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Cole.
CD. GIBSON has word about Devoes'
mixed paints in another column.
MRS. FRED BURCH, on Pleasant street,
is confined to her home by illness.
MRS. CHAs. COOPER has recovered
from her late illness so she is able to
ride out.
MRS. WILLIS II. Phillips entertained
the ladies afternoon card club, Wednes-
day, May End.
MINERS favoring extracts are known
all through this region. See what the
agent says in another place to-day.
D.. PRATT had severe attack of
rheumatism, Friday, and has been con-
also, sick in bed.
FILLMORE PADDOCK, of Mount Her
mon school, was called home last week
by the death of his cousin. He returned
back to school Monday.
Mr.. AND MRS. E. N. KIRK MEARs
have returned to their home in Albany,
N. Y, after two weeks visit with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Cooper.
FRED L. Cox, hotel man, well
known to many Bennington people, has
leased the Lake Dunmore house for tho
season, and will manage it personally.
JOHN W. KEMP, salesman with A. K.
Richie, is quite seriously i'll with a
disease of his neck. He has not been
well for some time, but for several weeks
has been confined to his room and bed.
GEORGE II. BURCH, supreme guide of
the Supreme Lodge and N. M. Putfer,
grand representative from the Vermont
Grand Lodge, will attend the meeting OF
the Supreme Lodge in Boston next week
Tuesday.
THE Communion will be celebrated at
the First Baptist church next Sabbath,
and there will, also, be baptisms, as al
ready announced. The pastor, Rev. A.
Macgeorge, will preach at both services.
ARRANGEMENTS are now in progress
by which it is hoped that the New York
Sunday papers will soon be delivered here
early in the forenoon. Those who would
like them please send name to D. g. Burt.
THE directors of the Champlain Valley
Fair Association, met in Burlington,
Wednesday, and elected vice presidents,
one from each county. Fer Bennington
county, NJ. S. Colburn of Manchester was
elected.
ERNEST WHITMAN, the fireman who was
so badly injured in the wreck at South
SALISBURY last winter, is doing as we'll
as could be expected and is now able to
be around the house, and now that warm
weather has come hopes soon to get out.
THE encampment of the National
Guard will be held on the old Camp
ground of 1873, Brattleboro, August
18th to 18th, next. About $40 tents will
be set, and the Brattleboro military band
will furnish music.
THE gunboat, Bennington, named for
our town, does not belle the Green
Mountain record. A despatch from San
Francisco, of May LIST, announces that
she won the 1900 mile race with one
day to spare. Good enough.
THE latest from the Delaware and
Hudson contest is that Vanderbilt's
millions will win. The election is to be
held May 9Th, and it is reported the
road will be leased to the Central Hud-
son.
the selectmen to open a half-mile road
from the Charles lockwood farm west
through the meadows to point on the
HAIL w Il OWhdl, nCul bllO ldI
of Moses Wilson, in the south part of the
town.
On Tuesday, Fred N. Squire attained
his end year and completed forty years
in business. OF these, II years was with
H. P. Bradley and % years alone, with I
years with Mr.. Rawson. He begins to
feel as if he were one of the veteran
merchants of Bennington.
THE Tiffany brothers have recently
been making additions and other i'm
provements to their knitting mill. The
plumbing and water works, etc., was
done Iby Meredith and Winslow and is,
without exception, one of the best jobs
of the kind, in town.
THE Listers are compiling the names
of the taxpayers, who have neglected to
obey the law and give to them list of
their taxable property, preparatory to
assessing the property of each and list
ing it at twice It's estimated value, as di-
rected by law.
OH they are wise
Who advertise
In winter, spring
And fall;
But wiser yet
Are they, you bet,
Who never let up
Atall,
but continue to advertise in the BAN
NER.
THE Book of Common Prayer and
Episcopal hymnal, in sets, are now for
sale at this Office. Also, the Hutchins
hymnal with music), the book adopted
by st. Peters church, this village. We
have few of the cheaper hymnals to
match the first edition of the Prayer
Book, sold last year singly.
SUPT E. D. BENNETT, who returned
last week from Louisiana, says that dur
ing the seven week he was in Shreveport,
there were three frosts and that consid-
cradle damage was done to fruit crops.
The season there is about three weeks
behind what it usually is. He says that
there are about 5000 negroes in that city,
out of a total population of about IL, 100.
About one out of every six is capable of
taking care of himself The colonel en-.
ioyed his trip and visit very much.
THE Hook and Ladder cart is now we'll
equipped for service at any hour. The
horses of Chief Tiffany and Russell Dunn
are now in the stable connected with the
building and for some time past, have
been in training to take their proper
places at the sound of the gong. Sun
day evening they were tried and in 35
seconds from the time the alarm was
sounded, they were hitched to the truck
ready to leave the house. The village
should appreciate this move, on the part
Of the denartYuant IN ha randy for onu