Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-09
MARCH went out like a lamb.
EASTER Flowers are budding.

p. G.. BOND has returned from MS Cal-
ifornia trip, and is now at his home in
Dandy.
[JTHE Sunday Budget said, that Bishop
Michaud was reported as critically Ill in
Rome.
Miss CARRIE A. WooD is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Troy and Green ISL
and, N. Y.
Miss LOUISE LEvERCH is spending
her Easter vacation with her grandmother
Mrs. F. c. White.
Miss LILLIAN VALENTINE and Miss
Eliza Abbott are both home for their
Easter vacation, from school.
MAPLE sugar makers predict short
season on account of the fact that there
is little frost in the ground.
Every indication of lack of harmony
in the local Republican ranks is vOcifer-
ously applauded by the Democrat.
MRS. HENRY f. BRADFORD left Ben
rington this morning for an extended
visit in Chicago, with her daughter, Mrs.
Chester Reynolds.
THE planet Venus, now visible in the
west after shutdown, is growing brighter
daily, and will continue to do so until it
reaches it's greatest brilliancy in August.
THE old ceiling in Shurtleff's drug
store was taken off yesterday, for the
purpose of replacing it with a new one,
and repairing the interior Of that build
ing.
IT is now asserted that the creature
that has been posing as the Champlain
sea serpent is beaver, and that he was
seen at the head of Cumberland Bay last
lall lying on the ice and barking like a
dog. Next.
THE Easter Editions of the Boston
Herald, Springfield Union, Troy Budget,
and Boston Globe, next Sunday, will be
unusually fine. Have one left at your
home early in the day. Leave orders
with D. G. Burt early.
A GOOD medical authority calls atten-
ton to the fact that violet and red inks
are poisonous, and that the habit which
some school children have of sucking
these inks from their pens, on account
Of their agreeable taste, is a very danger
Gus one.
The maple sugar season bids fair to be
u failure. Wilmington is the banner
maple sugar town of the banner maple
sugar State, but it was with difficulty
that enough of the saccharine fluid could
be found there one night this week to
supply public supper.
THE New Hampshire and Vermont
State committee of the Y. NJ. c. A., held
Joint meeting at Keene, N. H., Satur-
day, and voted to secure the the services
of Mr.. Claus Otandt, now employed in
international committee work in this
State 1t was thought advisable to di-
vide the States into districts for evangel-
icsl work. Mr.. Olandt is well known by
many of our people.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending April Sth, 1885, Mrs. Frank
Birard, Mrs. Itouldie Darrow, Miss Mar
garet McGinni, Mrs. Samuel Noyes, Miss
Nellie J. Patton, F. y. Larallee, Charles
Menard, WILDER NJ, Potter, Ayuste Per-
reault, w. Webster, George j. Week.
These letters will be ent to the Dead
Letter Office April 22nd, if not delivered
before. In calling for above, please say
advertised" giving date of list
COMMISSIONER SPEAR and DR.. Rich of
the Vermont cattle commission, have re.
Gently closed their first campaign against
tuberculosis, Dr. Rich being obliged to
go to New York. Speaking of the work
of the commission, the Montpelier Watch
man says: SIN the examination made
in the recent campaign, 127 cattle were
tested and IA were condemned and killed.
In every instance the accuracy of the
test was fully verified to the ample salts
faction of the owners and neighboring
farmers, who were interested witnesses
of the work. These examples show that
II per cent. of the whole were diseased.
AT meeting held by the North Ben
nington Driving Association April 9th,
it was decided to have the offices held by
the same persons as last year, viz: g. F.
Leonard, president; F. L. Mattison, vice
president; II. C. White, secretary; w
A. Worthington, treasurer. The annual
horse fair will take place June 18th and
9th, with three races each afternoon
From reports sent into the meeting il
was found that the horse fair is univer
sally enjoyed by young and old, anC
while not many horses were sold the day
of the fair, it led to making lots of sales
later on. This year horses for sale will
be shown on the track as usual and every
effort will be made to bring buyers from
~ distance as well as near by.