The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-30


THE Father Matthew Total Absti-
nence Society will give social hop in
its hall Monday evening, July 3.
THE subject the address to the
young people on Sunday evening next at
the Second Congregational church will
be: "How to stand"
Miss LOUISE LEvIRICH arrived in
town last week in time to be present at
the Graded school reception Friday
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Leverich will
visit here this summer, at the old home.
WIN. II. BLANCHARD and Curtis Sweet
have opened a meat market in the Stew
art block, the place so long used for
that purpose by the late Geo. A. Smith.
1t is good location.
THE family of w. C. Bull have been at
the seashore, at Newport, r, l., for a
time. Mr.. Bull has been with them
part of the time, going down last week,
and returning on Wednesday.
Mr.. CLEMENT Fl. CONE and Col. E. D..
Bennett have recently been chosen dea-
cons of the Second Congregational
church. Next Sunday morning they
will be indicted into the Office by a
simple ceremony.
JOHN r. PILLING has sold his resi-
dence in Nutly, N. j., and will move to
Cohoes, N. Y, where he has been in
business for several years. Mrs. Pilling
is expected to visit friends in Benning-
ton during the summer.
GEO B. SEARS has. caught It's fine
trout at three Catches" in the trout
brooks on East Mountain, since he came
to Bennington on his vacation. He re-
turns to New York Monday night. His
wife will go down few days later.
IT is expected that ten delegates from
the Endeavor Society of the Second
Congregational church will attend the
Convention at Montreal. The Presi-
dent, Mr. Chas. McDonough, has taken
special interest in this representation.
NEXT week is Masonic week in Ben
nington. The Chapter meets Monday,
the Lodge Tuesday, the Eastern Star
Wednesday and the Commandery Thurs
day evenings. There is work in the
Royal Arch chapter and in the Lodge.
A. C. SWEETS South street market is
stocked to accommodate the summer
trade. The best Western beef in the
market only is kept, and vegetables in
their season. Be sure and remember
the place, South street, opposite the
Bennington County bank.
TIE postmaster of Bennington is in
constant receipt of enquiries as to
where summer board can be obtained in
town. If those who can accommodate
such people will leave word at the post
Office he will be glad to put them in COM
munication with prospective patrons.
AT the annual meeting of st. Peter s
Guild, the following officers were elect
ed: Master ex officio, the Rector; presi-
dent, L. P. Norton; vice-president, ii. o.
HarwOod; secretary, Chas Barnes; treas
urer, G. G. Kimball; executive commit
tee, L. f. Abbott, J. T. Shurtleff, j. l..
Finn.
THE Rev. E. G.. Read of Somerville, N.
j., favors us with the nicely printed
columbian Service" used at the 57th
anniversary of his Sunday school, the End
Reformed Church, Sunday, June II inst.
On the fourth page is list of officers,
teachers, etc., of the school. ~
The Police PATROL company has been
engaged to play in the new Opera house
under the auspices of the F. NJ. T. A. b.
Society, Saturday evening, July Is. The
play presented will be entirely new. In
August the same company plays here un-
der the auspicts of the Bennington fire
department, when the police Patrol'
will be repeated.
E. NJ. BRUCE and family of Philadel-
phia, made short visit with their niece
Mrs. S. S. Stevens, this week. Mr..
Bruce is the oldest agent for the Esteys
of Brattleboro. He still has a gold
watch which he took in exchange for an
Estey organ and had it in his pocket
when he heard Lincoln and Douglass
in their Joint discussion in Quincy, ILL.,,
in 1857. He is the firstagent employed
by the Senior Estey, now deceased.
D. G. BURT of this. town, VIII lie sta,
toned at Panama some years ago, was
one who dined with Vice-Admiral Tryon,
who went down with his ship in the
Mediterranean last week. Sir George
Tryon was the soul of hospitality and a
very genial genteman-just what one
would expect him to be. The picture of
him standing on his ship and going
down with tits one that win go down in
the history of brave Britons 1t is a pity
that such GOODNESS and courage seems to
have been so impotent to avert the great
loss fife.
THE Municipal court has been kept
busy this week with cases presented be.
cause of violations of the Prohibitory
law. Early in the week fines were i'm
posed on Ghas. Mcclure. $40, land costs
on Patrick Lynch, 1920, and costs; AL.
fred Cummings was arrested for intsxi-
crtioe and fined $3.50. The later seiz-
ures in the interest of law and order in
cluded the Cottage hotel. Fred Jones
plead guilty for the Cottage" and was
fined, with costs, about $3.50. We I'M
derstand that the bar is closed, and
our authorities should see to it that il
remains so in regard to dispensing the
ardent" There has been altogether
too much evasion of the law in town.
strangers have often expressed them.
selves surprised that people here allow
rum to run riot as it does-young boys,
even, enticed into dens and made drunk
en-, etc. Lately, too, it has become, Sc
it is charged, quite the thing to entice
graduates from the Ensor Institute into
places like the Cottage hotel and induce
them to again drink. If this is true
and we have no reason to doubt the as.
sertion, no punishment is too severe to
visit upon such villainous work. We
hope our authorities will follow the
illicit liquor sellers until none will dare
to sell drop.
G. d. WHITMAN, superintendent of the
Vermont Maple Sugar exhibit of the
Worlds fair, writes that "it seems to be
the proper thing that Vermonters should
receive a report of their sugar exhibit
from time to time. That Vermont is al