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| Baptist church Sunday morning, April
It'll. In the evening the pastor will de-
liver the fifth sermon of the illustrated
series on ''Pilgrim's Progress"
THE rehearsals of the comic opera
"The Mlller's Daughter" to be produced
in the Opera House, Tuesday evening,
April 23d, under the auspices and for
the benefit of the Bennington Rifles, are
running very smoothly, and the ladies
and gentleman connected with it are
working hard to make it grand success
The opera is full of bright, catchy music,
including quintets, quartets, trios, duets,
etc. The libretto is brisk, full of bright
comedy, and funny situations. The
choruses are strong and interviewer with
pretty dances. including a gavotte In the
second act Miss Lulu Goldsmith will
assume the part Polly, instead of Miss
Morgan, as announced last week
THE flow of sap in Vermont, says the
Troy Times, has been light so far and the
prospect for an average yield is not en-
couraging. There have not been more
than three or four really good sap days,
nearly a week frequently passing with
out any sap dropping at all. A number
! of owners of extensive sugar bushes are
unable to account satisfactorily for the
failure. A fair supply of maple sugar is
offered for sale, however, but it consists
in most cases of a mixture of three parts
| of old to one of new sugar. New maple
syrup of a superior quality is scarce and
readily brings 81 a gallon though inferi-
or grades can be bought for seventy.fye
| cents.
SOME time ago a number of boys and
young men stole some cider from Jay
Loomis of North Bennington. Mr..
LOOMS found out who they were and
made them SETTLE When young Green
was recently returned to the Reform
school, he being in the deal gave it
away" Monday William Kipp, Frank
Daley, Frank Dowdell and another were
arraigned before the Municipal court to
answer 10 the cider stealing. There were
a number more concerned in the Scrape
but all but the four had gotten out of the
way The first three named were held
and the case against the fourth was mol
pressed nothing appearing against him.
Mr.. Loomis testified and on the techni
cality of whether he received the money
from the boys and agreed not to prose
cute or for private damages, found that
he, on his own testimony, was in the
tolls too. The boys were roundly fined,
ana Mr.. LOOMS paid his FIVE also. He
is a reliable, honest man and is not up in
the kinks of law practice. According to
his own testimony he was liable, 50 he
pays the penalty and pockets the loss.
DEALERS and consumers are alarmed
at the ecent advance in the price of beef
and mutton The price of Western beef
to dealers has within few days been adj
yanced from $3.50 to - per hundred
weight, and this neCessitates upon the
part of the markeCmen an important
increase in their selling price, The deal
ers who buy by the carcass and have to
pay for fine and poor cuts alike, find it
necessary to considerably raise the price
of the choice parts in order to make up
portions, for which there is no demand,
and which have to be sold at far below
cost. The Western beef dealers state
that the advance is due to the present
,,l - l., hot
Guilty is found in supplying the home de-
mand that expectation has nearly ceased.
Why the scarcity exists they do not state,
but the fact will be made very apparent
to all who carefully examine their meat
bills for the month. The retail prices at
present are even higher than during the
blizzard.
The st. Johnsbury Republican says
the State Board of Pharmacy held
three days session in that village last
week. We do not see single Benning-
ton county name in the published list of
applicants for licenses by examinations
The members of the board are A. w. Hig
gins of Rutland, president; j. q. Bel
rose, Burlington, secretary; f. w. Pierce
of Chester, treasurer; Collins Blakely of
Montpelier and c. c. Bingham. Lcen-
ses were granted to 1925 applicants in the
State for druggists license. These IL
ceuses included all the druggists in the
State and good many of their clerks.
The new law requires that all druggists
shall procure license and keep the same
in sight in their store. The licenses are
handsomely engraved, sealed with the of
fetal seal and signed by the State Board.
There are three kinds, skilled pharmac-
lists for applicants who pass the exami
nation: registered pharmacists, for drug
gists in business during the passage of
the law; registered assistant druggists,
for clerks in drug stores. The next meet.
ing will be held in Rutland, June 10Th.
The Mock Trial for Rooster stealing
which takes place on Wednesday evening,
May LIST, will be the greatest event in the
entertainment line for many years.
Many of our prominent citizens will take
leading parts and as it is understood that