The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-14


next week,
MISS NETTIE NJ. PIERCE has been
visiting for two weeks in Rutland and
Manchester.
Miss LOUISE THATCHER gave very
pleasant reception to her friends last
Tuesday evening.
Miss EMMA WILCOX gave her Sunday
school class of young misses, an after
ternoon tea on Wednesday. 1t was an
enjoyable occasion.
THERE will be a civil service examina-
ton for applicants for letter-carriers,
Saturday, August 9Th. Applications
should be made at the Postoffice
Mrs. CHAs. ADAMS, and son Wayne,
will return home shortly from New
Centreville, N. Y, where Mrs. Adams
has been to care for her mother the past
two months or more.
IT is said, and we have no reason to
doubt the assertion, that the new uni
forms of the Stark Hose Company are
the finest and best fitting ever procured
in town. There is not misfit in the
whole lot.
ARTHUR w. MILBURY, secretary of the
Industrial Christian Alliance, will speak
at the Y. NJ. @. A. Sunday at o'clock.
The boys will meet at three O'Clock. The
presence of boys who wish to aid in
reaching others is desired.
THE Junior Branch of the Woman's
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, is
to hold a rally at Wallingford on the
afternoon and evening of July Dist.
Quite a good delegation will go up from
Bennington and Salisbury.
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on. The pipes are laid to the bridge on
Depot street, and to the corner of River
and North streets. 1t will not be long
now before the mains will be begun on
Main, Uuion, Pleasant, Gage and other
streets.
J. ED. WALBRIDGE has completed his
building operations on Grand View"
and moves into his new home. He has
the most slightly place Of any in this vii
lage, and his house, together with the
cottage for his driver, and barn, comprise
quite collection of buildings in that
vicinity.
ONE of the Vermont Ensor Institute
patients, writes: SIT is good joke on
same of our Bennington people that the
Ensor Cure has so altered the complex
ion and appearance of a number OF
patients, that when on the streets they
are taken for strangers, and have to be
introduced around"
THE July social of the Young Woman
Club, Wednesday evening, was graced
by the presence of Miss Mary Sanford of
| Troy, N Y, who has Just returned from
the Worlds Fair. Miss Sanford gave a
very interesting description of the great
affair in the 'White City," and illus
| trated her remarks with nice collection
of photographs. The company consisted
of the young ladies and their friends,
about forty in all. We hear several very
complimentary reports from this pleasing
talk of Miss SanfOrd's to the Club.
JOHN X. CLARK, formerly and for
many years janitor of our Graded
schools, was in town this week, brought
here by the death of his father, Horace
r. Clark as noted in another item. Mr..
Clark has only been in Bennington twice
in thirteen years, and he says it seems
hardly possible that this is Bennington.
1t has made so much progress and the
"boys and girls of his day in school
have grown up, and now have families
of their own. Mr.. Clark has been with
the elevated road in New York for the
past IL years. He returned Wednesday.
In another place we note the recall OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cooper from the
Worlds Fair to New York, because Of
the death of Mr.. Cooper's sister, Madame
Griswold. The New York papers OF
Tuesday had this item: Mrs. Kate A.
Griswold, corset manufacturer at Dan
bury, Conn, with factories in New York
City and Bethel, Conn.,, died at the latter
place Sunday night, aged 60. She had
been in the business some thirty years
and had amassed fortune" Mr.. anC
Mrs. Cooper will return home after the
funeral and not complete their trip al
first intended.
THE members of Taft Commandery
Knights Templars of this village, have
formed Boston Club for the Triennia
Conclave of the Grand Encampment a
the Club" in 1895. The Committee
consists of Sir Knights Edward l.. Bates
chairman, A. G. Halsey, NJ. B. Morgan
Geo. A. Bruce, John II. Whipple, anC
Frank T. Conkey, Mr.. Halsey is secre
tary and circular has been issued tC
each member setting forth the plan anC
what is expected to be accomplished
The proposal has already met with ;
hearth response, several registering TO
the trip on the spot. DR.. j. T. Shurtleff
treasurer of the Commandery, is, also
treasurer of the Committee.
IT was case of "Bear hunt man." in
stead of "Man hunt bear, MONDAY. Maj
A. b. Valentine, while on his return from
Wilmington, alone where, he had passed
Sunday, and when about one and one
half mile East of the Ames place, the ole
halfway house, came suddenly upon
huge black bear, standing on hi
launches in the middle of the road, dis
taut about 70 feet. Bruin was not in TIN
least concerned and soon dropped dow
on his feet and made off into the lots
Major Valentine learned from those re
siding near by that three bears had beef
seen in the neighbOrhood, and that the
had chased quite number of cattle
in that vicinity.
1T may be of intesest TO those who
locally, contributed valuables, ETC., Il
the Columbian Bell, to know that tn
Clinton II. MeEeely Company has eigh
men employed in polishining it. TIL
big bell is turned upwards in the yart
and three men work inside while the re
mainder are employed on the outside
Fully week will be required to com
piete it. The tone of the bell is
natural and Mr.. Meneely considers i
perfect. Several musicians have ex
amined the bell recently, among then
being George William Warren, organis
of St. Thomas's Church, New York, VIII
is a guest of Rev. DIR. Tucker, and the
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