Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-11-12


has elected Robert Pike as manager in
place of VIM. Daley.
THE Fortnightly holds its next regular
meeting Saturday, Nov. 10th. Subject,
"Social Science;'' Miss H. D. Harwood,
chairman.
THE thermometer was down to Ia
above zero early this morning. The
ground was covered with heavy coat
ing of frost.
THE High School football eleven de-
feated the Grammer school team in a
game on the Soldiers Home grounds,
Saturday, by a score of II to 0.
THE postponed football game between
the Bennington and Burr & Burton Sem
mary teams, takes place here Saturday
afternoon. The Manchester team is
playing excellent football this season.
Roy CovEY, the twelve year old son of
G. E. Convey, met with serious accident
Saturday afternoon. In company with
other boys he was playing in an old barn
near his home on South street. In jump
ing from a wagon to a beam, he fell and
broke both bones Just above the wrist of
his right arm. DR.. Rogers reduced the
fracture.
A HERD of five deer got on the Ben
nington and Rutland railroad track be-
tween South Wallingford and Dandy Fri
day morning and stayed there until the
train Que in Rutland at S.25 o'clock came
along and actually slowed up" for them
to get oil. Finally the animals jumped
over the fence in the most easy and de-
liberate way and ran off.
The Cell revival meetings which were
to have been inaugurated i'll West Troy,
November 18th, have been postponed I'M
til one week later. At Oneida, n. Y,
where the evangelist has been holding
services since three or four days af-
ter he left here the success he is having
is such that he is reluctant to leave until
another week passes
SEVERAL loads of hay were on Main
street this morning waiting for buyers.
Two of the loads were drawn from Ben
nington, the distance from the farm to
this town being twenty five miles. The
men started from home ut 2 o'clock in
the morning and got there at $50, For
the best quality of hay SIS ton is asked.
North Adams Transcript Saturday.
ROBERT billiard, at the Opera House
Friday evening, deserved much larger
audience than he was favored with, there
being an unusual number of vacant seats
for an attraction of the strength of Lost
PA Hours, a comedy, full of fun and
amusing situations, that was excellently
handled by Mr.. billiard and his support.
In Mr.. billiards work there was an en-
tire absence of horse play. He was the
same on the stage as one would imagine
him in every day life,an entertaining and
jolly person,
The meeting of the Vermont Society,
Sons of the American Revolution, which
takes place at the Van Ness House
Thursday evening" bids fair to bring to-
gether a large number of the members
of this organization. After the banquet
that evening Col. Olin Scott will read
most interesting paper on the Battle of
Bennington, in which his ancestors took
so honorable part. The society has in
vited the ladies of Green Mountain Chap
ter, Daughters of the American RevOlu-
ton, of Burlington, to join them at the
banquet, and many of the members will
have their ladies with them.
THE Forest and Stream club at Will
mington received Thursday from the
Caledonia, N. Y, trout ponds, the larg-
est of the kind in the country, Ship
ment OF 10000 shrimp for the clubs pre-
serves at Wilmington, The shrimp are
a food for trout and the best there is.
They propagate very rapidly and are all
the more suitable for this reason. 1t is
said that the presence of such quaint
ties of trout in Moosehead Lake is to be
explained by the abundance of shrimp
there for them to feed on. The Forest
anu DIlCdll CluD dlSO lGCtlNGU du OTuST
last week from a New York wholesale
house for its entire product of maple
sugar next spring.
THE Mems Club is pleased to an
nounce a series OF two lectures of unusu-
al interest, to be given on Friday and
Saturday evenings Of this week at 7.3O p.
m. in the chapel of the Second Congrega-
tiOnal church. Hon. Ella S. YovUcheff
the lecturer, is a native of Bulgaria. He
received his education, however in
America, having graduated at Hamilton
College in the class of II. Upon his re-
turn to his native country he took an &C
tive part in it's politics. He was editor
and proprietor of two prominent nation
al papers and filled the responsible posi-
lions of Chief of the National Library
and Postmaster General. His policy
however, proved too liberal for the party
then in power. His property was con-
fiscated and he himself was imprisoned.
He finally made his escape and is now a
political refugee. The subject of his
first lecture is "The Social Life of the
Tnrka ~ Mr. Yovtnheff will davota a