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was awarded TO PrlVaCe treQ warner,
who holds it until he is defeated in some
future drill. Corporal Robert johnson
out-drilled the other members of the
company, but Warmers marks for at
tendance at regular drills brought his
average above that of Johnson's, conse-
quently he received the medal. About
fifty couples participated in the dance
following the drill.
IT will be remembered that person
giving the name of DR.. Hart, held forth
for week or so in Library Hall, a few
months since. He was assisted by some
song and dance specialists to draw and
hold his audiences. He monopolized
the intervals in airing himself. His
boastful claims of miraculous cures in
this vicinity and his many wild state
ments. many of them rejecting on the
medical fraternity, gained him consider
able notoriety here. At his public adj
dress last Wednesday night, in Burling-
ton, he said some things that offended
the medical students. The next even
ing large number of them, together
with goodly crowd of townspeople, at
tended the open air talk which the doctor
gave and applauded him so loudly and
guyed him so numerically that he was
compelled to close up bis establishment
for the evening and abandon the sale of
his medicines.
w. V. TAsKER, dealer in musical mer-
chandise, in the Putnam Block, sudden
ly left town Monday, leaving quite
number of creditors to mourn his depar-
ture. Tasker came to Bennington about
two years and half ago, and went into
the employ of NJ. o. Kelly & Co., dealers
in musical instruments, as a salesman.
After leaving the service of Kelly & Co.,
he secured the agency for this place, for
the Estey organs and other musical mer-
chandise handled by G. NJ. Underwood
of North Adams, Mass, who owns all of
the stock (musicaD left in the rooms va
Gated by Tasker. He got from B. G.
Slade of this village, bicycles, sewing
machines, ETC., to sell on commission.
All of these he left in his rooms over the
Express Office. This morning we re-
ceived from Tasker the following note:
BosToN & ALBANY,
WORCESTER BRANCH.
May 25th, 1895.
BANNER Office, Bennington, Vt-Dedr
| Sir: regret to say that shall not re-
turn to Bennington at present l ran be-
hind in Bennington, the competition be.
ing too great. have a good position
| that haye expected on the road as trav-
cling salesman. l shall be through Ben
nington and will settle the bill L owe
you, and all owe in Bennington, VT,
as sure as God lets me live.
Truly, W. V. TAsKER.
Boston, Mass.
THE suit brought against Fred D. War
ner and Arthur Crawford by F. II. Har-
wood, and which was to have been heard
at the office of c. P. Niles last Saturday.
was withdrawn by the plaintiff, who is
held responsible for the costs, ETC., in
CURED which amount to over $50. The
suit was brought to recover two coats,
formerly the property of the Imperial
Military MINISTRIES, and now in the pos
session of the Imperial minstrels, a
troupe composed largely of members OF
the old organization. The action was
brought Sin trOver'' at the conclusion of
an entertainment given in Manchester a
couple of weeks ago, and close Jail exc
cution issued against the bodies of the
defendants. 1t is said by them, that an
attempt was made to have the papers
served before the show began, but that
the officer declined to serve them at that
time. AS soon as the papers were served
F. D. Giddings of Manchester Centre,
entered as bail for the defendants for
their appearance at trial, which was set
for the 25th. The value of the coats is
said to be about $40 and the amount
claimed for in the writ was 500. All the
parties who had them, belonged to the
first minstrel organization, and as such
were entitled to use them at anytime as
long as no other parties had them first
F. G. Archibald of Manchester Centre
was attorney for plaintiff, and E. L.
Bates for defendant.
j. G. COLGATE of New York, who has
a summer residence and farm near the
Centre Village, has recently received
car load of Dorset horned sheep, which
he has added to the stock on the Fill
more Farm. They are the first of the
kind to be brought into this section.
There are fourteen ewes and one ram,
and nearly all of the lot was imported
from England. They were procured
from the Tranquility Stock Farms in
New Jersey, which are owned by Ruth
erford Stuyvesant, one of the largest
owners of real estate of New York City.
The farms comprise some 5000 acres,
and w, G. Appleby, who has charge of
the Fillmore Farm here, was for several
years the assistant manager. The sheep
from this farm were the largest winners
of prizes at the Worlds Fair, in Chica-
go, and the ram Tranquility Boy was
awarded the first prize, as lamb at that
fair. The popularity of this breed of
sheep is that they drop their lambs twice
year, generally in November and May,