The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

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THE Emergency Circle of Kings
daughters will meet with Miss Eugenice
Hutchinson, Friday Oct. 9th.
JAMES WooD, clerk for Squire and
Rawson, has returned from five weeks
absence and vacation in Syracuse, N. Y. |
DANIEL DESMOND of Saratoga, N. Y,
has been visiting at DR.. Lyman Rogers's |
for a week or more. Mrs. Rogers is his |
sister.
L. r. NEWMAN, while at work near
the dam at Cooper's mill Monday, |
caught trout weighing one and three
quarters pounds.
THE clerk of the weather has issued
his final proclamation that all straw hats
must be called in promptly by October
9th at high noon. Any violation of this
ordinance will be dealt with as the pub
lie criticism may suggest.
J.H. LAwLoR has purchased of N. F.
Smith, marketman, his real estate and
business on Main street, the papers hav-
ing been passed the first of the week.
He will continue the meat market. We
are told that he paid $4,000.
Hon. EDWARD MURPHY, JR., of this
city, says the Troy Press, is said to be
negotiating for the purchase of the resi-
dence and surrounding grounds OF the
late Walter A. Wood of Hoosick Falls.
The price offered is 100000, while the
estate asks $3.50 more.
THE cross walks, now in ON Main
street, opposite the Opera house and
| VanVleck & PJtter's drug store, are i'm
provements that are highly appreciated.
Concrete makes good walk and thus
far in this village has proved satisfac-
tory. Let more of it go down.
The Rev. ]. Isham Bliss, D. D., of Bur-
lington, chairman of the Standing Com
mittee of the Episcopal diocese of Yer
mont, received letter Thursday of last
week from Bisiop-elect A. G. A. Hall OF
Oxford, Eng, in which he writes encour-
agingly of his acceptance of the office,
but asks time for further consideration
of the matter.
WE learn that most of the Italians en-
ployed on our sewers are farmers in tia
Nv. They come over here and work at
wages from SIPS to SI.75 per day-an
amount fabulous to the 80 cents paid in
Europe-while the women and boys and
girls at home harvest the crops, gotten
into the ground last winter and spring.
They 90 back when cold weather APP
proaches, get in their crops in Italy, and
repeat the experience annually until
they retire on competence.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Officers Society will be held in Burling-
ton November 18th. Gen. Horace Por-
ter of New York has been invited to de-
liver the address. A stated bi-monthly
meeting of the Vermont Cammandery
LOYAL Legion is called for the day pre-
: vious 1.-THE 14th), but it is very probable
that an adjournment will be taken until
the 18th, so that the commandery and
officers may banquet together. A large
attendance at both gatherings seems as
sured.
EDITOR STONE of the st. Johnsbury
Caledonian has his peace of mind dis
turbed by published allegation that he
looks like Budyard Kipling, the author.
: 1t is not serious charge in itself, but
the rub is that he can't tell whether the
resemblance meant is to the real Kipllng
, or to the newspaper portraits of him.
, The latter are not handsome; in TACT,
newspaper portraits seldom are we
lately saw one purporting to be that OF .
Vermont college professor, who is still
5 youthful and sprightly, that made him
t look like the last portraits of Charles
3 Darwin, who was "a when he died.-Bur'
lington Independent.
, THE Hoosick Falls correspondent OF
! the Troy Press says: THE home OF
! Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Wright of Mechan
I ic street was the scene of pretty we'd
ding Saturday afternoon at 4.30, when
the marriage of their daughter, Anna H..
' to Harry K. Grover of New York City
> took place. Rev. A. Chapman otficiated
: The house was decorated with COLDER
. rod, asters and ferns. The dress of the
: bride was of green cheviot with tatfet'
silk trimmings. After the ceremony
: was performed the guests, numbering
Z about seventy, sat down to bountltu
repast, after which the happy couple lief
on the 5:47 train for New York, where
: they expect to reside in the future
K Many beautiful and costly presents wert
k received. The following out of town
r guests were present: Miss Mary Smith
r New York; Mr. and Mrs Calvin e
G Reach, Lansingburgh; Mr.. and Mrs. D
d j. Pratt and daughters, Homer Rudd
l. Miss Agnes Rudd, Bennington; Mr.. ant
!. Mrs. Fred Peckham. North Pownal
|, Mrs. George Potter and Miss Georgi;
o Potter Pownal."
l. THROUGH the courtesy of Mrs. Pete
t DeVoe of Taylor, Ohio, we are in recelp
L of the Geauga Republican of Sept, 9th
II inst, in which is an obituary notice
s Benjamin S. Warner, formerly of Ben
It nington county Mr. Warner was
o brother of the late Mrs. T. j. Albro o
9 this village, and the name will be recog
S nized by many old friends of the family
y The article in question, being biogra
4 ply, was written by Mrs. Jane A. Mutt
d and was readI at the Warmers reunion
n Aug. 18th, last "Uncle Benjamin."
L he was called, was quite character i
W civil life as we'll as good man in tn
) home circle. Mrs. L. A. Warner of Fret
10 port, ILL.,. deceased June 18th, 1893, S
Y. that at the aforesaid reunion, tribute wa
II paid to her life also. The article doe
ID not so state, but it appears that thi
e family gathering was planned while bot
were alive, and that their deaths mad
If the occasion one of sadness. A fin
Re tribute is paid both. Mrs. Mutt says
" ''Seldom do men fill the measure OF LII
with so many rare and excellent ona,'
i ties as did Benjamin S. Warner. Wit
Or me, his memory dates back to tie earl
lg days of childhood, when his home Wa
Sc in my fathers family. To those of u
q. who were then children his presence wa
10 like ray of sunshine. We anxlousl
n. watched for his coming. He was Away
o. mild and pleasant. He soothed our so
f. rows and Gained our fears. Uncle Bel
ne iamin was much loved and esteemed
Ia his vouth and az he nassed down til