The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-15

JOHN H. DwYER, for some time in
business in Alabama, is home. His fam
lily reside here.
THE Misses Frost have returned from
a visit of several weeks in Massachusetts
and have reopened their dressmaking
shop here.
MRS. E. L. NICHOLS was in New York
city this week, purchasing goods for the
fall trade. See their change of adver-
tisement next week.
MRS. FLORA PRATT BURGESS. wife of
Herbert W. Burgess, a veterinary sur
geon, died suddenly last week, aged
twenty-four years. She is survived by
her husband and two children. The flu
neral was attended Sunday afternoon.
Miss DRUcILLA DAKIN, Tuesday, at
tended the wedding, in Blackinton,
Mass, of Miss Emma E. Lowrey and Mr..
Chas. b. Farnum, both of whom are
known in town. Mr.. Farnum was for a
time connected with the Y. NJ. G. A. of
this village.
Two tramps were sent to the work.
house Saturday, for seventy-nine days,
one for vagrancy and the other for dis
turbing the peace. That's right, Judge
send them up. These gentry should
kept our town at distance unless they
want to work for the State of Vermont
MBs. S. S. PRENTICE and daughter of
Chicago, are at the WallOomsac House,
Bennington Centre. Mrs. Prentice was
daughter of the late Judge Pierpont
Isham of Bennington Centre. Her
mother, who also resides in Chicago, is
staying for few days with Mrs. S. II.
Brown of Bennington.
THE fair that leads all the rest. say
the arrangements, is the Western Yer
NOM Agricultural society's. Its 10th
annual exhibition will be held at Fair
haven, September 26, ~, % and 20. The
grounds have been enlarged, exhibits
will be more numerous than ever and
the attractions are far and away the best
ever shown by the society. Balloon as
tensions, balloon races, horse races, BIZ
cycle races are among features that all
will want to see. Write for premium
list to HI. K. Sheldon, secretary, Fair
haven.
THE examination of the four young
men from Stephentown, Lebanon and
Berlin, who were arrested in Saratoga
for passing spurious coin, came before
the United States Commissioner at Sara
toga Monday. Walter Green and An
drew Lindsay waived examination and
were held in 81, 800 bail each to appear
before the United states grand jury,
which meets in Buffalo Sept. 10. Jacob
Goodermote's attorney demanded an ex-
animation, and at the conclusion the
prisoner was held for the Grand jury.
The case of John Sheehan, the fourth of
the young men, was adjourned until Sat
trpJa t,,Arninrr TTnital TOD ~ oE
Attorney d. S. Alexander of Buffalo
conducted the cases for the prosecution.
AS an example of the good the Ensor
Cure is doing we mention late case.
The party is railway conductor and
the one instrumental in obtaining his
consent was the pastor of Methodist
church out of town. The patient, now
cured writes DR.. Wilcox letter in which
he says: II write you this to inform
you of something which is to me great
surprise as well as a relief. You know
the craving for stimulants which pos
sessed me and the remarkable to me is,
that the desire seems to be killed.
have been the past week on my vacation
and have visited New York City and
many other of my old haunts, but have
felt no inclination to indulge in intOxi-
cants." This is testimony that cOnvin-
ceS.
THE Troy Times of Monday says:
1.-THE Bennington attle-monument suit
drags its slow length along. Ex-Gover-
nor Dillingham;, the Master in Chan
Gerry, before whom the testimony is taken,
the hearing until some weeks
in the future. The hearing stops with
Charles NJ. Bliss on the stand for two
days in rebuttal of testimony for the de-
tense. The defence brought forward ex-
Governor Ormsbee, and has further
testimony to offer. All parties are anx-
ious to proceed as fast as possible, SO as
to get report by the Master into the
December term of the Chancery court,
where the arguments will be heard on
the law, previous arguments having been
made on the facts before the Master.
The latter arguments are not expected
to be made in Bennington"
THERE is now and then person who
does not comprehend the importance of
strict quarantine regulations because of
especially when it is called
eight CASE and the patient is able to be
about. A despatch from jamestown, n.
Y, of the 18th, shows how one such in
stance resulted: Ransom Bratt, aged
80 years, died of diphtheria at his home
in Kiantone yesterday. The Bratt fami-
ly, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Bratt and
their nine-y ear-old daughter, attended
in Kiantone less than a month
ago. The bride had sore throat at the
time which developed into diphtheria,
and numerous cases of the disease broke
out among those who attended the we'd
ding. The Bratt girl died two weeks
ago. Immediately afterwards Mrs. Bratt
died and yesterday Bratt died. The
others who were attacked by the disease
In view of this, what the
State Board of Health say is important
in this connecticut "Diphtheria is a
disease. Proper prevention
measures are almost invariably followed
by the limitation of the disease to the
first case or cases. When diphtheria
gets away from the primary cases and
makes its escape upon the community,
somebody is to blame. The sooner we
accept this as a sanitary maxim, the
sooner we shall begin to do our duty as
and as communities"
THE Swanton Courier takes an Asso-
ciated Press despatch as the basis of
some remarks highly complimentary TO
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
This reliable Vermont in
is represented in town by Booth !
and Harris, and its annual statements
regularly appear in our columns. The |
subject of the despatch was the small as
sessment made this year, the lowest |
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