Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-22

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Press only $500. Cosmopolitan in con.
nection with the BANNER only $3.50 for
both publications.
MR.. AND Mrs. D. A. WARD are visit
ing relatives in Salem, N. Y.
ARRANGEMENTS are in progress for re-
Stunning work on full time at the mill of
George lockwood e Company.
THE Troy Press says Miss Nan Mil
Ter has been re- engaged as soprano soloist
at the Non-Conformist church, Kings
ton"
AT the BANNER Stationery Store can
obtained Episcopal Church Kalendars-
left over from our Christmas stock. Call
early.
DURING the year 1894 there were 90
births and s. deaths in the village of
Brattleboro. Of the children born 46
were boys and "A were girls.
SUPERVISOR HENRY r. PERRY of Eagle
Bridge caught 81 rats in a wire rat trap
Wednesday night. They were packed
to- gether like sardines, so Mr.. Perry re-
ports.
THE Good Templars had a pleasant
time at the masquerade social given in
their hall Friday evening, and all eX.
pres sed themselves as highly delighted
with the evenings enjoyment.
THE latest dictionary contains 349, 1873
words. The old unabridged had only
$4,000. Times are getting harder every
year for the mau who doesn't know how
to spell, but lifeIs getting easier all the
time for the people who want to conceal
their thoughts.
LEILA MCINTYRE, accompanied by her
mother, went to Salem, Mass, where she
takes part in pareda now being given
there under the direction of Capt. G. W.
Eddy. 1t is understood that the family
go to Milwaukee, Wis, soon, where Mr..
Mcintyre has secured a position with a
leading firm, in that city.
E. E. HART has purchased the interest
OF the "& Company" which was John S.
Holden and Geo. F. Leonard, in the Mill
store, and will continue the business on
his own account. He goes to market
this week to stock up. Mr.. Hart is a
"hustler' and will continue to make the
business a success.
ONE of the best entertainments seen
here of late, was that in the Opera House
Friday evening, when the drama, "a
Life's Revenge" was given by the Gar
rick club of Hoosck Falls, N. Y, under
the auspices of the F. NJ. T. A. B. of this
village. There was a large attendance.
Following the play came a reception in
the rooms of the local society, at which
time an elaborate supper was served.
A BRATTLEBoRo stamp issued by
Postmaster Palmer in 1916 has just been
sold by Chicago woman to a New York
collector for $500. The stamp had never
been removed from the envelope. which
was addressed to former resident of
BrattlebOrO, where it was originally
mailed in 1916. The stamp was en-.
graved by the late Thomas Chudbuck,
then a resident of that place, and was
used year before the first government
issue.
GENERAL orders No. 5, have been sent
out from the Office of the adiutant gen
eral. The orders appoint Gen. Peck,
Gen. Estey, Gen. JENNIE and Capt. Tuth-
erly a board to examine persons recon-
mended for commissions in the National
Guard of Vermont and report as to their
fitness for the positions. Lieut.. Col.
Bond, Major Watson and Capt Mimms
are ordered to report at Burlington for
examination at such time as the presi-
dent of the board shall designate.
In this village the craze of collecting
cancelled postage stamps for Edna
Brown of Kanevllle, ILL.,, has been started
through letters sent to several of the
Graded school scholars. They in turn
have written to their friends, and the
result is that thousands of stamps have
been sent from the village, and the end
is not yet. Each one who receives a let
ter considers it an easy matter to collect
10 postage stamps, and as there seems to
be AN object back of it, each appelrs
willing to assist in the small manner
asked. Who received the first letter no
one knows, but at present nearly every
one seems to possess one.