The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-08-11

Y, is visiting in town.
Mr.. BRoADBENT of Franklin, n. j.,
is stopping at the Putnam few days.
THE Presidents Message is given in
full on our third page to-day. Read it.
Miss JULIA A. WHILE returned this
week from her visit in CentIal-Southern
New York.
WE learn that Miss Lucy Cuttings
health is poor and that her condition is
matter of much solicitude.
AVERY SIBLEY and wife of Albany,
n. Y, are visiting Mrs Sibley's sister,
Mrs. Henry Rudd of upper Main street.
THE first regular meeting of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
will be held 200 Pleasant street, August
ID, at p. m. A large attendance is re-
quested. Elizabeth P. Norton, Chapter
Regent.
If our village readers will clean up
their backwards and cart off the accum-
Glations, they will not only do them
selves but the public service. The
contagious diseases to which we are Ii
able delight in filth; therefore cleanli-
ness is the best preventative.
RIB. GODFREY and his mother are
entertaining friends from California:
DR.. and Mrs. A. S. Wright of Los Angel
es and their friend Mrs. Spaulding of
San Francisco. They came last week
and will visit for short time. Mrs. DIR.
Wright was formerly Miss Helen Fay
niece of Mrs. Godfrey's.
A HORSE driven by Benedict Niles of
Pownal became frightened on Washing
ton street Saturday afternoon and start
ed to run. The driver was unable to
check him and the carriage, which he
had just taken from the shop, was over
turned and badly broken. Mr.. Niles re-
ceived severe bruises in the face and one
leg.
Gov. FULLER and Col. j. H. Gould
ing, secretary of civil and military af
fairs, were in town this week. The Gov
ernor has been making tour of inspec-
ton of the State institutions and visited
the Soldiers Home in that capacity. He
stayed over as witness in the hearing
before ex-Gov. Dillingham; in the monu-
ment case.
MRS. S. S. SCoTT is home this week
from her extended trip of two months
through the West. She accompanied
Mr.. A. G. Sherry and wife, and her
daughter, Mrs. Sherry, came 20 Benning-
ton with her. They travelled over 5000
miles and saw all the wonders of the con-
tinent, including the Worlds Fair. Our
readers will recall the interesting letters
of Mr.. Sherry's last year, on his return
from European trip. Perhaps he will
| favor us with resume of this journey,
also?
The Street Commissioner. H. NJ. Tut
tie, is at work this week with the road
machine, on Elm street extension.
WI en- the job is completed that part of
the street within the village corporate
limits will correspond to the grade and
work done earlier in the season to the
west of it. The sidewalk lines and
grade are, also, staked out Mr.. futile
will fix it 50 that the whole distance to
Bennington Centre will be delightful
drive.
WE learn that some of our summer
visitors, here for the first time and who
have been in the Berkshire Hills during
previous seasons, left their bicycles at
home because our highways had a bad
reputation. This is what comes of YER
mont's agitation for good roads. The
city papers and people assume that we
have bad roads. Better send for your
wheels, gentlemen, you will find our
highways average fully up to Massachu-
sets standard. All the betterment dis
cussion amounts to is that we purpose
to raise the present standard.
THERE was a meeting Tuesday even
ing at the village rooms, to consider the
matter of taking stock or raising a part
of the capital to bring to town the Adj
Unstable School Seat company. now do
ing business in another locality. Aside
from an exposition of the plan and a
showing of the model little was accom-
plished. If it was last year it would not
take an hour to raise the money, but
times have changed. And yet the pro-
meters confidently hope to add this to
Bennington's industries. The seat is
a success and commends itself to every
body.
THE new offices of Batchelder aud
Bates, in the Putnam house block, are
the first suite east of the entrance, and
their front windows are the first two al
so east of the central one in the second
story. The firm is moving in this week
and will soon be located in their new
quarters-probably the finest law office
in Vermont. Mr.. Batchelder returns to
Bennington and to his Identification
with Vermont interests in this way. He
should never have gone away-in fact
did not hardly 90 to Troy because of his
practice retained in this County and
1 State. The firm tell us that they shall
be glad to welcome friends to the new
location.
THE Fitchburg Railroad Company has
inaugurated new and novel system for
the training of its employees. 1t is a
veritable travelling machine shop and
furnishes to its employees practical me-
chanical instruction, which is not only
gratis, but compulsory. The new affair
is an air brake instruction car, an Ordi-
nary passenger coach equipped with
necessary apparatus to explain the air
brake and signal system. A similar car
has been used on the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, on the New York
Central and on several Western roads.
The Westinghouse system is the one en-
ployed and the company, believing that
the system if properly operated is infalli-
BILE, will spare no pains to attain by It's
use the highest degree of safety. This
is the first car of its kind used in New
England. By this system the engineman
can set the brakes on fifty cars in about
two and half seconds, aud great saw
ing of time and money in running trains
is effected by reason of ability to stop
the trains so quickly.
THE Unionist-Gazette of Somerville,
N. j., has an illustration, in its issue of
August Sd, of proposed edifice for the
Second Reformed church of that place.
The Rev. E. g. Read is the pastor of that
church. The picture shows massive
stone structure, and the description is