The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-14


ment IN health of John P, Daley, who
has been confined to the house for nearly
three months. -
LT.-CoL. BARR, Elk Gov. Proctor's as
sistant Secretary of War, is a particular
friend of Maj Merritt Barber who is so
well known to our people.
A LECTURE, with psycbometric read
ings at the close, will be given atApollo
Hall, Thursday evening, March 81, by
Mrs. Whitlock of Providence, R. l.
Seats free. - ttfl
LAST evening the fourth lecture in the
music course was delivered by Mr.. Wild
mer. The SUBJECT was mineral fuel or
the coal. All present were delighted
with the enter tainment and were edited.
But too few were present.
THE Graded schools close tomorrow
afternoon with, brief exercises in the
hall, The spring term opehs April 1st.
We learn that special school meeting
is contemplated at the old date to pro-
vide for the expenses of the spring term,
TO comply with the new law.
THE large crayon portrait of President
Harrison in Cole & Burt's show win
dove, is by VIM. H Sipperly, from a
late photograph OF that gentleman. II
our people wish to see how the Presiden'
looks, as well as to note some fine artic-
tic work, they should see the elegantly
framed portrait.
THE Rev. Thomas d. Beaver of Holy
oke, Mass LECTURES before the Father
Matthew, T. A 4, b. society on Wednes
day, the 20Eh'.lnst. o. that date the
Catholic young people purpose to cele.
brate st. Patrick's Day, which, this year
falls on Sunday. The lecture will be
given in Library Hall, and I he suhi9c is
to be "Gladstone's Last Triumph"
MAI. L S. FROST has recently present.
ed the Odd Fellows and Custer Post, q.
A. r With SOME elegant articles of fur
niture made IRON wood pulp by the
company CT which he is superintendent
of a mill'ip ,Watertown,. Mass. Among
them'is a beautifully decorated umbrella
stand. These pulp goods are impervious
to water, will hold acids, in fact and are
most durable as well as handsome arli-
cles.
In another column it will be. seen that
the Rev. A. S,fGilbert had wedding in
Salisbury last Saturday. To hear him
tellthe story tits wonder that the hap
Ply couple did not wait day or two for
the storm to subside and the roads to be-
come passahle. But the Baptist pastor
at North Bennington is made of stuff
which don't stop at small obstacles, and
between walking, crawling, putting up
his horse half way for repairs, he reached
the place and. on time performed the GER
emOny, How he returned will probably
be known at the next minister's meeting.
THE Bennington bi weekly meeting OF
the clergy was held on Monday last at
the residence of Rev. Mr.. Seymour.
Revs. Severance, Martin, Gilbert, Cook
Hitchcock and Widmer were present
The program for the day was an essay
by Rev, Mr., Severance on "Finalitv OF
destiny as determined by the use of op
portunities and grace in this hfe." 1t
was very thorough presentation of the
orthodox view of no probation after
death. The discussion of the paper was
very extended and crowded out the
study in the Greek testament of the Gel
ebrated and mysterious passage of the
preaching tothe spirits in prison. The
next meeting will be held at North Ben
nington with Pastor Gilbert.
THE Commissioner of Agriculture and
Manufac. uring Interests, Maj. Valen-
tine. has prepared schedules TO comply
with the law and these will be placed in
the hands of the listers in time for the
April work of these officials. The infor.
nation required of farmers and manu-
facturers is quite full of vital statistics,
and treats of the farm and its culture,
the forests, the products, together with
the cost of production including the
price of labor, The manufacturer IS to
give the cost Of plant, volume of goods
made, labor and wages paid, etc, while
the listers are to report upon abandoned
farms; forest increase or decrease trans
porta,iOn and market facilities water
power, used and dormant; quarries and
mines, and the disposition of our young
men to settle in or leave the State. The
commemorative out with true ap-
probation Of what is required to boom
the resources of Vermont and appeals TO
The state pride and patriotism of the
farmers and manufacturers as well as
the listers to furnish the desired infor-
nation. As we write there comes let
ter from Ddkotl, asking us to publish
some information of the advantages of
the Northwest. We think Vermont
has walked up'none too soon in this i'm
portant subject. Just such publishing
as we are asked to do is what has created
a public sentiment in favor of II e
West and to the detriment of Vermont
We purpose now to boom our own re-
sources awhile and for this reason shall
next week haveimore to say about this
new bureau.