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LENT begins Feb. 9th, Easter April
18th.
A FARMERS INSTITUTE will be held in
Pownal, February 18th and 9Th.
A. C. FIELD of Bennington was in
town Observation-Disclosures Times.
T HE Valentine Knitting Company be-
gan working on full time again Monday
morning.
Mrs. GEO. CRAWFORD has returned
from three weeks visit with relatives
in New York City.
HAS your subscription expired9 If so
drop around and renew the first time you
get an opportunity.
MAI. A. B. VALENTINE and wife leave
this week for California, where they will
spend the balance of the winter.
THE Bennington Knitting mill will
shortly increase it's productive capacity
by the addition of another set of knitting
machinery.
THE water pipes in various parts of the
village froze during the recent cold spell.
BY the bursting of pipe in the Metho-
dist church, Friday, damages to the
amount of about 500 was done.
A SESSION of the State Supreme Court
opens in Montpelier to-day. There are
eight Bennington County cases to be
heard, aud several of the members of the
bar from here will be present.
A HANDSOME granite monument and
markers have just been put up over the
graves of the late Capt. Joseph Hupf and
wife in the village cemetery by their
daughter, who resides in Troy.
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL E. L.
BATES, Col. R. j. Coffey of Governor
Woodbury's staff, Maj. c. W. Evans COM
nanding the second battalion of the first
regiment, and Adjutart II. L. Hover OF
the staff, will attend the officers school at
Darlington, this week.
A SEVERE snow storm accompanied
with heavy wind, prevailed all Saturday
night, and the first half of Sunday. The
snow was badly drifted as it fell, and
travelling of all kinds was very difficult.
in the afternoon rain began to fall caus-
ing the snow to pack down quite hard,
and not in the least improving the going
WIN. O'DoNNELL, baggageman at the
Bennington and Rutland station in this
village, has been confined to the house
for week by illness. MI. ODonnel
has been in almost continual service al
this station since 1854, and is the oldest
smploye in years of service of any con
nected with the road. During his illness
his place is taken by j. A. Shufelt.
THE different schools in town opened
yesterday after a two weeks vacation
Since it was closed three weeks ago by
reason of scarlet fever epidemic, the
school house in district No. II, has beer
thoroughly cleaned and fumigated, anC
the books and other school furniture
that was burned has been replaced by
new.
THE North Adams Manufacturing
Company of North Adams, Mass, has re
stored to it's help five per cent Gu
down made last summer. The help con
Quoted successful strike five months
ago, when the company conceded hal
the cut down of 10 per cent. and prom
ised the other half when times woulC
permit. There is much rejoicing on &C
count of the promptness of the compan!
in fulfilling its promise.
THE new order issued by the Postoffic,
Department has gone into effect here
and is already causing considerable dis
satisfaction. especially among bushes
men. Under it's workings it will be i'm
possible for the present force of carriers
to deliver the mail as promptly as ha
heretofore been done, and it is probable
that the Department will be asked to al
low another carrier. At present onl.
three are allowed.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled TO
In the Postoffice at Bennington, for tn
week ending Jan. It'll, 1895: Nose
Bualen, Romano Daigabbi, William Jack
son, William WEIGH, Mrs. Alice Bleau
Mrs. Patience D. Eddy, Mrs. Annis Hall
Miss Ada Roberts, Mrs. VIM. Grumbly
These letters will be sent to the Deat
Letter Office Jan. 21st, if, not delivered
before. In calling for above, please sa.
advertised" giving date of list.