Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-30

rattle of the lawn mower.
Mrs. A. H. WILTsIE, of Rutland, is
visiting friends in town.
HARRY T. CUsHMAN, County Clerk, is
out again after a weeks illness.
r. b. GODFREY is improving the store
on Main street, recently occupied by J.
Ed. Walbridge.
You can't tell when to leave off your
winter fannels, by looking an April
warm wave in the mouth.
MRS. IRA X. BATCHELDER, mother of
the Hon. j. X. Batchelder, celebrated
her S0th birthday. Saturday, at her home
in Townshend.
CONSIDERABLE improvements are be-
ing made on that part of the Stewart
block to be occupied by George Ineson
as barber shop.
BEGINNING next Sunday evening, SER
vices in the churches will begin at 1880
o'clock. This arrangement went into
effect in the Methodist church last Sun
day.
JAMES II. WooD JR., has been en-
gagged to sing the Miller's part in the
opera "The Miller's Daughter" when
produced at North Adams, the 18th of
May.
The 10th anniversary of Odd Fellow
ship was celebrated here last Friday by
a union gathering OF Stark and Miriam
Lodges. The Rebekahs set a bountiful
supper to which ample justice was done.
WILLIAM HARDWOOD, who had charge
of the horses belonging to Geo. F. Leon.
ard while he was in California, will go to
Island Park with Trainer Weeks. Mr..
Harwood has been with Mr.. Leonard
three years and is trusty man.
OWING to the constantly increasing
number of veterans who apply for admis.
sion TO the Vermont Soldiers Home at
Bennington, it looks as though it will be
necessary to put on a thirty-foot addi-
ton to the man building before the end
of the year.-Troy Times
AT the annual May Festival, to be Civ
en- in Boston, Mass, Saturday afternoon
and evening, Leila Mcintyre is an
nounced as one of the solo dancers. Two
hundred children in fancy costumes are
to take part in the festival, which is for
the benefit of the Orphans Home in that
city.
BENNINGTON LODGE No. 81, !. O. G..
T., elected officers as follows for the
next quarter: VIM. Il. Frost, chief
templar; Mrs. w. B. Cutting, vice temp
lar; E. G. Griswold, secretary; NJ. B..
Morgan, financial secretary; Mrs. Eliza
Cutting, treasurer; Henry E. Franklin,
chaplain; Burt Elliot, marshall Miss
Julia Sanders, guard; James Davis, SEN
tinel.
THAT Napoleon of theatrical manage
ment, Charles Frohmar, who is given
the credit above ali others of knowing a
good theatrical thing when he sees it,
said of Friend Fritz which John and
Marion Manola-Mason will present at the
Opera House, Friday evening, May 3D.:
II am doubly gratitied in stating that no
performance in New York City last sea-
son pleased and charmed me more than
your Friend Fritz and | am further
convinced that the audience yet to wit
ness your performances will coincide in
my judgment"
ONE of the oldest firemen in the State
Of Vermont, and the oldest engineer of a
steam tire.engine, in point of years SER
vice, is George II. Harwood of this vii
lage. He became member of Spartan
Engine and Hose Company, No. /, in
1861. At that time there were two hand
engines here, Spartan, known as the
squirt gun, and Protection, called the
spoutcr. He remained with the Spartan
company until it was disbanded, at that
| time holding the position of first assist
ant OF those who were members of the
fire department when Mr.. Harwood
joined he is the only one now belonging
to it, When the steam fire-engine Gen
eral Stark was procured III 1871, he be-
came charter member, was appointed
engineer at its first meeting and has held
the position since continuously. During
the thirty-four years that Mr.. HARDWOOD
has belonged to the department, there
has not been one alarm that he has miss
ed appearing at, record that but few
tiremen can show.
THE Reverend A. J. Barron was
greeted by a large audience Sunday
morning, it being his first service since
his return from his visit to the Holy
Land and Rome. Father Barron showed
that the trip had been beneficial to him.
He expressed the pleasure that it gave
him to be with his own people once
more, and said that no country that he
had visited could compare with that
above which the Stars and Stripes float
ed He gave an interesting sketch of his
travels. In the Holy Land he visited
Gethsemane, Bethany, Jerusalem, and
many other noted places. At Jerusalem
he went into the room where the Last
Supper was served, and at Bethlehem he
said Mass twice in room over the place
where the Saviour was born. At Beth