The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-16
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A. BUEL SHELLEY HAS IeGuIneu rum
the Worlds fair.
Hon. H. G.. Roof spent two or three
days of this week in Montpelier.
WE hear that Mrs. Col. Ben
nett has been quite i'll, but is better.
BISHOP NIcHAUD made an official visit
to town this week. He is always well
come guest to Bennington.
NELSON MoLDs and wife returned to
their home in Bloomfield, N. j., Tues
day.
L. B. KEYEs, after an absence of nine
months in southwestern New York, re-
turned to bennington this week.
GEO. ALDRICH, substitute carrier, is
taking the place of Carrier Wakefield
this week, who is laid off by reason of
lameness.
C. E. PATTERSON and j. Wool Girls
void have occupied their summer homes
in Centre Bennington for the season.
Troy Press.
THE Middlebury college commence
ment, the ODD, is held next week, with
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday. The
Alumni day is Tuesday.
A FAMILY named Jones, recently from
Hoosick Falls, have the diphtheria, but
vigorous quarantine has prevented the
spread of the contagion.
CARL VETTER, for some time designer
at the mill of Holden, Leonard & e o.,
has given up the position to accept one
in large wooden mill in Holyoke, Mass
G. K. TURNER and wife, of Springfield,
Mass, are in town visiting at Mr.. A G..
Patchens Mr.. Turner is city editor of
the Republican and will report the Will
liams Commencement for his paper.
THE condition of c. L. Shaw, sick for
long time, continues critical. At one
time this week he was very low with
death expected every moment, but he
rallied and was better for day OF two
afterward.
FRED W. DAVIS came on Saturday
from Syracuse and passed Sunday with
his wife here, who is visiting her mother,
Mrs. John Kehoe He returned Tuesday
morning. Mrs. Davis will remain in
town short time longer
OUR story to-day is entitled Ezra
Towne's Last Shiloh" and is written by
Emma Louise Orcutt, Bennington's tai
ented authoress, now aresident of Massa-
chusetts. We are sure our readers will
enjoy the thrillingly patriotic narrative.
C. YELLING THATCHER and wife left
Monday for Chicago to see the Worlds
Fair. They will visit other places before
they return. They were accompanied
by Mrs. 4. c. Houghton and Mrs. Hiland
Hall of North Bennington, who will visit
friends farther west, after seeing the
Fair, before they return.
WHEN Elm street extension was laid
out we predicted that it would become
the favOrite drive between this and Ben
nington Centre. The highway has not
always been in proper condition to in
vite this pleasure travel, but to-day a
handsomer roadbed does not lie out
doors. The sides have been terraced up
and the track rounded so that it is the
best street in town for driving. All ow-
ing to the new system of road commits
siOner to eXpend the tax.
THE Forest and Stream Club of Will
mington, most successful and progress
sive organization, has its second annual
opening on June 80, inst, and will give q
grand display of fireworks on July 4
The club has Just completed extensive
improvements, including billiard bowl.
ing and archery parlors, extensive dams.
hatchery. etc. DR.. Cochran, president of
the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, is
president of this club, and F. w. Chllds.
postmaster, Brattleboro, treasurer.
THE second floor of the east half of the
Opera house block has been finished
into three suites of elegant business
offices. Messls. L. p. and l.. S. Norton,
general agents of the Northwestern
Life Insurance Company, occupy the
centre set of rooms. 1t is safe to say
better offices are not easily found.
There is both public and private en-
frances, as well as public and private
Office. We congratulate tho Northwest,
ern people upon their new location. 1t
speaks we'll for the large and increasing
business of the Vermont general agency.
THE June drill of the Bennington
Rifles took place yesterday. Gen. Gil
more and Capt. Tutherly were here.
The former was accompan ed by his
wife, and pleasant dinner party as.
sembled at the Soldiers Home at noon.
Major Coffey Of the Brigade staff did the
honOrs. There sat down Gen. Gilmore
and wife, Capt. Tutherly, Col Bates and
wife of the Governors staff, and Major
and Mrs. Coffey. The Rifles won the
commendation of the reviewing officers
for excellence of alignment in marching
and other points in the drill. The
Rifles compare favorable with the Other
companies of the First regiment. OF
course the score is not yet made public.
WE give our usual space to the Com
mencement exercises of the Graded
schools next week. This institution is
one of which Bennington has reason tn
- feel proud. 1t ranks well with any
: other of which we have knowledge, and
in several respects, we believe, excels.
Our readers are particularly urged to at
tend as many of the exercises, outlined
i'll another place, as possible. All the
looms will exhibit specimens of their
progress, not least of which will be the
results of the primary grades DOM
slight any portion of the building-it
will be interesting from the first to the
highest grade.
In our Troy exchanges of Tuesday. VIZ
find couple of railroad items, compli
mentary to the Fitchburg line, as fol
lows: The train due in this city at 2:5;
p. m, rolled into the depot yesterday al
solid vestibule train. All the coaches
were of new and improved style, some
what similar to the Wagner cars. TIL,
interiors are Of superb finish with pol
ished floors, and the smokers are model
of comfort. The gold lettering AM
scroll work on the exterior of the coach
es is handsome. The train will arriv,
at 2:55 p. m. and leave daily at 10 q. m
for Boston.-The Fitchburg has placed
on sale, excursion tickets from this cit,
to all stations between Melrose and Nortl