The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-21

THE bag sold by the "Willing Work.
ers" was drawn by Miss Lillian Valen-
tine who held the lucky number, Sc.
Miss F. L. ABBOTT Is home from st.
Margaret's school, Waterbury, Conn.,,
for the spring vacation of two weeks.
ONE of the five granite posts in front
of Free Libary hall has been broken off
close down to the ground, it is presumed
by careless teamsters.
The special school meeting to make
provision for running the Graded Schot
until the annual meeting in June is call
ed for tuesday afternoon, the Goth inst.
at 9 o'clock,
AYREs, the tailor, moves into his new
store next week. Meantime the great
sale he has run for week will continue
until Saturday night Now is the time
to get bargains.
THE forty hours devotion were held
at the Sacred Hearts Church this week.
Father Provost being assisted by the
Rev. Fathers Audet and Jelot of Poult-
ney and Beauchaine of Vergennes.
The Second Congregational Church
and chapel was lighted by electricity
last Sunday. Additional lights have
been put in during the week, and next
Sunday these lights will be shown as
they are to remain permanently.
In the matter of Miss Martha E. Aus
tin against the estate of Austin F, Har-
mon before Commissioners Rice, Robin
son and Henry, her claim was reduced
to $500. ]. K. Batchelder for claim.
ant, w. b. Sheldon for defendant.
The Rose Bud" reception last Friday
evening was grand financial success,
the receipts being upwards of $40. We
shall next week print the original poem
by. Jas. II, White, setting forth the OBJ
jects and aims of this guild of little
folks connected with the Baptist Church
of our village.
THERE is determination on the part
of the people to compel the fixing up or
repair of our sidewalks, Those the
most able as to means are often the
greatest transgressors, allowing verita.
mud holes in front of their property.
1T is reported that our fyrmer towns
man, Homer A.Lyons has sold his inter
est in the Wallingford iron property to
the Andrew Carnegie Company for
$l50,000 and a royalty. This item we
find in our Troy exchanges. 1t is more
likely to be $4,000 and royalty, but we
hope the first figures are correct for the
sake of Mr.. Lyons, who deserves good
fortune.
FRED WINsLow, whose fracture of the
hip we noted at the time, has conva-
lesced so that he is around with the aid
Of clutches. His age was so against the
knitting of the bone, together with other
complications of disease, that his physi
can, DR.. Goodall. kept him on stretchers
one hundred days. The best results have
followed. To-day is the one hundred
and fifth day since the injury occurred.
PREPARATIONS are being made to re-
sumo operations on the Bennington Bat
tie Monument at an early date. Supt
A. G. Parsons is reported to have said
that he hopes TO complete the shaft this
season. Architect Rim was in town
last week. OF the tablets proposed for
the look out" room only three societies
o. f. and the Historical Society. Each
stone will contain inscriptions and cost
over 5000.
THE law expressly states that pas
senger is entitled to one seat, that is, to
half of one of the double seats with
which our cars are usually provided
And yet people frequently remain stand
ing while many of the double seats are
only occupied by one person and his
baggage. Passengers ought to assert
their rights more frequently, and not
subject themselves to discomfort be-
cause others are making gu exhibition
of hOgishness.
WESTERN housekeepers sometimes
have domestic service difficulties not
found in the CATE CORY of Bennington
homes. In a thriving Western city
natural gas has been introduced lately
as one of the best modern conveniences
In one family the cook and second girl
Immediately gave notice. AT the ex-
postulations of the mistress, the cook
explained that she "wouldnt cook with
hell fire." and the second girl said that
she wouldn't stay sin place where the
fire came from the bowels of the earth. >
FROM a California paper sent us last
week we learn that an cid subscriber of
the BANNER has passed away. The item
reads as follows: AT rest.-Jeremiah
Killer, an old and highly respected citi-
zen of Trinidad, and for the past seven
teen years keeper of the Trinidad light.
house, died at his home June 2S, 1888,
after an illness of about three months,
Mr., Killer was one of Humboldt's noblest
citizens, and will be greatly missed by
large number of friends. He leaves a
Wife, son, and daughter-Mrs. C.
Fl Brewer, of this place-to mourn his
loss. Gone, but not forgotten"
HENRY S. GoODALL has been promoted
with an increase of salary of 5000 per
annum. He is employed as clerk in one
of the departments at Washington. Mr..
Goodall continues his studies at the
National Medical College, and we note
by the programme of the annual Com
mencement, Sixty-Seventh Session." of
the Columbian University, March 21st,
1889, that he is down as one of the
undergraduates who passed satisfac-
tory examination in three or more pri-
mary branches, and is vice president of
his class, also, chairman of the recep-
ton committee. He will remain and
graduate, and residence in New York
city with trip to Europe to advance
himself in the study of medicine and
surgery is portion of the parental con-
temptation. Mr.. Il. S. Goodall seems
to be fulfilling the promise of his school
days here and the prediction the BAN
NER made at his graduation from our
Graded School.