The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-15
North Bennington.

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Mrs. Stephen Terry and her two child
rem have been visiting friends here.
Mrs. Dewey and daughter Ella, from
Ohio, have been visiting with her sister,
Mrs. G. j. Mckay
Miss Myra Phillips, teacher in Poult-
ney Academy, is spending the vacation
OF the school with her parents here.
Mrs. j. L. Bracket and daughter Mel
lie, who has been an invalid for several
years, have had an outing for two weeks
in North Adams.
A. P. Vial, father of Mrs. E. w. Mosher,
who has been for about twelve years in
Western New York, is spending a while
with his friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson with two
children, have been spending few days
at the pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
j. Mckay, who are near relatives.
Mrs. DR.. Carter of Akron, Ohio, is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G.
Huling; sister, Mrs. f. E. Burgess and
little daughter, are also here for season,
1t was pleasant to meet our old friend,
E. NJ. Wrisley, last week, who has come
to spend while at his old home. His
health is better than it has been for
some years.
All interested in the prosperity of our
Graded schools will be gratifed that the
services of Prof. H. Dressed Jr., have
been secured for another year. He is
now, during vacation, at Springfield, his
former home.
Miss Ida Bruffee has been confined to
the house several weeks with rheuma-
tism. She came from Turner's Falls,
Mass, to care for her mother who was
sick, and both have been under the doc
tors care, but now seem to be improv-
ing some.
Mrs. II. G. White, with her daughter
and sons, Miss Mabel, Harry, Clarence
and Ray, are spending a couple of weeks
in New York and Brooklyn with friends
They were just in time for the great
Christian Endeavor Convention.
| The lawn in front of the Congregation
al church, which is kept in such good
order, is attended to by Master Roger
Peck. He cOnfers great favor on many
who appreciate it, and ought to know
who is thoughtful and kind in doing it.
The new trotting park just east Of the
| village, has been completed and is in fine
order for use. A good judges stand is
erected, and all the arrangements are
such as will invite breeders of stock and
lovers of speed in horses to become in
terested in its patronage.
Frank Loomis and wife of Waynsboro,
Penn, was expected at his mothers,
Mrs. Warren LOomis, last week, but Mr..
LOOMS came, having left his wife in
| New York to be treated by the oculist,
DR.. Stephens, formerly of Albany, for an
eye difficulty. She is expected here this
week.
Mrs. Inland Hall ana mother, with
Mrs. James yelling and daughter, Mrs.
Phillips of South Dakota, Mrs. G. E.
Houghton and Miss Madison from Can
ton, n. Y, visited Camp Comfort last
Wednesday and highly enjoyed a trout
dinner gotten up for the occasion. There
may have been others of the party.
Mrs. Ambrose Birney of River David,
Canada, has been visiting hes niece, Mrs.
G. D. Madison, for few days. Mr.Bir-
ney's health has not been good for years,
and her visit at this time was to secure
to little Birney Mattison the pretty resi-
dence of brick built by Asher Graves at
Bennington Falls, and which is always
SO much admired. Mr.. Birney makes
this as present to his distant nephew,
about ten years old, for the name he
bears as his namesake. The fellow re-
marked when he began to realize the
transaction, "There isn't many boys that
have got home to move into when they
get married"
Items received too late for last week.
The beautiful new flag that floats from
the flagstaff on the Graded school is the
gift of S. B. Hall who in this substantial
manner shows his appreciation of our
school. We think that the pleasure and
satisfaction evinced by the pupils and
teachers will express in degree their
appreciation of the gift.
Rev. NJ. L. Brown of Bacone, Ind,
with his wife and son Roy, are home on
a vacation. Mr.. Brown has been engaged
the past year as professor of language at
the Indian University. 1t is generally
known that he is one Of our home
missionary ministers, and is always to be
found working for the cause in his
earnest masterful way. His many friends
will be pleased to hear of his arrival
though we are sorry to learn that his
health is not of the best. 1t is to be
hoped that recreation, freedom from
care and the visit at his old home with
friends and relatives, will prove Of great
benefit to his health ere he returns to
the scene of his labors.
1t never rains but it pours. Thursday
morning while my wife was busily en-
gagged in preparing the morning meal,
two cramps" of the female persuasion
came into the dining room during my
wife's absence, and deliberately took a
seat at the breakfast table; and there
they sat determined to have their
''hash," and rather than have scene we
submitted, but the worst feature in the
matter was, that the hash didn't go
around, with two extra, and with such
enormous appetites too. At dinner they
were followed by two others and if
possible mole voracious than the first
two, especially in the line Of dried beef.
Well, we felt that our cup was quite full,
but To- at tea time three more strayed
in, but these seemed to be more Of the
gypsy type in form, feature and costume,
yet not unlike the others in that un-
accountable appetite. When twilight
approached and the shades began to
deepen, as is characteristic of the
'critters," they quietly betook them
selves to their several haunts, and quiet
once more reigned in the household.
QueryP Is this thing to be continued all
summer o. g. L.