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

lines about the 4th of July.
FRIDAY evening the City band ser
anaded H. w. Putnam, who is here for
the summer. At the close he gave the
band $50.
| THE Village Improvement Society has
recently placed in the entrance to the
court house and Y. M. e. A. rooms
iron vases, which are filled with flower
ing house plants.
THE Young Woman's Club gave its
first reception last Friday evening. 1t
was an enjoyable occasion. This club
has large membership, and maintains
reading room for the use of its mem
bers.
THE wedding anniversaries are as fol-
lows: LIST, cotton; I'd, paper; Sd, leather;
9TH, wooden; It'll, wooden; 10th, tin; 18th,
silk and fine linen; 18th, crystal; goth,
china; 25th, silver; Both, pearl; 10th,
ruby; so golden; 10th, diamond.
THE S2nd Separate Company of Hoo
sick Falls, N. Y, has made the Rev.
Geo. D. Silliman, for long time its
chaplain, the present of an elegant
badge. Mr.. Silliman has gone to take
the rectorship of church in Albany, N.
Y, after filling the assistant rectorship
of st. Marks for many years.
LAST Tuesday, June 20, was the thirty
second anniversary of the mastering into
the United States service of the Second
Vermont Regiment of Infantry. The
first company of the regiment was re-
cruited here. The regiment was mus
tered in at Burlington, Lieutenant Colo
mel Raines, U. S. A., being mastering Of
ficer.
MRS. LIZZIE GAY and Miss Minnie
Martin sailed for home last Saturday
and will probably reach Bennington the
first of the week. From letters received
by friends here they appear to have
greatly enjoyed the trip to Ireland. Mrs
Gay does not know of her brother-in-
laws death and so that sadness awaits
her arrival.
the BANNER Bindery will shortly
send out to business men and others,
some elegant specimens of ruling.
These will show what can be done on a
ruling machine and that we are equipped
to do anything to order in special and
regular ruled book work. The speci-
mems of binding lately turned out have
received many compliments.
ALEX. LAMARRE found, recently, in
his hen house an egg that is certainly a
curiosity. 1t is of ordinary size and one
side, so to speak, is flattened, the outer
rim of the circle thus Termed, hav-
ing the appearance of an inscription.
The letters 81 :" 90" I'm" "w, 'etc., ap-
pearing as plainly as if engraven on the
shell. 1t may be seen at his store.
Mr.. AND MRS. ARTHUR G.. SHERRY,
with Mrs. Sherry's mother, Mrs. S. S.
Scott of Bennington, and their son,
Ralph, have started on Western trip OF
six weeks duration. They will visit
the Worlds fair and afterwards go West
stopping at Minneapolis, Mimi, Nam
moth Hot Springs, Wyoming, Helena,
Mont, and Denver, Col. and returning
by way of Louisville, KY, and Pitts
burg, Pa.-Troy Press, Tuesday.
AT the annual meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary of St. Peters church, the fol
lowing persons were elected: Master
ex-officio, the Rector: directress, Mrs
j. H. Norton; vice directress and Isl
vice-president, Mrs. H. L. Shllson; Enc
vice-p president, Mrs, c. G. Kimball; sec
rotary, Mrs. Chas Barnes; treasurer, Mrs
L. F.. Abbott. Executive committee
Mrs. II. w. Martin, Mrs. w. B. Walker
Mrs. A. S. M. Chisholm, Mrs. J. K
Miller
IN addition to what is said on page
2nd, to-day, the following from the Rut
land Herald will be of interest :: 'H. A
Hartman, the newly appointed county
clerk, has assumed the duties of his
Office. He has retained Fred H. Hyde
of Poultney as clerk. No deputy clerk
has yet been appointed, but Judge T. G.
Robinson will probably be the man. Mr.
Hartman has filed his bond for $4,000
His bondsmen are his father (Hon. Geo
w. Hartman of Bennington, E. p. Gil
son and II. o. Carpenter. Mr.. Hartman
has given up his law Office in the Glenn
: ent building and moved his books to the
county clerks Office at the court house.
: THE local correspondent of an out Of
: town paper sends these items: Ben
nington has a battlefield now without
any doubt for Bennington giants are
J ably defending their opinions regarding
the sewers about to be laid.-The En-
for cure is doing big things in our midst
1t is making sober men of our drNnkard'
and gentlemen of loafers. What more
| could it do?-The "Dutchman'' as HI
is called, has made most of the Riley Har
) rington farm into a garden. This maj
knows how to garden it for the dollari
5 there are in it.-Some complaint il
made about the wire worm working a
the corn, also of a worm that is workin.
at the root of the oat. Verify the farm e.
r has much to contend with.
= THE Stal 1.-THE Graded school period
= call, has an item that will be of interes
= to the wider circle of our readers. 1t says
5 Through the kindness and generOs
ity of few public-spirited citizens, on
: High school has been provided with {
f most excellent compound microscope
1t is an instrument Of great power ant
' excellent definition. 1t is fifteen inche
: high and is so adjusted that it can b.
Used at any angle. 1t has tive detectives
= the one of the higher power magnifyiny
;. about 100, 900 times. The eye piece is O
: the best quality. The instrument has
r rack and pinion for coarse adjustment
= and very delicately guaged fine adjust
v ment. This microscope is well adapted
!, to physiological and astrological work
: and it is in every way all that schoo
such as ours needs"
=. THE special village meeting Saturda,
n afternoon called out voters enough tt
/ fill Library Hall. The object, as stated
i in the warning was, principally, to see i
n ne village would vote to purchase thu
o plant of the Bennington Water Compan,
i and to see if the village would vote tt
v invalidate any contract heretofore made
v by the trustees authorizing the construc
n ton of system of sewers. The first ar
f ticle was defeated by large majority