Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-12


noon. She is much better to-day.
THE Fortnightly meets on Saturday,
March 10th. The meeting will be in
charge of the COMMITTEE on Educa-
tion," Mrs. E. B. Hoyt, chairman.
THE eclipse of the moon Sunday night
was visible here but few seconds, ow-
ing to the cloudy sky. A few people
however, observed it.
H. G. LINDLoFF of the Bennington
Knitting Company, left Saturday for a
business trip through Massachusetts. He
expects to be gone several days,
MISS EDITH CoRDEs of this village at
tended reception given in Woods Opera
House, Hoosick Falls, N. Y, Friday
evening. by few society young women
of that village.
J. F. POTTER, at the Peleg A. Matte
son farm, near the SALISBURY depot,
will sell at public auction, Thursday,
March 21st, at 10 o'clock, a. M, guam
tity of household goods, farm imple-
ments, buggy, wagons, horses, COWS, etc.
The list contains number of very desir
able articles and for further particulars
see the small bills.
The returns coming in from delin-
quents on the tax lists, are interesting.
Some of them enclose receipts for taxes
paid, others claim that they are not the
parties the notice is intended for, quite
a number have been returned with the
Endorsement dead" on the envelope,
and another one frequently seen is gone
to Canada or some other part of the
country. The chances are that the larg-
est portion of the past due taxes will
have to be abated.
PROF. HENRY p. VANLEIw of New
York City, will give one of his popular
StereO ptican Entertainments, entitled:
palace to Dive and Back, or The Slums
of New York" Friday evening, March
10th, at the Methodist church. Prof.
VanLeiw comes to the people of Ben
nington very highly recommended and
his lectures have received the unqualified
endorsement of such persons as the Rev.
Dr. Macarthur, Chancellor MacCracken,
Mrs. Prindle of New York City, and other
noted personages throughout the coun-
try.
A RECENTLY published book on rail
way systems contains this new version
of the old story of an aged lady's first
journey by rail. AS the train was pitched
down an embankment, and she crawled
from beneath the wreckage, she asked a
passenger, SIS this Stamford" mo,
madam" replied the man, who was
pinned down by piece of timber, this
is not Stamford; this is catastrophe"
"Oh!" cried the lady. "Then l hadn't
oughter got off here"
A COUPLE of items in the Unionist- Ga
zette of Somerville, n. j., under date of
March 18th, will interest our people. The
paper says: THE trustees of Rutgers
College at meeting on Tuesday, con-
ferred upon Rev. E. e. Read pastor OF
the Second Reformed church, the honor
airy degree of Doctor of Divinity" The
other item relates to the presentation to
DR.. Read church of a beautiful font of
English alabaster, and used for the first
time on the Sd, inst. The font which is
about three feet high and of beautiful
design, was presented by friend of the
church who does not wish the name to
be known.
WITH the mounting of a Calling gun
at Montpelier the city of Burlington re.
ceives gift from the government of a
lot OF condemned cannon to be mounted
on Battery park for the alleged "beauti-
fication' of that illustrious Milesian re-
SORT. With park of artillery on every
commanding position in the State and
compulsory military training in the pub
lie schools, which seems to be inevitably
coming, the average citizen will be COM
PEELED to procure pass from the officer
commanding in the district before he can
leave his own premises, and will have
to chalk the countersign on his head
board every night. 1t is really becom-
ing burning question whether or not
we are the people.-Hardwick Gazette.
MARSHALL LEGACY of Bennington
Falls, has been gone one BETTER" in the
following item from the Tribune: "A
big skunk farm has been established in
Tompkins County, N. Y, which expects
next year to have stock of 5000 ami
mails. Their food consists mostly of
milk, water and bits of meat, while their
beds are made of chestnut leaYes and
dried grass in large building. They
are seldom seen during the day, but
come out at nightfall and gambol about
the yard. Beginning with the kitten,
they can be easily tanned. When killing
time comes they are placed in tight box
and chloroformed, thus rendering their
fur free from odor. Besides the fur, a
fat animal will yield nearly pint of oil
that is said to be an unequalled remedy
for stiff joints, ETC."
AN Iowa correspondent of the Reads
boro Enterprise writes that paper: You
know papers don't lie. Well, then, the
proof bring, or copy news item in our
last weeks paper, of wonderful family