Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-12

campfire of Sixth Corps Post tomorrow
evening. 1t will be an enjoyable occa.
sion and the "reminiscences are by an
eyewitness.
DRYsDALE's Easter announcement in
tO.day's paper is characteristic. He is
out, ALSO with a four page circular that
has been freely distributed. You should
read the one or the other carefully. The
spacious brick store, corner of North and
River streets, is filled to repletiOn with
the spring stock of which more parlicu-
lar mention is made in another column.
THE following pleasant mention of the
SEMI WEEKLY BANNER,i is from an out of.
town correspondent: 1--WE welcome the
BANNER twice week, gladly noting
many items of interest in regard to
friends out of town. A lady in this vi
cinity sets great store by the BANNER.
| think her husband was a subscriber
over forty years ago" The BANNER ac-
knowledges, also, an invitation to 90 up
and eat maple sugar.
ADVANCE tickets for "The Miller's
Daughter" are being rapidly sold by
members of Company X and their friends
and the ladies and gentlemen connected
with the production are doing their ut
most to make the most of the remaining
time. This being the only opera that
will be produced here this season, lovers
of good music do not want to fail to see
it on Tuesday evening, A .>ril 23d, at the
Opera House.
E. w. BRADFORD has, recently, pro-
cured two elegant paintings, one of
which is quite complimentary to the
SEMI WEEKLY BANNER. The scene rep.
resents reading and smoking room,
with table, easy chair, etc, and the pa
per that shows is the BANNER of a late
date, with our Western correspondence
on the first page, under the heading.
This fine work of art is from the studio
of w. S. Reynolds, 1O2 West 1O2nd street,
New York City, and we hereby tender
our acknowledgements to him and to
Mr.. Bradford for the compliment. The
paintings are elegantly framed and grace
the handsome residence on East Main
street.
HOLDERS of fire insurance policies, says
the Weekly Underwater, will be inter.
ested in the announcement by leading
insurance journals: Vermont is shortly
to be rated by schedule by a committee
of the New England Insurance Exchange
with view to render the FIRE business of
that State more profitable. This action
was fastened by the recent withdrawal
of several well known companies. The
Standard. The New England Insurance
Exchange will re-rate Vermont on a
schedule basis. Vermont is VIGOROUSLY
in need of something that will counter
act the awful loss ratios. that have been
driving company after company from its
borders, and the re-rating will be ap-
piled
BUYING goods on credit is largely a
habit, says an exchange. If people could
not obtain credit they would find some
means of paying cash. The best proof
of this is found in the case of. railroad
travelling. People know that if they do
not cash their tickets they cannot travel.
Why should it be more of hardship to
pay cash for groceries than pay cash for
railroad tickets? All that is necessary to
bring cash paying is laying low for one
week or two and catching up. People
who buy goods on credit are led into
purchasing things they can get along
without. In this way they keep on mort.
gaglng their futures. The money earned
to-day goes to pay for the purchases of
yesterday, while the purchases of to-day
are a charge against the earnings of to-
morrow.
THE Company which will be seen here
here tomorrow is the same which made
the superb run of hundred nights at
the Bowdoin Square Theatre in Boston,
and the production IN every way will be
the same as that given at the Hub"
The company is headed by Edward R.
Hawson, one of the best romantic actors
of the day, whose PRESERVATION of John
Osborne, the hero of the play, is one of
the best Characterization of his role,
that of an American speculator in cotton
who goes to England to introduce Yankee
ideas, in the Manchester manufacturing
district. This character supplies the
needed American element, and as many
of his experiences are in America 1.-THE
Cotton King is considerably placed
above the ordinary English Melodrama,
because of this reason, if for no others.
But it has others, for there is no blood
curdIing dialogues, no rant, no namby-
PANTY sentiment, it is clean cut, well
written, deeply interesting, and exceed
ingly picturesque.
THE concert given under the auspices
of the Young Mems Club, at the COngre-
gational chapel, Friday evening was
very enjoyable affair The Ladies Mel
odie quartette of North Adams, Miss
Denley first soprano, with three of her
pupils, Miss Brown, Miss Blackinton and
Miss Houghton, sang with fine finish and
delicacy, the voices harmonizing so
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