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grown rats and are full of play.
Miss LoTTIE SHEPARD, who has been
confined to the house with a light attack
of diphtheria, has recovered and the
quarantine has been removed. There is
now no case of diphtheria in town.
ALBERT NJ. Downs is engaged as nurse
at the Soldiers Home for month, while
the regular nurses, Don. P. Fullam of
Springfield, and Guy Olsaver of Benning-
ton, are having their annual vacation.
AT meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the Graded School District, held last
| Wednesday, it was voted to raise the sal
airy of Miss Anna Rogers, a teacher in
the High School, from $500 to S525 per
annum.
A. G. DEsoRDA has recently had on
exhibition in his store, Mexican bride
made entirely from black, white and gray
horse hair braided together, something
seldom seen in this section, and was
quite curiosity. 1t was valued at $40.
IRA WILLIAMS, a member of the
Home, was committed to Jail Monday
evening for repeated drunkenness. 1t
seems strange that anyone can be so de.
graded as to sell to the broken down,
homeless veterans, but it is daily occur
renee in the village.
A PARTY of eight young ladies, a
chaperone, one young man and driver,
in a tally-ho drawn by four grey horses,
came up from North Adams, Mass, Sat.
urday afternoon, and enjoyed themselves
at the Soldiers Home, where Superin-
tendent Coffey and wife did the honors.
Mr.. AND Mrs. E. j. FIsKE, Mrs. E.
Fiske, Master Fiske and three boys, Miss
Fiske and maid, Miss Talmadge, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. X. Meyers, Mr.. Colburn, Mr..
Case, all of Plainfeld, N. Y, who are
making tour of this section in tall-ho
drawn by four horses, and two horse,
double-seated carriage, were at the Put
nam for dinner Saturday.
AN assortment of Photographic repro
auctions of original paintings, frescoes
and designs by the old masters, of sculp-
ture, architecture and miscellaneous
views, and of engravings, drawings,
etchings and modern paintings has Just
been received by the BANNER Stationery
Store. They are published by the Soule
Photographic Company of Boston,
Mass, whose Photographic reproduce
tiOns are known the world over, and
whose collection embraces over 10000
subjects. These photographs are the
most perfect that can be made and, be-
ing unmounted, can be used in hundreds
of ways, for decorative purposes and for
purposes of study.
The Sisters, who have charge of the
st. Francis de Sales parochial school,
are making unusual efforts to have the
school entertainment, which takes place
in the Opera House Saturday evening,
superior to any that have preceded it.
The costumes, which are already pre-
pared, are said to be very handsome.
Among the good things down on the
programme will be an address of welcome
by j. H. Daley, "The Butterflies Carni-
val" "a fairy extravaganza" 1.-THE lit
tie helpers" by Master Honiker, Dalton
aud Avery, sunhower song by the little
girls, caleSthencs and military drill by
the boys, Sailors horn pipe, lawn tennis
fantasies by the girls, song, 1.-THE Tide''
by the boys, recitation AVE Maria"
musical dumb bells, scarf dance by the
girls, tableaux, St. Cecilia, chorus
Good Night" by the school.
THE remains of Mrs. William Webb
who formerly resided here and who died
in West Rutland, Saturday, at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. Smith, ar
rived here Monday, and were inferred in
the old cemetery at the Centre, Rev. W. F.
Weeks, Brandon, conducting the religious
services. The deceased, who was well
known here, was twice married, her first
husband being the late John l.. Stark,
once lawyer here but for the last few
years Ol MS lie d CleTh III Jne war Oe- |
partment at Washington. She was a ma
tive of Arlington and sister of John
Hills, formerly of that village but now
of Chicago. Her daughter was married |
about two years ago to Ii. F. Smith, for
merly private secretary to Senator Proc
tor. Since their marriage she has made
her home with Mr.. and Mrs. Smith. She |
was about 70 years of age. Mr.. Webb |
was for several years deacon in the Sec
ond Congregational church in this vii |
lage.
THE following from the North Adams
Transcript will be of interest from the
fact that the Wiley referred to is the
party under whose direction the comic
opera, "The Miller's Daughter" was
produced in the Opera House several
weeks ago: "He engineered the comic
opera, "The Miller's Daughter" which
was given by local talent some time ago,
and later collected a company and
opened a season of comic opera at Col
umbia Opera House. His company was
a good. one, but owing to warm weather
and other causes the venture did not pay