Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-29


gars and tobacco.
IT should have been said in Tuesdays
edition that Earl Smith and Frank Nor
gan found the grasshoppers Saturday, in
stead of "Will Smith"
THE Rev. Carl Stoecker D. D., of Am
sterdam, N. Y, will preach Sunday
Morning in the Methodist church. In
the evening, the pastor will preach on
THE Writing Upon the Cross"
"HERoIsM," Will be the subject for
Sunday morning at the First Baptist
church. In the evening, the pastor will
deliver fifth, of the illustrated sermons
on ''Pilgrim's Progress"
Col. OLGN SCOTT created some amuse-
ment in the Graded school meeting by
paying the $3.50 that the auditors report
ed as the total Indebtedness of that dis
trict. A vote of thanks was passed.
BUT few farmers in this section have
tapped any trees in their sugar orchards
and many of them predict that the sea-
very little sugar has been brought into
the village for sale.
GEORGE DONNELLY is home from BOs-
ton. and will remain through the sum-
mer. He will devote his time to the
teaching of violin music, and from his
associations as student with the best
teachers in Boston, during the past win
ter, he should succeed.
The Masonic meetings next week are :
Annual communication of Mt. Anthony
Lodge, Tuesday evening; Eastern Star
on Wednesday; Taft commandery on
Thursday The Red Cross in the new
robes, etc, will be worked by the latter.
The r. A. Chapter meets April Sth.
JAMES P. MORGAN, the well known
lecturer, will give his illustrated lecture:
"The Life of Our SavoHr," III st. Fran
els de Sales church, Sunday evening,
next The illustrations are shown upon
canvass by means of royal photo opt
con diorama. 1t will be an enjoyable af-
fair.
THE Board of Civil Authority have
been in session three days for the abate-
ment of taxes. They are quite thorough
in their investigations, and do not let go
of any until they are satisfied that the
case is worthy one. The Collector
states that delinquent taxes keep coming
in.
Miss GwYNN, who is the guest of Mrs.
c. j. Hoyt this week, met with the
Young WOmans Club Wednesday even
ing, and gave some very pleasing read
ings from Longfellow's "Tales of
Wayside Inn." In connection with the
reading description of the "Inn'' was
given and very enjoyable evening was
passed.
QUITE a severe snow storm prevailed
in this section Wednesday night. SUeph-
en- Gleason from Woodford, who was in
the village Thursday, states that fully six
inches fell on the mountain and that it
was badly drifted by the severe wind
been one of gales and storms, and March
has fully maintained its reputation as
stormy month.
ABOUT /, 100000 lake and brook trout
fry are being Matched at the hatchery at
Roxbury, and these will be placed in the
ponds and streams of every county in the
State as soon as the waters are in fit
condition for the reception of the fry.
The State Fish Commissioners have re-
appointed Geo. T. VIM as fish warden,
and all true sportsmen are urged to unite
with him in securing the full observance
of the fish and game laws.
WE are informed by veracious eX.
change that some st. Johnsbury ladies
have organized an auxiliary lodge to the
latest secret society there. There ought
to be a night nursery for st. Johnsbury
urchins while the old folks have gone to
lodge meetings. The people of that
burg have now been initiated into every
thing to date, even the mysteries of the
Northwestern Guarantee and Loan AS
atiOn.-Hardwick Gazette.
AMONG the laws passed by the last leg
islatures is the following, which should
interest good many hereabouts IF a
person unnecessarily leaves or drives an
animal, or rides a bicycle upon a side
walk built and maintained for the bene-
fit of the travelling public, or unneces-
sarily obstructs such sidewalks by per-
hitting an animal owned or used by him
to stand across or upon the same, he
shall be fined not more than $25 and not
less So"
LOCAL weather prophets predicted a
cold spell to follow the thunder shower
of Monday. If they are correct in this,
together with the prevailing idea that
the weather of last Tuesday was fore
cast of the coming month, we may expect
a decidedly uncomfortable April. 1t is
an old saw that the prevailing wind of
the 10Th, goth and Dist of March will be
the prevailing wind of the three months
following. 1t will be remembered that
those days were fraught with heavy gales,
and a norton of the time intenselv cold