The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-23

j. S. HOLDEN and wife are spending
the week in Boston.
MRS. A. E. CONE of Pittsfield, Mass.
was in town this week, for short time,
on a business trip.
LIEUT.. RICHARDSON has now, in addi-
ton to flowers and planJs, as advertised
in another column, fine hot house lettuce.
THE Bennington Social Club will hold
an invitation concert and ball on Easter
Monday. This GLIB, composed of
young men of the village, was organized
about two months ago.
THE United States steamer, Benniug-
ton, sailed from Gibralter February 10Th,
for Behring sea- where she will do guard
duty under the provision of the de-
cision of the Behring sea tribunal Of ar
bitration.
BEGINNING with next Sunday. Mrs.
POor's bakery will be closed Sunday
evenings, and lunches those evenings will
be discontinued. She requests us to ask
that her patrons procure their supplies
Saturday evenings hereafter.
THE time for the annual town report
is rapidly drawing near. The BANNER
Office is prepared to print your reports
in good shape and promptly on time.
We do large amount of book work and
can handle your reports satisfactorily.
THE Rev. DR.. Merritt Hulburd, who is
well known in this city, says the New
York Tribune, will soon leave the Spring
Garden Methodist Episcopal church,
Philadelphia, of which he has en- pas
tor for five years, to become pastor of
Grace church, Wilmington, Del.
THEY are having terribly hot sum-
mer down on the other side of the Equa-
tor In South America everything is
sizzling, and in Adelaide, Australia the
thermometer has touched 1909 in the
shade, getting up to 1917 one day. How
thankful we should be for our blessings!
WHIST CLUB, No. /, met with Maj.
and Mrs. r. j. Coffey, Wednesday even
ing. The party were called for by
double runner affair rugged with rack
on which was spread generous guam
tity of hay. The ride about town was
greatly enjoyed. as well as the evening
at the Soldiers Home.
THE Blackinton correspondent of the
Budget has these items: Thomas Will
liams has gone to work in Bennington.
p. J. Monahan, for many years an
employee of the carding room in the
Blackington mills, has taken a position
as second hand in the carding room of
the Bennington Wooden mills.
THE annual meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary will be held at the Y. NJ. G.
A. rooms, Thursday afternoon, March
1st, at 3 clock. There will be an election
of officers and reports from all chairmen
of committee. All women, whether
members of the auxiliary or not, who are
interested in this work, are invited to be
present.
IT is generally conceded that Vermont
leads the Union in the production of Nor
gan horses. maple sugar, fine women and
acknowledgements. The first two
classes proved their claims to distinction
in competition at the Worlds fair. If
the last two had been entered they
would doubtless have been equally hon.
ored -Woodstock Standard.
The largest smokestack ever raised in
the State of Vermont was lately set up
at the gorge, near Burlington The
stack is 100 feet high, Is feet in circum-
ference, and weighs IL tors, being put
together ON the ground and raised in one
piece. 1t was particularly difficult
task, owing to the uneven ground and
surroundings and bad weather, supple
mented by the care necessary in handl-
ing such an immense tube. 81
The new hose company, No. 4, was or
ganized at the late quarters of the Brad
ford Hooks, Monday evening, February
18th, with the following officers: Henry
Caswell, president; Edward O'Donnell,
vice president; NJ. S. Taft, foreman;
Chas. Kroning, LIST assistant; Chas. No
Ian, End assistant; David Wright, secre-
tary; Luther Fisk, financial secretary;
Joseph McCarty, treasurer. The boys
will have new uniforms and a new cart
in time for the State tournement.
THE Woodstock Mercury for June 18th,
1894 has been handed to an exchange.
The editor quotes from contemporary
the following advertisement "We have
the pleasure of announcing that we have
secured stout, healthy young man, who
will take all patent medicines advertised
in this paper, and furnish certificates of
any desired stringency, according to
price, to the prOprietors." The objec.
ton to this method of advertising, as we
look at it, is that the young man"
would have to be renewed too often.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington for the
week ending February 18th, 1894: Ed.
w. Baker, John Black, Thomas McElroy,
Wendall Rice, W. R. Rice, A. Ross, Clay
ton NJ. Thompson, Vermont Slate Trust,
Mrs. John Harmon, Mrs. Ella Hawkins,
Mrs. John S. Sawyer, Miss Leila Cooper,
Miss Esther Lacross, Miss Agnes Leuin,
Miss Dora Watson. These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office, March Sd,
1894, if not delivered before. In calling
for the above, please say, advertised"
giving date of list.
If there is anything that gives one joy
in newspaper work, it is the complete
emancipation from all need of money.
Editors have no use for it, and see so
little that they often forget that there is
so gross thing in this vale of tears. All
of their help contribute their services.
When he needs coal the dealers all clam
or about his doors to supply it gratis,
being more than repaid by his smile. If
he sends to the city for goods, all the
dealers respond, and repudiate the idea
of asking him to pay. Life floats on in
a delicious dream of bliss. The mer-
chants send for his orders, but never
send him bills. Oh, no! 1t is I'VE" and
so he floats on and on, down the stream
always happy and serene. Aain't it?-
Poultney Journal.
AN exchange calls attention to the fact
that Easter falls on Lady Day this year,
for the first time in the history of the
United States. The last time these two
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