Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-13

ular meeting of the F. NJ. T. B. Society
Sunday.
THE meeting of the Fortnightly, to-
morrow, will be held in the parlors OF
the Second Congregational church.
LARGE numbers of boys and girls en-
JOY the skating on Benton's pond daily
The ice is smooth and several inches
thick.
ROBERTS PosT, Rutland, will present
the name of Comrade Joel c. Baker at
tn coming encampment, for department.
commander during the coming year. o. .
UNTIL Dec. 25th, G. G. Cole will fur
nish suits and overcoats at cost or below,
to any person or society who desires to
present them as gift to destitute fam
lilies in Bennington.
OPERATIONS at the Cushman plumbago
mine on Modnt Anthony have been sas-
p ,nded for the winter, owing mainly to
the water freezing about the shaft. The
percert &c. of pure graphite is sufficient
ly | rye to warrant further development
of the mine.
THE lawsuits growing out of the dis
solution of the partnership formerly ex-
isLing between Frank NJ. Tiffany and
Perry G. Bond for the management of
thu Opera Heuse, were settled Tuesday
by u'ual agreement of the two parties
and the suits were taken out of the
courts.
THE officials of the Bennington Elec-
tic Railway Company state that the sur
v.ys from the beginning of the line to
the State line are all completed. The
entire distance is eight and one quarter
miles of main line In all about fifteen
miles of road have been surveyed includ-
ing the street leading to the monument.
1t is expected that some of the contracts
for work will be closed soon.
HENRY CARPENTER, of Manchester,
father of Mrs. Mary Wetherbee, who is
confined in the Jail here, charged with
infantcide, was here Thursday to visit
her. 1t was their first meeting since
her arrest Shells now under a phys
icians care for troubles incident to child
birth and declines to see anyone. Much
of her time she spends in weeping.
ONE hundred gold souvenir spoons
have been given'by the National society
OF the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton to daughters of Revolutionary
soldiers, and among the recipients are
Mrs. Emily Nichols, So, of Brattleboro;
Mrs. Laura Roberts, SO, of Pptney; Mrs.
Arson Buch, s., and Mrs. David Buch,
So, of Arlington.
AS D. G. Barney, of Arlington, was
driving into the village, Monday one of
his horses fell and injured itself. The
injured animal was taken TO Houghton's
livery stable and another horse obtained
to take its place. While here Mr.. Bar
ney purchased a new parlor stove and
loaded it on his wagon. When he
reached North Salisbury, another ACCT
dent occurred. The pole strap broke,
and the horses, becoming frightened,
ran, throwing out the contents of the
wagon, including Mr.. Barney, who was
uninjured. The stove was smashed and
one of the horses, the mate to the one
previously injured, sustained broken
leg and was put to death.
THE BANNER Office received a pleas
ant call, yesterday. from Lowell Mason,
the advance manager of the Fencing
Master Company, which appears in the
Opera House next Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Mason is grandson of DR.. Lowell
Mason, whose name, as the author of
'Nearer My God to Thee" and other
popular hymns, is familiar to the older
people of this section and throughout
the country. Mr. Mason promises rich
treat, Wednesday evening, for lovers of
comic opera With 1.-THE Fencing Mas
teri are fifty people, incllding the Or
chestra, under the direction Of Signor
Tomasi, for eight years musical director
of the Emma Abbott operas. THE
Fencing Master was here in November,
1894, and was greeted by large and en-
thusiastic audience, and was pronounced
the equal of any appearing here that sea-
son. Mr.. Mason promises that next sea-
son his company will present hire an
other Of DeKoven's comic operas, Rob
Roy" provided that "The Fencing Mas
teri is favored with fair audience next
week,
The BANNER, in it's Tuesdays issue,
announced the death, last week, of Mrs.
B. S. Stone, OF Mexico, n. Y, daughter
of Uel Hicks, formerly of Bennington
Centre. She was married to Mr.. Stone
in 1863. The following obituary notice
appeared in the Mexico Independent of
the 18th inst: '"On Thursday night, a
most estimable Chaistian woman en-
tered into rest, Mrs. B. S. Stone, of this
village. For along time she had been
i'll, bearing, her sufferings with Christian
fortitude and patience. Mrs. Stones
life was one of good deeds. She was al
ways thinking and planning for the we'll
being and uplifting of those about her.
She never tired in her Masters work and
her daily walk and conversation evil