The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-14

| GEN. j. j. ESTEY of BrattlebOro was
in town Tuesday, called at the Home and
called on others. He was en- route for
! Saratoga, n. Y.
WE notice that the Rev. A. d. Heaxt
has the Craftsmanship of the Committee
on Finance in the Troy Conference at
| Albany this week.
AN excellent Official Guide to Chicago
and the Worlds Fair is for sale by Prof
Frank Bradford and is worthy the atten-
ton of our people.
THE handsome dental parlors over
Van Week & Potter's drug store are
fitted up for DR.. A. H. Cutler, who will
soon move to that location.
WE learn that the School Directors
can give employment TO four or five good
teachers in our town schools. The sup
ply does not equal the demand.
Miss EDITH STEWART goes this week
to Rutherford, N. j.. for visit of sew
eral months with her sister, Mrs. o. r.
Bennett. Mrs. NJ. w. Stewart returns
! home tomorrow.
THE drive ways through the Soldiers
| Home are again open to the public,
which will not be slow to avail itself of
the fine drive through the spacious
grounds and grove.
MUCH sympathy is expressed for Mrs.
Charles Silver, who in nine weeks has
lost her husband and two children. The
last to die was an eight-year-old daugh-
ter, Maud, of diptheria.
MAJ. A. B. VALENTINE, in behalf of
the Valentine Knitting Company has
presented the Vermont Soldiers Home
with fine and modern barber's chair.
This supplies "a long felt want"
d. j. PRATT, who took possession of
the cigar manufactury on Main street a
short time ago, has moved his family to
the rooms over the express Office. This
locates him again in Bennington, where
he has many friends.
SEVERAL inmates of the Home have
recently availed themselves of a priv
lege for furlough to visit their homes
and families. The present membership
| is 50, ten of whom are in the hospital.
There were three deaths within the past
! vuarter.
THERE'S music in the air and Chas. G.
| Cole, the Brownies and the small boys are
making the most of it in the sale of boys
clothing. Each boy who buys suit gets
present of ten rubber stamps of the
Brownies with inkpad complete, until
further notice.
The Rev. Charles r. Seymour will take
three Sunday evenings to answer some
questions about the christians Pro-
! fession." The first question will be
"What do Christians Professw He will
gladly receive and attempt to answer
any questions sent up from the audience
or by mail on this or any other subject.
MAJ. R. ]. CoFFEY has offered to put
the Home water pipe through to Park
street. The conditions being that S. G.
Lyons is to furnish the lumbei, and NJ.
w. Stewart is to build the trough and
put it IN place. We believe it is agreed
"a public-spirited enterprise on the par
of these gentlemen that the public will
highly appreciate.
A NEW mode of giving notices on Sun
day morning has been adopted expert
mentally at the Second Congregational
church. The numerous appointments
instead of being announced from the
pulpit are neatly printed on a single leaf
entitled, Calendar" and distributed in
the pews. These are taken home and
kept for reference.
OWING to the diversity of opinion as
to what the call for the special village
meeting, recommended by the trustees,
should contain in order to meet the stu
alton in regard to the sewers as it stands
it was found impossible to get the call in
readiness for this weeks issue of the
village papers. 1t will, however, UNI
doubtedly appear next week.
LAWRENCE KINsELLA of the U, " NJ.
base ball club, was in town over Sunday.
We note that the Vermonters have just
scored victory in the game with the
University nine of North Carolina. They
started from Charlottesville and ar
rived at their destination just in time to
play. This fact and the fatigue of the
long ride, playing the game without rest,
gives our Vermont nine the greater vic
tory
OUR theatre going public will note
with pleasure the notice and cate for
April 20. of "The Police Patrol" real
istic scene of the Haymarket Square riots
in Chicago. This company are heavier
and more drawing card than the mid
a,gnt Alarm" that was so popular with
our people, and the play is owned by the
same firm. These facts, not generally
known, will be sure to draw large house.
OK Wednesday evening the Rev. u.
Marten gave another of his interesting
geological talks before the Young Won
ems Club. His subject was the "Forma-
tion of the No. American Continent" The
next one in the course will be, Natural
Curiosities of Vermont. Those who have
beea privileged to listen to these talks
must appreciate the skill of the speaker
in presenting themes so vast in so simple
and entertaining manner.