The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-06-07
VERMONT NEWS.

The Fall Mountain Paper Company is
building brick addition of seventeen
feet to the large machine room. and will
put in new 100 inch machine in its
factory at Bellows Fals.
Workmen have put in the log booms
at Bellows Falls, and the head of the
drive is expected this week. The Con-
necticut River Lumber Company will
stop nearly 10000, 900 feet at their mill
against 100000 last year. There are
nearly 80 600, 900 feet in the drive. The
Fall Mountain Paper Company will stop
ne-rly 100000 feet, to be ground INTO
pulp. The supply of spruce of the com
pany is exhausted, and they now receive
three carloads day of sawed spruce
from Canada.
A new building for Norwich Univer-
sity at Mortified is planned to meet the
requirements of the rapidly Increa sing
corps of cadets.
Webster, aged 35, son Of the late Tim
othy Brown of Dummerstoh, committed
suicide at Brattleboro, last week We'd
nesday, by cutting his throat with
razor
DR.. L. G. Butler, one of the b, {
known physicians of the State, died Al
Essex May 25, sged GS years. He was
prominent in Masonic circles, and at the
time of his death was State supervisor
of the insane and a member of the board
of pension examiners. DR.. Buffers
mind had a literary cast, and he was
much engaged all through his life in lit
erary work. He was for a time asso
ciate editor of the Medical and Surgical
Reporter at Philadelphia. Among his
published papers aud addresses are the |
following: New Remedial Agents"
Hygiene of the Farm" Locality Of Il
Consumption in Vermont" "Intoxica-
tion by Alcohol, "History OF the Town
of Essex, "''Soldiers' Memorial Record, -
Historical Addresses" at the centennial
celebration of the settlement of Essex. !
In politics he was a Democrat, and at
one time, about 1854, was the principal
writer on the Burlington Sentinel. lie
always wrote more or less for the State
papers, but especially for the Democratic
journals.
The new Lake Champlain steamer
Chateaugay is luxuriously furnished. as
may be inferred from the fact that
among the items are 800 yar6s of Wilton
and Administer carpeting. The spacious
saloon Of this elegant steel steamer, with |
its plate glass sides, giving unObotructed !
views of the beautiful scenery in all di-
rections. and extending the whole length
of the upper deck, will be a pleasant /
surprise to the travelling public.
No man living will be so deeply
mourned by the soldiers of Vermont, |
when he passes away, as General Sheri. |
dan. No less than nine Of our Vermont
regiments-the six of the Old Brigade, |
the Eighth, the Tenth and the cavalry
fought under him, and he was to them |
their beau ideal of commander. He
trusted them with a confidence born OF
experience of their fighting quality. He
said Of them in the hall of the House at |
Montpelier in 1867: "The Green Noun. |
tain boys of 1851 are equal 70 the Green |
Mountain boys Of '76. have never
commanded troops in whom had more
confidence than l had in the Vermont
troops; and do not know but can ray
that neger commanded troops in whom
| had as much confidence as | had in
those of this gallant State" The Yer.
mont troops returned to the full his con
fidence, and they will mourn him as a
true Comrade and friend as well as
gallant leader Free Press.
The Maple Sugar Exchanges business
is cleaning up well. The cake sugar
has all been marketed and brought good