Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-05-15

BERT WILLARD OF ScnOOl SJreeC, mas
been visiting friends in Northampton.
MISS CLARA WILLARD has been con-
fined to her home several days by i'll
ness.
PROF. GEO. A. MEITzKIE of North
Adams, Mass, was in the village Mon
day visiting friends.
TIE local National Textile Union gave
a pleasant and enjoyable hop in Apollo
Hall, Friday evening, in which 70 couples
joined.
MRS. JOHN POWERS is again at her
home in Middlebury. She passed the
winter in Bennington with her son, @.
N. Powers, and family.
A wELL-KNowN farmer says that sell
dom, if ever, have people in this town
seen grass high enough to wave as early
in May as they did this year.
HOMER RIGGs, a former special agent
for the Pension Department, and well
known here, has recently established
himself in business in Middlebury.
STREET COMMISSIONERS FUTILE is do
ing a good and thorough job in cleaning
up the streets and cutters. Some parts
of Main street look like newly swept
parlor.
THE hum of the lawn mower is now
to be heard, and if the grass continues
to grow as fast as it has the past week
or ten days, we may soon expect to hear
the hum of the moving machine.
THE man who puts off his spring ad-
yertising until Nav will find that sum-
mer comes before his returns are in. If
you are going to do thing, do it in
time. Push your business. Don't let
it push you.
MRS. FANNIE NJ. HARRISON of Centre
Bennington, is spending the spring
months with her cousin, Mrs. VIM. ii.
Frear of Troy, N. Y. They start this
week with the 'Frear Coaching Party, "
stopping at Saratoga, Lake George and
other places.
JOHN J. MILLER, for some time a
popular salesman at the clothing store
of Burt Brothers, left this morning for
Newburg, N. Y. He has been engaged
to take charge of farm near that city,
by wealthy gentleman of New York
Success to him.
PAST GRAND MASTER Fl. L. STILLsoN,
District Deputy Emerson EstabrOok, NJ
E. Watson and john E. Welsh, del
egates from Stark Lodge, left Monday
afternoon, to attend the annual session
of the Grand Lodge 1. o. of o. T. for
Vermont, which meets in Newport to-
day.
THE Valley News of North Adams,
Mass, says: Canton Colfax OF this
town, will entertain about seventy five
members of Canton Memo OF Albany,
N. Y, Memorial Day. They will go on
ride to Hartwellville." Canton Ben
nington of this village has been invited
to participate.
A. B. VALENTINE has returned from
Montana, where he has been couple of
weeks on business. Mr.. Valentine was
on the capitol steps in Washington the
day Coxey attempted to speak and was
marched off between two policemen.
He describes the affair as being extreme
ly ludicrous.
THERE was large attendance at the
benediction services in st. Francis de
Sales church, Friday evening, including
among the number quite q representa-
ton from other churches. The "Ave
Maria" solo composed by Charles 81.
Bennett, was finely rendered. Mr.. Ben
net, although young man, has already
gained quite reputation as composer.
THE committee to arrange for the an
nual picnic of the F. NJ. T. A. B. the
coming 10Th of August are: John f.
Guiltinan, chairman; John Ryan, Mich
ael WEIGH, A. ]. Griffin, d. A. Guilt
nan, Edward Mahar, Patrick Kelley,
John Carrigan, John Toomey, Patrick
Riley, John Murphy and John Cullerton,
with the president and Vice-president.
The picnic will be held in Hunts upper
grove. The society will give an invita-
ton social the evening of May Both.
NEWSPAPERS are not run for the fun
of tho thing. They are business enter
prises, pure and simple. An exchange
we'll says that it is just as logical to ask
a man to donate q certain amount of
cash to private enterprise as to give
the use of his type without even an &C
acknowledgements How many there are
who forget this fact when they have a
concert, lecture OF other entertainment
that may come in the list-just when
they want from fifty cents to S. worth of
gratutious advertising. (Me.)
Age.
THE Middlebury Register of last Fri
day had the following: Commercial
men say that this section of Vermont is
the dullest region they find in their
travels. Down country, where manu-
| featuring establishments are more num-
erous than up here, the hard times were
severely felt year ago, and people be-
| gan to eeonomize. They have now eaten
up and worn out everything and are
obliged to buy goods, while up here il
just begun to dawn upon residents that
money is not quite so plentiful as il
once was.
TIE following houses are now in pre-
cess of erection within the limits of the
village: On South street, one for Charles
Adams and Mrs. P. Donnelly; on Grand
! View Extension, one for R. j. Crawford
on Weeks street, for George II. Moore
| G.. A. Wickham, and John Smith; on
Depot street, one for Mrs. Charles Sib'
ley; on Grove street, one for John d.
| Cords; on Beach street, one for Frank
Thompson, and on Main street, one fol
Charles H. Potter. Frank Crawford is
building an addition to his store house
on Beach street. During the season
there have been additions to the knit
ting mill of Tiffany Brothers; the Gokay
residence on Union street; the Jewett
house on South street, and the former
known Whitney block on Main street
| On Elm street, II. N. Williams has bull
new barn, and two or three houses or
the extension of Bradford street have
been finished up. There are founda
tons for two or three houses ON Maple
and Grove streets already laid, anC
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