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o. n. II. IAWSON mas COnCluueu 10 return
to Bennington permanently. This is
right.
THE Rector returns to-day and the ser.
vices at st. Peters, Sunday, will be as
usual.
MISS SARAH SMITH of Coleraine, Mass,
is visiting Miss Jessie Smith of this
village.
Miss EDITH NJ. CoRDEs is visiting her
cousin, Miss Lena NJ. Cordes, Hoosick
Falls, N. Y.
VIM. WNsLow is building an addition
to his shop, made necessary by his in
nreasing business.
THE Rev. and Mrs. Geo. L. Richardson
will be lat home at ST. Peters rectory,
on Tuesdays, Jan. LIST and 18th.
A NEW foundation has been put in and
other necessary repairs made to the
Eagle, No. 4, Hose house, on East Main
street.
WIN. D. HAYTREE has begun the cree
ton of new residence on South street,
on the lot recently purchased of II. c.
Lindloff.
QUARTER MASTER GENERAL GILMORE
has recently presented Company f.,
with a large and finely framed portrait
of himself, which has been hung in the
armory.
E. E. LARRABEE, Harry r. Cushman
and G. II. Mason are in Montpelier this
week on business connected with the diff
ferent electric railroads that charters are
asked for.
THE marriage of Frank Murphy of this
village, to Miss Patterson of Troy, n. Y,
will take place at the residence of Sam
uel A. Patterson on Dewey avenue next
Tuesday the 9th.
AT the reception given by Mrs. Cover
nor Woodbury. in Montpelier, yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. Fl. S. Bingham of this
village was one of those who assisted
Mrs. Woodbury. in receiving the guests.
THE Democratic party is just as abso,
lutely sure to commit suicide, when its
hands are not tied, as the sun is to set
No party or political combination ever
went to the devil so fast in short year
-Hardwick Gazette.
MAI. A. B. VALENTINE has recently
cut down large elm that has stood for
so many years in his yard. 1t measures
about three feet through at the largest
place, and according to the rings on it is
about 125 years old.
ONE of the large hemlocks at Round
Lake was recently cut down, and experts
In the business say that the tree was 1914
years old. 1t had nearly rolled off at the
top and stood dangerously near some of
the cottages, so it was cut down.
AMONG those who will attend the
Union convention of Vermont and New
Hampshire Y. NJ. c. A., to be held at
Keene, N. H., to-day and tomorrow are
C. j. Hoyt, Charles Cooper, yelling
Thomas, Mortimer Downs, Eddy Thorn
as and LeGrand Hyde.
THE annual ball of Company X, Yer
mont National Guard, will probably be
held about New Years, and the company
are now at work arranging for the same.
The same evening will occur the compel
tive drill for the gold badge that the
company has had made, to be given as
prize.
JUDGE Robinson, the widely known
editor of the North Adams, Mass, Tran
script, died in that village, Wednesday,
about noon, in his I'D year. He was one
of the best newspaper writers of the day.
and enjoyed the confidence of the com
munity to larger extent than is usually
accorded to men.
The gang of men who have been put
ung in the new iron bridge on Mill street,
expect to have it ready for business Fri
day evening. 1t is single truss, 40 feet
in length. The roadway is 20 feet wide,
on each side being foot paths feet wide.
1t is being put up by the Vermont Con-
structiOn Company, who have furnished
two bridges for the town before.
THE Burlington Free Press of Wednes
day, states that p. o. Dodge, well known
here, and now editor of the Burlington
Independent and inspector of immigra-
Tion, is to be sued for $1,000 by Police
Officer Mckenzie of that city for defama-
tion of character. 1t is also in order for
Governor-elect Morton's coachman to
get in a point or two. Dodge was the Of
1icious CleYelandite, who was prominent
in that arrest. Better stick to your from
tier work Brer Dodge.
Ar his rooms on South street, Prof.
Long has bouquet of chrysanthemums
and one of pinks that are objects of adj
miration to all who have seen them.
Such flowers are seldom seen in this
Town or village. There are five or six
different varieties of the former, they be-
ing in white, yellow, white and pink
combined, and other shades. They are
from the hot house of S. L. Griffith at
Danby, who is noted for his handsome
specimens Of plants and shrubs.
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