Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-12-25

result of their supper and sale, Friday
evening.
THE election of Stark Lodge, No. 8, I.
o o. F., will be held tomorrow evening
at 7.3O o'clock A full attendance is re-
quested.
"IF the sun shine through the apple
tree on Christmas Day there will be an
abundant crop the following year. says
an old proverb.
Mr.. AND MRS. c. L. HALLETT of New
York City, are in town for a few days, to
spend Christmas with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. a. L. Adams.
THERE are now five postoffices in this
State held by Republican postmasters,
Burlington, Morrisville, Newport, Swan
ton and West Randolph.
CALL at the BANNER office and get
prices for job printing before going else.
where. Our work will be made satisfac-
tory and prices reasonable.
ABOUT twenty of her schoolmates sur
prised Daisy Russell at her home on
Pleasant street, Thursday evening, and
enjoyed the time with games and other
amusements.
AMONG those who are spending their
Holiday vacation at home we note: Miss
Cynthia Gardner, Miss Lillian Valentine ;
Messrs. Fred Tiff, Russell Graves, Col
Inns Graves, John Seymour.
THE Vermont commandery of the mil
itary order of the Loyal Legion will meet
in Burlington, Jan. Sth. Ex-Gov. John L.
Barstow of Shelburne will read paper
on volunteer Life in Louisiana"
IN st. Peters church, the Festival
days of st. Stephen, the Martyr, Dec.
Goth; st. John the Evangelist, Dec. 9th,
and Holy Innocents. Dec. 2Sth, will be
observed with services at 10 a. m.
WE need few more dogs in Poultney.
There are only eight hundred and sixty
nine now. We want one or two more to
dodge into the street and make life pleas
ant-Journal. We have, right here, the
Zone or two" to spare.
OUR subscribers are well aware that it
requires money to run newspaper.
Will they kindly look at the date which
follows their name, when they can ascer-
tain when their subscription expires, and
send us the amount due.
LAST Sunday, the fourth in Advent,
was observed as christmas Sunday by
most Protestant churches. The Episco.
pal and Catholic churches invariably OBJ.
serve to-day as Christmas, using the Lit,
urgy appointed for the Festival of the
Nativity.
THE Sunday school of st. Peters
church will enjoy its Christmastide fes.
tivities in Odd Fellows Hall, Thursday
afternoon of this week from to 7 o clock.
Next Sunday afternoon the children's
service in the church will take the place
of the usual Evensong.
INVITATIONS are out for the annual
ball of Company X, Vermont National
Guard. The event which is the leading
society one of the season, will take place
New Years Eve. At the same time will
occur the competitive drill.
Mrs. c. F. BURCH died at her home or
Pleasant street, Saturday evening, after a
long sickness of Bright's disease She
was y years of age. The funeral was
observed Tues lay afternoon, the buria
being in the new cemetery.
Miss VIRGINIA SCARBOROUGH, one OF
the teachers in the Graded schools, was
unfortunate enough to lose her pocket
book, Friday, it contai ing some money
and check for her month salary which
she had endorsed and placed therein
Payment of the check has been stopped
For our military edifcation, says thu
Hartland correspondent of the Vernon
Journal. A. j. Weed has left with us
small book of 96 pages, in paper covers
bearing the title of THE Compleat Soul
der" or Expert Artilleryman." TIL,
book was printed in Boston by Nicholas
Boone, lover against the old church
1701." 1t is learned from this volum,
that the first thing for a young man t.
do is "to learn the right use of hi
arms" though it is generally understood
that the first thing young man" learns
is the right use of his legs.
In the Addison County Court las
week was a case that is exciting a gooC
deal of interest. The Register says
state VS.. William Speyer was taken VI
in the middle of the forenoon. Thi
was on an information in which Speyer
who lives on South Main street in thi
village, was charged with maintaining
nuisance by keeping pigs in a pei
within 100 feet of an inhabited dwelin
house, contrary to the regulations of til
State Bord of Health made in accord
ance with powers conferred upon then
by the Legislature. Button & Butte
represented the defendant and W. II
Button argued a demurrer, claiming tina
the law under which the complaint wa
instituted was unconstitutional, for tn
reason that the Legislature had dele
gated to the State Board of Health pow