The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-05

lar recovered from Jne scarlet FEVER JnaJ
the quarantine has been removed.
MRS. J. N. BURT entertains the
Dickens club this evening, and invites
in few friends to meet the members
socially.
THE news comes from Saratoga,N N. Y,
that Commander Edwin 7. Woodward,
son in-law of the Rev. Bostwick Hawley,
D. D., is seriously ill, and at latest ac-
counts was worse.
THE rains of yesterday carried away
temporary bridge on the Fitchburg
railroad, delaying trains. Several land
slides near Shelburne Falls, have de-
layed trains to-day, but all will be run
ming as usual tomorrow.
LAST Tuesday evening the Bezique
club gave card party at the home of
Mrs. Fred Thomas, Mrs. Edward E.
Valentine opening her part of the house,
also, to the guests. There were thirteen
tables and an enjoyable evening resulted.
The time limit on dogs is May 10.
After that date all CANNES not registered
must be killed. If anyone has neglected
to register and put upon the dog the
legal collar, there is yet grace to so do be-
fore April 1st.
THE carpet-beater Is putting in a long
day. The hammock-girl is swinging in
defiance of pneumonia, and her tennis
sister is getting ready for tennis-court-
ing, and yet about the only spring that
has been experienced thus far is the
spring in the umbrella handle.
Mrs. ALEX. LAMARRE, died yesterday
afternoon after a short illness of pHeu-
monia. The funeral will take place Sun
day afternoon at o'clock. Mrs. La
MARIE was an estimable woman, a good
neighbor, and leaves husband and sew
eral small children to mourn her death.
OK Wednesday evening the Bennington
Rifles and few of their friends enjoyed
a clam supper at the ArmOry. The
supper which was prepared under the
direction of j. l. LOOMS was said, by
those who faced the wind and storm of
that evening, to be one of the best of the
season. After supper there were speech
es and royal good time, Major r. j.
COffey, acting as POSTMASTER.
THE employees in the finishing room
of the Valentine Knitting mills, pre-
sented Fl. G. LiAdloff, this afternoon
with an elegant ebony, gold-headed
cane, with his monogram engraved there
on. This handsome cane he will take
with him to Europe. Mr.. Lindloff goes
to New York tomorrow, accompanied
by his wife and sister, and will sail the
first of the week.
THE pastor of the Old First church is
in trouble these days. He is sick him
self and was not able to Officiate at the
funeral of Judge Robinson, or to attend.
Then one of his sons (Wilbert), has had
to be treated for insanity, and another
(Carl, has been seriously injured in
Chicago. The first accounts were that
Carl was stabbed and could not live, but
this has not been confirmed We hope
the cloud will lift soon from the hearth
stone of the Rev. NJ. L. Severance.
LAST Saturday the land and depot of
the i. S. R. r. in this village, not now
used, was sold to satisfy an execution
of $1400 in favor of Jas. A. Eldredge,
of Williamstown. This suit is against
the defunct New York, Rutland and
Montreal railway. Receiver Reynolds
protested against the sale, but Mr.. FL
dredge bid the property off for $780,
We hope this line will emerge from its
seemingly interminable litigation, be.
fore the road is so used up that nothing
remains to show for the money sunk in
it.
E.W. BRADFORD and o. D. Adams
saw the naval parade in New York last
week. Afterwards they visited the gun
boat Bennington, being the first visitors
allowed thereon. Since their return Mr..
Bradford has procured and sent on,
framed, one of the BANNERS large
photographers of the Battle monument.
This will be a welcome gift to the ship
as our people found no reference to Ben
nington on the boat. Sometime ago it
was moved to place in the Cabin q
picture of our town, model of the
monument, ETC., and we supposed it had
been accomplished, but such seems not
to have been the case.
THE wind storm of yesterday morning
was preceded by pouring rain. The
wind began to rise about midnight and
from then until o'clock the mountains
roared and the great gusts drove clouds
of rain in sheets over this region. The
writer was out in both storms and the
elements were much harder to breast at
2 o'clock yesterday than April 2lst, when
so much damage was done. The only
reason no more effects are seen is be-
cause the Shirkshire left little for the
later one to tear up and throw about.
Yesterday morning, early, the shingles
were torn from part of the roof of the
late Alfred Robinsou's home, and one
arm of the cross on st. Peters church
steeple was blown of.
LAST Monday in HoOsick Falls, N. Y,
the Father Matthew temperance boys
held great meeting. 1t was addressed
by the Rev. A. p. Doyle, c. S. p, and
the Democrat of that village, gives two
columns of space to report of the ex-
ercises. The speakers subject was
"The Burning Question" 1t is one of
the best temperance addresses we have
ever read. Among other things he said:
"You can talk to a murderer, to an
adulterer, to thief, to any man, and he
can understand you, there is chance of
repentance, he can be reasoned with;
but not so with the drunkard He is
less than the dumb animal, he is a carl
cature of his Creator. He defies Gods
mercy, for if he dies drunk, there is no
salvation for him. The lower side of
the drunkard's grave empties into hell"
There was fine literary and musical
programme. Quite number went
down from Bennington.
The preparations for the presentation
of 1.-The Chimes of Normandy" in the
Opera House, May u, are nearing COM
pletion. The Philharmonics give this
beautiful and romantic opera on this Oc-
casion for the benefit of the Bennington
City band, and our people will, mo doubt,