The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-11-04
South Salisbury.

Mrs. C. j. Smith is home from her
visit to friends in Connellsville, Pa.
Jesse Carpenter is making arrange
ments to move in where Will Cole moved
out.
Several from here attended the Roman
Catholic fair at North Bennington last
week.
Charles Carpenter made flying visit
to his home, in -on-the-Hudson, last
week.
Grant Brownson has the frame up for
his new house and is covering it as
rapidly as possible.
Mrs. Nellie Towsley is at her home in
Dandy for few days. She is i'll from
the effects of hard cold.
Seymour Galusha is pushing his new
house toward completion. He expects
to move into it in the spring.
Mrs, Alexander and daughter are
NuoIIE9 49, TT~-,,,an Miles and Mrs
Everyone expects to have a"feast Of
pie" at the sociable to be given at E. V.
Chase's house on Friday evening.
Mrs. Merrill Hitchcock of Williston
(the wife of former pastor), called on
friends in town last week Thursday.
Tuesday night the wind blew perfect
gale, accompanied by dashes of rain.
Wednesday was cold, windy with some
rain.
Mr.. Rickart, formerly residing in
apartments over Charles Haswell, has
moved into the house recently vacated
by L. j. Barton.
Miss futile of Manchester, spent
night with Mrs. L. W. Cole on her re-
turn home from the convention at Ben
nington last week.
Mrs. Thomas Dunlap is at Montpelier
this week. Representative Dunlap will
return on Friday or Saturday to remain
until after election.
Mrs. George Blood of North Adams.
Mass, and her sister, Mrs. Emma Spear
of Connecticut, were guests of their
aunt, Mrs. Harriet Mattison, last Friday
and Saturday.
The new road has been worked as far
as possible to the new part of the village,
until arrangements can be made with
one of the land-holders on the route.
The contractors are waiting the decision.
Milton Friss has left the employ of the
Eagle Square Company, and has gone to
Pittsfeld, Mass, where he expects to
carry on his brothers (recently de-
ceased) business.
Peleg Cole and his son Charles, have
been very unfortunate. Each oDe of
them lost horse within the space of
three day-one died of pneumonia, the
other from injuries received by falling.
A goodly number of our people at
tended the Y. P. S. G. E. State COnven-
ton at Bennington. Through the kind
ness and courtesy of Col. Z. d. Bennett
we were favored, in being able to attend
the evening sessions and return to our
homes here at a seasonable hour. For
this the people unite in hearty thanks.
Your correspondent is in receipt of
the Joliet NeUs of Illinois, from VIII .ch
we quote an item that will interest
friends here: "The Hon. John Van
Horn of Plainfeld, whose name comes
before the people as County Representa-
tive on the National-Prohibition ticket,
was born in New Jersey, and has lived in
Piaintield since he was nine years old.
The NeUs trkes considerable pride in
presenting the name of our own particu-
lar candidate for the Legislature. be.
cause he stands for our ideal in politics.
Mr.. Van Horn occupies the much loved
and sacred spot formerly owned by his
father. He Is blessed with an ideal
wife, tender, pure, refined and patriotic.
Ihey have one son 10 years of age"
Mrs. Van Horn formerly Miss Franc
n, 'Vell), spent her girlhood days in and
.about o. own quiet village, where she |
often visits. Her sister. Mrs. Gilbert |
Mattison, still owns the old homestead |
a. James Elwell. The friends of Mrs.
Van Horns caller years will say amen
to the worthy praise given her. The
Netos continues: "Mr. Van Horn left the
rock rooted Democracy of his father and
voted for Horace Greeley in ". His
eyes politically were opened then, and
he never has viewed things the same
since. He has been thoroughly indie
pendent to this day. He is the working
mans friend, including the farmer and
his demands Every reformer, every
temperance man and every friend of
labor, whether Republican or Democrat,
should vote for John Van Horn" In
this latitude, however, we should say
that his Vermont friends are not in the
habit of voting for a vain hope, even
when clothed in prohibitory garb. The
Republican party is the only party that |
ever passed prohibition law, and in
Vermont has kept it on the books since |
1852 in spite of the Democracy and their |
deputies, the so-called Prohibition
party. .t.1