The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-04-20
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DIR. Z. B. DALEY spent last Sunday
with friends in Rutland.
MISS GRACE BOWEN of North Benning-
ton is visiting relatives in Rutland.
MAGGIE HILL of Middlebury is visit
ing friends and relatives in the village.
G. FL. DARLING was registered at the
Van Ness House in Burlington, Tuesday.
MRS. HEMAN ARMSTRONG has been
confined to her house several days by ill
ness.
THE repairs on the steeple of st.
Peters church have begun and are pro-
crossing rapidly.
CHIEF BUGLER, CHAs. MARLBOROUGH
is expected in Rutland tomorrow to in
spect the Bugle Corps.
THE Rutland Herald says that in six
months there have been 374 proceedings
or raids on liquor sellers in Rutland,
which cost the State 1854.
NELSON A. BURRITT. formerly of this
town, made flying visit here, Tuesday.
He is station agent for the D. & H. Com
pany at Rouses Point, N. Y.
THE maple sugar making season is
practically over and farmers are gather
ing their buckets. Reports vary, but
fully an average amount has been made,
while the quality is excellent.
AMONG the fairy tales of our youth was
one of a young girl from whose lips fell
pearls, the gift of her fairy godmother.
We thought of it the other.tlay, when we
heard fair young lady across the street
exclaim, mo, by thunderl"
YESTERDAY flags were displayed in
town in honor of the Concord Lexington
or Patriots Day celebration an, Massa-
chusetts. The observance of this. event
takes the place of Fast Day in the Old
Bay State-a sensible change. Now let
Vermont follow in line with its Benning-
ton Battle Day, August 10th, yearly.
SwINDLERs have been working an old
game in the southern part of the State.
They are selling soap and Offering i'm
mense prizes. After the soap is sold the
victims are told that the team with the
prizes is day behind, and the prizes
win be paid by the men in the team on
presentation of the coupons. But the
prize team never appears.
PROMINENT Odd Fellows of the State
have received invitations to attend the
dedication of the new hall of Stark Lodge
All the Grand Lodge officers of the State
hNNO PiOh1loON w OO plOoOnb.
III. W. Hall, Past Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Burlington, and Col. W.
d. Wilson of st. Adams, are among the
many who have accepted the invitation.
THE Troy Press says: Seymour Van
Santvoord and George B. Wellington will
go, by invitation, to New York Wednes-
day, to speak in the evening before the
Mass meeting of the City Club, and the
Good Government Club respectively.
These organizations have the same OBJ
jections in view as the committee on
public safety. IL is also expected that a
delegation from the committee will at
tend.
THE ninth annual inspection of the
Vermont Division, Sops of Veterans, an
der the constitution, rules and regula-
tons of the order, will take place between
the 18th inst. and June LIST. The divi-
sion is divided into three subdivisions.
and the duties will be performed by as
many assistants. The assistants are !:
Commander w. M. Sargent, Past Col. E.
T. Griswold, and Past Capt. s. @.
VooIry. Commander Sargent very re-
1uctantly consented to serve.