The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01

iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. g. b.
Wall.
Miss LUrU HOLDEN enters Wesllesley
College this year. She went there
Wednesday.
THE Selectmen have accepted Grand
View Terrace street as laid ont, and VIII
soon begin grading.
w. A. Roof, wife and children, have
been at Elizabethtown, N. T., for
month. They returned this week.
THE Rev.. Mr.. Seymour will lead the
Sunday school at the Guideboard as one
class on Sunday afternoon at the usual
hour.
Miss NELLIE HATHAWAY returned
Tuesday, from a ten days trip to the
Worlds Fair and Niagara, in company
with party of young people from AL
bany, N. Y.
THE scholars of the Graded school are
requested to bring their report books
with them as they come to school next
Monday morning.
THE ''close' season on cartridges and
woodcock was changed by Chapter 80,
Laws of 1892. 1t is not lawful TO kill or
have in possession either of the above
species until September 10Th. The pen
atty for violation is $40 for each offense.
MR.. AND MRS. WIN. E. HAWKS will
| leave this week for the Worlds Fair, to
be absent about three weeks. While
| West Mr.. Hawks will attend the Ameri-
can Water Works convention to be held
at Milwaukee, the 9th to the 9th insts.
AT the recent meeting of the New
York State Breeders Association at
Poughkeepsie, the j. w. Daley stakes
were won by Foggy, VIM. H. Bradford s
horse, time 2.194. He was trained by A.
P. Mcdonald. Foggy won the second,
third, and fourth heats.
| THE New York Herald of Aug. 2Sth,
saws: sold times at Fleetwood Park say
that they never saw such a crowd there
of Sunday as was gathered yesterday"
The Herald then gives list of the more
prominate gentlemen present, and we
notice that it speaks of deputation
from Bennington, consisting of VIM. d..
Bradford, John S. Lyman and George F..
Leonard.
LAST Thur sday the Lebanon Springs
railroad ran an excursion from down
| their line to Saratoga. The weather was
bad, and yet they had over one hundred
and twenty five passengers. At the re-
quest of many, and of people here the
managers have decided to repeat the ex-
cursiOn, going out tomorrow from both
Bennington and Chatham and intermedi-
ate points. We give this end of the
route. Leave Bennington at S.25 a. M,
arrive at Saratoga 1890. Leave Sarato-
ga at 3. Is to return, at the popular fare
of 81 for the round trip. You should
not miss this opportunity.
WEDNESDAY, at Camp Comfort, where
the family are staying for few
weeks, there was pleasant birthday
party of seventeen little folks, the occa-
sion being the fourth anniversary OF
Lisa Keathing, only daughter of Hon.
and Mrs. G. A. Keathing of Texas. The
little girl received several nice souvenirs
of the happy event, and the company
included the children at the camp, with
a few grown up people, friends of the
parents from the village. Mr.. Keathing
returns South IN few days, and his wife
and children will follow shortly after
wards. We hope they will return next
summer.
THE directory to be published shortly
by r. S. Dillon & Company, is now in
the hands of the printer, the canvass
having closed. The copy has been car e.
fully prepared, and it is the aim of all
concerned to give Bennington as complete
and correct a directory as possible. II
any of our people are to make changes il
few weeks, or wish to change in any
way their record, notices of such will be
attended to by leaving word at this of
flee. North Bennington is included il
directory. Those who know of this
FIRMS works here and elsewhere, expect
a good thing, and they will not be dis
appointed.
The Hoosick Falls Democrat has these
items: Mrs. Sidney E. Myers and sol
Willis, are visiting relatives at Renning
ton.--Miss Mccarthy of North Ben
DingtOn was the guest Sunday of Coun
ty Clerk and Mrs. Francis Riley
James Casey spent Sunday at Benning
ton.-Misses Lizzie Whittle and Maggie
Hogan of Bennington, were guests Sat
urday of friends here.-Rev. Geo. w
Plack, who has been enjoying his vaca
ton in the Green Mountains, returned
to Arlington, Monday morning, having
been called home to officiate at the funer
al of the infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. E. Greene, held Sunday. Mrs
Plack and son Alvah, will return home
this week.-Mrs.. James Casey anC
children returned Monday, from a visi
with Mrs. Casey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Michael CrOnin of Bennington.
THE first field day Of the Knights o.
Pythias at Hoosick Falls, N. Y, mex
Monday, has local interest to our read
ers because the local Canton, /. o. o. +.
Mai. L. S. Frost Commandant, is to par
ticipate. The Democrat of that plac,
devotes couple of columns to that af
fair. There are to be four or five X. o
P. organizations and Cantons from Nortl
Adams, Troy and Albany. A number o
Lodges of Odd Fellows. also, are to par
ticipate. The procession is to be en-
larged by floats of elaborate and un;qu,
design furnished by business men. TIL,
order of procession is divided into three
divisions: 1st, Military; End, Civil
Bodies; Sd, firemen, and merchants
floats. The following round tril
rates have been secured from the Fitch
burg railroad: North Adams 70c
Blackihton 65c.; Williamstown Coo.
Pownal 4jc.; North Pownal 35c.; Peters
burgh Junction 20c.; Buskirks 25c.
Jacksonville DOC; Valley Falls SOC.
East Schaghticoke 55c.; Sehaghticok
soc. Melrose 65c.; Lansingburg Toe.
Troy &c.; Mechanicville $50. The fol
: lowing round trip rates have been sc
cured from the Bennington and Rutlan,
railroad: Bennington &C.,; North Ben
, nington 4Oc.
THE following from the Hartland col
respondent of the Vermont Journal
! may be of interest to those of our read
; ers who have followed the articles pub
lshed from the State Agricultural col
lege: "The potato blight has becom
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