The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-18

boston, Mass, is home for few days.
MISSES MARY MULLAUGHNY and NAV
O'Neil are visiting friends in New York.
ARCHITECT RIM of the Battle Monu-
ment was in town this week attending
to his duties on that structure.
Mrs. h. E. BRADFORD has been at
Round Lake this week, looking after her
cottage at that pleasant resort.
A. p. CHILDs is in town for a few
days. His family will occupy his pleas
ant summer residence later in the sea-
son,
THE residence of Mrs. Rouse on Main
street is undergoing extensive repairs,
among which is the addition of second
story.
WITH the return of warm weather the
health Of John P. Daley improves. A
trip to Colorado has been suggested as
means of further care.
Miss LAURA MURPHY, daughter of
Dea, VIM. E. Murphy, goes to the New
England Conservatory of Music, to finish
her musical education.
THE health of Miss Fannie Tomlinson
is so poor that she has had to give up for
time her plans, for which the attended
school in Albany, n. Y.
AN opportunity is offered to buy a
comfortable home at reasonable price
See notice in another column of the "R,
M. Clark" residence for sale.
OUR friends are reminded that the
BANNER Bindery is fitted to do all kinds
OF work, and that an A workman is
employed IN that department.
G. NJ. LAMBERT has set up monument
of Quincy granite in tie McDaniels-Pot
ter lot /" our village cemetery. This is
the largest and most expensive design
in town.
THE brick school house, just west of
the Walloomsac House at Bennington
Centre was destroyed by fire early this
morning, and was undoubtedly of incen
diary origin.
EX- SHERIFF MCCALL presents us with
nest of four hens eggs the three larg-
est of which weigh four ounces each
and the smallest little over one ounce.
Quite decrease in size the fourth day.
THE Elijah Greenslet" house on Park
street, owned by Jas. B. Meacham, has
been painted so that the property il
hardly Notwithstanding very de-
sirable residence. j. G. Cromack had
the contract.
j. ED WALBRIDGE has resigned the
town agency, and his successor has not
been and is not likely soon to be appoint
ed. His continuance this year was only
consented to at the earnest solicitation
of the selectmen.
WE are told that there is a prospect
that the Free Library will be fitted up
the coming season, with considerable
additional accommodation - one of
which will be the enlargement of the
hall. 1t will take about $4,000 to fix
up the building according to the plans
proposed.
AT the May communication of Mount
Anthony Lodge, F. & A. NJ, proposal
will be considered to change the dates OF
these regular mer tings to the second and
fourth Tuesdays of the month, instead
of monthly as heretofore, governed by
the full moon.
E. T. GRIswoLD is drilling class of
20 girls, about thirteen years of age, in a
broom exercise, to go towards making
up an entertainment for the S, o. V.
about the Gath, prox. The funds realized
from this are to be appropriated to pay
the expenses of the State Encampment
which meets here in June.
THE Rev Fred Widmer preached his
farewell sermon to the Methodist people
last Sunday, and went to Saratoga Tues
day, to attend the Troy Conference He
returned 10 officiate at the wedding last
evening. He takes a supernumery re
lation this year and will engage in bust
ness living at Round Lake, N. Y.
l., p. NORTON and wife, sailed from
New York for Glasgow, Scotland, last
Saturday. Fer some time Mr.. Norton
health has been improving and this sea-
voyage was undertaken at the Doctor :
suggestion expecting that it will result
in permanent curse. We hope so and
that our townsman may return in
safety.
THE alarm of fire Sunday afternoon
was caused by burning chimney on
Park street, near Gage, and when gwen
1t looked as if the garnet of the house
was all on fire. This fortunately was
not the case, and the flames were con.
fined to the SCOT in the chimney. The
fire department came out promptly but
their services were not wanted.
WE commend the following remarks
of the Ellsworth american to CORES.
pondents and others who may favor us
DONE abbrevi9te. Authorizations are
abominable, for they make the editor q
deal of trouble and lead him into temp
tation-the temptation to use language
unworthy of the editorial sanctum. Be-
sides, when an abbreviated communica-
ton goes from the editor to the compos-
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ton after it has been corrected by his
teacher"
A WASHINGTON County IN. Y. cor
respondent writes to the Troy Press /:
The opening of spring does not i'm
prove business in the country towns.
Many farmers have not hired any help.
They are going to do their own work so
far as they can, and when compelled to
will employ day hands. As a conse-
quence there are great many poor men
with families out of employment and
number of young men are also idle.
Farmers say that the money they had to
pay hired help and taxes last year
amounted TO more than they received
for their produce"
THE Easter-tide ball of Canton Ben
nington, No. 4, Patriarchs Militant, l.
o. o. F., next Thursday evening will be
magnificent affair. The Canton is
sparing no expense to make il the event
Of the season and il is already so assured
The full bill is $500 per couple and the
admission to the galleries including sup
per, has been placed at seventy cents
each person. Four hundI ed invitations
are now being sent out. All Chevaliers
and others will appear in full uniform
and number are expected from out of
town The committee say they propose
to make il hrst-class in every respect
and give their friends good time.
THE Brooklyn Eagle has an item under
the heading of "a notable accession 10
Brooklyn musical circles" which will
be Of interest to many of our people. As
follows: Professor j. Il. Van Olinda,
who for the past fifteen years has been
prominent in the musical circles of Troy,
has taken up his residence IN this city.
He will be organist OF st. Georges Epis-
copal Church, corner of Marcy and Gates
avenue, and will assume his duties on
the first Sunday in next month. Pro-
fessor Van Orlinda has for years been
widely and favorably known through
out the State as a conductor of choruses
and orchestras. He at present has charge
OF the Troy Choral Union, and will not
sever his connection with it until after
its May Festival. He was the first and
as yet only conductor to present Dvor
axis work, st. Ludmia," in this
country. Professor Van Olinda has con-
Quoted choruses for Theodore Thomas
orchestra, and for the members OF the
New York Philharmonic and New York
Symphony Societies" We congratulate
the Professor upon this suspicious intro
duction to his new field of labor,
NEXT week we shall publish the third
historical article from the pen OF the
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