Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-18
H. S. BINGHAM is having his house re-

H. S. BINGHAM is having his house re-
painted.
Mrs. GEORGE MOORE and two sons
visited last week in Williamstown,
Mass. q. ~..'.' 49,.
Mrs. A. C. HALsEY and two children
from Boston, are at the Putnam for the
summer.
JOHN CRoN1N and wife of Depot street
are receiving congratulations over the
birth of a son.
HARRISON I. MORTON and family left
Friday fo y two weeks visit to friends
in Ne. J.rey.
FIJI. q, HoAG, who has been in Ger
many >...o september last, has returned
to BenuIagton. -.
Mrs j. +. COOPER has returned from
California, and is at her summer resi-
dence at the Centre.
Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON of Mon
treal, Can, is visiting her brother, Hen
ry Dixon, on Union street.
MINES Arithmetics, The American
Book Co.'S publication, have just been
adopted in the city of Washington, D. c.
Ir is estimated that 1900 rivets,
weighing five tons, will be used in the
steel penstock now being put in by HOl-
en-, Leonard & Company.
Rev. Geo. /. Richardson, L. F. Abbott,
Henry Harwood and J. T. Shurtleff will
attend the annual convention of the
Episcopal diocese of Vermont, which
meets in Montpelier tomorrow.
AS full attendance is particularly de-
sired, attention is again called to the
quarterly meeting of the Woman's Aux
iliary of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION, 10 be held next Thursday at ,
o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.. Hoyt will
address the meeting.
SENATOR AND Mrs. GEO. p. LAW
RENEE, of North Adams, Mass, enjoyed
carriage ride to this village last Wed,
nesday, it being the sixth anniversary OF
their marriage. On their return home
they were surprised to find their resi-
dence Illuminated and in possession of
about'ffty of their friends,
MAJOR A. i. VALENTINE is attending
the annual reunion of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac, which meets in
New London, Conn, to-day. He will al
so attend the reunion of the 9th Corps
following. Among others from Yer
mont who will be present are Governor
Woodbury., and Gen. w. w. Henry of
Burlington.
ARRANGEMENTS are in active progress
for the annual Field Day of the Albany
Diocese Temperance Union and the local
F. NJ. It. ABB. Already information has
been received that Unions from Troy,
West Troy and Hoosick Falls will be
present, bringing with them about 500
men. There is no doubt that there will
be large attendance here on the 10th of
August.
As will be seen by the advertisement
in another column, Charles F. Sears Of
fers for sale the b. X. Sears homestead
which adioins the Monument grounds;
also a horse, carriage and harness. With
the growing popularity of the Centre as
summer resort, this homestead, situat-
ed in the shadow of the Monument,
should be most desirable piece of prop
erty for the right party.
"WEsT POINT a two-step march, by
L. O. Goldsmith, has just been issued.
1t is written for piano, orchestra and
band, and will in all probability reach
the same popularity that has greeted the
later of Mr.. GOldsmith's productions. 1t
was used at West Point for military and
concert purposes, and at the commence
ment ball and was also played by the
City Band at the Glass Day exercises on
the School lawn yesterday afternoon.
THE Troy Sunday Observer had the
following: "The matinee at Island Park
Wednesday was quite largely attended
Among those present were W. II. Nc
Clenahan, the owner of Baby the great
two-mile trotteT, and W. II. Bradford of
Pennington, owner of Bucyrus. George
:. Forces B. and r. worked out three
heats with Jimmy Mac Gregor's Henry
A., the first heat 2.35, second, 2.27, third
2 2G. The second quarter of the last
heat was in 80 seconds. B. and r. won
the three heats. Allie Mcdonald gave
Bucyrus a mile in 2.2l."
LAST weeks Readsboro Enterprise had
the following: REV. FIR. Plemoudon
has been given charge of the Catholic
mission in Readsboro and North Pownal
and will divide his time between the two
places, holding meetings one Sunday
here and the next at North Pownal. FIR
Plemondon is young man recently edu-
Gated in Rome. He SPEAKS English,
French and italian equally well and also
reads and writes the three languages, 1t
is expected he will locale here perma-
nently as soon as a suitable house can be
secured, He will hold Mass at the Cath
Ole church Sunday at 10 o'clock"