The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-12-29

meeting on Tuesday evening, January 2.
WORD comes of the serious illness OF
Mrs. Jay Greenslet, at the home of her
son, Geo. B. Greenslet, in Glens Falls,
Ny.
THE annual ball of the Bennington
Rifles, tonight promises to be fine oc-
casion. The American House spreads
the supper.
THE Sunday school of St. Peters
church held their annual Holiday gath
ering in Parish Hall, last evening, Holy
InnOcents night.
JUDGE WHITE has been quite i'll for a
day or two. He is sitting up to-day.
Miss Julia White has been FRUSTRATED
all the week with la Grippe.
STEARNs RICE, lad of fourteen, got
into the Benton pond through the ice,
yesterday, and but for the prompt as
sistance of John G.. Harwood, would have
drowned. He is a son of Alfred Rice
of this village.
THE Christmas music at the Second
Congregational church was very fine.
We heard one of the society say that it
was the best, among the fine services of
recent years. The Christmas concert in
the evening was also greatly enjoyed.
NEXT week the Masonic Lodge meets
Tuesday evening, the Eastern Star
Chapter Wednesday, and the Command
cry Thursday. In the first there is wo k,
the Eastern Star instals officers, and the
Commandery rehearses the Order of the
Red Cross.
A DESPATCH says: ga majority of
the bishops have formally confirmed
Rev. A. G. A. Halls election to the bish-
Opric of Vermont and the bishop-elect
was notified by cable tonight. His con-
secration is expected to take place some
| time in January at Burlington"
DON'T fail to see the eminent CONNIE
dian, Carol johnson, in his great play:
"The Irish Statesman" Thursday even
ing, January 4th, 1894, at the Opera
House. 1t comes to us well recon-
mended. and the name of Carol john
son alone is enough to warrant a pleas
ant evenings entertainment.
QUACKENBUsH & COMPANY announce
great reduction sale'' fer this week,
with an unheard of cut in prices, but
their copy for change did not ar
rive in time for insertion this week.
When in Troy next week, call and see
for yourselves. The sale will continue
for 80 days.
THE death of Mrs. j. G. Cromack,
Sunday, removes one who has for years
been great sufferer, being on the most
part confined to her room and bed. In
the fall of 1879, her two children, Cliffie
and Charlie, died, under distressing cir
cumstances, with diphtheria, in common
with many others that year. Mrs. Gro
mack has continually mouIned for these
SONS opI rntH har Trauar tO on RI than
has been vouchsafed. She was laid be-
side the little boys in the village ceme-
terry, Tuesday afternoon.
LAST Tuesday afternoon, the Young
Women's Club entertained eighty child
rem at the Library Hall. The time was
first spent in playing different games,
then refreshments were served and final
ly the contents of the pretty little Christ
mas tree were distributed among the
guests. The members of the club en-
joyed entertaining such appreciative
young people, while the children had
the merriest kind of time in that pre-
vailing atmosphere of Christmas cheer.
The first Wednesday in January, Mrs.
Seymour takes charge of the Query box,
shall read"
G. D. PHILLIPS has about completed
arrangements for the Masonic District
meeting, set by the Grand Officers for
January 10Th. 1t had been thought to
hold it at Manchester, but the fire, des
troying the lodge room, puts that out of
the question. and the W. NJ. of Mt. An
thony Lodge has placed Masonic hall
here, at the disposal of the district.
The. plan was to have Red Mountain
Lodge exemplify the first degree,
Adoniram the second, and Mt. Anthony
the third. The Eastern Star Chapter,
also, has been asked to spread tire ban
quet. Further particulars will be an
nounced early next week.
THE repairs on the Methodist church
are approaching completion. The in
side decorations will be ready as soon as
the porch, now building, is done. When
completed the last improvements will
have cost something over $4,000, which,
with the basement expenditures of
short time ago, makes the aggregate of
nearly $4,000, in repairs since the i'm
provements were begun under the pas
torate of Rev. W. j. Chapman. The
present pastor, the ReY. A. D. Heaxt,
is congratulated on the completion of
this work, in which he has been so ably
assisted by the Official Board and other
members of that church.
THE Guideboard school house on
Tuesday night, was the scene of festivi-
ties long to be remembered. 1t is need
less to say that everybody was out, and
that the capacity of the room was sOrely
tested. The walls were decorated, mu-
sic was provided and a platform with
curtains gave promise of dramatic en-
tertainment which came in due course.
The plays and songs led up by gradual
progression to Christmas tree which
was presided over by majestic Santa
Claus. A present was provided for
everybody, Mr. Norton, the beloved SUI
perintendent, coming in for his full
share.
If any farmer in this section has pro-
cured sample grain from the worlds fair
agricultural building, he will do we'll to
burn it forthwith. 1t has been found
that the whole exhibit has been attacked
by the weevil pest whose larva is a
worm that burrows in the kernel of the
grain and has done enormous damage to
crops in southwestern Russia and India,
whence, doubtless, it was brought to the
Worlds fair. 1t is stated that thousands
of samples of grain have been carried
away from the agricultural building, and
there is presumably scarcely corner of
the United States where the pest has not
been carried. The attention of the State
etomolOgist has been called to the new