The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-17

Sand Lake, N. Y.
THE Grenadier Band will give grand
concert in front of the Opera House at
3 o'clock on Friday the oath.
CHAs. E. PATTERSON will make a trip
to Europe in January. He will remain
abroad several months. -Troy Press.
ALL members of 9th Corps, w. r. c.,
are requested to attend a business meet
ing to be held Wednesday evening, 22nd.
Mrs. JAS. HABBERLEY goes to CohOes,
N. Y, for a weeks visit. Mr.. Habber-
ley sings in a concert down there this
evening. % %
The members of Stark Lodge are par
ticularly requested to be present at the
meeting in Odd Fellows Hall next
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. B. L. Poor has been confined to
her bed since last Friday with intlamma-
tory rheumatism. She is better. Her
domestic bakery, etc, is conducted as
usual by her assistants.
MISS FREDDIE EDMoNDs, of Johns
town, n Y, sister of the Rev. G.. G.. Ed
mOnds, Jr., rector of st. Marks church,
HCosick Falls, N. Y, is visiting at Mr.
Charles Barnes's.
PATRICK Fox, of Brandon, has arrived
at the Soldiers Home. He served nearly
tour years in company X, Fifth YER
mont, and since that time has served six
years in the regular army.
WALBRIDGE doesn't know what hard
times are, except that he meets them
with bargains that none SO poor but what
they can purchase. See his new adver-
tisement on the Sth page this issue.
DR.. r. w. BENNETT amputated finger
from the hand of Geo. w. Gregg this
morning, such action being deemed nee
essary to save the hand. Mr.. Gregg has
been suffering several weeks from bad.
ly inflamed hand and arm in consequence
of catching cold after having a felon
lanced.
ATTENTION is called to advertisement
of the Boston Journal, that has run for
some time in the BANNER. The journal
is newsy, ever reliable and ably edited.
We can give low clubbing rates in com
binatiOn with the BANNER. But you
should make no delay in forwarding your
subscriptions.
9TH CORPS, w. r. g., have adopted
the plan of having an Entertainment
Committee for each meeting in place of
the usual standing committees. Mrs. n.
NJ. Puffer delightfully."- described a
Worlds Fair Visit on Wednesday
evening, and the departure is pronounc-
ed decided success.
THE enterprising real estate agent.
Arthur j. Dewey, has opened up for
building lots fine tract of land on West
Main street (Dewey's west meadow,
and has sold seven lots the past week.
g flneo Main nd
Mckinley street the latter the new
street named after the hero of protection.
THE Rev. John G. Taylor of Cam
bridge, Mass, a friend of Mr.. Seymour,
and former cO-worker with him, is Wis
iting here few days and will preach in
the Second Congregational church on
Sunday morning Mr.. Seymour will
preach in the evening in his course on
the hard times. His subject will be
"Hoarding."
JUDGE PHILIP c. TUCKER of Calves
ton, Texas, and native of Vergernes.
has just been elevated to the office of
Supreme Grand Commander of the An
cient Free and Accepted Scottish Rite
Masons of the Southern Jurisdiction of
the United States. This gen leman is a
son of the Philip Tucker, whose MS,
work has been sworn by by Masons so
long in Vermont, several of whom reside
in this town.
THE panic in the sheep industry in
Vermont is outlined by the Hartland
correspondent of the Windsor journal in
these words, last week; 'R. Il. French,
Jr., bought a flock of sheep in West
Windsor, last week, for two shillings per
head We shall expect Bob will re-
port next that some one has given Kim a
flock. 1t is the fear of tariff reform
that has wrought this ruin a once
profitable business; but there is such a
thing, after all, as being frightened to
death in some cases where life might
have been saved, or, at least. prolonged.
Readers of Macaulay will remember that
in his description of the great plague in
London. and the panic it produced, he
says thousands on thousands died simply
from fear, who never had single symp-
ton of the disease
ARDEN HUMPHREY, who disappeared
from the Brattleboro Asylum on the even
ing of June 18th, 1899, and whose disap-
pearance created much excitement
throughout the State, surprised his par
ents, who had given him up for dead, by
appearing home Tuesday. His parents
now reside in Rutland, his father moving
there, after he had expended every dol
lar he had in searching for his son. The
subject of his disappearance was brought
before legislative committee at the last
session, and petitions from all over the
State were sent to the governor asking
him to Ike measures to have the disap-
pearance looked into. The young man
has been in British Columbia about four
years and says that he mad no idea that
his disappearance created such an excite
ment, or that he was so thoroughly
searched for.
THE Village Attorney has notice as
to connections with the system of sewers,
that our local readers will 90 well to look
over. The sewers were accepted at an
adjourned meeting held last evening, and
the question of using them came up, both
as regards the duty of the superintendent
of sewers and the powers of the Board
of Health. The notice referred to gives
our people timely warning as to the case
and after the Board CT Health meets next
Monday evening it will be decided as tC
what traps, ETC., will be required OF
property owners. The law is explicit
| There is nothing worse than sewer gas
| and that any one will be allowed to con
meet as they please, is on its face, pre-
posterous. The Health Board, through
its executive, have Authority to enter
any house or other building and any
premises where he has reason to suspect
ANYTHING exists which is, or may become
detrimental to the public health" Prop
Ell regulations will be issued in due sea
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