The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-28

MR. AND Mhs. w. "A. nlIChCOCh 6ub6T-
tanned Mr. A. D. Ellis of MonsOn, Mass,
the past week.
THE Rev. u. Marten breaches next
Sunday morning upon the subject:
''What shall Read?"
HORACE WooDMAN has begun the
foundation of his proposed residence on
Grand View Terrace.
VIM. E. HAWKS, JR., is in New York
selecting new goods to fill the vacancy
caused by his increasing trade.
"THE engagement of Miss Elizabeth
B. Cooper of this place, and Mr.. Edward
N. Kirk Mears of Worcester, Mass, is
announced"
THE Shaksperian Society has just
commenced the study of Henry With.
This is their 22nd year and it is safe to
say there are few literary societies of
that age in the State.
THE Fortnightly Club will meet on
Saturday afternoon of this week. Mrs.
Valentine, Chairman of the committee
on Literature will preside. The subjects
for discussion will be the writings of
Lougfellow, Whittier and Holmes.
GEO. LAW of New York, and party,
stopped at the Putnam last night. They
travel lesiurely in a tally no! drawn by
four horses. Mr.. Law drives. There
are four in the party and three servants
accompany them dressed in livery.
OUR readers should send in their Or
ders for the Centennial Book of 1891, if
they desire that work. In paper ST.
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THE following is list of letters adj
yertised in the Post Office at Benning.
ton for the week ending October 22nd.
John B. Hartley, John Jelas. Mrs.
Blanche Morgan, Mrs. Ida NJ. Pratt,
Miss j. o. Hanley. These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter office Nov. 5th,
1892, if not delivered before. In calling
please say advertised" giving date of
list.
THERE is more joy in printing Office
over one sinner who pays in advance
and abuses the editor on every occasion,
than over the ninety and nine who bor-
row the paper and sing its praises with
out contributing cent to keep it out
of the poor house. Blessed are the
meek, for they shall inherit the earth,
and obtain material for fencing it on
time without security.
AGAIN, this week, we give space to
another state convention, and the length
of the report crowds out large quantity
of local and county items. Next week
we shall resume our usual table of con-
tents. We are under obligations to the
Rev. G. H. Peck of North Bennington,
for the greater part of the account of
the &. E. convention held here this
week.
NJ. F. FOSTER of Dennison. Tex, was
the guest of Hon. A. p. Childs Saturday.
Mr. Foster is general manager of the
DennisoD cotton mandatory. BY the
new arrangement of trains on the Ben
nington and Rutland railway passengers
leaving here at 6.l5 a. m. can make
close connections at Rutland for Burling-
ton, Montpelier, Montreal and all points
north. This arrangement is highly
pleasing to our people.
SHALL the Presii@.ean be bought" ex-
claims the Burlington Independent in
staring headlines, following its political
neighbUr here. This Democratic organ
then replies, inferentially, in this item in
its editorial columns: vermont Demo-
Gratis are still in the ring. In the con-
test for the New York World prize ban
ners, the Young Mems Dramatic club of
this city came under the wire fourth at
the finish, closely followed by the Ben
nington club. Vermont thus gets two
of the ten prizes awarded for the largest
contributions by clubs to the western
campaign fund. Bennington, shake"
1t will be no fault of either the Benning-
ton or Burlington Democracy that the
Presidency is not bought-this money
went into the Worlds corruption fund.
THE races at North Bennington, says
our reporter, who was present, drew
large crowd last week as the day was
one of the best of the season. In the
first two races very little interest was
shown after the first heats were trotted,
as the winners had some seconds to
spare all the time but the last race
would have been hotly contested but for
the Judges and Starter who made de-
cisions and then changed them after the
the horses had gone to the barn, also in
the second heat sent horses away run
ming as they came under the wire. This
kind of treatment the crowd could not
stand and left before the balance of the
race was finished. Next year
in the Bennington track, and some first
class races for local horses will be
given.
THE lectures on Contemporary French
Fiction recently given by Miss Rilla NJ.
Norton at the home of Mrs. II. S. Bing-
ham were more closely in touch with
the literary life of the day, were han
died with more distinctive charm, than
any we ever heard in town. 1t
trite to say that fiction is the
literary form of the day, and that indis-
putably the finest novels in point of
style are written by Frenchmen-Mau
PEASANT, Bourget, Pierre Lott and their
contemporaries; but the fact lost its
triteness in the deeper meaning given it
by Miss Norton, who has lived and
studied five years in Paris, and speaks
with the nicely of judgment and the
sympathetic appreciation that so charac-
terize modern French criticism. IN
THE Troy Press of Wednesday says:
''The Camp fire given by Post G. l..
Willard at G. A. r., hall last night was
attended by large number of members
and guests, among whom were members
of Post Tibbits, a delegation of twenty
from the Sixth army corps of Benning-
ton, Adjutant General w. A. Wallace,
Quarter Master General w. w. Bennett
and Acting Assistant Adjutant General
Penfeld, all of Albany. Major Coffey,
superintendent of the Soldiers Hcme
at Bennington, was also present. Re-
freshments were served, after which the
party enjoyed the evening smoking and