The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-21
THE BENNINGTON BANNER FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1898

THE Plattsburgh Telegram is of the
opinion that DR.. Joseph Carey of Sara
toga, who stood third in the ballot at
the June convention, will be chosen
Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont in the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
SENATOR PROCTOR and Congressman
Grout are drinking the water at Caledo-
MIA Springs, P. O., as is also DR.. Billiard
of ST. Johnsbury, who is Of the party.
We hope the doctor will come back with
some color in his face-and a taste for
spring water.-Hardwick Gazette.
A SLEEPER is one who sleeps. A
sleeper is that in which sleeper sleeps.
A sleeper is that on which the sleeper
which carries the sleeper while he sleeps
rvns. Therefore, while the sleeper
sleeps in the sleeper the sleeper carries
the sleeper over the sleeper under the
sleeper until the sleeper which carries
jumps off the sleeper and wakes the
sleeper in the sleeper under the sleeper
and there is no longer any sleeper sleep
ing in the sleeper on the sleeper.
Sleepy?
SOME of our readers will be interested
in this item from the Wilmington Times:
90. NJ. Russelrs lawn presented avery
pretty picture last Friday, July 7, when
his daughter Leone gave five o'clock
White Rose lawn party in honor of her
little friends Marjorie and Bertha Stone,
daughter of Byron A. Stone of Mohawk,
n. Y. The lawn was tastefully decorat
ed with flags and bunting and the table
was spread with dainties. After the re-
freshments were served, croquet and
other out door recreations were partici-
pated in. All expressed themselves as
having had delightful time and were
only sorry the hours passed SO quickly"
THE new made of table manners is a
piece of awful tyranny. 1t forbids sugar
and vinegar on lettuce, sugar on straw
berries and in claret, and banishes the
spoon. Even the elusive pea must be
hunted and harpooned by the fork, ice
cream must be gathered and carried to
the mouth with the same weapon and
the strawberry, now happily departing,
must also be impaled before it can be
tasted. The knife was made a back
number many years ago, but people sur
rendered easily because there was dang
er of making the mouth larger, which in
most cases is unnecessary. But to be
denied the spoon after so much outlay
for Columbian souvenirs is, in the Ian
guage of A. Ward SO mutch." Our new
authorities on table manners should take
warning by the downfall of Ward Meal
lister and Berry Wall.
A PRINTER recently walked into GER
tain business house-it wasn't in Ben
nington, for our business men are not of
that kind-to know who desired any
thing in the way of advertisements and
noticed drummer stood by the counter
with his sample valise ready to open.
Anything you want to say in the paper
this week." said the printer to the bust
ness man behind the counter. NO."
said the business man, 81 don't believe
in advertising" The drummer walked
until he was half way to the door, then
slowly taking up his sample valise re.
marked: well that let's me out. 1 do
not care to sell on time to any man who,
at his age, does not believe in advertis-
ing. prefer to deal with live men.
When want to strike up trade with a
dead man III go to the graveyard and
swap business, Good day."
The Catholic Chautauqua" is men
toned by the Albany Argus as the title
of the summer school which commences
its sessions here next Monday. Perish
the thought that the Catholic Summer
School of America, located on peerless
Lake Champlain, named after its Catho-
lie discOverer nearly three hundred years
aga, its pure mountain waters poured
down from two grand mountain slopes,
the Adirondacks of New York, and the
Green Mountains of Vermont, into this
happy valley, and covering over five
hundred square miles shall be obliged to
90 to Western New York and borrow the
name of little insignificant pond of per-
haps one twentieth that area. "Catho-
lie Champaign is the name suggested by
George Latbrop, and that is likely to be
adopted. -Plattsburgh Republican. The
school starts off with over 500 students
twice as many as were expected, and
more to come.