The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-02-17

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THE Hoosick Falls Democrat an
nounces the engagement of Chas. CIVIL
COX of that village to Miss Mary l..
Hutchins of Bennington.
THE condition of Mrs. Curtis of Rut-
land, does not improve. Mrs. h. l..
Stillson has been absent nearly four
weeks on account of her sickness.
THE new front for the drug store of
Van Week and Potter will arrive this
week and be Immediately placed in posi-
ton. The firm will open as soon as they
can get their goods into shape.
The pastor of the Methodist church
will deliver the seventh lecture in the
illustrated series, on Sunday evening at
the usual hour of service. Congrega-
tiOnal singing, each person furnished
with book.
The Bennington Centre Society of
Christian Endeavor will give a New
England Tea" at Ethan Allen Hall on
Friday evening, February oath, at
o'clock. 1t is hoped that all will be in
terested in the revival of these old fash
Toned teas.
THE ladies of the Woman's Home Mis-
siOnary Society of the Methodist EpiscO-
pal church will give an entertainment
ana Missionary tea at the parsonage on
Monday evening next. All members of
the church and congregation are invited.
The exercises will begin at s o'clock.
THE memorial committees of both G..
A, R. Posts met last Friday evening in
Custer Posts rooms and organized by
electing A. G. Patchen, chairman, and N.
NJ. Puffer, secretary and treasurer. This
assures united celebration of Memorial
Day and we understand that the orator
is to be Hon. VIM. Ii. Cook of Milford,
Mass, former Benningtonian.
THE Fortnightly Club hold their regu-
lar meeting on Saturday, Feb. 18TH The
committee on Social Science" Mrs. j.
NJ. Burt, Miss Julia White and Mrs. II.
L. Hover, have arranged the programme
for the afternoon. 1t will include pa
pers upon the "Children's Hospitals ~
"Training School for Nurses" Elmer
gencies, and How to Meet Them"
YESTERDAY at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Jay Niles, in
Pownal, the Rev. Chas. r. Seymour
united in marriage Mr.. S. L. Jewett of
this town and Miss Clara NJ. Niles. A
large company were present, composed
for the most part of relatives. The col
lation was of unusual excellence, and al
together the occasion was festive one,
expressive of the universal good wishes
to the happy couple.
THE old saying that of the early set
tiers of this vicinity, Congregational peo-
pie were invited to Bennington, Baptists
were sent to SALISBURY, Church of Eng
land people encouraged to locate in Ar
lingtOn, while people of no religion were
sent to Pownal, finds an inferential en-
phasis in our North Pownal correspon-
dence this week, for it seems that that
town never had an accredited legal first
SETTLED minister"
THE Bennington delegations to the G.
A. r. encampment and w. h. G. at Rut-
land this week were: 9th Corps Post,
Maj. A. b. Valentine, N. VI. Puffer, Maj.
r. j. Coffey, VIM. E. Murphy, John w.
Williams; Custer Post, A. P. Childs, r.
NJ. Heughton, j. b. McNamar, A. j.
Downs. 9th Corps W. H. c., Mesdames
W. E. Murphy, CD. Gibson, David Long,
o. Slade; Custer w. r. c., Mesdames l.
+. Gibson, Geo. NJ. Marsh, Eliza f. Cut
ting, Misses Lucy Cutting, Mary Spear,
and the Misses Briggs.
THE many friends of Mrs Lydia Gil
bert Tate will be painfully surprised to
learn of her death, which occurred at
Niagara Falls on Tuesday last at the age
of % years. Mrs. Tate was the Oldest
daughter of Mr.. j. II. Gilbert, whose
sudden death was announced in the BAN
NER two weeks since. She was married
last June to Mr.. John G. Tate, G. E., who
is first assistant engineer of the Niagara
Water Power Co. She was lady whose
many accomplishments and winning
manners had won fer her many friends
in Bennington while visiting with her
relatives, Col. and Mrs. OliR Scott, as
had been her custom for several success.
sive summers.
OUR recent efforts to obtain branch
of the Kelley Cure appear not to have
aVailed as the Rutland Board of Trade
had the inside track, yet it seems that we
are to have branch of the Ensor Chain
of Institutes for the cure Of the liquor,
morphine and other habits. Mr.. w. j.
Thompson of Ohio, late State Manager
of the Wyoming Ensor Remedy com.
pany, arrived in town yesterday for the
purpose of establishing an Ensor lnsti-
tute. He has received so much enceur-
agement that DR.. Rogers has placed his
Office at the disposal of Mr.. Thompson
for a trial of the remedy, and two pa
tents will receive the treatment free.
The Ens0r comedy is vegetable com.
pound and is said to be certain cure for
the liquor habit We are also told that
there has never been a recorded case
where person submitted to the treat
ment but has been permanently cured
and no bad results have arisen from il.
From the testimonials that Mr.. ThOmp-
son exhibits iG seems to us that an Inst-
tute second to none can be established In
Bennington. He comes highly recon-
meAded, aud the Ensor treatment is well
known in the West. Our people are f..
vorable to the project and we expect to
have more to say on this subject ne1t
week.
The attention of our readers is called
to the advertisement of the Equinox
Sparkling water and Ginger Champagne,
in another column. This is a BenninS.
ton county enterprise that has been a
success from the outset. The use II
waters, natural and otherwise, has b.
come common thing in the cities and
none of the waters advertised begin 10
compare with the Equinox. In tie
smaller towns. like Bennington, the r..
freshing drink afforded in this way is b..
coming of custom also. Here the farli-
lies of Hons. Luther X. Graves, III. G.
Root and Daniel McEowen, not to mel
ton scores of others, speak very highly
of the good effects of a use of the Eqli-
nox water. In Troy, also, many KNOW
to our readers have 1t regularly on thai
tables. While in Boston, recently, tie
~ Iranlr Euuinnx tvata,. ~ fha gtfo