Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-11-27

MRS. JOSEPH MILLER is visiting friends
in Rutland. a~
THE Office of Russell & March will be
closed all the day Thanksgiving.
ALLISON NJ. Coon is Russell & March's
new book keeper, and has assumed his
duties.
MISS LAURA FORD is visiting friends
in Canaan, N. Y, also in Pittsfield,
Mass.
G. j. HoYT, secretary of the local Y.
NJ. C. A., conducted one of the young
peoples meetings that were held in the
various churches in Keene, N. H., Sun
day.
ABOUT twenty of her schoolmates sur
prised Della Briggs at her home on
School street, Friday evening, and pleas
antly passed the time with her from 7
until 10 o'clock. Various amusements
were provided and refreshments were
served.
THE music rooms of W. V. Tasker,
Main street (Hawks's new block), are the
resort nowadays of many people who
purchase pianos or organs. In another
column to-day, Mr.. Tasker tells our
readers something of his stock.
As soon as the city charters of Mont
pelier and Barre take effect Vermont will
have five cities Their population, ac-
cUrding to the latest figures, will be as
follows: Burlington, IA, 800; Rutland, 49,
900; Barre (estimatedD, 5000; Montpe-
lier, 4,16O; Vergennes, LIB.
NJ. S. CoLBURN, managing director of
the Bennington and Rutland railway
company, and well known in the State,
is better of the pulmonary disease with
which he is affected. He has been for
some time at Turtle Lake, Mich, but
will shortly go to Detroit for the winter.
TIE Montpelier Journal of Saturday
says: "E. W. LOOMS, the one-armed
veteran, went to the Soldiers Home at
Bennington this week intending to be-
come an inmate. One of the rules of
that institution is that no veteran, except
hospital patients, who draws a pension
of more than Sl2 per month can be adj
mitted. Mr.. LOOMS is drawing S45 per
month, and found himself barred"
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending November Goth, 1894: Hay
wood Boodred, Fred A. Bowles, William
Cook, Jerome Edwards, Michael Glas-
brenner, Albert Harden, Louis Ray, An.
tonic Pricolo, P. Ryan, S. j. Wood, Mrs.
c. J. Andson, Miss E. E. Blanchard, Mrs.
Nellie Best, Miss Mary j. Clark. Miss
Emma Goodrich, Mrs. II. II. Kingsbury.
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office December 10th, if not de-
livered before. III calling for above,
please say "advertised," giving date of
list ..r
WE are glad to learn of the sale, this
week, of the fine DR.. Clark farm, one
mile from our village, to the Misses
Clark and Mrs. Field, four of the six
heirs to the property. These enterpris
ing and cOuntry-loving ladies have
bought out the remaining heirs and pro-
pose to continue to enjoy the beautiful
place so long their summer home, also
to sell building lots as there may be
demand. We confidently predict for the
new owners abundant success in their
management of these broad acres, and
heartily congratulate them upon the pos
session of one of the richest and most
beautiful farms in this section.
A MONTPELIER correspondent, writing
to the Boston Sunday papers, answers a
question asked us several times during
he past few days. He says: "a new
society was formed in Montpelier this
week called The Society of Colonial Wars
for Vermont. This society includes sew
eral direct descendants of the Pilgrims
who came over on the MayhOwor, and
Others who were prominent on the early
wars of New England. 1t is necessary to
prove lineal descent from some colonial
governor or officer to be eligible for
membership. The society is very SINH
lar to that of the Sons of the American
Revolution. 1t was voted to hold the
annual meeting of the society on Febru-
airy 22nd, of each year, that being the an
niversary of WashingtOn's birthday, and
also of the first settlement in Vermont
of Fort Drummer, now DummerstOn,
near Brattleboro" The latter is Sep
TENDER anniversary.
OUR people will recall the address
the Rev. f. G. Read, formerly of this
town, now of SOmerville, n. j., gave last
summer in the Second Congregational
church, on Egypt and the Holy Land.
They will, also, remember that Mr.. Read
was given several months vacation last
wear to enable him to visit the Holy
Land, and that on his return he gave his
running sketch of his
tour abroad. At the urgent request of
many friends Mr.. Read has written out
these lectures into narrative form, and
the result is a fine holiday book entitled:
"a Domino in Bible Lands.". The work
is wide octave in size, contains pa pages
and is an admirable and interesting treat
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