The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-03-30

improved in health.
EASTER finery came near getting
frOst-bitten Sunday.
Gov. FULLER has designated Friday,
April 9th, to be Fast Day.
OTIS WARREN of this town was
granted reissue of pension last week.
Robe SMITH, son of Wells r. Smith,
has not been as we'll for a week or more.
MRS. ToRRY, the dressmaker, has
moved into one of Sheldon II. Rock
woods new tenements, 22S Union street.
DIR. A. Il. CUTLER, who has been con-
fined to his house for more than week,
was down to his Office for the first time
Wednesday.
HoUsEKEEpERs will find that washing
the floor in strong turpentine water be-
fore laying carpet will help to exter-
inmate the buffalo bug or moth.
WE often read that the resignation of
a pastor tell like a thunderbolt on the
congregation" Could they not find a
quieter way to break the news2
FAST DAY is abolished in Massachu
sets, and Lent is over everywhere, but
the time for frugal living and unem-
ployed fasting will linger with the May
flowers.
THE picture which Col Breckinridge's
lawyers present of man of fifty ter
rorized" by school girl of eighteen or
twenty is pathetic enough to draw tears
from adamant.
THE annual conven ton of the Episco-
pal diocese of Vermont will be held in
St. Albaus June 5th and 9th. Bishop
Doane of Albany, has been invited to de-
liver the sermon.
PRINTED stationery is always cheapest
and most satisfactory. Noteheads, bill
heads, letter-heads, envelopes, cards,
etc., furnished at the BANNER job office,
at moderate prices.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Kings Daughters will be held Friday,
April 9th, in their permanent quarters at
the corner of Main and Depot streets, in
the residence of Mr.. Loring.
WEDDING invitations and announce
ments, visiting cards (both engraved and
printed), books, pamphlets, circulars,
dodgers and posters printed at the BAN
NER job Office, at prices to suit the times.
"PEoPLE are SO foolish, who enjoy
themselves without knowing just why"
said woman at 'five o'clock tea"
and then every one In the room thought
show easy 1T is to discover the native
Benningtonian."
The public is cautioned against coun-
terfeit silver coins, which are flooding
the country. Dollars dated 1889, and
halves dated 1887 are fair counterfeits,
but can be detected by the slightly
greasy feeling and imperfect ring.
OUR readefs should remember the
date of the Father Matthew 7. A. B. So
ciety's lecture by the Rev. j. f. Leonard
of Westfield, Mass, April 18th, not the
End, as has been announced. The BAN
NER gave the correct date last week.
THE report of the Superintendent of
the Vermont Soldiers Home for the
present quarter to date will be as fol-
lows: Admitted II, discharged 4, died
8, furloughed 5, returned from furlough
5, gain 4, total So, present IA, in hospit-
al IS.
ARA M. CARLISLE, late of Company
D, 9th Vermont regiment, died at the
Vermont Soldiers Home, March 23d,
age rs years. He was admitted to the
Home August 23d, 1893, from Chester.
Death No. 80. The burial was held at
Chester.
TOMORROW is the last day in which to
register your dog with the town clerk
for 81. On Monday the fee will be 50,
with certainty that if neglected fine
and loss of the dog will certainly be en-
forced. This applies to all Vermont
towns as we'll as to Bennington.
ThE Ri. Rev. A. C. A. Hall, D. D., is
to visit Bennington April Sth. He will
preach at both the morning and evening
service. In the morning, the rector will
be formally instituted, by service little
used in America, and performed for the
first time in st. Peters parish. In the
evening there will be confirmation.
JOSEPH ROBINSON, late of Company
ID, 9th Vermont regiment, age 81 years,
died at Brattleboro Retreat, March 22nd,
1894. He was admitted to the Vermont
Home July 9Th, 1889, from
In April, 1890, he was
taken to the retreat at Brattleboro for !
care, having become violently insane.
He will be buried in the Soldiers Home |
cemetery at Bennington. Death No. 40.
CLEAN out your yards. At this sea-
son of the year there is in every family |
yard, especially the back yard, vast ac-
of rubbish of all sorts, that |
has gathered itself together during the |
winter. These heaps are nesting places /
for disease and should be removed at |
once. The Health officers of this, and |
the surrounding towns, desire to have !
us impress upon all property owners the
Importance of cleaning their yards.
THE Farmers Advocate of Burlington,
without which no beans could be raised
in Vermont, has the greatest admiration
FOR Mr.. Vail as candidate for the lieu
tenant gubernatorial nomination. but is
pledged to Mr. Arms, and 'cannot con-
change his allegiance" All /
this. in view of the facts, is what the
'oreman of "large and constantly in
,reasing" newspaper would aptly char
lcterize as "hog wash. "-Hardwick Ga
.ette.
A COLONIAL bronze statue is to be
erected in his native county, Ontario,
Canada, by its citizens and others
the Province, to the memory
If Gen. VIM. Putnam, lannon's Cana
lian patriot, who was killed at the bat
lie of Windsor, during the rebellion of
1877. He was an aid-de-camp of Gen.
Sir Isaac Brock at the battle of Queens
own Heights, and was beside that officer
When he fell, mortally wounded, holding
lis head until the gallant Brock
)reathed his last. Gen. Putnam was an
lncle of DR.. w. e. Putnam of this vii
age.
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