Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-08-14

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HERBERT HAYWOOD of the Boston
Transcript is stopping in North Benning
ton, and made call last week.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JAMES II. WoRDEN Of
BROOKLYN. n. Y, are visiting her sister
Mrs. E. S. Spear, for a few days.
MRS. SYLVESTER SMITH and daughter
of Chicago are spending few weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Emma E. Dickinson.
Mrs. HATTIE BRADFORD spent Sunday
at the Forest and Stream Club, Whining
ton, guest of Mrs. A. p, Childs and
daughters.
THE Budget says: "Miss Sanford OF
Bennington is at the Greylock. Among
other late arrivals is Charles f. Sears OF
Bennington"
THE Rev. Duane S. Phillips, D. D.,
will preach in st. Peters church, next
Sunday morning. His former people will
be glad to hear him.
MRS. E. W. BRADFORD gave a large
card party this afternoon in honor of her
sister. Mrs. Chester Jay Reynolds OF
Chicago, who is visiting her.
Mrs. VIM. H. CADY has received a
cablegram announcing the safe arrival at
Glasgow of the "City of California, ~
with Mr.. and Mrs, John W. Kemp on
board.
THE Rev. NJ. L. Severance officiated at
the funeral of Mrs. Ebeneezer Stearns,
who died in Hoosick, N. Y, last week.
The family of the deceased, who was rs
years of age, are well known here.
Miss MINNIE BUSHNELL PRICE, solo
list of the State street, Methodist church,
Troy, sang 81 Will Extol Thee" at the
morning service at ST. Peters church,
Sunday, repeating it at the Union ser
vice in the Congregational church, Sun
day evening. AS usual the rendition
was fine.
MARTIN LYONS, a barber from Ben
ningtOn, is assisting at A. L. Childs' store.
Edward Parent, carpenter from
Bennington, is at work for j. Courte-
mache. H. G. Pratt and daughter,
Pearl, of Springfield, Mass, and Adele
Pratt of Bennington are stopping at j.
COurtemanche's for few days.-Deer-
field Valley News, Wilmington.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the PostOffice at Bennington, tor the
week ending August 18th, 1894: A. A.
Anderson, Frank II. Dickey, Geo. Dunn,
Mrs. Geo. Frazier, Mrs. Lydia E. Hitch
cock, Mrs. Alphouse Jacket, Miss Mar
celia Murphy. These letters will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office, August 9th,
if not delivered before. In calling for
above, please say ADVERTISED" giving
date of list.
WHILE driving to Camp Comfort last
Friday afternoon with party of friends,
one of the pair of horses which belong to
RinnhaT1n ctarno1 a rolling
stone, and stumbling, broke one of the
small bones in one of the forward legs.
Mrs. Bingham and some friends were in
the carriage. The team is one of the
most snowy in the village. The horse
was left in Woodford to be attended, the
party employing another conveyance to
bring them home. 1t is thought the
bone will grow together.
B. A. CUNNINGHAM of Bennington, a
former student of st. Joseph's College,
and at present attending st. Mary's
University at Baltimore, Md, has spent
a very pleasant part of his vacation at
Hotel Champlain, Bluff Point, attending
the Catholic summer school and as a
delegate from the South to the conven-
ton of the Catholic Young Mems Ma
tiOnal Union, which was held two weeks
ago at Plattsburgh, N. Y. He spent the
past week in this city as the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Cassidy, IS Comb-e
steet, He left Saturday morning for the
South.-Free Press.
J. A. KELToN. the proprietor of the
Exchange Hotel at Montpelier, died
Thursday afternoon. He had been ill
with rheumatic fever for several days,
although the immediate cause of his
death was disease Of the heart. Mr..
Kelton had long been associated with
Brood's post, G.. A. R., and with Yer
mont Lodge of Odd Fellows. Both of
these organizations attended his funeral,
which was held at the Exchange Hotel,
Sunday afternoon. Deceased was about
80 years of age. Mr.. Kelton was a mem
Der of the 2nd Vermont Regiment, and
was known to many of our people.
THE Rockford Daily Register Gazette
of August 9th, says: "Miss Kathryn A.
Smith, of bennington, who has been
spending some time with relatives in the
family of Mr.. u. Waxham at COrey's
bluff, also with the families of S. B.
Wilkins and DR.. l. L. Andrews, of North
Main street, old friends of her childhood,
leaves Rockford to-day for trip to Iowa.
Miss Smith is much pleased with the
beautiful and rich farming lands of the
West, as well as the broad and lovely
streets and elegant residences of West
ern cities, but for climate, she says she
prefers the mountain breezes of her Yer
mont home" Mr.. Waxham has friends
in Bennington.
The Northern New York breeders
meeting at Glens Falls, N. Y, closed
Saturday. 1t was the most successful
ever held by the Association. The feat
ure of the last day was the free for all
purse, trot or pace for 5000. 1t was en-
tered by the br. S. Pharon owned by ElOn
Percy of Hoosick Falls, N. Y, and the
br. g. Foggy owned by W. II. Bradford
of this village. In it Foggy lowered the
track record two and one fourth seconds
in the second heat, in the same time that
he made at Providence, r. l., last sum-
mer. Although he got the two best
heats in the race, it was won by PharOn.
Following is the summary.
Pharon, bG Observation-Disclosures. ! l
Fogg, br ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l 3
Time, 2.i714, 2l84, 2l616, 9.174, 2.19.
THE Union Sunday school picnic that
is to be held on the Soldiers Home
grounds, September LIST, will be one of
the events of the season. The commit
tees are busy at work formulating the
programme which will be various and
interesting. There are now in the town
eleven different Sunday schools divided
as follows: Methodist, 8; Baptist, 2;
Episcopal, /; Congregational, 3 Union, 2.
The aggregate membership is about l.