The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-12-16

ait Vi OF. mary BullN man,
the goth. This is the regular annual
fair and sale of st. Peters Church.
PARTIES who do business at the banks
are now being notified that, owing to a
recently enacted Vermont law there will
be no such thing as days of grace"
after January list, 1898.
THE Schubert Quartette of Boston
come here Feb 18th, under the auipices
of the Odd Fellows. The concert will be
given in the new Opera House, and due
announcement will be made.
A COLONIAL TEA, served Oy "ye
younge Puritan maldens of ye settle
mente, assisted By ye younge MEME OF
their acquaintance, otherwise the en-
tertainment of the Tennyson club of the
First Baptist chnrch, was the attraction
at the Y. NJ. G. A., rooms Tuesday even
ing The young ladies spun wool and
flax and the young men pared apples to
the entertainment and delight of about
one hundred and fifty people present.
The songs of We olden time were sung
and quaint bill of fare was served.
EZRA CRAWFORD, who was visiting his
brother, Phiny Crawford, at Bennington
Centre, died Monday. His death was
the result of paralytic shock. He was
about n years of age. He was for a
number of years superintendent of the
Burden iron works in this town and
after they were closed went South,
where he remained several years. For a
few years he kept hotel in Woodford
and of late has conducted one in Hart
MELVILLE. While in Woodford his house
was noted resort for fishing parties
from this section and the same is true of
the one at Hartwellville.
TIE prediction that the Free Library
and reading room would be more largely
patronized down stairs than it was in its
old quarters up stairs, has been verified.
During the month of November there
were taken out 304 books, and the books
used in the room would probably aggre-
gate four times that number. To give
| some idea of the numbers that frequent
the Library we have investigated and it
| is safe to say that the calls average fifty
daily In this connection we suggest
| that the people owe something to this
institution and that the Library should
| in some way receive a benefit TO enable
| the managers to increase the number of
its volumes.
LAST Saturday the workmen upon the
| Opera House and block, presented Mr..
E. r. Buss, the experimenting builder,
an elegant gold watch, chain and charm,
| The presentation speech was made by
Mr.. Arthur j. Dewey in very felicitous
manner. While it is common to do
something of this sort yet the pleasant
surprise was so kept that it was quite
unexpected The plot had double,
but the other part was delayed and so
the gift as a testimonial to Mr.. f. G.
| hn Of ha
buildings, was presented to him Wednes-
evening by Capt. F. M. Tiffany. 1t was
a nice gold watch, chain and veterans
badge charm. Both are valuable gifts
and will be highly priced by the recipi-
ents. Mr. Pepper has completed his con-
tract here, and after next Sunday will
remove from us. Many good wishes
will attend him in his new field of labor.
There were over thirty men that con-
tributed towards these testimonials.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. S. Warner
Monroe of South SALISBURY. met W tn a
sad mishap, that resulted in the loss of
her right foot. She went to the depot
to take the 6. Top. m. train and by nit
take got on the 5.45 to Chatham. As
G6fStepped on she first started to go in,
by Mr.. John II. Ayres. %ifoHrM NTas. JJf2Glg
down to Petersburgh Junction, that the
rear car was for ladies. She turned and
crossed the platform of the then moving
train and sat down near a lady in the
rear coach. She asked if that was the
train for North Bennington, and upon
being told it was for Chatham she arose
opened the car door and sprang off the
train as it neared the Main street cross
ing. She probably for the time did not
realize what she did. Had the conduc-
tor known of 1T he would have stopped
the train, but it was all done in an in
slant. Mrs. Monroes right ankle was
turned over and the bone above so badly
fractured that amputation became nee
essary and the leg was taken off below
the knee. She was taken to her sisters
in this village and is as comfortable as
can be expected under the circumstan.
ces. Mrs. MOnroe's South ShaftsbuIy
friends, and they are many, tell what
they would like to do for her in another
column. 1t was at first feared that the
shock might prove more serious than is
nov probable, as she is in a fair way to
recover.
THE annual meeting of the Erie Rail
way Company was held the 2Sth of No.
vember, and we have been favored with
the reports, through the courtesy of
Gen. Mccullough. The Wal Street
journal of the Goth, says: "The annual
meeting was an unusually quiet affair.
The attendance was also unusually small.
There was no opposition. Gen. j. g.
Mccullough, Mr. q. d. Mills and Presi.
G-nt King were present. Mr. Mills acting
as chairman of the meeting. These
gentlemen voted the bulk of the stock
and bonds, Gen. Mccullough, repre-
senting the McCullough-Nills Commit
tee for Americon stock and bond hold
ers, voted on S33, 73S, 300 of common and
preferred stock and S25, 30S, 700 bonds.
President King, representing foreign
holders voted on S22, 7l5, POO stock and
Sc, l75, POO bonds" 1t was decided TO
pay 8 per cent. interest on the income
bonds on January 10th, next. The an
nual reports show well as to equipment
and expenses. This road, like many
others, is preparing for an immense
traffic to and from the Worlds Fair next
year.
The published books of Vermont are
to be further enlarged by the addition
of "a work comprising a collection of bio
graphical sketches of Vermont soldiers.
who served in the War of the Rebellion,
illustrated with portraits of the same
The sketches, says the Free Press. are
now being compiled under the supervis.
ion of Ger. Il. S. Peck. the widely
known and popular Adiutant-G General OF
the State, whose name is guaranty fol
the high character of the work. 1t is to