Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-01

RADIO.
THE Lasher stocking mill is crowded
with orders, and five nights in a week
the mill is run until 9 o'clock.
RUSSELL & MARCH will be better pre-
pared this spring than ever to do all
kinds of building and repairing.
STATE AUDITOR HALE was here Wed,
nesday, auditing the accounts of the diff,
ferent State and County officers.
THE women of the Second Congrega.
tional church gave one of their enjoyable
teas in the church parlOrs, Wednesday
evening.
SENATOR O. NJ. BARBER of Arlington.
is announced as one of the speakers at
the convention of Young Mems Republi-
can Clubs, to be held in Burlington, on
the anniversary of Abraham LincOln's
birth, February 10th.
The change of time, in another col
umn, on the Fitchburg railroad, affects
Bennington principally in that the Troy
train leaves one minute earlier than here
tofore, and several other figures that will
be well to know, especially the morning
tain North.
ONE of the first things:E. E. Hart does,
at the Mill store, now he has the business
to himself, is to advertise a sale, in which
his customers are to receive the profit
paid heretofore to the retired members
of the late firm. Read his advertise
ment and see for yourselves.
AMONG those who attended the G. A .
R. meetings in Brattleboro, this week,
were Comrades Coffey, Pulfer, Carpenter,
Houghton, Rudd, McNamar and Others
Mrs. c. d. Gibson, Miss Minnie Black
mer, Mrs. j. A. n. Williams and Mrs.
Eliza +. Cutting, attended the convention
of the w. r.. c.
ANDREW j, GRIFFIN of 23O School
street writes that he is not a member of
the Citizens League, that he never saw
the list of names, never attended any of
their meetings, and never was member
of that organization. Andrew j. Clifford
was at the meeting, we understand, and
it is probable his name is the right one
A NEW series of five brief sermons will
be introduced next Sunday evening" at
the Second Congregational church. These
sermons will be so many views of Ben
nington. The City will be looked at
list, "From Mt. Anthony" 2nd, Prom
a Mill;" Sd, From School House,"
4th, From a Court House," 18th, From
a Church"
AT the social held with Mrs. Merritt
Noyes, last Tuesday evening, the pro
gramme under the direction of Mrs.
John Percy was well carried out. Mu-
sic by Miss Grogan and the II. II. Club
being interspersed with recitations by
Flora Noyes Cora Percy, Lulu Noyes
and little Miss Faye, which, together tn
dialogues and charades, did credit to all
who participated.
THE Granite State Provident Associa-
ton, building and loan company, rep
resented here by John H. Dryer, held
its annual meeting in Manchester, n. H.,
the other day. The assets were found
to be 81, 100000, being the largest bank
ing institution in New Hampshire. There
are quite number of our people inter.
ested in it, and it is subject to the in
speCtion of the banking department of
the States of Maine, New Hampshire.
Vermont, Connecticut and New York.
IN another place we print further par
ticulars relative to the "chain of letters, -
that was started last September by Mrs.
Edna Brown Canman of Kaneville, III.
The little village has a population of
some 400, and the stamp question is bury
ing them. If the whole fifty chain should
be made complete, counting the outside
stamp, the number of stamps would be
II, 9G5, Dis, 023, 436, 1871, ia 7O0O02 This
enormous quantity needs new multipli-
cation table to comprehend. Allowing
1920 stamps to the pound and carload
40. 600, lbs. it would take lOl 1872, 707. O5S,-
094, 10 cars to transport the stamps, and
then leave fraction of a load behind
The stamps still continue to pour into
Kaneville, at the rate of about 900 q
day. The stage driver has to make al
extra trip every day to get the mail. Iii
all stamps, but he dare not neglect Uncle
SANS business, even though he grum
bles at his inadequate staToute pittance
Occasionally the Postmaster prevails up
ON some farmer with empty team to taxi
| away a load of the membranes of hi
store, that obscure his legitimate stock
The Carmans, to whom the missives ar,
sent, have long since ceased to attemp
to attend to them. An early bonfire i
expected, if the town feels able to stan,
the heat.
THE will of DR.. Alfred l.. Loomis, dis
posing of an estate OF 100000 in person
atty and 100000 in realty, was filed yes
terday for probate. He leaves his wido,
100000, his horses and carriages and fun
niture, and the use of the house 10 Yves
| Thirtv-fOuTth street for three wears II