The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-20
STATE NEWS.


/ The Springfield Republican thinks tn
new V, rmont school law is open to serv,
: criticism in retaining and lntrenchInl
the old school district system. The Re
publican speaks from the standpoint oI
state which has the town system anC
the best schools in the country.
II must have been very gratifyinl I {
Minister Phelps, at the. barquet to the
: contributors to the Encyclol odia Brit.
annica, to hear one of the publishers
state that of the $1,000 copies sold, 40,
900 were taken by Americans. There
could not be better proof that America
Is the Greater Britain"
Hon, Herbert B Wall, the Mayor-elecl
OF Keene, N H., is a native of Dorset
IT.. and IS 40 years old. While resid-
member of the New Hampshire Leg
islature. In 1885 he removed to Keene
to accept the position of Treasurer OF
the Stoddard Lumber Company.
The late Judge Collamer used to tell
this story forty " ars ago : "Once upon
time in court of law, after the presid-
ing judge had given his decisipn in a
case then before the court, the lawyer
who had lost his case raised up and
began to talk. Presently sthe. judge in
terrupted HIM with the remark Mr..
Jones, there IL no occasion to argue
this case any further. have given my
decision" Tho lawyer replied May 1t
please your honor, am not arguing the
case any farther, lam only damning the
decision.
The sppll ing school craze is reviving.
This ia well, but for every person who
can spell we'll there are ten who can not
write well. There splenty of room for
the wri ing master. By this We do not
mean writing masters who are capable
of drawing robin or an eagle, or some
beast or fowl. in manner viii h will
rival or excel the best efforts of the
photographer. We mean man who is
capable of teacl ing young boys and girls
to write legibly. A compOsItor at our
elbow suggests, as good fi"ld for mis-
sionary work, the editors sanctum.
G, w. S. telpgraphs the N, Y. Tribune
from London that 1t was not L1dy Sails.
bury but Lady r ,seberry who initiated
the proposal to presenUa souvenir t. Mrs.
Phelps. Lady Salisbury was consul ed
about 1t, and both wrO'e to Mrs. Phelps
personal friends, who have cordially
approved the suggestion. They include
ladies of all pIrlI.s and no party, and
politics have absolutely nothing to do
with the matter. Nothing of the sort
has ever been done before, and that it is
done know is due entirely to Mrs PhelI g
extraordinary popular ty in he best o.
ciaty OF London.
II delIr quent subscribers should hap
pen to run against our collecting agents
this m NTH, and re eve description Of
our financial embarrassment, coupled
with statement of their indebtedness
to the paper, they mustn't be supprist d
mustn't get mad, and mustn't go for
him with Stop my paper" That
would be neither just nor manly. The
only suprise proper to xpress wOull be
at the long neglect of. he proprietor to
collect his accounts. When they con-
slider that he has been wearing poor
clothes and starving liI family for the
purpose of aliowing his subscribers TO
take their own time for payment, they
will not have the heart TO say, wat yet
little .onger." To show their apprecia-
ton of this long indulgence, they will
drive promptly into their pockets. draw
up the SCRIP, and sayl 10 the agent
Take this for arrearages, and take this
for year in advance, and saw to the
publisher that he is the m ut indulgent
creditor of whom we have any know
ledge" This will make that homely
collector feel b ,nd1oma, although il
won't make him 20 by any means. But
it will confirm the publ shtr in his good
opinion of his subscribers, and convince
him that confidence in their credit and
manhood has not been m-pIaced .-Lyn-
don Union.