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

| week.
VIM. KIRBY, who was confined in Jail
several days last week for not making a
satisfactory disclosure, did so Saturday
and was released from custody.
JOHN CoRTEz presents the BANNER
with a hens egg that measures G3xS
inches and weighs ounces. Geo. f.
Heath leads on this kind of thing, al
though Mr.. Fowler and Mr.. COrtez are
away above the average on the specimens
produced.
PROF. L. E. LONG has, by invitation,
taken charge of the Sunday school sing
ing at the Second Congregational church.
His success with the new choir is the
promise for the school. Already TIE i'm
provement is very marked as preparation
for the Easter concert goes forward.
THE heavens are especially brilliant
! just now. Early in the evening the west
ern sky just above the horizon is made
Respondent with the beauty of the planet
Venus. Jupiter is also visible just after
sunset, and may be found short dis
lance from the zenith, while not far re.
moved from Jupiter Mars with its rud-
dy glow, may be seen.
WE are glad to learn from a paragraph
in an esteemed contemporary that tribe
of the Improved Order of Red Men is to
be instituted in Burlington shortly. If
the Queen city must have Red Men of
any sort, by all means let them be of the
Improved variety, if any such exist. 1t
is painful even to think of what might
happen if tribe of the old-fashioned Red
Men should get loose IN Burlington
Filled with the fire-wateT said to be sold
there, they might scalp every resident of
the city before their energy abated Mid.
dlebury Register.
TIE charming Opera House will, on
Wednesday evening, May LIST, make
large audience so happy with the ''Mock
Trial" for Rooster Stealing that even
ones mOtherin-law could not make life
unpleasant again during the whole year.
The press, as follows, is unanimous in
commentator of this side splitting
drama of real, life and joviality: 1.-THE
great sensational Trial came off last night
as scheduled. Judge, Jury, Counsel,
Witnesses, and even the Defendant ac-
quilted themselves well in the positions
in which they were placed. A tremend-
Gus gathering of citizens witnessed
Woods downfall and the wheels of jus
tice did the grinding act to the satisfac-
ton of all. 1t can be said it
was decided success and a credit to all
the participants. 1t was success fnan-
cially as well as socially and artistically.
The hall was crowded. 1t is stated to-
day that the profits will be over $500"
This is from three column report in Wor-
cester Gazette.
Col. l.. G. GRANT, commanding the
PatriarChs Militant, Department of Yer.
mont, has appointed the following chew
alters as his regimental staff: II. L. Ho-
yer, Bennington, adjutant, with rank of
captain; L. G. Burnham, Burlington,
quartermaster, with rank of captain; L.
V. Green, Rutland, commissary with
rank of captain; II. j. Potter, Benning-
ton, surgeon, with rank of major; j. j.
Lane, Montpelier, assistant surgeon, with
rank of captain; j. w. GOodell Burling-
ton, chaplain, with rank OF captain; j.
B. Gage, Johnsbury, banneret, with rank
of lieutenant Non. commissioned. o.
Wales, Barre, sergeant major; E. w.
Goodhue, Bradford, quarter-uaster SER
geant; w. S. Durham, Bellows Falls
commissary sergeant; E. II. Fortier, st.
Adams, color sergeant; c. G.. .Endlich,
Brattleboro, hospital sergeant; r. H.
Whitney, Montpelier, trumpeter. Col.
Grant has also ordered the first regi-
ment of Vermont Patuarchs Militant to
appear at st. Johnsbury, May 14th, for a
general parade aud drill. Headquarters
will be established at the Avenue House,
where all staff and commanding officers
will report Immediately on arrival to II.
L. Hover, adiutant. Chevaliers detached
from their cantons will be assigned posi-
tions by Adjutant Hover. Col. Grant
says: st is the earnest desire of your
commanding officers to make this the
largest display of this branch of our or
der ever held in the State, and to do this
we must have the hearty co operation of
all. We'therefore urge upon you the nee
essity of making an especial effort to be
present"
THE Chinese clergyman, who visited
Mrs. c. c. Merchant last week, as stated
exclusively by the BANNER, has this
mention in the New York Sunday Her.
aid: "The Rev. Mr.. Yung Kiung Yen,
the Chinese Episcopal clergyman who
has been some months in this country,
left yesterday on the first stage of his
journey to Shanghai. He will sail from
Vancouver for China April 22nd, in the
meantime visiting several of the princi-
pal Western cities. At the Church Mis-
sions House just before his departure, he
said: My object in coming to the
United States, where | have been for
period of six months, was to relate to
the people of America the work which
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