The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-30

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or takes trip West, and will be absen
- three weeks.
If WIN. WINsLOw has a nice line of law
ar mowers. Prices are right and tn
machines warranted.
n Mrs. JAMES HABBERLEY is quite il
IS and has been confined to her bed TO
y more than week.
READ the advertisement of Miller 4
i, Williams in another column. We an
e nounced their opening last week.
@ THE tart loan exhibi ion'' by the Y
NJ. { \. last week was a success. TIT
# many pieces of fine arts exhibited wert
= greatly admired.
n AND now the Graded School has {
promising orchestra. There is musica
q talent enough in the school to make {
r first class affair.
+ Those fine lines of stationery at the
BANNER store are something better thar
: shown in town before. Common anC
f school stationery is always in stock.
= ONE of the best places to trade in
town is E. II. Worthington's. Mr..
L Worthington has an announcement else
!, where which will attract attention.
t NEXT Thursday will be Ascension Day
e or Holy Thursday, and Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday the ROgatiOn Days.
= Special services at st. Peters church
| each day.
AFTER partial hearing upon the ac-
. count of David Carpenter, assignee of the
= Bennington Wooden Mills, in the Court
of Insolvency this week, the case was
continued to May 18th.
H. W. SCoTT took dose of ammonia
! by mistake for some medicine Sunday.
, He had narrow escape, but being
promptly treated is recovering. House
cleaning had disarranged the bottles.
THE annual reunion of the Second
Congregational church is to be held in
the chapel and parlors tonight. Tie ex-
ercises will be very interesting and we
shall speak of them more at length next
week. '..
We have received from the Hon. H. G.
Root the Sunday Ledger of Tacoma,
Washington. Mr.. Root and wife are en-
route home from their sojourn in South
ern California and are expected to arrive
this week.
AN article from the NeWS &c Citizen on
the highly important subject of "fish
culture" appears in another place to-day.
Col. Mcdonald knows whereof he writes
and we commend his ideas to the candid
attention of our readers.
Work on the sidings preparatory to
the celebration next August, will soon
be commenced by the B. and r. railway.
The tracks will be laid substantially on
the plan of 1877. This line will easily
handle the large traffic.
THE dramatic and literary entertain |
ment in preparation by the Rebekah |
Lodge has been postponed until May Sth. |
The members of Miriam Lodge are to
entertain royalty on that occasion and |
the public generally, are invited.
THE listers request us to give notice
that they will be at the town clerks
office from May 9th to the 18th, to hear
the appeals and grievances, etc, or to
change lists that may be found neces-
sary; also to complete their work.
BooTH & HARRIS, agents for the
United States Accident Company, have
paid promptly DR.. II. j. Potter Jr. IS
claim of S175. for indemnity caused by
dislocated shoulder. They also do a life
and fire business-see advertisement in
another place to-day.
SCHwARZ, the East Main street shoe
dealer, says that he is now opening the
UNI" llh0 VI my oo"to anu Sh"cs uhio
season All the new styles III ladies',
chlidreh ana misses wear at prices
site the Baptist church.
The roll OF the sick IN this village is
quite large hoW' ana, as VIII DE seen
IRON week TO week, tne death rate is
coHParatlVely large but we are lortu-
mae a1., tnaC we are Rot near as Sadly
allilcted as some OF our nelShoorlhg
larger places nave Deeh'
The Rev. W. j. Chapman goes to
cambridge, N; y, to charge equal to
tne one ne leaves mere, ana much
pleasanter tiel'i IN some respects we
commend MN 10 MS new people,and reel
sure ms Passionate there VIII be OF great
pressing MI chapman leaves many
trends h re- ...,
II. T. CUsHMAN, I'd, is reported in
Rutland yesterday as saying that 1.-THE
entire ire department. OF Bennington, ac-
companled by oand would attend the
State hremens tournament on July 4.
Inc hremen are showing much interest
In the coming celeOrauon.'
THE interior of the new edifice of st.
Francis de Sales church begins to look
something like bringing order out of
CONFUSION III VIII De sometime oeiore
any Oh Ihe staglIgs VIII come down out
IN e arches are last approaching comple-
tloh OF ouClhe' ana gooa progress mas
oeen made during the winter,
THE Bennington Arbor Association of
Bennington Centre, have called meet
ing at Ethan Allen Hall on Vermont Ar
Dor Day, tomorrow, at 3 o'clock, p. m.
They wish to make improvements and
put the ola village IN order Tor the com
ing summer, ana look 10 the clCizehs 1or !
help Ill this worthy undertaking.
WE are in receipt from Deputy Col ,
lector Charles S. Forbes of st. Adams, of
a pamphlet giving full directions how to
proceed to obtain the maple sugar boun-
ty. Our readers can obtain these ex ]
plicit directions with copy of bond by
writing COL Forbes. We shall make
some extracts from the pamphlet later. ,
THE cruiser Remington is reported to I
be ali right II is known that The vessel I
made thirty-eight horse power more than f
was necessary ON its last trial trim which
will give the builders a bonus of $500. i
The old Revolutionary town is entitled {
to first class representation in the Navy. !
short of this would be unsatis- c
factory. Messenger. f
On Thursday of next week occurs the '
visit of Grand Commando Lewis and
DELEGATION from Killington Commanderv ]
of Rutland IN Taft Commanderv of tbis l
VILLAGE Lunch will he served The visit a
tors on their arrival The Sir KNIGHTS s
will attend St Peter;s church at : m
in full uniform and fine balance II the
evening will he devoted to work closing
wifi a 6annuet '
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