The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
CLURRTNG HATES.
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by letter.
MRS. JAS. WHITE has just recovered
from an attack of la Grippe. She was i'll
two weeks.
GEORGE ALDRICH, substitute carrier,
takes the place of Carrier Wakefield, dur.
ing a short vacation.
THE Rutland High school nine will
play the Burr and Burton seminary nine
on the grounds of the latter to- day,
YESTERDAY was Ascension Day and
services were held in Episcopal and Ro-
man Catholic churches throughout the
world.
AN important meeting of the village
Improvement Society is called at
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the house
of A. B. Valentine.
OUR readers should not overlook our
advertising columns to-day, Walbridge
has word to say, Van Week Il Potter,
ditto, and number of others.
MRS LIZZIE GAY and Miss Minnie
Martin have been heard from. They ar
rived the other side of the water and are
having a fine time visiting in Ireland.
AN association of local wheelmen has
been formed in the village. C. w. Nc
Douough is the president. The club will
Join the National League. A uniform
will also be adopted.
H. A. HoYT, brother ofISecretary Hoyt
of our Y. NJ. G. A was in town Friday
night on a flying visit. Mr.. Hoyt has
lust returned from five years resi-
dence in Melbourne, Australia.
Miss RUTH SQUIRE, at the entertain
ment Wednesday evening, showed by
her playing of the piano good deal of
skill and an ability that is quite cOmpli-
mentary to herself and her training.
THE handsome residence of A. Buel
Sibley, corner of Union and Silver streets,
is receiving its finishing touches of
paint, and is easily a marked figure in
that locality. We like the taste dis
played in the outside finish.
THE summer time table on the Fitch
burg road will go into effect Sunday.
There will be number of changes, one
of which will probably be new Sunday
train to leave this city for North Adams
about o'clock a. m.-Troy Press.
THE Rev. G. A. Ferrin, for several
years principal of the Burr and Burton
seminary, Manchester, has resigned, his
resignation to take effect at the close of
the present term. He will be succeeded
by Principal Graves of the Swsnton
graded schools.
THE news is cabled across the Atlantic
that among the American ladies pre-
sented to Queen Victoria Tuesday was
Mrs. E. j. Phelps of Vermont. One of our
exchanges has a headline: American
Queens presented to Victoria" which is
our sentiments exactly.
Mrs EDWARD II. SWIFT, Mrs. Waldo
Sibley and Mr.. Ernest Swift of Benning-
ton Centre, who have been spending the
winter at Townsville, Ga. and for some
little time visiting at Asherville, N. c.,
on their way, will reach home in short
time. The health of Mr.. Swift is said
to be much improved.
SUPERINTENDENT WHITMAN of the Yer
mont maple sugar exhibit at the World's
fair has been granted the right to sell
warm maple sugar on the grounds, and he
will erect structure in which he can
sugar off. This method of advertising
one of Vermonts leading industries may
educate some people from other States
up to the point where they will insist on
having pure Vermont maple sugar and
will have no other,-Free Press.
WE are glad to hear more favorable
reports from Wilbert Severance, now I'M
that his brother Carl, at Chicago, is out
of danger. The latter was about his
duties as reporter and was found APP
parantly sandbagged and cut badly,
weak from the loss of blood, but not
fatally injured as at first reported. He
is disfigured somewhat but we are glad
tol say will recover.
In addition to the receipts heretofore
I Norton rn-
ceived for the Liberty Bell" 81 from
st. Peters Sunday school, and the fol.
lowing from the cabinet of the Rector:
Filings from "scalping knife used in
French and Indian war;" from "Hessian
cartridge box used in war of Revolu-
tom" from "sword used in war of
1922" from "pistol used in Mexican
war;" and a 'bullet from battle of Bull
Run, 1861"
The Rev. VIM. Bogert Walker, rector
of st. Peters church, will be absent in
New York from the 10Th to the goth of
this month, attending the examinations
of candidates for the ministry at the
General Theological Seminary. Mr.
Walker has recently been chosen exam
liner. The Troy Times and Burlington
Free Press say that. he has also been
prominently mentioned to fill the POI
sition of assistant bishop, the election of
which Bishop Bissell will request at the
approaching convention of the diocese OF
Vermont
The vestry of St. Peters church have
decided to arrange to build new church
in place of the present edifce. This
building was erected about the years
1S34-36, and, while for the time it suf-
feed for the congregation, is not now in
keeping with what St. Peters people are
able to afford. Within the past five
years the chancel furniture has been re.
newed by memorials, and so these fur
nishings are adequate for the new one
when completed. The ladies of the
church have been ready to take on this
work for some time and now an oppOr.
tunity will be afforded for them to con.
tribute their share.
WE have received Frear's Bazaar Cat
alogue for the spring and summer OF
1898. 1t contains almost anything and
ever ything one needs in house or to
wear, besides there is illustrated hun
bred other matters that housewife and
mother finds useful about the home.
Mr.. Frear's manifesto sounds natural
and is true: "One price and no devia
ton. No misrepresentation. Prices
and perfect satisfaction guaranteed
Goods exchanged or money cheerfully
refunded" As prices accompany eact
article or line of articles illustrated in