Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15

COUNTY court took recess from yes
terday until this morning, the State cases
being reached, and they not being
ready.
THE Rev. John II. Griffith of st. An
drew's church, Albany, N. Y, will Off
ciate in st. Peters Sunday, in exchange
with the Rev. Geo. l.. Richardson.
On Monday evening, June 18th, Custer
w. r. c., will hold an entertainment in
G. A. r. hall, in which the drawing Of
the quilt will take place.
THERE was good attendance at the
concert Tuesday evening, in the interest
of the French Church of the Sacred
Heart, and quite sum was realized.
Work on Hunts Upper Grove is pro
crossing, in the way of preparations fol
the State Firemen's muster July 18th and
10th. Everything will be in readiness.
THERE has been nothing further heard
from the absconding Janitor johnson OF
the Graded schools. 1t is only ques.
ton of time, however, when he will be
apprehended
WIN. j. GRAY of Pittsfield, Mass, a
loom fixer, has come to town to work
for the Bennington Wooden mills. He is
q INV hOAhl anu NO hOpO COhG
here to live permanently.
JIM. BURT, w. NJ. of Mt. Anthony
Lodge, E. l.. Bates and G. H. Mason, at.
tended the 101st annual communication
of the Grand Lodge as we'll as the cen
tennial exercises, Wednesday,.
S. MEZZANoTTI, who was in business
here several years and went to New York
few months ago to reside, has con-
cluded to return to Bennington and will
open another fruit store soon.
THE Fitchburg Railroad will make the
usual low excursion rates from all sta
tions between North Adams and Melrose
inclusive to Troy on Monday, June 25th,
ON the occasion of the exhibition of
Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on
Earth"
CANTON BENNINGTON has received an
invitation to join Canton Colfax at North
Adams, in field day outing in Western
Massachusetts,, July 4th. The ehevaliers
have the matter under advisement. 1t
would be pleasant trip for the Odd
Fellows of Bennington.
THE Common Council of Troy, N. Y,
has appropriated $4,000, and the citizens
as much more for the purpose of appro-
pIiately celebrating July 4th, and in a
manner never before undertaken in that
city. The Fitchburg Railroad will make a
ve-y low rate to Troy and return on that
day, from all stations as far east as North
Adams.
THE summer season at Camp Comfort
promises to exceed that of previous
years. The hotel at the Little Pond will
be opened next Monday and the main
resort in Woodford Hollow, about July
1st. If there were twice as many cot
tages there they could easily all be filed
Applications come from all over the
country, and even from the South and
from Texas.
WALBRIDGE's EMPORIUM, largest furni-
ture house in Bennington county, in fact
larger than all the others, combined,
and one of the largest in Vermont as
well, has page announcement in this
issue. What he says about the saving of
freight charges" is only another way
of stating what the BANNER has often
contended for, in his line, as well as
Others of its advertisers, and will bear
the test of the assertion.
j. H ARCHER, now train dispatcher
for the Lehigh Valley railroad at Perth
Amboy, n. j., in personal letter writes
Il am greatly pleased with the Semi
Weekly. Every issue brimful of news,
and l assure you it is a most welcome
guest to person who is away from good
old Bennington" Mr.. Archer is a sub
scriber of the BANNER and knows of
what he speaks. We should judge that
he likes New Jersey, but prefers Ben
nington, as most people are apt to do,
after having lived here.
THE Boston papers are discussing the
pronunciation of name that will inter-
est Bennington people, from the fact
that lady of this family made the only
portrait of Gen. Stark in existence. 1t
was from this painting that the half-tone
of Bennington's hero was made that
helped illustrate the Centennial volume
of 1891. The Transcript says: "Of
course, nobody in New England would
fail to recognize the well-known family
name Crowninshield in the misprint
'Crowinshield' yesterday. The Marble
head pronunciation of the word is al
most 'Crownsel'
The graduating exercises of the class
of '94, Temple Grove seminary, were
held in the Second Presbyterian church,
Saratoga, n. Y, Wednesday morning at
1O:SO o'clock. The fair graduates were ::
Florence Alene Brown, New Haven,
Conn; Lena Marie Barton, Horizon;
Alice Martha Gibson, Bennington; Car
RE Louise Moulthrop, New Haven,
Conn; Mary Elizabeth Sheldon, Sarato-
ga Springs; Elda Marie Smell, Fonda;
Harriet Van Alstyne, Undertook; Lena
Annette Wright, Johnsonville. A re-
ception was given the graduates by DR..
and Mrs. Dowd that evening. Miss Glib
son returned to her home Thursday
morning, bringing with her several
handsome bouquets that she was the
recipient of.
A GAME of base ball for the champion
ship of Vermont school clubs was played
on the athletic grounds in Burlington
Wednesday afternoon, between the men
from the Saxtons River school, and the
Vermont Institute from Montpelier.
The game was one of the best seen in
that city this season, and was won by the
Saxtons River boys, the score standing
Z to 4. Among the players was Russell
Graves of this village and young Miner
from Pownal. The Montpelier club is
considered one of the strongest in the
State, and the boys felt quite jubilant
over their victory. In the evening they
paraded the streets of Burlington sing
ing and giving the school yell quite
Justify. The game was sharply played
and the better team evidently won.
Miners work in the box and at the bat
was the feature of the game.