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how many rose bushes 81 will buy.
SUNDAY was cold, bleak day and yet
the grove and grounds around the Sol
diers' Home were visited by many.
THE Castleton itemsHof the Herald,
say: 'Mabel Dewey, who has been alb
sent several months visiting friends in
Bennington and Philadelphia, has re-
turned"
THE round pond in the grove at the
Vermont Soldiers Home, has been
cleaned from muck. dead leaves
and twigs and new dam put in. The
pond will be stocked with several hun
bred trout
THERE was large audience present at
the evening service in the Second Con-
gregational church Sunday. The sub
1ect of the sermon, which was interesting
and patriotic, pertained to the recent
civil war, being entitled: "a Four
Years. Struggle"
A DOZEN car loads of hard wood logs
have been standing in the railroad yard
several days. They were cut on the line
of the Lebanon Springs railroad and are
as fine lot of logs as one generally sees.
They are for the Eagle Square Company
at South Salisbury.
Fl. C. BABCoCK of the mercantile firm
of II. G. Babcock & Company of Hoosick,
N. Y, was in town, Wednesday, for the
first time since October. He, with his
family, have been stopping since that
time at the Berkeley House, Saranac
Lake, N. Y, for the benefit of his
health.
NEXT Sunday evening a memorial SER
mon will be preached in the Baptist
church by the pastor, Rev. A. Macgeorge.
The local posts, G.. A. R., and w. r. c.,
will attend in body and occupy seats in
the body of the church. Professor
Downs will arrange musical programme
appropriate to the occasion.
A WELL appearing man, met the BAN
NER representative on Washington street,
a day or two since and asked the latter if
he knew of any body that had any work
they wanted done. He said that he had
of job of some kind, and failing to get
any, had become discouraged. Farmers
anticipate that there will be an over sup
ply of help this year.
A BUSINESS man, in the village, who
was affixiug Columbian stamp to a
letter, Saturday, remarked to friend
standing by, that with the advent of hot
weather came the thought that the Co
lumbar stamp is nearly thing of the
past. He said that the extra exertion
necessary to lift, wet and plaster letter
with these government insignia, would
be especially trying in hot weather.
A WELL known citizen of the village
remarked to the BANNER man, Saturday,
as several bicyclists flew on to North
street from Main: There is going to be
an accident one of these days and some
reckless fiend will cleave some innocent
pedestrian in two with his madly rush
ing bicycle. The riders violate the law
every day by giving no warning of their
approach and but few have the pre-
scribed danger light on their machines.
There have been several accidents al
ready and it is wonder that there have
not been more.
A GOOD story is told at the expense of
one of our we'll known fisherman, who
Thursday, took day off to secure few
speckled beauties, as we'll as enjoy his
favorite sport. He returned home
Thursday evening with 10 as fine trout
as were ever captured. Friday is fish
day in his home, and after being care
fully prepared, the fish were put away
for Fridays dinner. Our friend was so
elated over his catch that he informed
several of his neighbors what palatable
dish he was to have for his dinner. Man
PROPOSE" etc. When milady went to
the cellar for the fish preparatory to
cooking them for the Friday dinner, she
found that the rats had been there be-
fore her and carried off every one. 1t
was bad for the fisherman, who has since
found tho nrxy Of ttfa fci1 -, o,n aefi
than ever.
Vol. w., of the Columbia College studies
in history, economies and public law,
g entitled: History of Taxation in Yer
and is an exhaustive study of the sub
There is an appendix upon 1.-THE Yer
safe money tendencies of the early Yer
monters. Prof. Wood says: vermont
made no experiment in paper money
after the issue OF bills of credit of 1881
until 1905, when bank was established.
The bills of credit were issued for a
period of about fourteen months, and
after the expiration of that time they
were redeemed as presented. 1t is re-
markable that the success of this issue
did not prompt the people 30 try the
plan second time.' The State bank
was closed in 1912, and it is said of the
failure of its branches Woodstock,
Mlddlebury, Burlington and Westminis-
er-that the directors were not respon-
sible for the circumstances attending it.
THE Sunday Budget contained the fol-
lowing: Saturday night there came
very near being serious railroad wreck
on the Fitchburg road, between Wal
loomsac and White Creek. When a
short distance from Walloomsac loose
fish-plate was struck, which considerably
Jared and shook up the train. The air
brakes were applied and the train stopped
and an examination of the rails made,
when the loose fish plate was discovered
About two trains lengths from the loose
fish-plate is a ravlne, over which the
train crosses on a high bridge. The
depth of the ravine is fully sixty feet,
and had the train left the track terrible
catastrophe would have resulted. The
train which struck the fish-plate leaves
Troy at 1:20 p. m, aud is due in Rut-
land at 2:15 a. m. 1t is thought the
plate was loosened by person or per-
sons DESTROYS of causing wreck. Rail-
road detectives are at work on the case.
THE Troy Press of Saturday says:
"Among the members of the Presbytery
of New York City, who are attending the
assembly at Saratoga, is Rev. Charles
Robinson, D. D., who was pastor of the
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