The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-19

g recovery.
If the oil saying proves true in 1891,
Il that fOgS in February indicate the same
number OF frOstS in May, we shall have a
e very frosty month of it later ON.
The Selectmen have appointed Samuel
1 l.. Robinson Collector of School Dis
trict No. 10 to fill the vacancy occa>ioned
\ by the resignation OF f. d. Fillmore.
! Mrs. FRED n. SQUIRE and son Robert,
are in Boston for couple of weeks, WIS.,
( iting Miss Ruth Squire and other friends.
Miss Squire is studying music at the
Hub" and is making very commend
able progress in her studies.
, HORACE MATTIsoN, freight conductor
on the n. Y. c. & II. r. r., is home for
time on the sick list He was struck
by bridge near Hudson last week and
very fortunately escaped death. He is
injured about his head and chest, but
not seriously.
HORACE WooDMAN returned Sunday
night from a visit last week to his father,
Jos. II. Woodman, Esq, in Rose, N. Y.
This is the first time in seven years
that the father and son have met and the
visit was greatly enjoyed by both. Mr..
Woodman, senior, is in good health.
THE wide-awalke grocers, L. E. Hart
& Company, are daily enlarging the
sphere of their operations. Good goods
delivered by affable statesmen and at
prices much less than has been the ruling
custom in town begins to tell in favor of
the firm who put the prices down"
BEGINNING with last Sunday, the rail
way postal service between Troy and
ST. Adams is extended seven days to the
week. Heretofore the postal car has not
I'll Sundays. This extension of the mail
facilities will be appreciated by the bust |
ness men of Western Vermont.
THE alTable Secretary of State, Hon. |
Chauncey w. Brownell, Jr., is sending
out the Laws of 1890" to the towns /
through the several county clerks. of |
whom the said towns are to procure [
their supply of copies as. provided by |
law IhUsc officials should make note .
of this announcement. The book con-
tains $50 pages, was printed by the
! Free Press Association and is acreditable
job of work.
WALTER II. BERRY has leased, so we
are told, the WallOOmsac House, and will
open it for the summer trade. His sister
will be associated with him. They have
had experience in hotel life, the family
having been attached to the ''WindsOr"
in New York city. Mr.. Berry will be
recalled by several of our local readers
We extend cordial hand of welcome to
the new landlord and landlady of the old
and popular Walloomsac.
THE flag of Custer Post has been at
half-mast since the deaths of Admiral
Porter and General Sherman last week.
We notice that this custom has been
adopted throughout the country. The
&. A. Il. Posts along the route of the
funeral cOrtege to st. Louis are to assem- |
BILE at the depOts and salute the passing 1
train conveying the Generals body to
its place of interment. The train starts |
tins afternoon. The funeral of Admiral {
Porter took place Tuesday afternoon, in /
Washington, and he was buried in Airing
ton cemetery. In another column we ;
give biographical sketch of these two {
distinguished men. II
FROM u recent number Of the New
York journal the following is taken: (
The position of bass solust at st. {
Thomas's Episcopal church is held by
William r. Squire, who is n native of
Troy and comes from musical family |
0f much talent. He studied with Louis
Won Eltz and commenced regular church ;
singing ut Christ church, Troy, when
very young. He came to New York in !
1885 and accepted the position of solo
bassO mt st. Thomas's, where he has re-
NAMED ever since. Mr.. Squire has been {
heard in several concerts throughout the I
country. His volce has been pronounced {
by good critics as a magnificent baritone {
of great power and soulful sweetness, {
and he sings with deep feeling like a
true artist
THE surface water running all over l
our sidewalks every time it rains this
winter may be necessarynuiSance but it !
is extremely incOnvenient. This is eSpeC-
tally true if half the water which ought
to run down the cutters goes into some
ones cellar making life burden in that :
house; and there are many SO situated
in this village. The policy of board of S
officers which carefully shovels out y
the cutters during the summer and S
allows the snow and ice to accumulate l
during the winter therein, without lifting c
finger 20 remedy the matter, may he /
good service in Bennington, but it does
not look that way. Why haven't our |
streets been attended to this winter the
same as in former years?
CHARLES GREENsLET has received the ;
sad news of the death of his sister, which !,
occurred in Conltervillc, ILL.,, the Sth,
inst The disease was typhoid fever and ,
n fatal termination was not expected. 9
She had been i'll for only week. when -,
the fever became complicated with pneu- q,
monia and death shortly afterward '
ensued. Mrs. Marietta Eyre will be rec !
objected by many of our readers and the :
family and friends here will be shocked /,
to read of. her death. The funeral ser
vices were held from the Methodist
church in Sparta, ILL.,, on Tuesday, Feb ,
18th, at II o'clock a. m. That portion of
the family residing in Sparta did not
hoo of lao g,it ,nl '
after she passed away-sO Sudden was .
the progress of the fatal malady A :
good woman has passed to her reward. !
A NEWS item says that an effort has
been made to establish coffin manufac- c
tory at Essex Junction. The argument /
is said to be that it will c
put new life into that sleepy S
town. We think the suggestion timely
Probably more people have died (?) in t
that village waiting for trains that (hard- C
ly) never came than in any other place C
of which we have knowledge, and the t
proposal to establish the new industry $
will give employment for such as re-
main. With the coffin factory and the
proposed military post. the old town q
will, indeed, become lively. The passen- |
gers ont of money can earn enough to |
pay fare to Burlington or st. Adams, /
while they wait, and the army detailed l
for funeral duty would be kept busy i
when fishing in Lake Champlain is S
dull. By all means let's have the new 5
coffin industry. {
The argus and Patriot quotes the par !
agraph which we copied recently from
the Plattsburgh Telegram, relevant to
the prevalence of free advertising for !,
socials, churches, ETC., and then com
ments: "This extract voices what the
Argus and Patriot has thought, and TO a
degree has attempted to practise. There
are some who in the past have thought
that we have been somewhat particular
in this respect, but it is our intention to
be even more so in the future. If con-
cert, lecture, or any other entertainment
is to be given to procure funds for relig-
iUus, charitable, or other public purpose,
there is no reason why n newspaper
should be expected TO advertise it without
charge than there is that preacher
should give his services to the society
he serves, or that the lecturer should not
receive any pay for his lecture, and so
on. THE labOrer is worthy of his hire
and if the columns of newspaper are
worth using as an advertising medium
such use should be paid for"
The auditors of the town, Messrs. T..
D. yelling, |. f. Gibson, +. b. Daley,
completed their work last Thursday, and
we gave synopsis of the result Of their
labors in our last issue. The printed
pamphlet, containing all the reports of