The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-07

Mrs, CHAs. SIBBALD and children, OF
Lansingburgh, N. T., spent the Fourth
at their old home here.
WIN. B. SHELDON has been laid up, in
capacitated for business for ten days or
more, the effects of fall and injury to
his left leg.
MRS. L. II. DAVIS of jamestown, N.
Y, and daughter Leo, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Sarah j. Potter of School
street. They will remain several weeks
THE annual muster of the National
Guard of Vermont will be at Rutland
the week of August 10th. A large num-
Der of prominent men are expected TO
be present.
MISS KATE RoCKwOoD represents the
Methodist Episcopal Y. P. S. G. E. at
the session of the International Conven-
ton of Christian EndeavOr societies at
Montreal this week.
MISS STELLA BURGESS of Manchester,
the accomplished soprano of st. Lukes
choir of Cambridge, N. Y, has been
visiting her friend Miss Emma Wilcox OF
this village this week.
A LARGE and interesting meeting of
Post, No. 112, G. A. r., was held on
! Thursday evening. The Post has
membership of SO all in good standing
and the officers of the Post in flourish
ing condition.
THE business of ex-Gov. Page has
grown to such dimensions that it is now
nearly doubled since it became the
largest in the world. See the notice in
another column of men wanted to pur-
chase calf skins and hides.
THE Springfield Republican CORE
spondent from Lee writes: John Kahn
of Pittsfield has been fined s. for swear
ing at the Lee depot" etc. tits different
in Bennington. A man who won't swear
at our depot ought to be fined!
ERNEST w. GIBSON of Londonderry,
who took first prize for speaking at the
Norwich University, Mortified, and
| Arthur Cushman of North Bennington,
whose fine defamation, many think,
should have won him the second, were
both pupils of Prof. Frank Bradford of
this town.
TIE little daughter of Frederick
Jones, Putnam street, fell from piazza
into a stone cellarway, last Saturday, a
distance of some 10 or II feet and was
picked up unconscious. DIR. Putnam
was hastily summoned, and found the
child suffering from severe internal in
iuries She is now better and will re-
cover.
ELI TIFFANY goes to England this sea-
son. and will leave Bennington next
Wednesday. Mr.. Tiffany has revisited
his native land since he first came to this
country, but it is now about 20 years
since he did so, and he is anticipating
much pleasure in the trip. He will re-
main abroad for several months. This
vacation from active business has been
richly earned, and we trust our towns
man may realize his anticipations.
THE Peoples party in Vermont ma
. terialized at Rutland Tuesday with the
following personnel, all of whom consti
tute the state committee: A. L. Bower
of South Dorset, T. G. Hunt of Wes
Haven, George c. Underhill and j. D.
, Fay of Rutland, George E. Holden O
Montpelier, L. Sallees of Missisquoi, G
} S. Louis of Reading, 7. p. Cheney o
| Glover, T. j. Aldrich of Wheelock, j. A
Wright of Sheffield and Mr.. Beebe o
Swanton. These gentlemen substantial.
made the convention. E. B. Moore o
| Rutland, A. A. Orcutt, John Hoskinsol
of Mount Holly and d. NJ. S. Zero o
5 Glens Falls, n. Y, were also present
( The Boston Herald says: "All sorts o
: ideas were expressed, but the talk wa
3 mostly upon financial subjects. Tn
platform declares for free silver, woman
suffrage and an income tax"
: The great International Convention o
t Christian Endeavor at Montreal, is il
! session this week. Special trains iron
u all parts of the Western Continent cen
: tered in that Dominion city Wednesday
! some arriving the evening before. Gu
town is represented by the following
t. we'll known church people-forming
: strong delegation of the Church
> guard: Baptist Church, Mrs. E.. L
!. Nichols, Miss Gertrude Colson; MethC
J dist church, Miss Kate lockwood
Second Congregational church, Mrs. L
n H. Scott, Misses Nellie, Lena, and Mar
S Hathaway, Mrs. VIM. Mathers, Mis-
+ Emma Harrington, Mrs. Walter Cutting
e Mr.. Chas. McDonough, Mrs. j. NJ. BUR-
y Mr.. Chas. H. Bennett. The delegat
4 from Honolulu, Mr.. VIM. L. Whitney
o came on here and went TO Montreal wit
e the Bennington delegation.
a THE Poultney Journal well says
. "There is not so much reason for alarr
!. in Vermont as there was few years ag
o over the emigration of her young men
g the West, and yet there is sufficient re;
n son to deplore the desertion of Vernon
o farms by young men who prefer the lif
of the large cities in this and othe
states. No young man should leave
:, 90 to Dakota or Minnesota with the oil
Il iect of making money out of farming
u for in this state to-day the agriculture
! advantages for young man are create
;, than they are in Dakota or Minnesoti
u Farms in Vermont, by reason of the in
6 migration, are cheaper than in the Yves
u and the advantages, moreover, whic
= close proximity to market afford al
: more abundant here than in Oak TIA {
II Minnesota, so that it is mistaken in
y preston that implies he-will find ample
= facilities West than the Green MOuntai
- State affords"
n THE Vermont Building at the World
Fair is, perhaps, all that could have bee
3 expected, considering the Legislatul
that appropriated at first the pittanC
le towards its erection. Had it not bee
4, for the $4,000 additional, pledged /
IL one hundred public-spirited citizens, OF
S. poor building comparatively woul
II have been much less satisfactory. Viii
+ we are not disposed to carp AT the built
g ing or belittle our state, yet to show no
L the other side regard it, we print an e,
10 tract from Editor Harris's "InnoceI
n abroad" The Hardwick Gazette W;
Ie represented at the press excursion of I'll
e, second week in May, it will be recalled