The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

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MORTIMER THAYER HAMLEN has just
returned from two weeks visit to the
Worlds fair.
OoADJUToR BISHOP MICHAUD con-
| firmed large class at st. Peters church,
Rutland, Sunday.
Ar the last meeting of Custer Post, G.
| A. r., ID. Hamilton Rudd was elected
commander pro tenn.
TEE Vermont Fish and Game League
will hold its annual meeting and banquet
in Burlington, Feb. IA.
Mss MARY G.. BURT, daughter of d. G.
Burt, leaves this week for short visit
to Castleton and other places.
Mrs. MICHAEL CRoNIN is quite seri-
ously i'll with heart trouble. This is
the first tippe she has been sick in years.
! THE Rev. Marcus Martin of Michigan,
an episcopal clergyman, accompanied by
his wife, has been visiting his sister,
Mrs. Chas. b. Riddle of this village.
THE Jersey mills of the Valentine
Knitting Company have been running a
couple of weeks on orders. There is no
certainty, however, of a continuance.
CHARLES T. BURT, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
| X. Richie, Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Crawford,
Mrs. H. C. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. E.
w. Bradford, Mrs. H. E. Bradford and
Walter Berry have returned from the
Worlds fair.
THE annual meeting of the Society for
1 the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
\ will be held at Good Templar Hall, Mon
\ day, Nov. 6. at s p. M, sharp. A full at
| tendance of members is urgently de-
a ioh
| D. A. BALDWIN of Union street, sub
mitted to severe surgical operation last
Saturday, for the cure of an old and pain
full trouble. The operation was entirely
successful. Drs. w. E. Putnam and
Henry j. Potter performed the opera
ton.
TIE. Journalist prints the following as
by authority: ''DO not swear. There is
no occasion to swear outside of print
ing Office. 1t is useful in proof-reading,
indispensable in getting forms to press,
and has been known to assist in looking
over the paper when 1T rs printed, but
otherwise is very disgusting habit"
JAMES PEARsAI.L, rs years old, who
was visiting his brother in Pownal,
walked into Pratt's hotel there, Monday
I. night, apparently as we'll as ever, but in
\ five minutes he fell out of his chair dead.
4 Heart failure was the cause. He was a
| healthy, strong man.-Rutland Herald.
\ The funeral was held, Wednesday, from
st. Francis de Sales church.
The enterprising j. Ed. Walbridge is
out with a new delivery wagon. He was
not obliged to go out of town to have 1T
built either 1t was designed and made
by James Bassett, Bennington's veteran
carriage maker, and is a good indication
that ed" knows where to get a first
class job.
JUDGE BoTTUM of SALISBURY, adver-
tises an administrator sale at the
house of Edgar Harrington in that town.
| Saturday, Nov. IL, at 2 p. m. 1T is the
1 real estate of the farm of the late Chester
| n. Harrington, not set out as home
stead, consisting of about LAO acres of
land. There is a lot of ten tons of hay,
also, to be sold.
TIE Episcopal Diocesan Choir guild,
which was to have met in Bennington
last month, under the direction of S. b.
Whitney of the ChNrch of the Advent,
Boston, will meetin Trinity church, Rut-
land, Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week. The guild consists of all the
choi:s in the diocese, both vested and
mixed. and several hundred singers will
probably be in attendance.
For a number of years the annual
chrysanthemum sales Of Lieut w. q.
Richardson. have attracted attention.
Beginning in a small way, he has yearly
added to his list of colors and aggregate
of plants until there is about every varie-
! ty and color or combination of colors
known, to be found in his collection.
The sale of 1898 will eclipse all previous
efforts, as will be seen by his notice in
another place to-day.
JOHN H. DwYER, home for short
time, places us under obligations for late
4 copies of the publications OF Troy, Ala
| bama, the thriving town where he has
been in business for several years. In
addition to the Democrat, weekly pa
per, there is a magazine, the Masonic
Guide. published in Troy, Ala. The lat
ter is edited by Past Grand Master and
is creditable publication. The depres-
sion in business is the reason Mr.. Dryer
is now taking vacation. We are glad
to see him home again, but regret the
cause.
LIST Of letters remaining uncaled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending Oct. %, 1893: Lewis Ben
nett, Calvin Parker, James II. Brennan,
Merritt H. Shaw (2), Frank Burgh, H. E.
Treadwell, Myron G. Clark, VIM. Hill,
Herbert Hurdle, S. Hobart. II. G.. Palm
er, Levi A. Wade, S. u. Zemrsey, Mrs.
Thos. Kelly, Mrs. Herbert Taylor, Mrs
James A. Tefft. Mrs. J. n. Woodward,
Mrs. Nellie f. Woodward. These letters
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office,
November IL, 1893 if not delivered be-
fore. In calling for above, please say,
advertised" giving date of list,
The Right Rev. Louis de Goesbriand,
Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of
Burlington, celebrated, Monday, the
fortieth anniversary of his elevation to
the Bishopric. The occasion was OBJ
served by church and secular ceremonies
and a large number of clergymen gath
cred to pay tribute to the venerable
churchmau. Bishop de Goesbriand, at
the age of II, is the oldest Bishop in the
United States He was consecrated in
st. Patrick's cathedral, New York, Oct.
80, 1858. He has been priest fifty-two
years. He was born in France.
THE Bennington lodge of Good
Templars, No. 81, celebrated the 25th
anniversary of its organization Friday
evening. The programme included a
historical sketch of the lodge by Mrs.
Eliza Cutting, short addresses, recita-
tons and music. Supper was also
served. The lodge has 125 members,
one of the most pleasant rooms in the
State and is prosperous financially. The