The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-12-25
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

u6I W Gobcih eiAp'
CHARLES FIRTH was injured Will
coasting Tuesday evening.
THE condition of c. L. Shaw continue
precarious. He is very sick man.
THE Probate Office is to have a new
carpet and the walls of the rooms are t
be frescoed
GEO. II. BURcH was summoned K
jamestown, N. Y, this week because o
the death of relative.
d. PRATT now of Greenwich, N. Y.
has nearly recovered from his long anC
severe attack of sickness.
THE Bennington county cadets IRON
Norwich University returned last Frlda!
for the Holiday vacation of two weeks.
THE Baptist people, at their late fair
cleared $500. This is little late as al
item of news but was overlooked at TIT
time.
DIR. f. W. GooDALL gave an address
on Food" before the Y. NJ. Q. A. Id
had good audience and his effort was
studied and scholarly production.
In our court report of divorces las
week. we unintentially transposed the
reason of two. In the case Sweet VS.
Sweet the cause should have read willfu
ldesertion.
On our outside pages to-day are sew
eral articles in type set for the lnsldt
last week, but which were crowded ou
by later and emergent reading matter.
In another column to-day we print the
Act of the last Legislature concerning
the Battle monuments transfer to the
State, if the Association should vote to
do so at the annual or other meetings tc
be held 1t was Senate bill No. 81.
CHRISTMAS services will be given in
4 she Baptist Congregational and Metho
| dist churches of our town next Sunday
| A very fine choir service has been ar
ranged in each of which we hope tC
make more particular mention mex
week.
THE Rifles ball on New. Years Eve
will be a grand affair. The company
will apper in full dress uniform anC
many OF their guests also. The Rifles
deserve well of the public, which has
generously responded in the purchase o.
tickets. 4
The Christmas services i'll st. Peter'l
church began last nightat midnight; the
lChoral festival service, followed to-day
bv the services announced last week
The Sunday school tree, and preceding
service. occurs Saturday evening, Holy
Innocents Even.
CONDUCTOR J. J. PARIS, owner OF the
late Brandon House, went to Brandon
Yesterday afternoon to inspect the ruins
land look after the property that wa!
saved from the fire. When asked if III
intended to rebuild, Mr.. Paris said HI
had not decided, but limited to the re
porter that he probably would.-Rutldnt
Herald, Tuesday. .
HERE is a sample of the items we fine
lin our State exchanges these days
lHDistrict No. s, will need to have 81
DAYS schooling this winter, in order tt
ldraw the public money. Some other
will need to have so days. As the publ,
money is divided March 81, they vii
have to keep Saturday in most cases"
ALL our churches are making tn
usual preparations for Christmas music
Instead OF publishing the programmes
Of this music, we shall this year have
word to say respecting it after its rem
dering. 1t is safe to presume that II
Bennington will be given as good, il no
better Christmas music than will b
heard in other places of its size.
THE late Commissioner of Immigra
ton, Mai. Valentine, is i'll receipt o
hundreds of letters from parties desiring
information about the purchase o
homes in Vermont. Some of the wants
are unique. lie is one: 81 want goo
lhouse and barn and wild land that on
Lean live on, and hunt and trap fur-beal
ing animals, and catch some fish,"
IT has been decided by the Treasur
lDepartment that there is no such articl
as ''mapie molasses" known to the trade
and that consequently this article mus
he classed as a manufactured articl
Iuot otherwise provided for and duhf
BILE at 20 per cent.dd rdlorem. This shut
out Canadian maple syrup, unless dut
I is paid thereon.
F. NJ. CRAWFORD has recently built a
elegant Swiss cottage for a residence
this village. 1t is of new order {
architecture for Bennington, and the d.
, sign was largely the work of W. G. Bul
Mr, Crawford and wife will move int
their new home within few days. W
are clad to note the erection of sue
homes as this in our historic town Bel
!, ninpton has more fine residences tina
any other village of its size in the stat
ard the number is continually on the ii
crease. ,I
ACCORDING to an enactment OF I'll
J. late Legislature" says an exchange, n
D voters name can be taken from IL
check list without serving notice to sue
- person. However, the Solons did NJ
consider the possibility of IA mans dyini
) in which case the difficulty of notifyiI
r, him is manifest. We may yet live to 81
s the dead walk up to the ballot box al
, vote the straight ticket" This prOvisic
= is commended to the attention of Of
{ local authorities.
i ALREADY we see signs of preparatiC
o for the compliance of villages with Il
new election law. Those villages til
hold elections in January have alreat
u discovered that the "ten days notice
le required of nominations is athand. o
S. readers will do well to carefully preser
b. the claws published by us two wee
since as town meetings are near at han
and no voter can possibly getalong wit
lie ont the statute when it comes to the &C
r. eral election in 1892. Already we are
"A receipt of circulars relating to propos
~ or published handy editions of the ell
ne ton and school laws.
s; HERE'S new swindle, and it is wol
ing beautifully in some portions of q
II State. Two men with chicken coop
VI a wagon drive along, and when they l
ne tice a flock of hens in yard, they st
Is, and 90 to the house and ask the lat
n who usually comes to the door, if I'll
"' NAV capture one of their hens which b
escaped from their team and got into
m flock. Permission being readily Civ
ct, thew soon capture one of her hens a
ad thank her politely and depart, after pl
~ ing the stolen hen in the wagon.
al THE County Board of Education, 81
nj the Herald, meet on Friday to see VI
at action shall be taken to comply with
law relating to "Conant's Vermont"
a Textbook for the schools of Benni
ISL ton County. Up to date nine count
EST have adopted this book. 1t says: 81
last counties to adopt the work W
a. Windsor and Washington, which '
- done under the enabling act of the
s. Legislature. The County School Boa
de of Addison, Bennington and Windh
oh counties hold special meetings on n
,or Friday to comply with the above act
- that every county in the State will pr
% ably comply with the law which requi
the subjects treated by Commits '
lar mont to be taught in the schools"
ACCORDING to despatch from \
vi York the Rutland railroad is likel,
us continue to be operated by the Cen
tch Vermont Company. The officers of
.t;c Rutland. the Central Vermont and
g. Delaware & Hudson roads have had
"a matter under consideration in New Y
during the last two weeks, and it is
be derstood that this is the outcome of t
deliberations. The report is that
road will be released under date of
teu uary 1, 1901, to the Central Ven
OF Company. II is known, that leas
the Delaware d Hudson Canal Comp
re has been executed, and it was expe
;a,,I that the latter would assume the II