Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-12

Mrs. SHARPE is visiting friends in
town.
HENRY W. PUTNAM is expected to-day
to remain for the summer.
Miss LEONARD of Bath, Me-, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. E. E. Larrabee, Union
street.
Weston, is visiting her sister, Mrs. I'll. L..
Stillson.
LUTHER R. BURT has the contracts to
repair and build additions to several res
licences in the village.
THE Eagle Square Company have
nearly completed the addition to the
hospital at the Home.
SAMUEL b. HAWKS returned Saturday
from Monroe, La, where he has been
for the past seven weeks.
GET your wedding cards and INVITA-
tions printed at the BANNER Office. Sc
lect styles at moderate prices.
OVERHAUL your five hundred dollar
bills Bro. Editors. There is said to be a
dangerous counterfeit in circulation.
IT is estimated that fifteen dollars a
day represent the average amount paid
into every saloon in the United States.
D. G. BURT will attend the centennial
of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. NJ, in the
interest of the Rutland Herald and Bos-
ton Globe.
HIRAM EVANS of Bennington is visit
ing friends here this week. Mr.. Evans
formerly lived in this place.-Hartwell-
vile Item.
MRS. D. S. PHILLIPS returns to her
home in Kankakee, ILL.,, this week. She
leaves her mother, Mrs. DR.. Manser,
in good hands.
Work on the two tenement houses of
T. 0. Graves on Elm street, is being
carried on as fast as possible by Con-
tractor Lindley.
THE vermont Homeopathic Medical
Society," elected DR.. W. E. Putnam of
this village, to" membership at Montpe-
her on June 9th.
THE Wilmington Times of Saturday,
stated that Mrs. Fred L. Bowen, accom-
panied by her son and daughter, had
been the guests of her sister, Mrs. c. NJ.
Russell, during the week.
A PARTY of about twenty from Ben
nington took dinner at the Vermont
House, Tuesday. They were on their
way to Brattleboro to the State Baptist
Sunday school convention.-Wilming-
ton Times.
AT the Methodist church Sunday even
ing, there were five and six people in
each pew, the aisles and porch were full,
more than six hundred in all, while some
three hundred and fifty went away I'M
able to gain admission.
SUNDAY was the hottest day thus far
of the season. One of the coolest places
in the village was the grove at the Sol
diers' Home and it is estimated that at
least 500 people were on the grounds
during the afternoon.
WHILE Bennington has not suffered
from these Cleveland times as much as
many other villages, yet the sign of Ito
rent" is to be seen more frequently now
than in many years, showing that the
Democratic curse is here as we'll as else
where.
EMORY S. HARRIS has been confirmed
and is now U. S. Marshal of Vermont.
We are glad to hear that the nomination
was so promptly ratified. If we must
have Democratic marshal, we know of
no one we can more heartily congratu-
late than Mr.. Harris.
WHEN Bishop Butler uttered the mot
To- OOO uOuOOlCn5 COulu nave ulduG Il
better berry than the, strawberry, but
doubtless he never did," the great pre-
late of Bristol and Durham expressed a
sentiment that everyone can now appre-
ciate, when the luscious fruit is getting
TO be plenty, fine and cheap.
THERE is a proposal on foot for the
Board of Health to hold regular monthly
meetings, at which the village attorney
will be present, to decide questions that
are continually arising, and, also to hear
such complaints as may be made. This
suggestion is the result of experience,
and future announcement will be made
as to the times and place.
THE Campbell and the Crowtown base
ball clubs had game on the grounds
near Hunts upper grove, Saturday. The
Campbells won score 14-12. Robert
Grennan, David Donovan and Peter
Green were the battery for the Camp.
bells, and George Ineson and Charles
Patchin for the Crowtown. The clubs
will play game for $40 on the Soldiers
Home grounds, next Saturday after
noon.
FROM the land of wooden nutmegs
comes the invention of an automatic ny
draulic gallows, so arranged that when
the victim steps upon platform he sets
in motion hydraulic machinery which
does the rest. 1t is to be tried first on
John Cronin, sentenced to be executed
in Hartford, Conn, Aug. oath, and the
President of the State Board of Chair.
ties, DR.. Tracey, of Meriden, objects to
this device, on the ground that there is
no law compelling criminal to help
end his life.
WHAT shall be done with the Tramp?''
asks the West Randolph Herald and
News. II says: This is question that
is becoming serious one in Vermont
Why not use them to build permanent
highways? Let the next Legislature
pass law making it obligatory upon the
sheriffs, police and other officers to ar
rest all tramps. Let the courts, upon
conviction, sentence them to the county
jail to remain until some town road com.
missioners make application for them tC
work in gangs of--say five or more. Lei
the minimum sentence be three months
labor on the highways, with an addition
al days work for each day they lie il
jail. This would pay for their board
while in the Jail. The only objection
that we eau see to such a law would be
that the State highways. would be i'm
proved but little; for the tramps would
avoid Vermont as they would plague
Nothing makes healthy tramp feel 81
tired as does work"