The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12


THE hoped skirt has not come back
yet, AS threatened but the way the sleeves
and shoulder rigging are swelling up
beats all.
THE National G. A. r. Eneampment
this year will be held in Indianapolis. A
fund of $3.50, 900 has been raised for local
expenses.
UP to May the town clerk has regis
tered 366 dogs. The total number regis
tered before the closing time will be
about the same as last year.
THE selectmen are now engaged in
measuring the number of miles of load
in the town, according to an. act passed
by the last General Assembly.
SECOND LIEUTENANT E. c. BENNETT
of the Corps of Cadets attached to Nor
witch University,is one of the committee
ON commencement exercises.
NJ. E. WATSON is out of town for the
rest of this week, going yesterday, visit
ing his mother, who lives in Windham
county. He returns Monday.
Miss MARY H. LOOMS is home this
week from Hudson, N. Y. She sang at
the Y. NJ. G. A., entertainment Wednes-
day and is to take part in the Chimes
of Normandy this evening.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway com
pany sets good example for all Cana
dams by giving notice that American sill
yer will be taken at par all along its line
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
On Monday before Justice Harris, was
tried by jury suit Judge Darling VS.,
Ohm Scott. The issue was the accept
ance of an order and the amount 81. The
jury disagreed after hearing the case all
day, and being out until after midnight,
standing five for plaintiff and one for
defendant.
ONE of the latest advertising lodges is
to paste 'sJickers" bearing the advertise
ment upon one side of the silver dollar,
complaints of which are being received
in great numbers at the treasury depart
ment from bankers. 1t is said to be
probable that the offenders will be pros
ecuted.
AT the Putnam House Landlord Col
Inns is taking up the ingram carpets in a
number of rooms and replacing them
with w. & j. Sloan's body Brussels car
pets. This is preparatory to the sum-
mer business. The prospect is bright
for good seasons trade at this popular
hotel.
THERE appears to be wonderful
sight of the Potter-Palmer element in
this Worlds fair business. There is
Potter Palmer, president of the gentle
men managers, and Mrs. Potter Palmer,
president of the lady managers, and, as
if that was not enough, the papers tell
how many ported palms there are among
the floral exhibits and decorations.
A BENNINGTON COUNTY man says that
"Chicagos country sisters, cousins and
aunts are listening hard about these
days for invitations to come and stay all
through the fair. And the aforesaid sis
tiers, ct AL, wish it distinctly understood
that all previous hints about big feet are
Withdrawn. with everything in the ma
ture of porcine and windy illusions"
THE music at ST. Francis de Sales's
church Sunday was unusually fine, the
principal part being the rendering of the
Offeratory solo "Ave Marie" by Cheru-
bini by Mrs. L. B. Daley, her first APP
pearance in several weeks. Chas. II.
Bennett is the organist during the alb
sence of Mrs. Lizzie Gay in Ireland. The
RI Rev. Bishop John S. Michaud will be
present at the services Sunday, May 28.
THE fight against the Bell Telephone
monopoly has commenced already I'm
mediately after the expiration of the
Bell patent, about a month ago, eastern
capitalists organized the McKeesport
Telephone Company, and on the first of
May the Bell company commenced a suit
against this new company for infringe
ment of their patents. This is to be
made test case, and is expected to turn
out one of the greatest legal battles ever
fought in U. S. courts.
SUNDAY evening, May H. there will
be held at the Second Congregational
church union mass meeting under the
auspices of the Woman's Christian Tenn.
perance Union, Mr.. Seymour will give
an address on the Ensor Cure, and a col
lection will then be taken to defray the
expenses of patients to this Institute,
who will pledge themselves to return
the amount after they are cured. thas
been so long since this organization has
called upon the people for AID in temper
ance work, it is hoped the response will
be so generous that fund can be held
in perpetuity for the treatment of more
than one patient at time.
THE President of the Savings Bank
has shown us a blue print" design of a
safe deposit vault, which will probably
be built in connection with the new
building on the corner of Main and North
streets. The design calls for an outlay
of some $4,000. and it is probable no
better vault has ever been built for this
purpose than this one will be when COM
pleted. The capacity is for 200 or more
boxes, with an increased possibility of
$40 as the years 60 past. This part of
the Savings Bank building will easily
pay a large percentage on the investment
aside from supplying much needed re-
ceptacle for valuables. The dimensions
in round numbers are 16xS feet and !
feet 8 in. in height. OF the walls, sixteen
inches of the outside is fire proof, four
inches are absolutely burglar proof, and
aside from these there is to be six inches
of railroad work. There is to be doub-
lie set of doors, fastening with automat-
ic boiling, by which means there will be
no spindle or other perforations, regu-
lated by time clock, etc. This is some
thing like the safety vault put Ia in
BrattlebOrO recently and which gives ex-
cellent satisfaction. This design has
not yet received the Official endorsement
of the Board of Trustees. but no doubt
will in due time be adopted by them.
In addition TO the elegant cane pre-
scented Mr.. II. c. LindlOff by the girls in
the scanning room of the Valentine mills
noted last week, the overseers of the
mill gave him meerschaum pipe. The
cane was an elegant, gold headed article
Fnn IN