The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-01-27

CHAs. G. COLE has another edition OF
the brownies on our first page to-day.
Read it.
THE readers attention is called to the
change of advertisement of S. L. Jewett,
in another column.
THE Masonic bodies meet next week
as follows: the Lodge Tuesday evening,
and the Commandery Thursday.
MISS LILLIAN B. ADAMS is home from
Boston for two weeks visit to her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Adams.
GEORGE A. JEwETT of Chicago was in
town this week, and made his mother a
short visit. He was on business trip
to New Haven, Conn.
THE Rebekah Lodge hold a special
meeting next Monday evening to arrange
for the concert Feb. 18th, and to transact
other important business.
Mr.. CHARLES II. MASON moves from
DR.. A. q. Cutters house the first of Feb
ruary to the house lately occupied by
Mr.. VIM. H. Blanchard on Silver street.
THE Eastern Star Chapter will meet
next Wednesday at I p. M, prompt, so as
to close in time for the Kirmess. 1t is
important that the installation of officers
be completed,
w. R. PEIRsoN of Orange, Mass, ac-
companied by his wife, was in town over
Sunday. He returned early in the week
but Mrs. Peirson will remain for short
visit to her fathers, G. b. Sibley.
A TRACT, consisting mainly of extracts
from an old-time book, has been mailed
to some in Bennington. The tract bears
the quaint title: "a Shot Aimed at the
DEVILS Headquarters Through the Tube
of the Cannon of the Covenant"
The New York Press offers free ex-
carsiOn to fifty teachers, paying all ex-
penses to the Worlds Fair. etc., as noted
in another item. The selection is by vote,
and we notice that Miss Mary F. Shack
shobei of Arlington, has twenty votes for
the first list published. Only three
others in the whole United States have
more to begin with.
On Saturday Walter Moses, married
man aged thirty-tive years, employed on
John Wool Griswold's farm at Benning-
ton Centre, sustained severe coAcussion
OF the brain and possibly a slight frac-
ture of the skull by falling headforemost
from load of straw. The man was
picked up unconscious and bloc i trickled
from one ear. Mr.. Moses became con-
scious after day and is in fair way to
recover.
AT the annual meeting of the Congre-
gational Club of Western Vermont, held
at Rutland Wednesday, the Rev. NJ. L.
Severance of Bennington Centre was
elected one of the Vice Presidents, and
the Rev. Chas. R. Seymour of the Second
church, this village, Treasurer. Hon. D.
K. Simonds of Manchester. read paper
on "The relation of the pulpit to mod IN
thought" and he was placed on the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Club. Resolu-
tions of coincidence and respect were
adopted on the death of Bishop Brooks
of Massachusetts,. A very high tribute
was paid the deceased Bishop: "He was
a brother with all Christian people DIS
we'll as with those of his own household
of faith"
The Bennington correspondent of the
Rutland Herald says: "A delegation
from the 32nd Separate Company, New
York State National Guard, Capt G. W.
Eddy, commanding, will be present at
the opening of the Kirmess festival.
One of the especial attractions each night
will be drill by Company K, Vermont
National Guard, under whose auspices
the Kirmess is given. Capt. Eddy is
drilling it every day. Under his com
mand the 32nd Company has become one
of the b. st drilled military companies in
New York State, and at the last encamp-
ment of the New York State militia the
company scored ninety-nine points for
general proficiency and drill. The cap
tain expects to conduct Kirmess festi-
val under the auspices of Rutland Odd
Fellows in May"
The accidents on the B. and r. rail
way Monday aud Tuesday, whereby two
lives were lost, and another hanging in
the balance, are the first of the kind in
a long time. The Troy Press says:
During E. d. Benefits six years SUI
perintendency of the Bennington and
Rutland Railway. the accident at Rut-
land Monday was the frs in which life
was lost. The conduct of the train men
at that time shows the good discipline
and management of the rood" This
tribute is deserVedly high. The dailv
papers are full of accidents happening to
other lines, some of which are attribute
BILE to carelessness and few to the eff
fleets OF the extreme cold weather-in
nearly all of which there are fatalities.
Under all the circumstances we think
the b. and K. management have escaped
with less trouble than their neighbors,
although the greater and minor accidents
of the past few weeks have broken the
good record of the past fifteen years. In
other places the two casualties referred
t0-at Rutland and South Salisbury
are given in more detail.
The Tribune of the goth, has an ac-
count of meeting of the new Republi-
can County Committee of New York,
and among the proceedings is this item
of local interest: "a Gyelv debate the