The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-18
BENNINGTON BANNER.
BENNINGTON:
FRIDAY, MARCH IS, 1892.

ed IN town CnlS week.
Mrs. HENRRIrTA B. ADAMS is in
Albany, N. Y, for few weeks.
CASHIER CLEMENT H. CONE has gone
en- a needed vacation of two weeks.
NELSON BURRITT and wife of Fort Ed
ward, n. Y, were in town over Sunday:
THERE is talk of leap year ball to be
given directly after Easter by our fair
daughters.
Miss H. J. MORGAN has returned from
her trip to Poughkeepsie, n. Y, and
New Jersey, of a month.
MRS. JOHN Hustled and son, Walter,
returned to their home in Georgetown,
Col, last Monday.
L. D. HAMLEN and wife, started yes
terday for Buffalo, N. Y, to visit their
grandchildren. Mr.. Hamlen expects to
be absent about two weeks.
A GENTLEMAN from New York pur-
chased and ordered shipped this week,
several we'll bred horses from the stables
of the Messrs. Dewey and Merritt E.
Burgess.
THE Bennington correspondent of the
Troy Times, says: "Owing to the diff
Guilty of getting sufficiency of cream
the6Bennington creamery will not be
opened this year.
Miss NJ. II. SHELLEY is spending two
weeks in New York to look up the new
spring styles. She will engage an ex-
perienced millner while there, who will
come here for the coming season.
THE subjects of the sermons at st.
Peters church on Sunday will be at
1890 a. M, "The Lost Piece of Silver"
at 5 p. M, "Agnosticism." Men are es-
pecially invited to the latter service.
THE attention of every lady in Ben
nington is called to the notice of the an
nual business meeting of the V. S., to
be held the last Saturday in March. A
large attendance is earnestly requested.
AMAsA BRADFORD of Gardner, Mass,
formerly of Bennington, is proud of the
addition to his family of fine boy, who
is honored with the name of George
Sumner" after the late Gen. G. S.
Bradford.
MRS. CHAs. G.. WHITE and daughter,
Edna. with Mrs. Lyman f. Cornell sis
ter and nieces of Mrs. Z. L. George, who
have been visiting her for few days,
returned to their home in jamestown,
n. Y, Tuesday.
JAS. A. n. WILLIAMS had a narrow es-
cape from death last Saturday. He was
lifting on a bale of rags loaded upon a
hay-rigging, when the hook gave way,
throwing him over backward. Fortu-
nately slight injury resulted.
On our inside pages to-day will be
found variety of news items; long
article from the Chicago Tribune upon
the denomination of President Harrison,
and various other good things-all of
which will repay careful persual.
To enable the various school districts
to draw the public money, which will
be distributed in a few days by the Sc
lectmen it is necessary that the school
district clerks should deposit the school
registers with the town clerk at once.
THERE will be a special Conclave of
Taft Commandery on Tuesday next,
March 22d, at 7.3O p. M, sharp. After
the COnclave a special assembly Of Ben
nington Council r. & S. NJ, will be held.
Work in both bodies. A full attendance
is desired.
DR.. AND Mrs. F. S. PRATT went to
Albany, n. Y, last week to hear Patti
and Mrs. Pratt was taken with la Grippe
and was forced to remain at the Hotel
Kenmore for week. She is better and
was expected TO return home yesterday,
but are still detained in Albany.
THE postoflice is now ready to supply
the supplements to the Postal Guide,
mentioned by us a short time since. The
price is one cent each, or twelve cents
per year. By subscribing one gets all
the postal decisions, and a mass of in
formation useful to everybody.
On our seventh page to-day we print
.y,fN &C A
ture relating to the "ResOurces of YER
mont" 1t is expected that a pamphlet
of as many pages as may be necessary,
will be issued, edition Of 10000 copies,
and circulated. Read the article and
write for particulars or blanks.
LIST of letters advertised at the Ben
nington, VT, postOffice, for the week
ending March 18th, 1892: Messrs. Chas.
S. Amidon 81 Sons, DR.. K. II. Brown,
NJ. c. l.. Marret, w. NJ. Matson, Mrs.
Mahala Jones, Mrs. Mary Stay. These
letters will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office, March 2Gth, 1892, if not delivered
before.
THE 32d Separate Company n. G. N.
Y, of Hoosick Falls, have invited the
Bennington Rifles to attend the seventh
annual anniversary of its organization,
to be held Friday evening, March 18th.
The Rifles will attend in a body and in
full uniform. We have noted several
times the fraternal feeling existing be-
tween these two companies of our Ma
tional Guard, U. S. A., and recall the
splendid display made by the 32d Separ-
ate company, at the Centennial here last
summer.
A QUARTETTE of Williams College
students will give an interesting enter
tainment next Wednesday evening, the
23d inst, at the Second Congregational
church chapel for the benefit of the Y.
p. S. c. Z. In the musical part of the
programme they will introduce the
steam calliope and many features en-
tirely new to us. A lecture on Mexican
Life will be given. Mexican costumes
worn. Exhibitions of the use of the
lariat, together with many other novel
features, making a most enjoyable en-
tertainment.
THE Pittsfeld Journal of last week
Thursday contained the following item {:
''Thomas Hurley, who claims to belong
in Bennington, was released from the
House of Correction Wednesday morn
ing, having been sent there from North
Adams, and as soon as he could after
being liberated began to imbibe in the
local saloons. He was soon drunk and
slept off the debauch in the station
house. This morning in the district
court Judge Tucker sentenced him to
four months in jail where he will have to
abstain. The prisoner thought it rather
hard lines' tn he allowed only one daV