Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-05-15

SECOND class trains, No. 40 and 40, on
the Bennington and Rutland railroad,
were discontinued to-day until further
notice.
ALEX. LAMARRE returned Saturday
from months trip down the Hudson to
New York and other places. His health
has improved by the trip.
Two notable American anniversaries
occur next month: June 14th, TIT,
adoption of the United States flag, and
June 18th, Battle of Bunker Hill.
AT the time the band serenaded sew
eral places in the village a few evenings
ago, they were presented So by James
Morrissey, landlord of the Columbian
House.
On the occasion of the late visit of
Bishop Michaud, to the Church of the
Sacred Heart, this village, the bishop
and Father La Chance were the guests
of Alex. Lamarre.
THE Herald of this morning, says:
"Nayflower 2.21t, mare well known
in this city, but which is owned in Ben
nington, is to be brought here and bred
to j. ]. Paris Alkmaar.
THE Clipper without the interesting
observations of the Listener is like
one of Shakspeares plays rewritten by
Hank White. However, Brer. Johnson
has made creditable beginning. -Hard-
wick Gazette.
DEMANDS for better roads are heard
in all parts of the county. Good judges
say this is the most important element
that determines the value of real estate.
No one wants to buy a farm, or home,
ALnA L 1r,, kAro,,nh
slough of despond" or ''rocky road
to Dublin" to get to it and away from it,
WoMAN's Rights doctrines are boom
ing. If this thing goes on it will soon
be question whether the word "fe-
male'' shall not take the place of male"
in the State Constitution, depriving the
men of the right of suffrage entirely,
and leaving the arduous work of saving
the country every November solely to
the women.-Plattsburgh, N. Y, Re-
publican.
BEGINNING with next Sunday, relig-
ious services will be held in the Soldiers
Home chapel every Sunday afternoon,
from 8 to 4 o'clock. The Rev. c. r.
Seymour will offieiate next Sunday. A
ouartette composed of Miss Lillian
Adams, Mrs. R. j. Coffey, James Wood
and George Donnelly will furnish music.
Miss Nellie Coffey will preside at the
organ.
INSPECTOR of Finance Dubois has Ii
censed ~ loan and investment companies
to do business in Vermont. The change
that has taken place in this business, the
subsistence of the craze for distant in
yestments, is illustrated by the fact that
fhara "A nf fha
companies doing business in the State.
Last year the number had got down to -,
and four of them did nine-tenths of all
that was done,
WIN. BRIDGES, late Of Company I, 18th
Vermont Regiment, who is member of
the Vetmont Soldiers Home, relates
that on the 18th of May, 1884, there fell
at st. Adams, 16 inches of snow, which
covered the ground for two or three
days. Mr.. Bridges is II years old, and
in 1912 was soldier in the End U. S.
Infantry and was engaged in the Semi
mole Indian war in Florida for nearly
year, I .
AN important decision has recently
been decided in the County Court at
Montpelier, in favor of workingmen.
The plaintiff was awarded damages
against the defendant for disproving
him of his right to labor by causing the
plaintiffs discharge by his employer for
whom he was at work as a granite pol
Usher. Tt was alleged that the plaintiff
was the leader of strike, hence his dis
charge. A certified execution was
granted against the plaintiff of upward
of $500.
For some time, VIM. r. Graves of
this village, has been under the care of
DR.. Putnam, for severe case of strict
ure, and for time his case was consid-
cred quite serious one. The attending
physician states to-day that he is i'm
proving and has been able to sit up
some, and he hopes for his complete re-
coVery. Mr.. Graves consulted leading
physicians on his case, and they, after a
complete diagnosis, announced that his
local physician was doing all that could
be done for him.
DE-. H. q. DAY, who is probably the
best posted man in Bennington history
that there is in town, while showing the
BANNER man one of the many scrap
books that he has, filled with clippings
pertaining to the history of the town,
came across list of the residents in
town in 1882, who were then over so
years of age. There were 81 of them.
A majority of them were born between
1890 and 1900. OF this number, only ono
Uel NJ. Hicks is now living. He was
born July 5th, 1901. The list embraced
the names of many that were at one
time prominent in Bennington society.
THE Experiment Station at Burling-
ton, has Just published the analysis of
Commercial Fertilizers" licensed in this
State. The bulletin is summarized on
the first page, from which we learn that
more brands have been sold than ever
before, that only one-third have been up
to their guarantees, but that five-sixths
have given the commercial equivalent
of their guarantees, and that the average
composition of this years goods is the
poorest known in the past ten years,
largely due to competition and the in
creased cost of nitrogen. Copies of this
and previous issues are mailed free OF
charge on request.
TIE New York Press and the Spring
field Union have contained accounts,
which no other papers had-of an assault
on Bishop Hall during one of his services
at New York Sunday. As they tell it, a
woman came into the church and kneeled
at the altar and after one of the ushers
noticed her and requested her to take a
seat, she darted up the chancel steps,
umbrella in hand, and raised it for blow
at the Bishop. But the usher followed
and caught her arm in season to save the