The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
OF so YEARS AGO
Happenings OF July ali, 1872, Taken
From the Files Of The
Banner.

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The following items were taken
from the Local Intelligence column of
tne Banner Of 80 years ago Although,
sorry to relate, probably but few con
temporarics of the parties mentioned
below are alive or II alive yet reside
in Bennington the old time briefs
can hardly fail to interest many read
ers.
Jacobs, on North street, has return
ed from New York with large stock
Of fine goods, exactly suited to the
shopping requirements Of his lady
customers. His advertisement we have
in hand but too late for the Fourth
OF July week.
On Saturday last. as Mr.. Silas Har-
wood, accompanied by his sister. Miss
Maria Harwood, and Albert w. Vince
! lock were riding from their home to
church in Bennington Center, when
near the residence of Hon. A. b.
Gardner, the harness broke and the
horse became unmanageable. BY ac-
cident Mr. Harwood had broken leg,
and Mr. Wheelock was badly bruised.
Miss Harwood escaped serious in
jury.
Mr.. Nathaniel Locke, father of
Petroleum" paid us visit few
days since Mr.. Locke lived in Ben
nington in early life, and learned his
trade in this town on the premises
owned by Dewey Durham. He left
here in 1914 His residence is now in
Ohio, and he came thus far to spend
a few days among old acquaintances
and the scenes of his early life.
BY recent purchase Of additional
property from II. Patchin, Mr.. Clark
is extending his line of walled forti-
iications from the Gov Robinson
br dye around the lower turn and web
night to the river, half mile west
and near j. II. Chapin's
ION. II. T. Horrobins lady is driv-
ing an umbrella-top buggy, as tasty
and comforta1-e as any aerial chariot
also, a coalbox buggy with folding
sides, that is new, elegant and ext 'eme
ly convenient Mr.. Horrob.ns new
span of carriage horses are getting
well acquainted with our roads, -
most handsomely refuse to take any
bodys dust.
Several Of our patriotic, and always
ldOyely Misses eclipsed the "tardy" boys
of our village by celebrating the
early dawn of this Goth anniversary
with crackers and becoming gayety.
Busy tines now about Charley
Hawks new store. His customers and
carpenters make things lively. His
store addition will be pleasant adj
diton to that part of Main street.
1t is not in the power of man, with
the thermometer assembled to 9S and
still rising, not to envy Fay d. Haml,n,
Esq, who travels about the streets of
cur village, these hot days, surround
ed by huge cakes of ice.
Leon uamoire is adding a coat of
paint to the mansion of H. W. Put
nam, Esq, and touching up those
beautiful premises with tasty brush
ing that adds cheerful freshness to
their already elegant appearance,
Who? is the question we asked
last week in the matter of strawbar-
ries John Kehpe, formerly our village
librarian, and who knows all the lit
erary old chaps and what they said,
says that what we were driving at.
was a remark of Isaac Walton's,
Doubtless God might have made a
better berry than the strawberry, but
doubtless God never did"
Rev. Mr. Luther of the Baptist
church. RECALLED his hearers with an
intellectual banquet last Sunday eve
from the text; BE sure your sin will
find you out,