The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-18

Rutland clothing firm. 1t is good
stand.
OWING to the death of Mrs. A. B. Per-
kins, the Fortnightly Club will postpone
their meeting of this week to Saturday,
March Goth.
NICHOLS, at the Bennington dry goods
emporium, opens this week a large
spring stock of goods. The old stand is
at 453 and 455 Main street.
THE Graded Schools opened last Mon
day and will continue two weeks COM
plotting the winter term. The attendance
is small in the lower rooms.
THE report that DR.. Chisholm is to go
to South America, is utterly without
foundation. The Doctor has resumed
business and will continue as usual.
DON'T fail to hear Reeves great
American band at Library hall, to-mor-
row evening. 1t will be the greatest
musical treat ever listened to by Ben
nington people.
WATSON. the North street artist, is
now open at the old place and is ready
to see his friends. With new instru-
ments and other outfit, he can make as
good photographs as are possible to be
made.
The Rev. A. d. Heaxt has announced
a course of lectures to be delivered in
the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday
evenings. These lectures will embrace
a wide range of subjects, and are intend
! ed to be of special interest to young peo-
pie. The first will be given next Sunday
evening
DR.. JOSEPH DRAPER, aged IS years,
superintendent of the Vermont asylum
for the insane at BrattleborO, died there
last evaning of pneumonia, after an ill
ness of six days. Dr. Draper was born
at Warwick, Mass, in 1884, and moved
to Brattleboro in 1872, when he succeed
ed DR.. Rockwell as superintendent of
the asylum, position he has since held.
THE dwelling being built by Edward
Norton and James Nevis, on the corner
of Putnam and Weeks streets, is very
good style of house; and we hope they
will continue the building on the Install
ment plan, as it greatly encourages and
helps families to obtain homes where
otherwise they would not. Intact what
ever they do in this line may be con-
sidered clear gain in the building up of
the village.
ANDREW j. MATTlsoN, who had a
room in the Noyes' Block. and had occu-
pied it for some time through the
courtesy of Chas. Bradley, was taken
alarmingly i'll Monday, and died within
twenty-four hours after assistance came.
The funeral was held from his room yes
| terday at 10 o'clock, the Rev. VIM. B.
Walker officiating. A goodly number of
! MasOns attended, and the remains were
taken to North Bennington for inter-
ment.
The will of the late Abram Breese of
| Hoosick, n. Y, has been admitted to
probate in the.SurrOgate Office of Rens-
selaer county. The requests are as fol-
lows: Harry Breese Kenyon. $500; Ella
d. Cipperly, 5000; Paul, Alexander and
5000; Jacob Bass, $50; Hattie L. Not,
500; Della Breese, 500. The balance
he left to II. G. Breese. who is named
executor. The will was executed April
10Th, 1888.
THE Troy Press, a Democratic paper
with Protection tendencies, says: "Col.
Albert Clarke of Boston, has prepared
table showing that the average wages in
wooden mills in this country average
more than 100 per cent. more than in the
competing countries of France, England
and Germany. He argues that without
| protection our mills would shut up, or
| operatives be obliged to work at about
half their present compensation-con
| tingencies it is unpleasant to antici-
pate"
PROF. GEO. II. PERKINs's lectures be-
fore the Graded school, on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings of this week were
we'll attended, the audience numbering
| from 300 to 400. AS announced, these
lectures ON Natural History" and the
'Habits of Birds" were supplemental
to the general work of the school. The
pupils were on hand to profit by the lee
lures, and the size of the audiences
show that the parents are interested as
well. We hope Maj. Valentine will con-
tinue the good work so auspiciously in
augurated. Prof. Perkins is connected
with the U. V. NJ. at Burlington.
IN another item we give a cast of char
acters given to the press, presumably by
Mr.. Whitney of North Adams. Since
that was in type we have been furnished
with the complete drdRdtiS persOne, and
to the aforesaid item should be added
the following: Standard bearer, Lila
Mcintyre; Chorus of % voices; pianist,
Mrs. Geo. w. Keeseman; conductor,
Prof. r. o. Goldsmith; stage director,
Jas. Habberley. The Philharmonics an
nOunce that tickets can be procured
from members of Stark Hose Company
and Opera Company. Seats on sale at
GOldsmith's; diagram will be open Mon
day, April 18th, at 0 a. m. The dates of
the opera are April 26th and 9th, in
stead of as we had them last week
The sudden change in the weather,
the latter part of last week, was remark
ed by many. A despatch from Kansas
City, says: dispatches from points all
over Kansas report that severe blizzard
is raging. The weather throughout the
State was warm enough Saturday to be
almost uncomfortable. Yesterday
change in the temperature took place.
Last night a heavy snow set in. The
snow is of the hard variety, and where
ever it drifts it forms banks as hard as
sand. Trains are delayed on account of
the storm. At Newton the blizzard is
the worst of the season." No wonder
one of our exchanges heads this weather
report bleeding Kansas" Vermont
has seen nothing like this for many
year.
THE entertainment last evening in the
new church building, was all that it was
advertised. The tableaux under the di-
rection of Mr.. J. 1. Loomis, were superb,
which goes to prove that the right man
was chosen for the spectacular parts.
Miss Mary Mitchell and Miss Mary
Hutchins did themselves credit. Many