The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-02-09
SPECIAL BUSINESS LOCALS.


s$"Send in your orders now to the
planning mill for dry hard wood eithel
in stove or four foot lengths First or
ders IN, first filled. If.
EY"Mrs. S. NJ. Hickey announces t
the ladies' of Bennington and vicinity
that she is prepared to do dress making
at No. II North street, and will be glaG
of their patronage. 39tf.
cB-In accordance with the rules OF
the Y. NJ. A. all books must be returned
by March 5. Delinquents will be fined
one dollar. Per order Library Commit
tee, l.. S. Norton, treasurer.
CS-Coal of very extra quality, IN all
sizes, in car load lots or by the ton, and
so on, will be found at G. F. Merrills
agent for a new company. Call at his
office, opposite the Express office. and
get prices before purchasing elsewhere.
Prices given with pleasure. If,
cB-C. H. Potter has just put in line
of English stone china ware, of a new
pattern. His ten and 25 cent counters is
proving an attractive thing, while the
demand for his Battle Monument polish
is rapidly increasing-the label contain
ing an exact representation of that
structure proving taking card. Sam.
pie boxes sent by mail for Is cents.
ES-A CARD.-A report is in circula
ton charging the propretors of the
Stark House with instigating the recent
raid upon the Putnam House. We wish
to deny this charge point blank, over
our affidavit, if necessary, as we knew
nothing of the matter until after the seiz,
ure. This IS one meanness, among the
long category of misdeeds laid at our
door, of which we are certainly unjustly
accused. WELSH & PRATT.
Ia Every dairy farmer should be on
the lookout for the apparatus in which
to set his milk that will yield the great
est net profits. The Cooley Dreamer has
stood the tests of eleven years, proving
that it has no equal Ill producing the
largest quantity and the best quality of
butter. The analysis of the skim milk
by Prof. Babcock, of the New York Elk
pertinent Station, shows less than a
tenth of one per cent. of fat left in the
milk. No other apparatus has been able
to show so perfect separation of the
cream from the milk The sales of these
Creamers are very extensive, both IN
this country and in Europe, far exceed.
ing any others, the Cooley Creamer
with its products having been awarded
more gold and silver medals than all
other cream raising apparatuses com.
bined. 1910 awarded by n. Y. Dairy and
Cattle Show, 1887, for butter made by
Cooley process,
ET-T The annual statement of the Mu.
tual Life Insurance Company of New
York is made public, and shows that the
year 1897 was the most prosperous one
this company ever enjoyed. The new
business written amounted to $64, 457, =
46S 81. or an increase of $l2 ga, 749 over
the new business of 1886. The assets of
the Mutual Life now aggregate the enor
nous sum of $l1S SOC SOL SO, making it
by far the largest financial institution in
the world. The company has now an
outstanding insurance account amount.
ing 10 1927, 62S $685. 1t received for pre-
miums in 1887 the sum OF $l7,110,901,
and its total income from all sources
amounted to 500, 079 922 46 1t paid to
its members during the year for death
claims and endowments over $1,000, 900.
and the total payment to policy holders
aggregated $l4 1877 .423 co. The number
of policies was increased to lao, 943, the
largest number in any regular life insur
ance company in the world.
tyrone of the principal features of
the Ladies' Fair, advertised in another
column, will be friendly contest among
the many friends Of our lady operatives.
A gold watch is to be awarded to the
candidate having the largest number of
votes at the end of the fair. The F. NJ.
I, A, B. Society presents the gold watch
and FIR, Michaud has spared no pains to
have it superb in all Its appointments
and worthy the fair. There will be val.
liable prizes given to the ladies' polling
the next two highest number of votes.
The candidates for this valuable prize
are Miss Nellie Morrissey. Valentines
mill Miss Maggie A. Ryan, Tiffany's
mill Miss Lucy Cutting, Cooper,s Mfg
Co. 8 mill No. /; Miss Stacia O'Connell,
Bradford's mill; Miss Maggie Mcclure,
Rockwood's mill; Miss Rosa Roche,
Cooper's Mfg Co.'S mill Fo. g. Admis-
sion to the fair will be % cents, after
moons and 10, evenings.