The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-23

street.
THE subject of the discourse to young
people at the Second Congregational
church next Sunday night will be ''What
to Remember"
THE advertisement of Van Week &
Potter was handed in too late for
change this week, but our readers should
keep an eye on their space next week.
CHAs. FORM, the North street laundry
man, makes an announcement in our
columns to-day that will be of interest to
summer residents as we'll as to his reg
ular patrons.
THE matter of the Village VS.. VIM. B.
Sheldon's sidewalk has reached County
Court and Hons. j. L. Martin, Faxon L.
Bowen and E. G. Smith have been APP
pointed commissioners thereon.
MEssRs, WILLARD AND MARSHALL
FILLMORE of California (sons of the late
Hon. E. D. Fillmore), are visiting friends
in town, and were present at the gradu-
alton of their brother, Leland l.. Fill
more.
AMONG the attractive residences in
construction is that of ]. Ed. Walbridge
on the summit of Grand View terrace.
The house, which is 29x36 feet with an
ell 16x22 feet, is on a natural terrace
which rises abruptly about 225 feet
above the general level of the village.
Visitors daily frequent the place and ex-
press admiration for the remarkably fine
| landscape, the view ending with the hazy
| top of Mount Equinox at Manchester
twenty miles away.
IT gives the BANNER great pleasure
to know that its suggestion of some
years standing, regarding tower front
for the Methodist church in this village,
is likely to be CARRIED out. Plans have
been drawn and Mr.. II. w. Putnam,
hearing of the proposal, has generously
offered to give $1,000 towards the sum
necessary. We hope our Methodist peo-
pie will take hold of the matter now in
earnest and erect the tower, etc., this
season.
EDITOR E. G. CRANE of the Ludlow
Tribune, met with serious accident on
Monday of last week, by being thrown
from bicycle. He and two others were
riding from Ludlow to Woodstock, and
when on a bridge Mr.. Cranes bicycle
broke and he was thrown about ten feet,
landing in about three feet of water, cut
ting a cash in his head, several teeth
| knocked out, besides other bruises; his
| INC pdoodSONdJ
which the other gentlemen ran into,
capped injury. Mr.. Crane died from the
effects of these injuries Wednesday
evening.
THE supper given Tuesday evening at
Library Hall, under the auspices of the
Young Ladies' Sodalitv and the enter
tainment by the School children of st.
Francis de Sales Parish were an unqual-
flied success and called forth many
complimentary remarks of praise. The
abundance of turkey and the admirable
manner in which the supper was served
despite the vast thIOng of people who
poured continually into the hall, tested
its utmost capacity-ref1ect much credit
on the ladies in charge. Too much can
not be said of the Sisters of st. Joseph in
preparing the children for their several
parts, and bringing the exhibition to a
complete success. The recitations OF
little Maggie Gleason and Hel bert Honi-
ker, the singing and acting of Miss
Mamie Sullivan, in "Grandma's Birth
day, "and the Sailor song by the boys Of
the school, were special features.
AN unusually pleasant social event oc
Cured on Friday evening of last week
when the Young Women's Club were ''at
home'' to their friends. Many were glaC
to avail themselves of this opportunity tC
inspect the cozy club rooms, which were
very attractive with their decorations o.
flowers and green leaves. To its furnish
ings a fine piano has recently beer
added, through tie kindness of friends
interested in the prosperity of the club
and the instrument received it's dedica
| 70 fha in
ton. A pleasing programme of voca
and instrumental music was given at in
tervals during the reception, Refresh
ments were served in an adjoining room
The Young Women's Club has quietly
taken its place among the organization
of our town, and to those who havt
watched its progress clearly appears tC
be accomplishing a useful work in fielC
peculiarly its own.
On Wednesday evening Manager W
II. Stedman of the New England Tele
ghone and Telegraph Company, gave al
exhibition of the workings of the long
distance telephone in the Putnam Hous,
parlors The admission was by caro-, ant
handsomely printed invi alton had beer
sent to the business men of the town, ant
many of these were present. There wer
facilities provided for twenty to test tn
matter at one time. The performance
began at o'clock, and that hour unit
ten the people were coming and going al
the time Two thunder sho wers, located
somewhere between Bennington ant
Boston, interfered with the workings o
the wire, and finally shut off the circuit
but not before a fine exhibition had beer
kad. Manager l. H. Farnham in tn
Boston office, played the cornet, gave al
interesting sketch of the history of tn,
telephone, and illustrated its early
workings before the collapse came
After the storm cut us out, connection
were made with Troy, New York, Pitts
field, Mass, Great Darlington and othe
places where the long distance telephon,
have stations. Personally, we wer'
greatly interested in the history of thi
discovery. Mr.. Farnham began with thu
outcroppings of this use of electricity il
1920, came down to the further discover
les of 1S75-7S which gave practical turI
to the invention, and thence to its gen
eral use later. He also spoke of meth
DDS of illustrations by improvised bat
teries, showing how simple thing thu
telephone really is. The object of thi
exhibition is, of course, to establish it
use in town. We commend the enter
prise to the consideration of our readers
III
OUR VILLAGE FATHERS.