Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-10-09

MISS WEssON of Hoosick Falls, N. Y,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Horace Wood
man on Grand View street.
SENATOR I. E. GIBSON and Represen-
tative H. S. Bingham, passed Sunday
with their constituents, at home.
DIR. JOHN T. SHURTLEFF has present
ed the Second Congregational church
choir with some music, which is much
appreciated.
JARED HOWARD tells of yield of
80 bushels of Jap. buckwheat from five
pecks of seed. This is threshers meas
ure. Who beats it?
THE Rt. Rev. Bishop John S. Michaud
of the Catholic diocese of Vermont was
in the village Monday, on his return
home from ReadsbOro, where he otficiat-
ed Sunday.
Mrs. GEO. A. WATTLEs and Mrs.
Frank Bradford leave, to-day, for a visit
to Mrs. j. A. Sipperly in Mechanicville,
N. Y. Mrs. Sipperly is daughter Of
Mrs. Wattles.
MRS. d. A. WARD has bed of sweet
peas in her garden on Grand View street
that are now in full blossom, and that
look as fresh and sweet now as they
would in July.
Mrs. WATSON of Townshend, is visit
ing her son, NJ. E. Watson of this village.
His brother, also, came and staid over
Sunday. Mrs. Watson will remain sew
eral days longer.
FREAR's cloak and boys clothing cata-
logues for fall have been received. They
are illustrated with the usual elegance.
A copy free may be obtained by sending
to W. H. Frear & Company.
CARDS are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Mary B. A. Mclaughlin,
daughter of the pastor of the M. E.
church here, and Mr.. Forrest E. Nc
Laughlin, on Wednesday evening, at the
home of the brides parents.
THE club rates announced in this issue
with the New York Semi-W eekly World
enable our Democratic subscribers to
procure their favorite city paper at the
lowest rate in connection with the BAN
NER. A good many will avail themselves
of the opportunity.
CHAIRMAN WILSON'S defence of his
London speech betrays considerable irri-
liability. Perhaps that rumored peremp-
tory dispatch from the Democratic Con-
gressional managers to "Shut up and
come home" has something to do with
it.
A. G. SWEET, the South street meat
market man fell through trap door Fri
day, to the bottom of the cellar. Mr..
Sweet is a man that weighs considerably
over two hundred pounds, yet fortunate
ly no bones were broken, although he
was considerably shaken up.
CAPTAIN ALBERT WALKER and daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. B. Walker, will spend the
winter in Brooklyn, leaving for that city
soon. During their absence G. B. March
of Russell d March will occupy the house
of Mr.. Walkers on Pleasant street. They
go Thursday to Lock Haven, Pa, for a
visit.
THE "Willing Workers Club" of this
village will "trip the light fantastic toe,"
to the strains of Whitcombs band, in
Odd Fellows Hall, next Friday evening.
This will be nice party and a hop that
will be enjoyed. 1t is an invitation af.
fair, and is one of the series to be given
during the fall and winter.
AT fireman's tournament in Hudson,
N. Y, the j. j. Gray Engine Company
of Cambridge took the first prize, 5000
throwing horizontal stream two hun
dred feet, it being the third prize taken
this season. There were fifty engine,
hose and hook and ladder companies in
the parade that preceded the contests.
SENATOR HILL in his speech on the
tariff bill, last June, deliberately made
the prophecy that the imposition of the
income tax would drive New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut into the Re-
publican party, there to remain perma-
nently." He will find that he was right
so far as his own State is concerned this
ar.-Brattleboro Reformer.
HARRIS. the wit of the Vermont press,
perpetrates the following: Gov. Wood
bury's staff will have one delicious snap
which previous Aids-de- Camp have not
enjoyed, inasmuch as His Excellency is
president of candy manufacturing con-
Germ. Governor Fuller is understood to
have fed his colonies Orvls Equinox wa
ter and peanuts, but these comestibles
are not in it with chocolates and gum
drops"
E. S. HARRIS, United States Marshal,
has served papers on Mcdonald & Blu
chanan, one of the largest granite firms
in Barre, in behalf of the American Pneu-
matte Tool Company of New York, who
claim that the granite firm are using a
tool that is an Infringement of a patent
owned by the American Tool Company.
Similar suits have been begun in other
parts of the country. The above suit
will be heard at the next term of the
United States Circuit Court.
SIX car loads of excursionests from
Bellows Falls and stations between there
and Rutland, came to Bennington on an
excursion Saturday. They made their
headquarters at the Soldiers Home
where every facility was offered to make
their visit pleasant. A special train was
run to the Battle Monument and large
number of the visitors visited it. They
were also shown other points of interest
about the village, and left on their re-
turn at p. m, with pleasant recollec-
lions of the trip. Conductor John J.
Paris had charge of the train on the
Bennington and Rutland Railway.
LAST Sunday was year since the Bos-
ton Herald and Globe were first brought
to this village. During that time only
one Sunday has been missed, and on only
one or two occasions has the delivery be-
gun later than 8 a. m. For some time
the Globe has been running series of
"reminiscences, etc., of the oldest men in
various occupations in Boston. Begin
ming next Sunday the Globe will cover
TWO such subjects in the Sunday letter
from here. The first will be reminescen-
ces of two men who have been employed
at the same trade some forty years or
more. The Herald and Globe are the
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