The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-08

spending his vacation of two weeks il
Bennington.
Mrs. f. c. WHITE has recovered from
her lameness and is able to be abou
again as usual.
Miss BELLE MORGAN of Poughkeepsie
n. T., is visiting her cousin, Miss II.
Morgan of this village.
Mrs. DIR. GooDALL has gone to North
eastern Vermont to visit friends. Sht
VIII be absent several weeks.
LATER in the season Mrs. Chas. r
Seymour and children will pass few
weeks on Lake Champlain.
Miss LIZZIE BAssETT is home for two
weeks-her Summer vacation. She is
employed in New York city.
READ what Hart & Company says in
another column to-day. The six
bargains will bear inspection.
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news through the campaign? If you do
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$1,50.
ELLIS GooDALL has gone to Barton
with his mother, and will visit friends in
Northeastern Vermont during the Sum-
mer vacation.
GEO. W. KEEsEMAN and wife passed
Sunday and the Fourth with relatives in
Holyoke, Mass, Mrs. Keeseman remains
there this week,
The Soldiers Home guests over Sum
day and the Fourth included Judge and
Mrs. Hugh Henry of Chester, Miss Col
burn and Col. Kinsman,
Mrs. REsoLvY GAGE of East Boston,
is visiting friends in this village. She
of
before she returns home.
The Rev. D. S. Phillips, D. D., of
Kankakee, ILL.,, will pass the Summer in
bennington. He was in New York the
first of this week en- route.
THE Republican club meets next
Wednesday evening, July 18th, in the
village rooms, Park Block. There
should be good attendance.
THE survey for the proposed sewerage
system of our village is progressing
finely. The report and accompanying
map will be ready in short time now.
Mrs. PROF. DAVIS and daughter Zilla,
have gone to Utica, N. Y, for a visit.
Prof. Davis will join them after he at
tends the National convention of teachers
at Saratoga.
THE Rev. Chas. R. Seymour takes his
vacation in the Adirondacks, going there
this week. Services will be held as usual
at the Second Congregational church.
during his absence.
Mrs. GEO. II. WARREN of Rutland and
infant daughter, have been visiting at
John II. Warren's. A nice photograph
of the little girl was made by Watson
during their stay here.
FTrrr, .A,oo ,l,t,,r -, E;,st
Baptist church will be dispensed with on
the 10th of this month, but the Y. P. s.
C. E., meeting and Sunday school will be
held at the usual hours.
Mrs. G. G. Cook and children. are
visiting here. The Rev. Mr.. Cook is
stationed at Hillsdale, N. Y, where he
is the pastor of 1ourishing church His
wife and family are with Mrs Cooks
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Holton Mr..
Cook will attend the Y. P S. c. E. con-
vention in New York.
AMONG the events of the week has
been the raising of the sidewalks, on
West Main street, opposite the property
of Vim. B. Sheldon and Enos Adams.
The village finally braced up and did
what should have been insisted on last
year. Mr.. Adams raised his walk, and
the village put in that of Mr.. Sheldon.
E. E. RAwsoN is again at his desk in
Squire & Rawson's. He has completed
his course of study in Philadelphia, and
his stay was prolonged because they
found him such ready practitioner in
optics that demand arose for his
services in that city. Mr. Rawson was a
good optician before he took this course
of study and practice, but is now one of
the very best in the country. We con-
graduate our townsman upon his attain
ments and well earned reputation.
THE seventh annual picnic and field
day of the Sons of Veterans, in Hunts
upper grove, was one of the pleasantest
outdoor gatherings of the season. The
day was cool and sunny and the attend
ance large. Various games. races and
contests were INDUCED in, and the ex-
eTcises were freely interspersed with
music by the Bennington City band. The
evening programme included dancing in
Library Hail. The Custer W. r. C.
served ice-cream and clam steam at
the grove.
THE Sir Knights who are talking of
attending the Triennial of the Grand En-
campment, U. S. A., Knights Templars,
at Denver in August, from Bennington
are: Rev. VIM. Bogert Walker Grand
IItldUe OF Jne OTdnu COmma0QerY OF
Vermont, Sirs G. B. Sibley, H. c. Lind
loft and F. NJ Tiffany. Mr.. Walker is
booked to go and will take that as the
occasion of his vacation, being absent
during the month of August. There will
about fifty Grand officers and others go
from this State.
THE Herald correspondent says: "In
all the churches here particular attention
is paid to the music and the choirs in
each are composed of the best singers in
the town. That at the Baptist church
consists of double quartette under the
leadership of Prof. F. N. Squire At the
Congregational there is quartette under
the leadership of Col. Z. d. Bennett. At
st. Peters Episcopal church there is
quartette choir, the alto singer being
Miss Mamie Hutchins, who has sung in
several concerts and rehearsals in this
and New York State and is under an
engagement to sing in an Albany church,
beginning September LIST, next.