The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-08-26

Miss KATHERINE HELD of st. Adams,
is the guest of Miss Minnie D. Schwarz.
WILL SHELDON of Boston, has been
passing his vacation here, his former
home.
Miss H. J. MORGAN and Miss Blanche
Sibley have been sojourning at Block
Island.
Mrs. FRANK Pope of Palmer, Mass,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. E.
Hart.
&C. C. KIMBALL, Mrs. Kimball and
Miss Ethel Wheeler. are visiting in Will
mington.
NJ. r. CRDIBLE and bride of Cohoes,
N. Y, are visiting their friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. Newton Johnson.
THE Kings daughters will meet with
Mrs. H. G. Root, Friday, September End.
A full attendance is desired.
CONGRESSMAN RANDALL of Massachu-
sets is visiting his daughter, Mrs. John
Wool Griswold, at the Centre.
GEO. B. GREENsLET and family of
Glens Falls, n. Y, are visiting in Ben
nington, Mr.. Greenslets former home.
MRS. FRANK j. BRIDGES, formerly
Miss Mana Law, and children of Orange,
N. j., visited at G. S. Perry's this week.
MRS. S. II. BROWN has been quite i'll
for week with something resembling
Ia Grippe. She is little better we are
told.
@. D. GREENsLET has business card
in another column of house painting and
paper hanging. He is first-class work
man.
THE weather report for the week
ending the 22d, gives the conditions
favorable for all crops in Bennington
county.
ROBERT S. ELLIOT, clerk with E. E.
Hart & Company, is taking his vacation
visiting his home and friends in Con
necticut.
L. P. NORTON and Judge Darling have
returned from pleasure trip to Prince
Edward Island. They report an enjoya-
BILE outing.
SEVERAL of our correspondents were
late with their favors last week, and so
lot of county items will be found on the
second page of this issue.
RAMON OWES, last Monday pulled out
a trout near the Benton bridge that
weighed II pounds. This is one of the
finest catches of this season.
C.P. HARRIS has received an offer
from parties in Bennington, represent
ing capital of $l2, 000 to move his
chair factory to that place.-Rutldnd
Herald.
Mrs. Z. M. LAMBERT and son Ernest,
returned home this week after six
weeks sojourn at the seashore near New
London, Conn. Mrs Lambert has rela-
tions living there.
IN the Lansinburgh, N. Y, items of an
exchange we note the following: "Just-
ice of Peace Alfred Seaman will leave
Saturday for months visit to friends
in Bennington"
Miss NETTIE BLY,, Of Salida, Colorado,
has been visiting the past week at Miss
Bessie E. Upham's, and other friends.
She is daughter of W. w. Bly,, former
ly of Bennington, and the bright scholar
in the Salida High school, we spoke
of wbile ago.
JOHN II. AYERS says he was the first
dealer in town to bring in the new fall
style of hats some three weeks ago.
This week he has received several in
voices and can now fit anyone with the
latest style. Men, boys and others can be
fitted both in style and quality.
IT has been asked why seats were not
provided at the several landings in the
Battle Monument, so that elderly people
can sit down and rest while going up
the stairs or returning. We had not
thought of this and refer the inquiry to
the management of the Association.
The annual meeting of the SALISBURY
Association, the programme of which we
print in full on our third page to-day,
promises to be an event of unusual in
terest. The Salisbury people are
making preparations to cordially well
come all who come, and there should be
a large gathering.
Miss LURA MORSE, accompanied by
her niece, Miss Daisy Morse, has been
spending several weeks at Maiden, Mass,
Nantasket Beach and several other places
of interest. Miss Daisy, while there,
spent a week at Martha's Vineyard. Be
fore returning they will visit relatives at
Ballston Lake.
The Buffalo correspondent of the Troy
Press of Monday, says: "Private Har-
wood of the Twenty-frst, while on guard
duty was almost struck by large stone
which was hurled at him. The missile
just passed his head and struck switch
few feet distant" This item refers to
Olin W. HARDWOOD of this town.
WHAT is the matter with the Rutland
Herald in this campaign? Many of its
old friends in Bennington county have
concluded to adopt the scriptural in
junction recorded in the 18th and 10th
verses of the third chapter of the
Revelation of St. John the Di-
vine. A REPUBLICAN.
OUR readers should bear in mind that
the Republican nominees for Senators
are j. o. Sanford of Stamford and
Franklin II. Orvis of Manchester. When
our readers vote, September 9th, they
should be sure to see that the Y is
placed opposite Franklin II. Orvis's name
and not against that of G. F. Orvis, the
Democratic nominee.
THE following is the list of letters re-
manning uncalled for in the postoffice at
Bennington for the week ending August
Goth: Eugene Betit, Sam Izikson, A.
Midget, James Murphey care of Lizzie
Murphey, Mrs. L. G. Bennett. These
letters will be sent to the dead letter
office, September Sd, if not delivered be-
fore. In calling for above please say sad
vertised' giving date of list.
ALL persons owning lots in our village
cemetery are kindly asked to NOW or
lawn the same so as to keep all seed
from scattering and thus to save work
for another year. All refuse must be
carried to the box, corner of Mrs. Eli
Tiffany's lot, or taken somewhere else,
but must not be thrown in the carriage
drives. Hoping this will be kindly re-
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