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

THE Cooper Manufacturing company
are now running on reduced time.
Ar Van Week & Potters' drug store
the outside basement entrance is being
filled up and porch the whole front will
take its place.
SEVERAL Odd Fellows from here will
go to Chicago to be at the Worlds Fair
the week of the 25th of September, that
Orders week at the exposition.
PROF. E, W. HOWE, formerly superin-
tendent of the North Bennington Graded
School, is calling ON friends in town.
He is on his way from the Worlds Fair
to his homein Brookfield, Mass.
AN adjourned meeting of the Ben
nington Society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals will be held at the
Congregational chapel, Wednesday even
ing, Aug. 80, at 7.30 sharp. All mem
bers and those DESTROYS of becoming
members are requested to attend. w.
G. Richardson, Secretary.
Col. II. E. PARKER of the governors
staff was not present at the muster be-
cause of injuries caused by falling off
bicycle. -Rutland Herald. Our friend
Parkers disability has led Brer Harris
of the Hardwick Gazette, to remark:
That first Editor Crane of the Ludlow
Tribune lost his life on bicycle, another
was thrown, and now Parker. is laid up.
In facetious despair Harris says: "Will
someone suggest something's" The
brethren are all right, Harris, you are
the one that is a'little off,"
DIR. FRED j. Dixon and L. o. Jenkins
of Brooklyn, N. Y, arrived in town
Wednesday noon. They left home on
their bicycles at noon Sunday and came
here via Boston, from the "Hub'' coming
through the Berkshire Hills. One day
they made run of AS miles. From
here they go to Montreal and so around
home-all the way on their wheels.
While in town John II. Ayres showed
them some attention, going up to the
monument, visiting the Soldiers Home,
ETC. They expressed themselves highly
pleased with our thriving village. They
bore letters of introduction to G. F. Van
Week.
WE are told that arrangements are
nearly consummated to have Mary
Howe LAWN and her company give a
concert in the Opera House, September
9TH or 9th. We hope this may be &C
complished. The press dispatches of
Thursday say: "a large and representa-
tive audience greeted Mary Howe and
VIM. LAWN at Brattleboro, at the testi-
monial concert rendered tonight by the
leading citizens of this town. This be-
ing their first appearance since their re-
turn from a years study in Italy, under
the famous Signor Vannuccini, natural
ly there was great desire in musical
circles in the vicinity to hear the young
artists who have made marvellous I'M
provements.' Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN sail
for Europe the 9th of September, where
she appears in the grand opera. 1t thus
transpires that she sings only at hel
home and in Bennington before going
abroad.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM B. ROBINSON, Of
the firm of Robinson, Mac Lellan & Co.
| of Troy, N. Y, died Friday at the resi-
dende of his brother in Saratoga, width
er he had gone in the hope of recu2erat
ing in health. Captain Robinson was
well known among the travelling bust
ness men of this section and had a large
circle of friends IN Vermont and North
ern New York. He was born i'll Yer
montville, Michigan, but spent his boy
hood DAYS in Bennington. Later on HI
went to Brandon, where he married Mis-
Jennie l.. Meacham. At the breaking
out of the war he enlisted in the FRS
Vermont regiment and went to the from
as first sergeant of the Brandon Com
pany. After the expiration of thre,
months service he re enlisted and served
as lieutenant and captain in the Fiftl
Vermont regiment through the cam
paigns of the Army of the Potomac. H
was wounded at the battle of the Wilder
ness. At the close of the war he becam
connected with the firm of John N
Squires & Co., of Troy and succeeded t
that business in 1881. He leaves a wifi
and three children His brother, Georg
S. Robinson, and his mother reside i
that city. Mr.. Robinson's home was a
Brandon