The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-08-25

Mrs. GEO. H. BURcH and children,
have gone to New Haven, Conn, Tor a
week.
FRED WATSON of Townshend, has been
visiting his brother, NJ. e. Watson OF
this village.
THE Rev. Chas. R. Seymour was reg
isterd at the Vermont building of the
State fair this week. a.s
ISAAC PILLsBURY of East Arlington is
visit for short time with Geo, ID.
Jepson of Grove street.
Mr.. AND MRS. ]. o. BURT are rejoic-
ing over the advent of a daughter born
last Thursday, the 18th.
Mrs. WIN. H. CADY and daughter Jen-
ME, have returned from months visit
to friends in Essex Junction.
Miss SUE CAMPBELL of Greenwich, n.
Y, is spending her vacation with Mr.
and Mrs. Pilling on Pleasant street.
AMONG those old residents who ex-
pect to visit Bennington this year are
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Goodnough of Water
bury, Conn.
ON Wednesday morning Misses Jessie
Temple and Lillian Ford started for the
Worlds Fair. They will be absent
about ten days.
PROF. CLARK, the optician, is to be in
town next week. Read his notice IN
another place. Prof. Clark has many
patrons hereabouts.
WALTER MORRIS lost child last week
with cholera infantum. The burial was
at Hoosick Falls, N. Y, Sunday. 1t was
babe six weeks old.
Hon. H. G. RooT's grey mare pearl, "
is the only entry from Bennington for
the Breeders Exhibition at White River
Junction next week.
JUDGE G. H. DARLING and Q. P. Niles
left Tuesday for the Worlds fair. Sew
eral others have, also, gone this week,
among whom we note E. T. Griswold.
CAPT. E. S. SHURTLEFF and wife, OF
New York, are visiting at DR.. j. L.
Shurtleff's. Capt Shurtleff's annual
visit to his brother has come to be looked
forward to by widening circle OF
friends, who are always glad to greet
him.
SOMEONE sent a couple of coupons to
the N. Y. Press and started Johu Z. ClarR
in the race for the fifty veterans to go To
the Worlds fair. Last Sunday he had
I02 votes-almost as many as anyone
Will our readers vote for him and thus
send one Yermonterp
A wELL-To.Do farmer, who has by
no slow degrees learned the lesson OF
show to make the farm pay says: 1--WE
never really prospered until we learn tt
live out of the garden and cellar instead
of the grocery store" Good food IL
abundance and of great variety, grown
on the farm, should be the first object o.
every farmer. .-'.
WE hear the music at the Old FRS
church, last Sunday, everywhere highly
spoken of. 1t is not often that quar-
tette, composed of such vocalists al
Profs. Squire and Long, and Messrs
Habberly and Bennett, with Mr.. Coope
as organist, are heard in such town a.
this. Mr.. Habberley, by the way, wa
trained in an English Cathedral choir.
IT takes pinching time like the pres
ent to show the happy lot OF the tarme
and to prove to himself as well as tn
rest of mankind that he is the most IN
dependent man on earth. And the Yer
mont farmer, industrious, frugal. ca
nest simple in his tastes and self-deny
ing in his appetites, is among the best
his class.-Troy Times. ttrss
THE Pottery sheds are to be rebuilt a
once, and work has already begun in tn
burnt district. The scene of the lat
fire has been a busy one the past week
The crockery, several car loads, no
broken has been sold at nominal figur
and the broken rubbish cleared away
Capt. Albert Walker, also, has ne'
barn we'll under way, the frame being u
and nearly covered. 5G I'D
THE managers of the Cambridge Fai
respectfully solicit owners of bicycles t
Join the Ladies' Floral Coaching Parad
which takes place on Friday afternoo
September Sth. Prizes will be awarde
for the best decorated bicycles as follows
First prize So; second prize "a; thir
prize 81 No entry fee required. Ere
admission that day TO those who join tn
parade. Apply to, or address, Edwin /
Cornell, Cambridge, N. Y.
SARATOGA county farmers have bee
disguised with the golden rod, whic
they consider one of the worst
nuisauces, but recently man from Ne
York came and engaged large shipmen
, of the flowers for decorative purpose
: furnishing boxes specially made to pr
serve the flowers freshness during i
seven hours journey to the city, whel
: he expects to make great profit fro
} sales on the street, and at florists stand
So much for the National flower.
SOME one has revived this old item
"On all old register of Columbia Hall
{ Lebanon Springs, urder the date of Ju
: 1920, appear the following well-knoW
| names: Count Survilliers and Coun
5 ess, W. Parker and wife, Mr.. Longfello
= and lady, Andaga, Spanish Minister; '
B. Astor and wife, George Peabod
( Boston; Martin Van Buren,, Lieutenan
Governor Phillips, the Hon. Judge CO
!, cock, Mr.. and Mrs. d. Z. Dunscomb,
, Fish and family, Judge Spencer al
i, ladies. Marquis de Lafayette and so
!. Daniel Webster and lady, ]. Q. Adam
d Chevalier Haggers, NJ. Niederstade
d Charge de affaires, Prussia; Major \
: Scott and lady,"
THE attention of the Trustees is call
a to the culvert on School street where Il
/ Morgan spring water crosses. We a
s told that the sewer men reduced the 81
d to that of the tile laid for the sewers.
l. this is true they should be made to
e place the culvert to its full size. VIII
p water is high this outlet is the only sal
IS ty-valve of all that region, and the culvt
3. reduced to ten or twelve inches mea
y flooded streets and cellars next sprin
{, and perhaps next fall. Moreover, t
Graded school sewers run in here a
It there will be trouble if the frail pipe
the centre gives out or becomes clOggt
e These matters should be attended
s. now, and ought not to have been
m lowed in tha ii rsf nlaca