The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-16

L. N. HoLToN and wife started yester-
day for a two weeks visit to their
daughter in Hillsdale, N. Y.
E. EsTABRooK and wife have been
visiting their son, Frank and wife, at
their new home, 230 Union street.
MRS. DIR. CLARK and daughters, have
arrived at their summer home in Ben
nington. They passed the winter in
Orange, N. ].
THE Grand Jury made its annual trip
by committee to the court house in this
village Saturday. They found the re-
pairs well advanced.
THE condition of Mrs. Chas. Madison
continues a matter of solicitude to her
friends. Her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Adams, is with her Mr.. Chas. Adams
and Mrs. Enos Adams returned home
last week.
H. A. GILLETTE of Huntington this
week visited G. l.. Harwood, former
roommate, when both were at Norwich
University Mr.. Gillette was on his
way to West Point N. Y, to take the
entrance examination to the u S. Mill
tary academy,h he having received the ap
pOintment as an alternate to cadetshiP.
THE Odd Fellows and families, of the
| lOWI, hdNO lCSOlNOu luNlbdllOu W az
tend the First Anniversary exercises of
Hope Lodge, No. So of Manchester
Depot, Monday. Grand Master Farrer is
to be there and other Grand Officers.
Several people from Bennington will
attend.
Mrs. Poor, the North Street Domestic
Baker, has moved into her new quarters,
the enlarged building. She is to have a
| 4 mi tar. if,f lar or
of the store, with a bakery in the ex-
IRENE rear of the new part. The family
live in the second stoly. In few days
the whole will be in running order. Mrs
Poor deserves well the patronage of the
public and with increased facilities will,
mo donbt, receive liberal patronage.
Her specially is Parker House rolls and
domestic bread.
TUESDAY evening of this week the
New England Ensor Company was or
ganized in this village, and provisional
officers elected as follows: Hon. John V.
Carney, president; Col. L. f. Abbott,
treasurer; n M. Puffer, secretary. The
capital stock is 5000, 900, and the terri
tory controlled is indicated by the name
of the corporation. Public meetings in
the interest of this movement have been
held. his week at st. Adams and Bur
lington; going up to attend from here
were Doctors Rogers, Ensor, Wilcox and
Potter; Rev. Messrs. Seymour and Sew
erance, Secretary Putfer and Manager
Murphy.
MISS ALICE NJ. GIBSON returned from
Temple Grove Seminary, yesterday, for
the summer vacation. She is a member
of the class of '94 of that noted Saratoga
educational institution. The commence
ment began with concert last week and
ended Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
of this week. Rev. and Mrs. G. f. Dowd
gave reception at the seminary to close
the exercises. There are nine in the
class of 1913. The anniversary concert
last Saturday evening, was a notable af-
fair. Herr Til, Saul, the professor of in
strumental music, was assisted by several
= notable musicians and vocalists The
programme is one of the most elaborate
we have ever seen issued by an educa-
tional institution.
SATURDAY, three ladies-Miss Niblock
and Mrs. Halsey of the Putnam House
and Miss Burrows, principal of the Ben
+ ningtOn high schoOl-accomplished a
pedestrian feat that is worthy of men
ton. The ladies set out at 7.30 o'clock
in the morning for the hotel in WoOdford
''city," seven or eight miles away and
far up on the ridges of the Green Noun
thins, the elevation being more than
1000 feet above the Putnam House.
Deep dust lay in the roads ard fierce
sun shot his arrows far and wide over
= the winding valley through which the
ladies travelled. They reached Wood
ford in time for dinner and after an
r ample rest started out for the return
{ trip. A carryall was sent from the Put
= nam House to bring them back, but they
4 stOutly refused to ride, and arrived home
: toward evening apparently none the
worse for the all-day jaunt.
The Year Book of the Second Con.
gregational church for 1893, is out. 1t is
nice pamphlet of 20 pages-inely
printed. The idex is guide to its con
tents: Pastoral note, church officers,
A services, church membership, benevs-
' lences, Sunday schools, Y. p. S. G. E.,
home organizations, the ecclesiastical
3 society, anniversary, and statistical re.
port. The church membership last year
, was 307. There have been added since
! 10, dismissed and deceased IA, making
: the present membership 400, The ben
( evidences aggregate the handsome total
. of s., 260.51. The ecclesiastical soci ETY.
had receipts amounting to $3,97427
F.. There were paid out during the year
1891, leaving balance in the treasury
!; of 1927. The 57th anniversary was OBJ.
served April 81, last. This Year Book is
J from the BANNER job Office, and, print
ed with its new type, presents hand,
4 some appearance.
: OUR Troy exchanges speak of a we'd
ding in that city, solemnized Tuesday
= evening, which is of local int crest, the
BRIDES parents having been formerly Of
= this village and the family we'll known.
l The Telegram says:"At 6. 300 clock, Tues
day evening, Miss Carrie Electa Packer,
= daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
I Packer of this city, and Rev. George T.
a Berry of Caldwell, N. j., were united in
marriage at the residence of the BRIDE
parents, No. 40 Seventh street. The
. ceremony was performed by Rev. Chas
T. Berry, of Caldwell, father of the
groom. The bride was attired in a
. beautiful white satin gown trimmed
with duchess lace. She wore diamonds
and carried white roses. Miss Adelaide
a Holton was maid of honor and the
a bridesmaids were Miss Virginia Mcleod,
: Misses Caroline and Alice Ward, and
a Miss Florence Cadby,all of this city. The
S best man was Edward p. Berry of Cald
o well, brother of the groom, and Fred
q Ranken of Troy, John Howard Raven OF