The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-01-13

Portable, but is not able to be up yet.
Two fall moons this month. Dlinkardl
are allowed no extra liberties on this ac
count though.
Miss JENNIE CADY has gone to Ron
dout, N. Y, this week, to visit her aunt
Mrs. VIM. Winter.
IT was great year for C's-Celumbus
Cleveland, Croker, COrbett, Chicago, etc.
to say nothing of Cholera.
AT the spelling contest in the Teach.
ers' Institute at Lockpert, recently, only
FIVE out Of eighty-fve contestants spelled
"Rensselaer'' correctly.
THE local icemen have been busy the
past week cutting and storing ice, and
nearly the quantity needed for next sea
son is already housed. The crop is said
to be the best gathered in years.
THE Sons of Veterans have given up
their hall in the Adams building over the
late store of c. L. Hudson,-the hall so
long known as G. A. r. headquarters
and will hereafter meet in the hall of
Custer Post.
THE Troy Press of Wednesday, says:
"Chas. L. Croft was found intoxicated
this morning on Second street, near JEFF
ferson. He was numb and suffering from
the cold, He is haInesSmaker and lives
in Bennington" No such man here.
SOME people object to the new Coiup1-
bian postage stamps on account of the
size thereof. These captious critics
should remember that the country has
growp somewhat in the last 400 years,
and that the length and breadth of the
stamps have grown with it.
IN 1892 there we're erected in BohninI-
t9n tfty-ohe dwellngs, having accom- no
dations for sixty eight families. This was
exclusive of repairs and business build
ings. The cost of these enterprise s
reached 100000. The building opera
lions for the present year will doubtless
be just as large,-TrOy Times.
DURING 1892 the village fire depart
ment responded to eleven alarms. Only
three of the fires caused any considera-
bic damage-that at the house on Beach
street owned by John Harwood; that at
the house of George Moore totally con-
sumed; and that when the third story of
the old Stark house was burned off
THE proposal to build soldiers mon
Hment in town has again been revived
and the question of location follows of
course. We have heard several say that
othree-cornered plot southwest from
the Soldiers Home-the park that was
once donated to the village-would be
the best site. What have our people got
to say in the premises?
MODERATE drinkers are pointing with
pride to the fact that man died in War
rensburgh the other lay, aged IOa years,
who had drank whiskey teadily for over
eighty years: To this or brother of tue
Ugh, N. Y, Republican remarks:
ayes, but think to what an age he might
hive attained with his constitution by
temperate life. Compared with Methu-
selah he was cut of in infancy"
The one hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Williams College will occur
October 9th, and it is expected the OBJ
servance will be made memorable by the
presence of many of the institutions
most distinguished alumni F. L. Stet.
son, New York lawyer, partner of
President-elecG Cleveland, is graduate
of the college, and he will ask that Mr..
Cleveland attend the centennial observ-
ance.
FRANCIS KNAPP was arraigned in the
Municipal Court last week on the charge
of larceny, in breaking into the Italians
store in the SIbley building. He was
found guilty and Judge Darling sent him
back to the Work House for ia days.
He had just served out a sentence for
drunkenness, and has a charge of burg
larry stip hanging over him for breaking
into Jas. II. Whitney's store and steal
ing, among other things, a revolver.
INVITATIONS headed Brooklyn So.
eiety of Vermonters'' have been issued
from Brooklyn, n. Y, which read as fol
lows: 1.-THE Brooklyn Society of Yer
monters announces that reception tC
include ladies will be given HIS Excellen
ey the Governor of Vermont and Mrs
Fuller accompanied by the staff, al
Pouch Mansion, Clinton avenue, at 6 80
o'clock on Wednesday evening, January
18th, to be followed by its annual ban
quet, at which addresses and responses
are expected from Gov. Levi X. Fuller
Hon. E. J. Phelps (ex-Minister to Eng
Iand), Gen. l.. A. Grant, assistant secre
tary Of war, Hon. II. H. Powers. NJ. G..
and poem by vermont's gifted daugh
ter, Mrs. Julia c. Ii. Dorr." Hon. Rob
ert.D Benedict is president of the socie
ty and Col. Robert ]. Kimball secretary
Col. E. L. Bates will 60 down next Mon
day. The editor acknowledges an invi
tation and regrets he cannot be present
Col. E. D. Bennett and others in tow
have also been invited.