The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-27

THE melancholy days of house-clean-
ing have just passed the sloppiest OF the
year.
Miss JESSIE SMITH spent Sunday with
the family of VIM. NJ. Sanford in Troy,
N. Y.
THE Kings Daughters meet with Mrs.
Frank HARDWOOD Friday, June Sd, at 4
o'clock. p. m.
Mrs. EDWARD w. BRADFORD is i'm
proving from her illness, and hopes soon
to be around again.
ONE dollar and half in advance pays
for the BANNER one full year, and the
New York Weekly Tribune.
MAJ. A. B. VALENTINE is laid up a
few days with an abcess. He hopes to
be around again by the first of the
week.
SEE our inside pages for interesting
matter relating to the great Columbian
School Exposition on the 18th of
October.
PATRONS of Frear's Troy Bazaar will
please remember that the Bazaar will
not be open at all on Monday, May Both,
Decoration Day. VIM. H. Frear.
MRS LOUIS POTTER and daughter of
Hoosick Falls, N. Y, have been stop
ping in town with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Holnbeck, for few days.
A. o. EDISON, formerly of Bennington,
but who has been in the South since
1878, has returned here with his family
and will enJer the employ of Edward
NORTON & Company.
THE Bennington Reformer just got
around to publish an account of the
Democratic State convention last week.
The convention was held May 5th.-
ReddsborO Enterprise.
Col. E. r. GRIswoLD, Division In
spector, of Bennington, was in the city
Saturday en- route to Montreal to inspect
the Sons of Veterans camp there in the
evening. burlington Free Press.
THE Rev. Il. Marten, who has been on
vacation of two weeks, writes us from
Erie, Pa, that he will be at home and
occupy his pulpit as usual next Sunday.
He speaks very highly of his trip.
sTHERE will be a special convocation of
Mt. Anthony Chapter, No. 1, Order of
the Eastern Star, next Wednesday eve
ming, June LIST. A full attendance is
desired as it is the last meeting before
the Grand Chapter.
GEORGE b. GARDNER, the carpenter
who fell from the roof of the chapel at
the Soldiers home last Thursday, died
in the home hospital Sunday afternoon.
He was about 40 years old and lived in
Oneonta, N. Y.
THE Cohoes, N. Y, correspondent of
the Troy Press says: sc. E. Valentine
has resigned as boss kniCter at the
Victor mill, and will on June LIST become
superintendent of the Valentine Knit
ting company at Bennington, VT"
STATE SUPT. PALMER has an article
on our 9th page to-day, relating to the
Columbian Exposition and the schools.
Commander-in-C Chief Palmer, of the G.
A. r. has also issued an order urging
Posts to see that the day is observed by
the public schools.
JOSEPH CHILD of the Lebanon Springs
Railroad, went to Springfield, Mass, last
Saturday, and had an operation per-
formed on his right eye. He telegraphs
that he is doing well and that the oper-
alton was successful. The other eye
had, also, a cataract growing, but was
not operated on at this time,
THE attempt of late years to restock
our streams with trout, has had the
effect to cause the ''speckled beauties"
to be found in almost all places where
water runs. Prof Chas. S. Davis, the
other day, pulled out of the Morgan
spring brook running past his house
nice trout that measured lat inches and
weighed II pounds, as an illustration.
THE following is the list of letters re-
manning uncalled for in the Post Office
at Bennington, Vt, for the week ending
May 2lst. 1892: Henry Taylor, Mr..
Daniel Delay, Mr.. Barton Harrington,
NJ. E. Thompson, Monsieur Joseph
Boutin. These letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter office on June 4th, 1892, if
not delivered before. In calling please
say advertised.
SUBSCRIBERS who are in arrears for
their paper should bear in mind that it
costs money to get out good news
paper, says the Times, and that neither
white paper nor laborers can be secured
with wind. Money talks. But if all our
subscribers were like few, money
would not bother us much with its
talkativeness. Dear reader, look at the
date of your paper and see if this hits
you.
SOME sore-head among the Odd
Fellows prepetrates the following in
Troy exchange: sit is only recently
that the order has been issued by the
first-class society clique Tor what is more
Familiarity known as birds of feather
that flock together for purposes best
known to themselves) that Patriarchs
Militant uniform is the proper thing
whether filled by man or mouse. A
party was recently held where the
hostess requested all to come in uniform.
Truly brass buttons and a military
bearing have charmed the ladies'"
j. T. CRANsToN of Birmingham,
Conn, is writing to the BANNER on
another subject, remarks: 81 noticed
in your paper short time ago an article
giving an account of the Rev. Zuphemiah
swift being the first white child born in
Wilmington. Well, his remains are
buried In Derby, this State. He has a
son living here now. l gave the BANNER,
that had the account of it in, to his
greatgrandson who is employed in the
bank, in Birmingham" This is another
evidence of the saying that Ego where
you will Vermonters may be found"
IN view of the serious results it is
gratifying to know that science has been
investigating the poisonous cigarette.
According to Professor Lafilin, noted
chemist and an accredited authority in
his line, there are five deadly poisons in
the composition of cigarettes, three of
them being 1.-THE most deadly oils" One
is found ''in the wrapping paper, one in
the nicotine, and one in the tlavoring."
Saltpetre and opium are the other