The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-01-26
SIlaftsbury.

At the annual meeting of the Mite So
cieiy held at their hall on Friday after
noon last, the following officers were
elected for the current year: Mrs. G A.
Wilkins, president, Mrs. Leverett Har
rIngton, vice president, Miss Bertha A.
BOttum, secretary and treasurer. The
socIable held in the evening was attend
ed by some forty persons, the young
folks predOminatIng in numbers, and
such lively pleasant time they had
The money spent upon the hall is prov
ing already to be the best kind of an in
yestment in providing a comfortable
central audience room for social gather
ipgs, with kitchen for use if desired.
A number of rumors are aflOat in re
lation TO illegal methods pursued by
Jacob Barber procuring funds during a
year or two past Mr.. Barber has been
regarded as an upright man, and is at
present school committee for the Centre
district. His friends are at loss to &C
count for his conduct, and it is now
thought that the matter will be settled
without recourse to legal measures. Mr..
Barber lost his wife not long ago; he
has several small schildren to support;
and the entire community is willing and
ready to help him IN efforts to do what
is right in the future If present unpleas-
ant complications are satisfactorily
srraightened out.
The oyster supper announced by the
Young Peoples society for Tuesday
evening of last week was postponed un.
I'll the following evening on account of
stormy weather. Considering the I'M
settled condition of the roads and the
short notice of the postponement the at
tendpnce was good, the supper being ex
cellent, and the receipts, over expenses,
quite respectable as to figures.
Next Wednesday evening another
sociable will be held by the Mite Society.
Every lady, young or old, attending is
expected to bring lunch basket filled
with eatables for two. The gentlemen
will please bring the ''greenback" along.
as each gentleman must pay for supper
according to his lady partners weight,
at the rate of one-fourth sncent per
pound. Other novel features FOR the oc
casion will be provided. Boys, be sure
to come, but leave your tobacco-if you
use the "weed"-at home.
Our wool growers. Democrats and Re
publicans alike, view with extreme so
licitude any effort made to reduce the
tariff on wool. The duties ought to be
raised instead Of lowered, and there
ought 10 be protective duty on eggs.
Poultry raisers claim that the vast i'm
pcrtation of eggs into New York keeps
the home production at figures that will
not pay.
MolIle Bottom is about well again.
Alonzo Perkins and his mother are
quite ill-the former with pneumonia
and the latter seems about worn out by
the burdens of old age.
Roland Davis and family expect to
return to Arlington in the spring. Mr.
Davis aud his pleasant little lady will be
greatly missed at our social gatherings.
The adjourned annual meeting OF the
Baptist church will be held In the meet
ing house on Saturday, Jan. 2sth, at 2
O'Clock p. m.
The usual Thursday evening prayer
meeting at the Center will hereafter be
held in the new hall.
Thermometer on Sunday a. m. stood
gee to 240 below zero. Cold Well. yes.
somewhat. Sleighing is excellent, and
it looks as il every other man had new
cutter.
The scare over scarlet fever In North
iSbaftsbury has pretty well subeided,