The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-08

months at the World Fair.
THE Rev. C. G. Cook and family Of
Hillsdale, N. Y, have been nsiting at
L. NJ. Holton's the past week.
FEMALE tramps are reported on st.
Lawrence county roads. And thus the
great cause of Woman's Rights goes
marching on.
C. E. HYLAND of North Adams, Mass,
with his mother, aunt and sister, drove
to Bennington Monday, and visited the
battle monument
MRS. H. S. BINGHAM and daughter
Ella, have returned from Chicago, ILL.,,
where they have been enjoying the
Worlds Fair for several weeks.
THE North street sidewalk improve
ments of Mr.. H. w. Putnam are APP
preaching completion. Some South
street property owners, Hon. II. G. Root
and others, are following suite.
THE Boston Journal of Commerce
copies our late item about the II Berk-
shire boys from Johnson's mill at North
Adams, who walked to Bennington and
enjoyed the late 10th of August.
GET the news of the day. The New
York Tribune and BANNER a year for
| $1.50, the regular price of the BANNER.
| Dec u6W advertisements III ohVOhOA WI
umn to-day.
THE New York Life Insurance sign
was hung out this week on the south east
corner of the Putnam block. Next west
is that of the Northwestern Mutual Life
| All the offices on the second floor are
now occupied.
THE Rev. Chas. r. Seymour has given
two consecutive Sunday evenings to dis
courses on Chicago and the Worlds
Fair, more particularly the religious life
and work of that city as he saw it. They
were very interesting lectures.
THERE have been slight touches of
frost several mornings this week. The
change in the weather from the hot days
of the previous week has been very
marked, and appears to cut short the
summer season in the mountains.
THE engagement of Miss Fl. Frances
Hawks, eldest daughter of VIM. f..
Hawks, Esq, and Clement H. Gone,
cashier of the Bennington County Ma
tional bank, is announced. The happy
event will take place the latter part of
| October.
As predicted by us last week, the work
of repairs began at once on the w. D..
Newton building damaged by fire last
| Thursday evening. The roof is on and
Richie will open up again this week.
Mr.. Newton continues the plumbing
shop7at the old stand-minus the gaso-
line attachment.
THERE will be a meeting of the Ben
nington Society of the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals at the Congregation
al chapel Wednesday evening, Sept. IL,
at 7.30 sharp. All members are urgently
requested to attend for the transaction
of important business. w. G. RICHARD
SON, Secretary.
THE great Liberty Bell recently cast in
West Troy has been sent to the World S
FAIR at Chicago, through New York,
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh
and indianapolis, and great crowds
viewed it all along the route 1t stands
six feet high, and is said to have fine
tone.
On Wednesday, Mrs. G. G. Kimball re-
ceived despatch from Wilmington to
come Immediately as her father, Daniel
Wheeler, of that town, was critically i'll.
Mr.. Wheeler's disease is dropsy and it is
not at all probable that he will ever be
any better. The family expect to hear
of his death at any time. He is one of
the substantial citizens of Wilmington.
IT takes the far West for fish stories.
A dispatch from Vancouver, British
Columbia, saws that some of the small
tributaries of Frazer river are so choked
with salmon that small boats cannot
cross, and that many boats were
swamped on account of being overloaded
with fish, and one fisherman was
drowned.
HENRY L. SARGENT, who completed
four years and half of penal servitude
in Clinton prison at Dannemora, N. Y,
September LIST, for horse stealing, was
Immediately arrested by the Sheriff OF
Bennington county, for horse stealing,
and will have his trial there in December.
He has also served term in Massachu-
sets State prison for horse stealing, and
has been known as the most adroit horse
thief in New England. -Plattsburgh Re-
publican.
THE quotation party" is becoming
popular. Each PERSONS invitation is ac-
complained with the request that the re-
cipient shall come with three quotations
memorized, and as each quotation is
given the name of the author is guessed
at by the company, each one first cor.
rectly guessing the author being present.
ed with favor and the person winning
the most favors bearing the chief honort
of the evening.
IT may not be known to everybody
but such is the fact, that the Bennington
Machine Works of Col. Olin Scott has
the lead of the world in the manufac
ture of pulp machinery, and two-thirdS
of all the machines are built here
These works have been run night anC
day for some time, but now the might
force is laid off, and work is Stacking W
on the remainder. Col. Scott is JUS
finishing contract for an extensive
woodpulp mandatory in Chateaugay
N. Y.
THE comedy element of The Distric
Fair is one of its chief features. The alb
sence of horseplay is especially note
worthy. Characters that make yoU
laugh heartily by natural acting called
out through enforced situations, are re
freshing in this age of trashy farce anC
unhuman make ups" You will get al
the fun you want in The District Fair
which will be the attraction at the Ben
nington Opera House for one night Mon
day September 18th.
THE Montpelier Argus and Patriot oh
serves: 1--WE may be pardoned for as
Stunning that st. Johnsbury capitalist
are by this time becoming trifle weary
What with the Northwestern Guaranty
the New Mexican banks, the Weimel
company, the Lombard Investment com
| pany, and Fort Payne, Cardiff, Birming