The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-26

Mrs. L. E. POTTER of Hoosick Falls,
N. Y, is visiting in Bennington.
G. w. LEONARD and wife of Boston,
have been stopping with j. S. Holden.
The Kings Daughters meet in their
headquarters, Opera House block, Feb
ruary End.
Miss JULIA CALDWELL was called to
Maine this week, by the serious illness
of her brother.
Mr.. AND Mrs. GEORGE H. ELLIS of
Warren, Mass. have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Hitchcock.
VIM. O'DoNNELL, for a number of
years baggageman at the station here, is
confined to his home by illness.
THERE will be large audience at the
City Bands entertainment tomorrow
evening, ia the Opera house. Secure
your seats early.
THE BANNER offers an opportunity to
its readers, old or new, to obtain reading
matter at greatly redu ,ed rates. A club
bing offer will be found in another col
umn.
IT by any accident the house plants
get frozen, darken the room or carry
them to the cellar and then sprinkle
them literally with cold water, repeat
ing until the frost is all drawn out, and
then expose them to the light gradually.
PENSION COMMISSIONER LoCHREN is
taking unusual pains to push forward
those claims where the claimants are in
distressed circumstances and in urgent
need of help. Lochren will be found be-
fore the end is reached to be anything
but an enemy to honest and deserving
pensioners. SO says the Boston Herald.
One in this town, we know of, re-
ceived notice some time ago of 'allOw-
ance," but the payment seems to be de-
ferred. Congress could assist the Com
missioner by passing an appropriation
to pay these claims when allowed.
BENNINGTON, VT. January 22nd, 1894
Editor Banner: The item in your last
ISSUE, regarding Mary Howe LAWN, was
duly noted. | have recent letter from
the Manager of 'the Mary Howe Concert
company" stating that this organization
will appear in Bennington at the earliest
practicable date, which is also assured
by personal letters from Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawn. Neither the artists, nor myself,
can control the date. which only the
Manager controls, otherwise your criti-
cism would have been unnecessary, be-
cause Bennington would have been first
on the list" A. P. CHILDs.
EDITOR PERKINS of the Windsor Jour
nal, says: MANY 4 man during the re-
cent season of la Grippe, has had to fol-
low the example of Hon. Thomas b.
Reed of Maine, who, when a boy, and
his mother was i'll, donned big apron
and assisted in the general homework.
This afforded much amusement to the
boys of Portland who were fond of call
ing him Sissy One day he was churn-
ing, while the boys stood about guying
him. He finished the job and then took
off his apron and thrashed half dozen
of them. After that he was the boys
hero. Although we have not been tan
talized by being called Sissy. we have
passed through the first ordeal and feel
as though we had received the thrash
ing"
THE Courier of Now Hampton, Iowa,
under date of January Is. speaks of the
recent deaths in the family of Maj. W..
d. Collins, now of that place, formerly
of North Bennington, and who will be
recalled by many, both in this town and
in Salisbury. One is the death, in Ash
tabula, Ohio, of H. j. Nettleton of that
city, and the other that of Earl j. Matte
son. who was killed in the accident of
last week. Matteson was grandson of
Maj. Collins, and, after the death of his
father (Kernan), lived in the Majors
family long time. 1t appears from the
Courier that the poor health of Maj,
Collins precluded his coming east to the
funeral, Friday, and the news of the sad
and sudden death of the grandson, made
the grandfather's sorrow very keenly
felt.
AN attempt was made early Wednes-
day morning to start a fire in one of the
sheds belonging to the Burgess livery
stable, West Main street. When dis
covered, about 2:30 o'clock, the straw on
the bottom and partition at one end
were burning briskly, and the door lead
ing to the shed was shut. Those who
were first to go in to put it out, claimed
that there was strong smell of kero-
sene, and it is certain that it had been
used on the woodwork. This is the
sixth time in about year that property
belonging to Burgess has been set on fire
by an incendiary, and on two occasions
the losses were severe. 1t was for set
ting fire to barns connected with this shed
that William Shaw, who recently es-
capped from the county Jail, was charged,
and for which charge he was awaiting
the action of the grand jury. The place
of the setting of this fire was close to
the rear of Mr.. Burgesss house.
THE North Adams Valley News, refers
to the stories which have been circulated
of late respecting the deceased wife of
Silas E. Moon in these words, first copy
ing the Philadelphia DESPATCH: THE
above story is going the rounds of the
newspapers. About the only thing true
in it is, that the woman died in North
Adams and that she was married to Silas
e. Moon of Bennington. They were
married two years ago, the woman hav-
ing lived for long time before that in
Bennington. There was no elopment.
The couple were visiting Moons parents
on South street in this town and she was
taken sick with Inflammation of the
bowels and died DR.. Card attended
her. The photograph yarn is absolutely
false"
THE Savannah, Ca, Morning News,
of January 9th, inst, says: "At a ban
quet given to the Grand Lodge of Masons
at Wilmington, n. c., on the occasion of
the 10th annual convention, last Thurs
day, humorous and entertaining letter
from Past Grand Master, Charles H..
Robinson, of Savannah, was read in re-
spouse to the toast, Our Sister Lodges,
and was heartily enjoyed. Capt. Robin
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