Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-12

IL Ne AhmoIhONG Is very low ana DIE
dea h is hourly expected.
| THE condition of Mrs. James A. Wal
ton, critically ill with pneumonia, is bet
ter, although not out of danger yet.
MISS ISABEL AIKEN of Troy, N. Y,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Geo. F. Houghton, of North Bennington,
called on some of her Bennington friends
recently.
The Rebekah Lodge are to hold a
'Shrove Tuesday entertainment, in Odd
Fellows Hall, the goth. To be in har-
mOny with antiquity a pancake supper is
in order.
QUITE a number enjoyed concert of
sacred music given in the parlors of the
Putnam, Sunday afternoon, by members
of the "Star Gazer" troupe, assisted by
local talent
OUR readers should remember the
musical and fair of the City Band, to be
held Friday and Saturday of this week.
We learn that the sale of tickets has been
good. This is as it should be.
The Albany Times Union of Saturday,
had the following: miss Alice Gibson,
the accomplished daughter of Senator
Gibson of Bennington, is the welcome
guest of Miss Lizzie c. Mackey at No
60 Elmstreet."
The first news of the arrival of the la
Gascogne, yesterday, was by the CORE
spondent of the Troy Press, The Press
is always ahead in matters of this kind
and before bed time the good news had
been widely circulated.
Miss GERTRUDE DYMOND of Boston.
Mass, is expected to be here and assist
at the Mary LOOMS benefit the 22nd.
Miss Dymond is Vocalist of much prom
Use and already has several engagements
in grand opera. This concert will be
well attended by our people.
MCINTYRE is to sell of his household
goods, etc, at auction and private sale,
preparatory to his leaving for Milwaukee,
as nOtei in our columns, recently. The
sale begins to- morrow at Stewards Block.
Main street, and continues Thursday,
private sale duling the day with an auc-
ton each evening, See small bills.
! The farmers of Vermont are very
prone to say that there is little induce
ment for them to raise good COWS either
for beef or butter, for the reason that
there is no market for them outside the
! ig+i
is more generally entertained by the
farmers who comprise the "stOre court
around the stoves of village storekeepers
than among the intelligent, enterprising
classes. a case in point has recently oc-
Cured in this vicinity, which shows the
fallacy of such statement. J. c. Daven-
port of Maiden, Mass, was in Montpelier
last week to purchase of the proprietor
os Lake View farm, in Woodbury., an adj
joining town, 10 new mich COWS, for
which he paid $40 in cash, and this is
by no means an isolated or exceptional
case. The cows were taken TO Massa-
chusetts for breeding purposes.
THE citizens of any State, says the
Hardwick Gazette, are liable to believe
that they reside in the best State IN the
Union, and this same State pride is the
most admirable type of patriotism, but
we sincerely believe that Vermonters
have more good reasons to be proud of
their State than the residents of any
other. In the beginning nature did
wonderful things for Vermont 1t is
grand State in this sense. Its natural
beauty Is not half appreciated by those
who live continually under the shadow
of its Green Mountains. on the slopes of
its hills and n its quiet and peaceful val
leys. 1t is much better appreciated by
those who see it but seldom or for the
first time. Vermont is grand old State
in every resp ct, rugged, solid, substan-
tial and with continually varying scene
of picturesque beauty. MOnotony is as
unknown as malaria. A pure, sweet
dry air and every aid and essential to
perfect vigorous health is everywhere.
Cool and breezy summers and a hearty,
bracing, even temperature in the winter
make an ideal place for healthy life Gen
erations of living among such surround
ings have made a solid, substantial, con-
sentative people, honest, firm and true
to the ever present testimonies of purity |
and freedom. It's grand old State, Yer
mont, with a proud record as the pro-
ducer of men who have leavened the Ma
ton, a grand old State to be born in, to
live in and to die in.
THE Free Press copies our article of
two weeks since, in it's Fridays issue,
relative to Henry w. Putnam, Jr.' 5 nap
tina launch, adding thereto this informa-
ton: Mr.. Putnam is a member of the |
Lake Champlain Yacht Club. He loves |
boating and he has always participated |
in the clubs annual regattas with his !
sailing yacht Thetis. He is a splendid |
sailor and had the great pleasure of pi-
loting his yacht to victory in the chal-
lenge cup race in 1893. Mr.. Putnam's |
island summer home is one of the most |
beautiful on the whole lake. The island