Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-15

Miss POWELL has been visiting at st.
Peters rectOry for few days.
Mrs. L. F. ABBOTT gives card party
tomorrow afternoon from to o'clock.
Mr.. WEAVER of Newport, r. l., has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Miller.
THE Rev. Edward ConnoVer has been
engaged to temporarily supply the pull
pit of the Baptist church at Hoosick, the
pastor having resigned.
JAMES MoRRIssEY, Waterman in the
Vermont mills, was seriously burned by
steam Friday, by the bursting of valve
he was attempting to fix.
THE Fortnightly meets on Saturday,
Jan. 10th. Subject art" The com
mittee in charge are: Misses Alexandria
Clark, Sophronia Collins and Irene Put
nam,
A LOCAL opera troupe from Barre are
agitating the question of producing a
comic opera here during the season.
They are to appear in Montpelier, Bur-
ington and Rutland.
THE ElOn Percy farm in Hoosick Falls,
was sold last week at auction, to James
Gindon for $3.50, rate of S20.5O per
acre. 1t has recently been owned by
Aaron Laker now deceased.
GEN. j. G. MCCULLoUGH is making ar,
1angements to build one of the largest
barns in town on his place next season,
to take the place of six or eight buildings
used for that purpose now. The barn
will cost about $4,000.
IT is reported that la Grippe in deadly
form is raging in New York and Jersey
City. The best preventives are to be
temperate in eating, drinking and gener
al habits, and to keep the printer paid.
Many a valuable life has been sacrificed
to remorse, engendered of newspaper ar
Tearages.
OUR friends will please accept thanks
for promptly paying up and keeping on
the advance list. The 1885, procession
is growing fast. Fall in! The date fol
lowing your name on the upper corner
of this paper will give you the needed
pointer. And if you find mistake in
the numbers let us know and it shall be
corrected.
Mrs. L. P. NORTON opens her house
for the annual supper and social of the
Missionary Committee of st. Mary's
guild of st. Peters church, Tuesday
evening, January 22nd. The proceeds
will be applied to relieve the poor of the
Parish and a general invitation is ex-
tended. Supper will be served from 6 to
O'Clock,
THE New York Central Railroad Com
pany has withdrawn all special tickets
issued to clergymen, and hereafter clergy
men must pay full fare. This action is
in consequence of the anti pass provision
in the new Constitution of the Empire
State, and it is said that the example will
be followed by every railroad running
out of New York City.
AN exchange says: Beware of a neat
ly dressed chap, who offers to print you
1000 note heads for $3.50 and demands
payment of 80 cents with the order. He
is a swindler now working neighboring
towns. If our business men in this and
other towns, have printing of any descrip.
ton they want done, they had better call
on the home printing offices. Reciproc-
ty in this respect is a good thing"
THE Troy papers of Saturday have this
note that be of interest to those of that
Order in Bennington County: Arrange
ments are being made for the organiza-
ton of a chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star, which is an auxiliary to
the Constituent Lodge in Masonry. 1t
bears the same relation to Masonry that
the Degree of Rebekah does to Odd Eel
1owsbip. The membership is limited to
Masons, their wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters. A petition asking the Grand
Chapter to grant charter is being circu-
lated and already ninety signatures have
been secured. If the present plans are
carried out the chapter will be instituted
at Pythlan Castle Thursday evening, Jan
nary 31st The instituting officer will
be Mrs. Hammond of New York, the
Grand Matron. There are five degrees"