The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-28
VICINITY AND LOCAL ITEMS.


Mr.. AND MRS. KIRK MEARs Of
Albany, N. Y, were at Chas. Cooper's
over Sunday.
R. S. CHILDs and wife are to pass the
summer at the Forest and Stream club,
Wilmington.
Mrs. L. A. OsTERHoUT of Gananoque,
Ont, is guest of E. j, Loomis of Cam
bridge, N. Y. So says the County Post
HENRY G. FARRAR, Grand Master, is
establishing several new lodges of Odd
Fellows in the State, also Rebekah
lodges.
Mrs. CHAs. S. DAVIS and daughter
Zilla, went to Utica, N. Y, this week to
remain until about September LIST, visit
ing relatives and Mrs. Davis's former
home.
MRS. D. E. MOORE and son of Ben.
nington have been visiting at Fred
Moore's for three or four days this week.
Wilmington Item in Readsboro Enter
prise.
Mr.. AND MRS. B. F. BRIDGES and two
children left Thursday for Bennington
where they will spepd several days with
Observation-Disclosures Correspondent
Valley News.
THE town of Putney, Windham county,
has over hundred acres of prime to-
bacco under cultivation, and a very
large and profitable crop is expected.
The diverse agricultural opportunities
of Vermont are little understood and
less improved.
THE Wardens and Vestrymen of st.
Marks church, Hoosick Falls, N. Y,
have just presented the Rev. Geo. D.
Silliman, D. D., their late rector, with a
full set of elegant stoles (colors), as a
token of appreciation
BARNUM AND BAILEY's Greatest
Show on Earth will be at Troy August
3. The Fitchburg railroad will have on
sale at all stations between Hoosick
Falls, Walloomsac and Troy, low rate
excursion tickets including admission to
show. Tickets good on regular trains.
THE Vermont Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution will hold the
annual meeting in Rutland, with ban
quet August 16-the anniversary of the
battle of Bennington. Gov. Fuller is
president: Chas. s. Forbes, st. Adams,
secretary, and Milton K. Paine, treas
urefl
Z. G. BOYD of Wilmington saw fawn
or young deer, apparently three months
old in his meadow last Friday and Fred
B. Hubbard and H. A. and l.. A. Ware S
folks saw full grown deer near their
premises the same day. The Times
adds. 1.-THE deer seem to be getting
quite tame to come within one mile of
the village"
THE Central Office of the telephone
IN this village has been removed from
its long time position in the Main street
Hawks building, to the Electric Light
Office in the Putnam House block. The
pole at the corner of Main and North
streets may not be ornamental, but
paint will help it and it looks as though
rugged for business.
APRoPos of Maj. Valentines late ex-
perience with bears on the East Noun.
tain, the Wilmington Times says: "Some
bears have been recently seen in this sec.
ton and the result is that some of the
city papers give glowing accounts OF
bear fight narrow escapes, etc. The
Holyoke Transcript heads their article
The Newtons are SAFE
THE suggestion of names of possible
or available candidates for the vacant
bishopric of Vermont continue to mul
tiply. The name of Rev. DR.. Hall OF
Boston, a member of The Standing Com
mittee of the Diocese of Massachusetts
is one we have heard mentioned. The
churchmen of Vermont might go further
and fare worse if the Rey. w. G. Prout's
availability was looked up. DR.. Hall is
afirst.class man and has more than {
National reputation. Mr.. Prout is, also
well known to many hereabouts.
THE Hoosac Valley News of Nortl
Adams, says: "a well known business
man who lives on Cherry street thought
Tuesday night that he had discovered
burglars in the house Of neighbor
Lights were moving around and as the
occupants were absent he telephoned tt
the police. The house was surrounded
1.-The business man came near being ham
mered by a policeman who took him fol
q burglar and then it was discovered
that the occupant of the house was lad
who had returned with friend to spenC
the night. Cigars can be found at rea
estate office on Main street."
COLONEL E. D. BENNETT, superb. ten
dent of the Bennington & Rutland rail
road, and Major Coffey, superintendent
of.the Vermont State Soldiers Home al
Bennington, were in this city yesterday
Colonel Bennett is well known in mill
tary circles in Vermont, while Maiol
Coffey, who is also attached to the stat
of Brigadier General Gilmore of the Yer
mont State militia, has a large acquain
lance throughout New England. TIT
Major and Mrs. Coffey, who is an amiablt
woman, have made the Soldiers Homt
haven: of comfort for the aged veterans
who are passing their last days within
the Shadow of the Bennington battle
field.-TrOy Press, Saturday.
THE Burlington correspondent of thu
ReadshOro Enterprise, has these items
Leon Lamarre is contemplating con
verting his large barn into a tenemen
house and building barn in the rear o
his present residence.-A couple o.
good workmen we understand. have beer
papering about 80 rooms at the Elm
Tree house besides painting the exterio
of the house.-We enjoyed visit t,
Camp Comfort last week with a small
party and were favorably impressed will
management of the hotel is deserving o
praise and the bill of fare caused us t,
regret that we were to take only on
meal with mine host Joslin.-When 81
much can be produced from an acre o
ground we like to hear what has beef
done once in while. We understand
Walter Moses father raised one hun
dred and fifty bushels of onions, fiv
hundred barrels of beets and quantit,
of carrots and sweet corn from one acr
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