Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-09

friends here.
BETTER roads are being demanded
from all quarters.
WELLS VALENTINE is on business
trip to New York, Boston and other
cities.
FRANK P. NOLAN, substitute carrier
of our PostOffice, is in Troy, N. Y, for a
few days this week.
TEMPLE CHAPTER, r. A. NJ, works
the Royal Arch degree tomorrow at a
special convocation. All visiting COM
paniOns will be made welcome.
WE are told that the notice given of a
sugar party, in the Second Congregation
al church parlors for Friday night of this
week, is a mistake. No such party is to
be held.
E. f. HART has purchased what is
known as the General George Bradford
place, on East Main street, and after
some repairs, etc, are made on it, will
occupy it as a residence.
THE large hens egg from Pownal Cen
tire, noted recently, has been Eeaten.
Geo. F. Heath presents the BANNER with
one that measures 64xS inches, and
weighs Ct ounces. Next.
THE Fortnightly will hold its annual
meeting on Saturday April 18th. The
literary programme is in charge of the
committee on Art: Miss A.C. Clark, chair
man; subject, "Sonnatas and Ballads"
RUSSELL d MARCH have the contract
to move the building owned by A. X.
Richie, located on Main street, and on
the site OF which he is going to erect his
new block. Preparations for moving it
are already being made.
The Good Friday services, at St.
Peters church, will be morning and even
ing at the usual hours, and from u noon
to 3 o'clock there will be held "The
Hours" a service that Is coming into
general use in the Episcopal church.
On Tuesday evening, April 10th, Tuck
err Chapter, No. IS, Order Eastern Star,
will be instituted at North Bennington,
with nearly thirty charter members.
Supt. E. D. Bennett, D. d. G. p, will be
the iustituting officer and in the work he
will be assisted by the officers of Mt.
Anthony Chapter, No. l, of this village.
The party will go over on the Go p. m.
train and return on a especial" at the
conclusion of the work and festivities to
follow. The members of the local Chap
ter are, also, invited. The North Ben
nington people will dispense the hospi-
tality for which they are noted and the
transportation is the courtesy of Col.
Bennett
"THE CoTToN KING" is strikingly I'M
like many English melodramas which
are of such artificial calibre and so filled
with glaring impossiblities that their
success in America is out of the ques
ton. When Manager VIM. A. Brady
was abroad last spring he witnessed the
production of 1.-THE Cotton King at the
Adelphia theatre and became impressed
with it's adaptability to the American
stage and at once secured the American
rights. Manager Brady produced it in
magnificent shape in New York City at
the Acadamy of Music and at the Bow
doin Square theatre in Boston, and it
had a run of three months in each city.
Next Saturday evening the lovers of good
plays in Bennington will have an oppor-
tunity of Judging of its excellence, which
it is safe to say in advance, is what it
should be. Secure seats early as they
are selling fast.
CUSTER POST observed the Both ami
versary of the surrender of Lee at Apo
mattox this year, as it has for a number
of years past, with a campfire in their
hall Saturday evening. AS is always the
case the hall was filled, by an audience
that appeared to enjoy all that they saw
and heard, especially the rations which
were so generously supplied by the Gus
ter W. r. c., and which were served in
the way that has made these women
famous all over the State. The attend
ance of comrades from other posts, was
not quite as large as it was expected it
would be. Wood Post of HOosick Falls
sent a delegation, there was one from the
post in Arlington aud few from Man
chester The evening train over the
Lebanon Springs railroad brought about
- from the North Adams and Williams.
town posts, and comrades from several
others were also present. The visitors
from North Adams and Williamstown
marched to the hall, escorted by a COM
mittee from Custer Post and the North
Bennington band, where supper was
served them. The evening exercises
were presided over by Past Commander
j. B. McNamar. Seated on each side of
him were the gentlemen who spoke dur
ing the evening. Among them were
Past Commander r. M. Houghton, As.
sistant Inspector General A. P. Childs,
Department of Vermont G: a. r; Com
rade A. s. Newton, who read letters and
kilograms of regret from Governor Wood
bury, Lieut.. Governor Mansur, LeGrand
Tibbetts, and others, and who was about
tho onlv ono durinp fine evpnino tbot oave