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hundreds.
PERRY BOND is visiting friends in
town.
BURGESS livery stable has recently
been connected with the telephone SER
vice.
Miss JANE E. DAY has gone to Phila-
delphia for week or two visiting
friends.
THE Misses Mary Meeker, Alice Hearns
of Waterford, N. Y, are guests of Mrs.
Tracy on River street.
THE new bugles for the Rifles have
come, and G.. E. Stevens, the buglar,
says they are "dandies."
A NEW flag staff was raised at the
Soldiers Home on Saturday by j. S.
Lindley. 1t is 90 feet in height.
], HANNEY and Miss Florance Cole of
Ravena, cousin and sister of Miss Ella
Cole, have been spending few days
here.
G. B. SIBLEY is passing few days in
Orange, Mass, this week, with his
daughter. Mrs. Peirson, going down to
stay over last Sunday.
QUITE large plot of grass was cut
with a moving machine on Monday,
NAV goth. in front of the Soldiers Home
The crop making quite a showing when
raked and cooked.
C. G. COLE, the Opera House Clothier,
shows to-day two elegant windows. The
east one is ''linen display and the
west is filled with hats. Just take a
look at Coles windows.
THE local members of the Grand Chap
ter of the Vermont Eastern Star, are:
John G. Clark. Mesdames John II. Nor
ton and ]. A. N. Williams. The annual
convocation is to be held at Montpelier,
June 9TH and 9th.
THOSE in need of moving machine
this season will made no mistake if they
consult Geo. A. Moon of South Shafts
bury, agent for the Deering Ideal bicy-
Gle ball-bearing machine. 1t is the light
eat draft machine in existence.
THE Rev. Geo L. Richardson, rector
of st. Peters church, will conduct the
services at the chapel of the Soldiers
Home, Sunday afternoon, May Goth, at
3 o'clock. The public are cordially IN
vited. The chapel seats 200.
Col. OLIN SCOTT will be able to fur
nish iron markers and holders for the
flags for the graves in the village ceme-
terry only, before Memorial Day. The
other cemeteries will be furnished as
soon as they are cast and finished.
THE Medical Association of Northern
Berkshire, to which several of our local
physicians belong, holds its regular
monthly meeting at the Tyler Goodell
house, in Readsboro to-day. DR.. H. S.
Ward entertains and Landlord Goodell
spreads trout dinner. Drs. Rogers and
Bennett attended.
LAST Friday night a club was formed
in connection with the Good Templars
for the purpose of buying piano. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, W. E. Frost; vice president, Burt
Elliott; secretary, Miss Lillian Wescott;
treasurer, P. L. Clifford. A board of
directors will be elected at the next
meeting. The club will be known as
the willing Helpers"
On Monday aunt Sylvia Greenleaf,
residing on School street, celebrated her
Goth birthday. She spread very fine
breakfast at o'clock in the forenoon,
and invited about twenty Of our best
people, The company were nicely en-
tertained and many gifts were left with
this aged lady, who has been for years
connected with the Second Congrega-
tional church.
THE poor, crippled horse that was be-
ing cruelty driven by Herbert Aldrich,
who was arrested for being drunk, last
week, was bought by the Bennington So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, and the services of Veterinary
Surgeon Burgess secured to humanely
kill it. This is the fourth case the So
ciety has recently been called upon to
investigate and attend to.
THE warning for town meeting last
March, contained the following article,
which was dismissed: "To see what &C.
ton the town will take in the matter OF
bill for Attorneys fees and certain costs,
rendered by Sheldon & Cushman against
town, in cause entitled Morse VS.. Morse,
The town has been sued and the prelimi.
nary hearing is set for to-day. The
amount is in the neighborhood of 500
acknowledgement was entered against
the town by agreement, and defendant
appeals. Total amount, $119.42.
EXCLUDING the advertising items, the
Reformer of last Saturday contained III
locals 101 of which had appeared in the
BANNER. We congratulate editor
Livingston OH the very excellent loca
paper he was thus enabled to publish
Notwithstanding over one hundred o.
these items had previously appeared IL
this paper We are always glad to de
the Reformer a good turn, by publish
ing our Friday edition in the afternoon
while he comes out later, and it may b.
that, in consideration of the BANNER
editorial help, Editor Livingston" car
further reduce the price of his paper
Reprinting is cheap, saves expense anC
labor, and he has our best wishes for hi
apparently honest endeavor to keep VI
with the procession.
LEE F. ARMSTRONG, aged q years, sol
of NJ. V. B. Armstrong, received seri
GUS injury to his right eye, Saturday
He was burning some rubbish, his sister
Ray Paddock and others being in tn
vicinity, when dynamite cartridge uset
in blasting was thrown upon the fire.
had been gathered up without Mr.. Arm
strong's knowledge, and when 1t ex
ploded some of the substance struck hin
in the eye. Mr.. Paddock was hit bu
was not hurt. DIR. Rogers was sum
moned and he recommended that tn
patient be taken to DR.. Mitchell of Troy
where he is to-day. DIR. Mitchell report
that the eye is cut below the sight an
burned, but cannot tell yet whether
can be saved or not. We understan
that some of the family have gone dow