Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-02

ever about it,
ALBA BUss took charge of the town
farm yesterday.
Gov. WOODBURY. has appointed Good
Friday as Fast day.
HERBERT MARsDEN has changed his
residence to 233 Union street.
Mrs. DR.. WILCOX and daughter, Car
RE, are visiting in Boston, Mass.
THOMAS MANGAN has moved from
Depot street to 226 Putnam street.
THE Rev. Chas. r.. Seymour and son,
John, are in New York City this week.
CHAs. NJ. BLISS, who has been in New
Haven, Conn, several weeks, returned
Saturday.
MRS. Lucy DART MORSE of Cambridge,
N. Y, is visiting L. B. Reyes and wife
this week. a..
THE employees of the Lebanon Springs
railroad received their January pay Sat
urday last.
D. M. BLACKMER has moved into the
lower tenement in Mrs. Donnolly's house
on South street.
THE Misses Root of the Western Union
Telegraph office, have taken possession
of the Godfrey tenement on South street.
THE Graded school trustees met Fri
day evening and organized by the cleo.
ton of DR.. Lyman Rogers, president;
Wells Valentine, clerk.
WIN. BURT, who has sold milk from
the Barber Chase farm for number of
years, claims that he has made about
$4,000 year. A pretty good showing
for less than 80 COWS.
PROF. HARD, of New York, having
completed a very successful term of mu-
sic lessons on violin, piano and organ,
opens his spring term April 18th. Adj
dress Bennington Postoffice, and he will
call on you.
MARTIN POTTER, who has lived at the
Soldiers Home for a number of years,
has, in company with George Vaughn
and family, gone onto Mr.. Potter's farm
on Mt. Anthony, known as Ogden farm.
They will work the farm together and
share and share alike.
THE house on Hall street to be occu-
pied by Mr. and Mrs. Clement II. Cone,
is about ready for them to go into. 1t
has been considerably improved, the
most noticeable being the addition of
bay window on the north size.
MICHAEL CoFFEY of Bennington, says
the Troy Press Saturday, who was seri-
Ously scalded by falling into vat of boil
ing water at Wiley & Buttons paper mill
at Schaghticoke Wednesday evening, was
brought to the Troy hospital Thursday
evening by Overseer of the Poor Scougal.
Slight hopes are entertained for his re-
covery.
THE pneumatic road skate has made
its appearance in England, and threatens
to rival the bicycle. 1t is something like
the old roller skate, but has two wheels
instead of four, and the wheels are con.
slderably larger and have pneumatic
tires. 1t is said that they can be used on
ordinary roads, and that it is easy to
make six or seven miles an hour with
them.
A NEW counterfeit silver quarter has
lately appeared. 1t is of the series of
1893, and is so nearly like the genuine
that it takes an adroit expert to detect
it. The curious thing about it is that it
contains about as much silver as the gen.
nine quarter does, and as this is only
about thirteen cents, it will be seen that
the counterfeiters are making very good
thing out of it.
The steam tricyle is coming right
along. In France one has just been
brought out in which the steel boiler is
covered with asbestos Tor some other
substance that will not burn), half an
inch thick. This envelope is soaked with
infammable material, the burning of
which raises steam in fifteen minutes.
THOSE who have been compelled to sit
out an entertainment at the Opera House
hidden behind some lady with the hat
she ordinarily wears there, will appre-
ciate the following from an exchange:
"a woman will cover her head with a
strip of ribbon and flower to protect it
from the cold March wind but she will
wear bushel of feathers, garden of
flowers and a roll of velvet to keep it
cool in the theatre. The dear, inconsis-
tent creature ..
GEO. F. LEONARD and family, who
have been III California since about the
first of January, returned to Bennington
Friday evening and are occupying their
residence on Main street, They left Cal
ifornia Thursday the 21st, and spent one
day in Chicago. Mr.. Leonard is much
pleased with that section of the country,
and as has been announced before has
purchased fruit and stock farm there,
and will probably locate on it Before
long. The climate there appeared to
agree with him.