The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-06
Local..
Miss ADDIE PEAsE and a friend are
visiting in town


The Central Vermont railroad COM
pany carried all passengers for hall fare
on Thanksgiving day, in accordance
with its good custom.
MEssRs. FRANK M. TIFFANY and Z.
S. Harris arrived at Aspinwall, Central
America, without accident. and the pas
sage out was pleasant.
The subject of the special Advent ser
mons at St. Peters Church next Sunday
will be in the morning The Holy Scrip
lures :" at Evensong, Judgment"
IT is now against United States law to
make brandy from peaches or apples.
Good by apple jack Thus fades one
earthly joy after another Pldltsburgh
Republican.
In addition to the regular Friday ev-
ening service at st. Peters Church dur
ing Advent, services will be held We'd
nesday and Friday mornings and We'd
nesday evenings.
II. G. LNDLoFF started for California
Tuesday, and expects to be absent until
the holidays. He goes to San Francisco
by one route from Chicago and will re-
turn by the Northern Pacific railroad.
THE new temperance bill which has
been under consideration by the Yer
mont Legislature prompted the gentle
man from Wells to recommend clause
forbidding any person from going with
in ten yards Of sour apple tree.-Troy
Telegram.
DR.. WIN. NJ. KEYEs is slowly recover
ing. lie has been attended by DR., Chal-
mers of Magog.-GeOrgeUitle, p g., Cor
respOndence Of StdnStedd Journal. The
DR.. Reyes referred to is native of Ben
nington, and is well known and remem-
bered here by many friends of the fam
lily now residents of this town.
CHI. DARLING, judge of the Munich
pal Court, returned from visit to his
former home in Woodstock, Thanksgiv-
ing day, and is prepared for business
He has been laid off nearly three months
by an attack of TYPHOID fever, of which
we made mention at the time. On this
account his cases for the December term
will probably be continued.
OUR Montreal neighbors are already
making extensive preparations for their
coming winter carnival. An ice palace
to cost $4,000 will be built on Dominion
Sludlt, anu LllC llONClllCo hlC W
be an ice railway, and carnival pro-
cession, which viii vie with the New
Orleans Mardi Gras in splendor. There
are also to be special attractions on an
American day. "-Burltngton Clipper.
POSTMASTER MARTIN has secured the
monthly sheets of the departure of mails
from the United States to foreign coun-
tries. These are sent here as soon as
issued by the postofiice department and
gives the ports, dates of sailing, steam
ers, closing of mails and connections with
other countries. This will be a gre It
accommodation to many of our people
This schedule is posted in the pOstotlice
THE second volume of "Vermont in
the Civil War;" by G. 6. Benedict, mil.
itary historian of Vermont, is just Out
and the preface says that the delay was
occasioned by the amount of historical
matter which poured upon the editor
Immediately following the issuance Of
Vol. /. This enlarged and enriched the
whole, but caused revision of the MS
prepared for Vol. 3, but as the informa
ton consisted of diaries, letters, ETC., the
subscribers are well paid by the delay
We suppose the edition is bound anC
will be distributed to subscribers soon
The annual election of Custer Post
No. 40, &. A. R., occurred last Saturday
evening, with these results G. II
Wakefield, commander Chas. Kennon
Is. V. G. Geo. M. Marsh. j. V. G,
Dwight Rudd, surgeon A. e. Patchen
10 NJ. VIM. Z. Murphy, chaplain
Henry Sibley, 0. d. E. c. Gantter, o
IG. The installation of officers will oc
cur the first regular meeting in Janual
next. Delegates to department encamp'
ment to be held at Brattleboro, Com
rades John w. Williams, and c. NJ
Lambert ; alternates, Henry e. CAM
and B. G. Barber. The post is in {
fourishing and growing condition, ant
has one of the best furnished halls il
Now England, aud IL Is SAID there ar,
but few better in the United States. Tn,
post numbers Ill members, meets ev
cry Saturday evening, is without deb
land has 5000 in its general fund. Tn
post voted to furnish room in the new
addition to the Soldiers Home. Tn
post rooms are open every Sunday after
noon from until for the use of com
rades for social intercourse, reading
ETC., and this idea is proving not onl
interesting but profitable to the organi
cation in making a place of good in
tluence for those who might resort else
T where.
: THE first piece of ca elessness result
ing in first class" scare and escap
from death, occurred at the monumen
Friday. Frank Nolan and Thoma
Stewart had been sent to the top of tn
, structure to remove some beams prepar
atory to roofing over the structure.
floor to be also laid several feet dow
from the top and part of the duty as
! signed was to arrange for this. TIL
, men both stepped upon the chains b.
J which they had been hoisted and faile,
to give the engineer outside the prope
signal. They began to descend rapid
the downward motion increasing alarm
, ingly, when the second wrong sigma
was given. Instead of saying Man Of
the chains" they sang out to stop, whic
the engineer did in hurry. Houn
Nolan lost his hold and fell to the bot
tom, some 80 feet, it is estimated. Tn
timbers forming the support of the der
rick and temporary floor supports ar
stay athed and as the monument ha
} been laid up these boards have becOm
! splintered by the falling of stones upo
: them; and Nolan's fnll was broken b
, these every ten feet, he breaking throug
J three of these splntered stay-lathes at
ter his grip was broken on the chains
He went TO the bottom, and fortunatel
was not badly injured, although bruised
, The accounts published have been S
distorted and magnified that we hay
taken pains to get up the exact facts
This is the first occurrence in whic
there was danger to life and limb whic
J has occurred, showing the thorough dis
cipline and care exercised on the work
WHEN the Hon. LOveland Nuns
,, was appointed charm n of the speci
commission to formulate an improve
/, school system for Vermont, the BANNE
arose to remark that no mistake ha
been made by this appointment. tt
, eminent character of the commission a
, whole, ensured a matured code @
school laws far above the average. Fror
time to time we gave the progress made
2 Our readers know the result. The Leg
islative consideration given to il an
+ final action. We copy few remark
, from the st, Adams Messenger, whic
we think is highly complimentary 70 tn
commission and to Mr., Munson in pal
ticular, as that gent eman spent grea
deal of time upon the subjec', and neg
lected his legal business to do it besides
The Messenger says 1t would seem t
be complete. 1t is a system and no
patch work It bears evidence of grea
care. much labor and close study O
efficient and practical men, No radica
3 changes are proposed in the school sys
tenn hut more thorough organ zltio
> and efficient and vigorous management
r are provided for. The bill lie m de t