Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-27

BEGINNING With This evening the VII
lage clothing, furnishing and dry goods
stores will be closed Tuesdays and Fri
days at 6 p. m.
A GATHERING of the members of the
Second Congregational Sunday school,
will occur this evening in the chapel
| Games will be provided for the younger
ones and refreshments will he served.
THE Christmas entertainment of St.
Peters Sunday school will take place in
Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday afternoon
at five o'clock. New Years Day is the
Feast of the Circumcision in the church
year and there will be service in st.
Peters at 10 o'clock In the afternoon
and evening the Rector and Mrs. Rich
ardson will be home to callers.
WHILE coming down Pleasant street
on horseback, yesterday morning, Col
Inns Graves was thrown to the ground,
near the Baptist parsonage, by the
stumbling of his horse. Mr.. Graves was
taken to the parsonage and DR.. CHS
holm called. Examination showed that
no bones were broken but that his inju-
ries were such that he will be confined
to the house for several days.
THE meeting Sunday, at p. M, in the
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms, will keep up the rec.
ord for excellence. Those who attend
will have the pleasure of listening to one
of Bennington's boys, Donald P. Hurl-
burt. He should have a good audience
The choir of the Methodist church will
render one or two selections. The
friends of the Association are invited to
attend.
Two of the best lighted stores in towr
al present are those of G. G. Cole and G.
l.. Hudson. There have just been placed
in the former store three 1900 candle
power arc lights, two inside the store
and one in the doorway, just outside
and in Mr. Hudson's, one light inside
and one outside. The light from these
lamps is strong and from its whiteness
is much better adapted for store pur-
poses than the yellOwer light from the
incandescent lamps. Several other mer-
chants are contemplating similar
changes.
THE announcement of the marriage of
Mrs. T. A. Snively, formerly summer
resident of Bennington, and Will Alex
ander, of Santa Barbara, Cali, was re-
Gently published in the BANNER. After
the ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
left for New York, to sail from that port
to Genoa, Italy. They will pass the next
six months in Italy and Southern France.
Their permanent home will be in Santa
Barbara. Mr.. Alexander is member of
the firm of u. w. Burton & Company,
real estate and insurance agents of that
city, and is prominent in social affairs.
THE letter carriers were quite gener-
ously remembered, Christmas day, by
the people on their routes These tok-
ems are highly valued by their recipients,
as showing that the efforts of the carri-
ers to please are appreciated. These
gentlemen are hard workers, courteous
and obliging, performing much more
for the people than is demanded of them
by the postoffice department, and conse-
quently are deserving of any favors that
are bestowed upon them. Did you re-
member the one serving you on Christ
mas? If not, why not retrieve the over
sight on New Years Day?
THE Methodist Sunday school had a
very enjoyable time Thursday evening
in the church parlOrs. The Y. NJ. C. A.
orchestra was present and furnished ac-
ceptable music and Miss Anna Dakin
gave a recitation. Two Christmas trees
were loaded with presents, every teach
er and scholar in the school being re-
membered. The Superintendent, Judge
Carney, was presented with an encyclo-
pedia dictionary, in four large volumes.
Every officer and teacher in the school
received from him a cabinet photograph
oflhimself There was a miniature log
cabin on the platform from which
emerged six little brownies who dis
tributed the presents. The brownies
were represented by j. Lawrence Girls.
void, Lynn Wood, Richard HOLSTER,
Jesse Carpenter and Dean Martin.
al hNO " OlOOh ~ u'i vi CuIlSJHdS
day, Clarence S. Rider, of Searsburgh
and Miss Beatrice l. Harvey, of Dover,
were married at the home of Mr.. Riders
uncle, Ira A. Grant, on Branch street,
Rev. S. Mclaughlin officiating. The
bridesmaids were Miss Alice Sanborn
and Miss Jennie Grant, both of this vii
lage and the best man was Edgar Lemily,
also of this village. The couple were
married under an arch of white lace
draped with evergreen and holly, the
bride being lastly attired in a gown of
blue satin. A large number of Benning-
ton friends were in attendance, who
were entertained with music etc.. after
the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Rider will
make their home in Searsburgh.
DURING January large number of
BANNER subscriptions expire. Remem-
Der that all excepting those whose papers
are delivered in this village by our own