The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-10
Republican Caucus.
THE r. A. Chapter work the Royal
Arch degree next Monday evening.

Arch degree next Monday evening.
MISS LILLIAN VALENTINE is home
from school for the Summer vacation.
Mrs. w. C. RDDELL of Buffalo, n. Y,
is visiting at Attorney ]. B. Meacham's.
Miss ELIZABETH ABBOTT is to return
from st. Agnes school for the Trinity
tide vacation this week.
OUR latest advices from County Court
are to the effect that the libel suit
mentioned in another column, is still on.
THE strawberry festivals held, since
we last went to press, by the Methodists,
Custer Post W. r. c., aud the Guild of
St Katharine were each we'll attended.
Mrs. WALTER DEAN and her two
children. from Illinois, is visiting her
sister-in-law, Mrs. James Habberley of
this village.
MEsSRs. CUMMINGS AND STAFFORD of
the Central Vermont and the B. and r.
railways were in town last Saturday COM
pleting arrangements for the proposed
excursions into Bennington during the
Summer
MRS. WIN. L. BAILEY (nee Walbridge),
has gone with her husband to Colorado.
The Methodist Conference to which Mr..
Bailey is attached is in session and they
will go Immediately from Conference to
their new home.
HARRY WILLoUGHBY's store is head
quarters for oil stoves. That immense
stock of combination oil stoves he re-
ceived two weeks ago has been rapidly
sold. They are all the way in style
from a single wick to full fledged cook
ing stove and range.
THE delegates to the Diocesan Con-
vention next week were published soon
after election Easter week. The ones
who will attend at Brattleboro, next
Wednesday, are likely to be the Rector,
Messrs. Abbott, Norton, Lambert and
HARDWOOD. The church is entitled to
four lay delegates.
The Fitchburg railway has issued a
new Summer excursion book. In adj
dition to what has heretofore been in
cluded in this work, the new book gives
details of trip through the Adirondacks
and prices for round trips to points on
the Bennington and Rutland and the
Central Vermont railways.
LANDLORD COLLINS has a splendid
spanking team" over which he pulls
the reins in person nowadays One is
the three year old Lambert mare, dark
chestnut, silver name and tail; the other,
Peacemaker, five years old, black, very
handsome gelding, and an elegant
reader. Both attract attention.
On Tuesday evening Col. E. T. Girls
void of the S. o. v, and staff ANDREW
Maurer, Jesse Coomer, Edward MerrilD,
visited the Camp of that order at Man
chester Depot. They were received in
handsome shape and escorted to and
from the station with drum corps.
They returned to Bennington ON the
sleeping train.
We hear of cases of scarlet fever here
and there, but no one seems to mind
much about it. One thing our people
should look out for, however, and that
is the danger from people who have fled
from Hoosick Falls, N. Y. In that
village they have diphtheria and scarlet
fever and to avoid strict quarantine
good many have gone to other places,
some coming to Bennington. Our Tegu-
lations are so stringent here as to con-
tagious diseases we wonder anyone came
here, but such is the fact.
SUNDAY afternoon, while two couples
of young people were picking wild
flowers on what is known as Hathaway's
hill, they ran across two full grown
bears. The young people were struck
with terror. The bears acted very mild
" and did not offer to touch them
but insead the bears stuck up their
noses and started off through the woods
mp the mountain. The people who saw
the animals think they would weigh
fully 200 pounds each. The wonder is
why they should come so near civilization
at this time of the year.
THE quarto-programme 'tKing Sauls
Court" and the small bills, have already
announced the date of the Odd Fellows
entertainment mentioned by us last
week. 1t is to be held in Library Hall
tomorrow evening, and is already attract
ing marked attention. The illustrations
of the Degrees of Odd Fellowship will be
very fine and not among the least of the
attractions will be the drill of King
Saul's Body Guard, and the carnival of
his Court. Tickets at Gibson's. The
proceeds are to Teplenish the widow and
orphan fund-a worthy object, surely.
SUPT. H. W. STAFFORD of the Ben
ningtOn and Rutland railroad is planning
to give excursions over that road to
Bennington this season. The place is
in itself model New England town and
the location of the Battle Monument
and the Soldiers Home makes it one of
the most interesting points in Vermont.
Because of its location comparatively
few Vermonters have ever spent the time
TO fully look the town over and if Mr..
Spafford carries out his plans with his
usual energy the people from all points
in the State will probably have an OPP
portunity to go to Bennington at an ex-
tremely low rate of fare and spend day
there this Summer, an opportunity
which they will gladly embrace.-Bu'-
IingtOn Clipper
A LARGE and enthusiastic meeting of
the Forest and Stream Club of Whining
ton, Vt, convened at the Imperial Hotel
New York city on June LIST, inst. A. p.
Childs of Bennington, is president of
this club. 1t was voted to formally open
the new and elegant Club House on
June Both, instant, President Cochran
of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
presided at this meeting. The total
membership was limited to 60 members
and their families, in lieu of 100 as
hitherto proposed, and the membership
is nearly secured. Members from Boston
and New York will go to the ''opening"
by tally-ho coaches from Brattleboro;
also Uid narrow-guage railroad from
; Hoosac Tunnel station and across the
mountain by carriages from Bennington.
Among the recent accessions to the
Clubs membership are Col. ]. J. Estey
of Brattleboro, Postmaster Van Colt of
New York city, Mayor Truman of
Orange, New Jersey, Prof. Cochran of