THE Boston Herald says: Mr..
Fletcher's acting in the characters of DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde, was very effective
and cleverly performed, as that of Mr..
Richard Hamsfield's recent perform
ances of the same char acter. He is sup
ported by the beautiful emotional
actress, Miss Florence Dean and superb
company of talented actors. The COM
pany appear in Library Hall, Wednesday
evening" Jan. 9th.
THE first of the two cantata's under
the direction of Mrs. j. B. Parmenter
was given on Tuesday evening at the
Baptist church. This was by the Bap-
fist Sunday school and surpassed the
efforts of last year excellent though they
were. The second cantata is that of the
Rebekah Lodge now in preparation.
The young people of the Baptist church,
under the leadership of Mrs. Parmenter
have given annually for several years
most delightful cantatas, and we hope
they may be continued.
WE are in receipt of the pamphlet an
nOuncement of the Vermont Dairyman's
association meeting to be held in Brat
tlebOrO on the 18th, 18th and 14th days
of this month The blanks call for
mass of information concerning the ex-
hibits for premiums that will g of great
interest when the yearly report is made
up. By the way there should be a much
larger edition of the proceedings of the
Dairymen's association printed, and
some way devised to have them more ex-
tensively circulated and read by our
farmers.
THE installation of officers and r. c.
work of Taft Commandery, Tuesday,
called out large number. The Grand
Commander, Col. Kittridge Haskins of
BrattlebOro, was detained at home much
to the disappointment of the Sir Knights
The installation was performed by Past
Eminent Commander, j. H. Mimms of
st. Adams, Of Lafayette Com mandery,
representing the Grand Commander. in
a very impressive manner. The banquet
was prepared and served by the ladies' of
the Eastern Star, and was an elegant re-
past.
Il. G. BLY, is in town in the interest of
the Merchants Retail Commercial
Agency, representing the Boston Office
at 657 Washington st. He has called
upon several of our merchants and bust
ness men who think favorably of estab-
fishing local branch of this agency to
be known as the Bennington branch, for
the purpose of tracing. characterizing
and reporting men who endeavOr to
evade the payment of their honest debts.
Each merchant pledges himself to stand
by one another for protection and Cellec-
ton. We shall give an outline of the
plan in a later issue, as it comes to us
thoroughly endorsed.
LAST evening in Odd Fellows hall there
was organized Sixth Corps Post, No. 112,
G. A. r., with "a charter members. The
instituting officer was Maj. A. B. Valen-
tine, Past Department Commander,
represe ting the Department Com
mander, d. L. Morgan. The new post
starts off with the following officers:
Dea. VIM. E. Murphy, Post Commander;
John W. Williams, S. V. c.; Alba Buss,
J. V. c.; Maj. r. J. COffey, Q. M; John
O. Clark, Adjutant; Thos. A. Hutchins.
Surgeon; Ira e. Hawks, Chaplain; J. A.
N. Williams, o. D.; b. G. Barber, o. G.:
q. M. Lambert, Sergeant Major; VIM.