The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-09

anu Jne LOCALITY is very ueslidol0
HART has Especial sale' these days
that will attract attention. Note what
he says in his usual space to day, and
call and see what he offers.
The regular cantonment of Canton
Bennington, No 4, p. NJ, to nominate
Department and local officers will be
held the third Tuesday in this month,
the goth.
THE entertainment for the 18th, by
the Father Matthew T. A. B. Society,
will be nice thing, and our readers are
requested to make note of the date,
st. Patrick's Day.
STARK LODGE of Odd Fellows will
work the Initiatory degree next We'd
nesday evening, on two candidates with
L. S. Frost in the chair. This should
call out a good attendance.
L. S. FROST has display of fish in his
window. such as is seldom seen outside
of large cities. II is worth your while to
90 and take a look if nothing more.
The Major is continually treating Ben
nington people to sights in the fish line
that they have not been accustomed to
see.
THE st. Adams Lodge of Odd Fellows
has purchased new lamp which will
soon be placed in front of its hall. The
lamp has different colored shades to
show what degree is being worked.
This is a hint to Stark Lodge of this vii
lage, when it moves to the new Odd Eel
lows hall in the Opera House block,
now nearing completion.
THE school trustees meet at the
Graded school building next Monday
evening, to abate taxes and prepare for
the annual school meeting. We have
been asked if women were voters in
school matters. We are informed that
those who pay taxes and register can
vote and if they desire to do so should
see that their names are on the check
list.
P. G. BOND of the Bennington and
Rutland ticket Office is away taking a
vacation on account of his health which
has been quite poorly for the past year,
and he will be away about four months.
He is at his home in Dandy for the pres
ent. Mr. James O'Donnell, who has
been clerk in the North Bennington
office, takes his place at the Bennington
depot.
CHARLES S. CLAPP, assistant master
mechanic of the Bennington and Rut-
land railway at Bennington, has re-
signed and is succeeded by George Nc
Masters, who has been an engineer on
the road for number Of years. Mr..
Clapp was an old and faithful employe,
having been in the service of the com
pany as engineer and master mechanic
for nearly forty years.
IT will be seen by the town reports
that our school expenses have been con-
siderablv decreased under the town sys
TEN the past year. At the same time,
all will agree that we have had better
schools we think The town system is
without doubt, the best. This is the
consensus of opinion as CLEANED from
our exchanges, with only now and then
an exception.
THE Rev. A. D. Heaxt, says the
| Poultney Journal, was detained at home
by revi yal meetings, and so did not at,
tend the District Preachers meeting
lately held at that place. The other
parts of the programme were carried
out, and there was large attendance,
The officers of the association are the
Rev. Thos. Rogers of SALISBURY, presi.
dent; the Rev. G. F. Noble, vice-presi
dent; the Rev. j. NJ. harris, Wells, sec.
rotary.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN at Howard Opera
House, Burlington, Saturday afternoon
and evening, March Sd. We take this
from the Free Press to remark that the
present generation of men and women
can hardly realize that to make just
such scenes as are enacted impossible
was the war of the Rebellion, otherwise
called the Civil war, fought. 1t seems
to the boys and girls of to-day like Incl
dents of the Crusades, something an
cient, but t was stern reality at the
time, as some of us know.
AMONG the nominations sent to the
Senate for confirmation Wednesday, we
note that of Maj. f. w. Childs to be
postmaster at Brattleboro. Maj Child,
was first appointed by President Cleve
land, during his first term, and was con
tinued another four years by President
Harrison and now receives his third
nomination for that important Office
This is quite complimentary and con.
firms the promise made some time age
| by his friends, that he would make the
best postmaster Brattleboro ever had.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled fol
in the postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending March Sd, 1894: Edw. Ban
sway, Robert j. Boyd, Albert Breton
Henry Bushee, Jamie Davis, John Dris.
coll, Michael Lacourse, II. Lapierre
Jos. MERCER, Thos. Mulgown, Frank
Pellering, Ralph II. Smith, Merriam
Sprague, Fred S. Weatherhead, Geneva
l.. Girard, and Olivia Longtin. These
letters will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office, March II, 1894, if not called fol
before. In calling for above, please say
advertised" giving date of lisU.
THE small pox is spreading in the
State. A second case has made it's ap
Dearance at Brattleboro. President
Charles S. Caverly of the State Board
Of Health is making every effort tC
stamp out the dreadful disease. This is
a Rutland item. All there is to this
matter is the fact that in Boston they
have had good deal of small pox, anC
the people of the East side go to the
Hub frequently, just as our folks &c
to Troy to trade. We donot apprehenC
any danger this side of the mountain il
proper precautions are taken in Bratte
boro.
OUR exchanges are again agitating the
question of fractional currency. Here il
what one of them says: 1.-THE posta
notes were devised to meet the need of {
form of currency which could be used tC
send small sums by mail; but they arr
not suffi cient. They are no safer thar
any other form of currency, and the COS
of procuring them is a check upon thei
| use and amounts To a considerable IA,