Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-11

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BESIDES having the misfortune of los.
ing three birthdays out of every four,
those persons who were born on Febru-
airy Goth, will be seven years without a
birthday, from 1896 to 1904, the year
1900 not being leap year.
YESTERDAY it was Names turn to ex-
press her sentiment at the polls, and
when the returns are in we shall be able
to judge whether the cause assigned for
Republican gains in Vermont IS equally
operative in another State on the Cana
dian frontier.
THE increased Republican majority in
Vermont is attributed to the fact that
the farmers have been led to believe
that, with wool and lumber on the free
list, and the reduction of duty on Cana
dian farm products, a serious blow has
been inflicted upon their interests
D. L. MILLER g. Company of New
York, who have been for several months
engaged in the preparation of the prop
erty map of Bennington, wish to inform
their subscribers that the map is now in
the hands of the printer, and will be de-
livered within the coming few days.
MRS. DR.. GREENE and daughter Lot
tie, after six weeks visit to relatives
here, returned Saturday to their home in
Philadelphia, going via North Adams,
Mass, and New Haven, Conn. Mrs.
Fred Robinson went with them to the
Tunnel City, visiting her daughter over
Sunday.
THE funeral of George Fl. Kehoe, who
died at the Soldiers Home on Tuesday,
was held from the residence of Joseph
Gauthier on River street, Barre, Thurs
day morning, Rev. W R. Davenport of
the Methodist church, officiating. The
burial In the Barre cemetery was under
the auspices of Crandat Post, G. A. r.
AT the election in 1892, the town of
Hartford cast 161 votes for the Demo-
cratic State ticket. This year the same
town cast 80 votes for the same ticket.
And all this at the home of the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor! Was
there scheme abroad to make it unani-
nous for the Republican candidateP
BISHOP HALL is announced to be here
Saturday and Sunday, the 22nd and 3d.,
inst. He will conduct the services at
st. Peters church. The Rev. Geo. L.
Richardson left Monday for Burlington,
where he will attend the Retreat for
Clergymen, instituted by Bishop Hall,
and which extends through the week.
He will return Friday.
WHILE Col. Woodbury. received the
largest majority ever given a candidate
in the city of Burlington, Col. Mansur,
the candidate for acknowledgement,
received by far the largest ever given
candidate in his own town. So the Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor-elect
have both received the highest compli
ment that could have been given them
by their own townsmen.
EVERY can of fruit the farmers wife
preserves, every cup of coffey or tea we
sweeten, and every bottle of drink the
of the increased cost of doing so under
party died in giving birth to it and death
Reed says: ''It is bad to be dead, but
it is disgustingly SO to be a dead hum
bug"
The city papers are all right, forcibly
says an exchange, but it is the local pa
per that advertises your business, your
schools, your churches, your societies,
sympathizes with you in your afflictons,
and rejoices in your prosperity. In
short it is your local paper that mentions
the thousand and one items in which
you are interested during the year, and
which you do not find in the city papers.
Support your home paper.
DURING the thunder storm that pre-
vailed in this section, Monday afternoon,
the large barn of William Bowles in
was struck by lightning, The
barn was set on fire and with the con-
tents consisting of six tons of hay, grain,
etc., was totally consumed. The stock
that was in the barn was run out. The
bolt struck within about twenty
feet of the United States mail carrier,
who was on his way to Woodford.
THE Baptist society of Barre have ar
ranged for four days services for the
opening of its new church just completed.
They begin tomorrow, and at 7 in the
evening Rev. Alexander Macgeorge, of
this village, will preach. The building
is located on Washington street in most
central location and will be, when COM
pleted, beautiful structure. 1t has
seating capacity of something over 300
The inside finishings are of quartered
oak and the pews are also of the same
not quartered.
H. HENRY BROWN, one of the oldest
established merchants in Western Yer
mont, is the representative elect from
the town of West Rutland to the incom-
ing Legislature. Between Mr.. Brown and
II. S. Bingham, representative-electf from
this town, there has existed a warm
for number of years, in fact
Mr.. Bingham considers Mr.. Brown in the
nature of mascot, and has good reason
for so doing. Twenty-Five years ago Mr..
Bingham started on the road for a trav-
cling salesman. The first man that he
visited was Mr.. Brown, and he was the
first man that he ever sold goods to from
samples. From that day to the present,
every time that Mr.. Bingham has started
on a trip Mr.. Brown has been the first
man that he visited. Ho has always sold
him bill of goods, and every trip that
he has made after visiting his old friend
has been successful one. Mr.. Brown is
the first Republican ever chosen to rep
resent West Rutland in the Legislature,
and Mr.. Bingham by the largest majority
ever given representative here. In
view of former events it is not to be
at that the candidacy of Mr..
Brown was an omen of success to him.
ANOTHER week had passed, until the
,opious showers of yesterday, without
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