The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-27
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pox. He seems to be fated this year.
THE Graded schools commence their
winter term next Wednesday, January
I'd, with the same faculty as last term.
MRS GEO. w. KEEsEMAN lately re-
ceived a fl ttering proposal to become
organist of leading Presbyterian church
in Troy, N. Y.
The Rev. j. W. Bennett and family
passed Christm1s with his brother, Col.
E. ID. Bennett. They returned to Troy
yesterday noon.
EDw. b. HULING, of the Mt. Pleasant
Military Academy. Sing Sing, N. Y. is
spending his Christmas vacation with
his grandmother.
MRS. WILLIAM PHALEN Winnie Kirby
has returned home. Her many friends
will be pie ased to know that she has en-
tirely recovered her health,
MIR. WALTER l., COLLINS has disposed
of his interest in the Putnam House, and
will soon go to New York City. Mr..
Collins has thorough knowledge of the
hotel business and we wish him success.
The primary class and other children
in the Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school had a pleasant time Christmas
Eve in Library hall. There was a nice
repast and couple of recitations, togelh-
er with games.
A LOCAL medical society has been or
ganized OF the REGULARS, with DIR. II.
j. Potter, Jr., president, and DR.. Il. G.
Day, secretary. 1t is designed to discuss
various matters of interest to our physi-
clans, fortnightly.
EDWARD E. LONG of the Lotus Club
Boston, spent Christmas at home here
Sunday evening he sarg two fine soloG
in the First Baptist Church, materially
assisting the fine choir in their elaborate
programme of music.
Col. ]. B, PARMENTER, late of the
Troy Press, of which he was editor fol
90 years, has entered into the business
of selling LoCke's sub-gut'er patents
This is device for removing the snow
from the streets of large cities. 1t looks
practicable and New York will probably
try one hundred miles within year.
WE find this item in an exchange
The Rev. A. B. Lambert. D. D., of Ru
pert, well known clergyman, who has
Tor more than quarter of century
been a member of the corporation OF
MlddIeburv College, also of the Burr anG
Burton Seminary at Manchester, wal
stricken with paralysis last Sunday. DIR
Lambert has been nearly blind for sew
eral years, but has continued to preach.
Among the appointments on the staff
of Commander-in-Chief Warner, G. A
R., dated Dec. 5, 1888, was that of Will
liam q. Schroeder of Burlington, who
has been appointed assistant inspector
general for Vermont. The followin(
comrades from Vermont have been an
pointed aides-de-camp Comrades S, w
Cummings, st. Adams G. E. Graves
Bennington z. NJ. Man ur, Islanc
Pond w. Fl. h. Slack, Springfield, ant
A. j, Stone, Montpelier. Col. George
w. Hooker is re-appoited on the Gran
Memorial Committee.
The Argus and Patriot hears Of
Another name that is being very favor
ably mentioned for Collector of Gus
toms at Burlington Is that of Hon. NJ. S
Colburn, of Manchester Center. Mr.
Coiburn is a rafting good business man
aid in some respects is better equipped
for the place than any man who ha,
been talked of. 1t seems to be under
stood that there is a widespread feeIinl
in the S ate that it is time somebody out.
side of Burlington held that office" We
think that Burlington and other psrts OF
the State have had IA monopoly of sucf
offices long enough.
THE postoffice money order clerk
are busy, as there are great many PEG
pie sending orders to the old countr,
that fhnu raanh tharn e.
Christmas and cheer those around Oh,
family tireside." This item is from
free trade exchange. We scan Englisl
papers in vain for similar announce.
ments. If free trade is such fine thin,
for working people, why do we not hea
of money orders coming from England
to America? What more natural thai
that the fathers and mothers SHOULD
send over to America a little to hell
their children endure the "slavery O
labor" of which President Cleyelant
has 30 much to say in his last message
A Democratic friend, who, though ac
knowledging defeat, is evidently in NJ
wise discouraged, IL subscribing, say
the Clipper, writes "Please send me
receipt acknowledging the same, as you
see l have not much faith in you Repub
/ Ilcans. If you did lick us this time. Hop
we shall be on earth to give you HI il
four years from now" Let us see. i
was Blaine who was interrupted IN
speech during the late campaign by al
angry Democrat who told him to "go /,
HI" The great statesman stopped TO
moment and then quietly remarked
that The had been abused by the Demo.
Gratis for years but this was the first tim
he had ever been invited into the Dem
oCratic headquarters"
In former times great Importance wa
attached to the day of the week oil
which Christmas Day might fall, as i
was supposed to exert an influence OF
the succeeding year. In the Haricial
INNS. in the British Museum, which
were collected at the beginning of tn,
eighteenth century by Robert Harley
Earl OF Oxford, the one numbered 225.
is poem of seven stanzls with refer
ence to Christmas falling on the severa
different days of the week The follow
ing applies to this year
"If Christmas Day on Tuesday be,
That year shall many women die,
And thai winter grow great marvels,
That year shall Kings and Lords be slain,
And many other people near them
dry summer that year shall be,
As all that are born therein may see
They shall be strong and covetOus.
II thou steal aught, thou lOsest thy life,
For thou shalt die through sword or knife
But II thou fall sick It's certain
Thou shalt turn to life again"
A DECISION of considerable important
to those who work in the States of New
York and Mas achuselts for Vernon
railroad companies, has just been made
The case is in the northern part of New
York and the railroad is the Contra
Vermont but the theory applies any
where under like circumstances. Johr
Martin, blacksmith, worked In ia,
Central Vermont Railroad Co. Is shops a
Malone. John Kelley brought a sui
against him in Vermont for debt, ''trus
teeing' his wages, and obtained iudg
ment, and the railroad company paiC
the judgment, deducting the amour
from Msr,in's wages. Then Martin sueC
the railroad company for his wages anC
the case was tried in the Supreme G ur
at NJ alone last March, before Judge Tan
pan, and the railroad won the suit, set
ting up the Vermont judgment as de
tense. The case was theIeupon appealed
TO the New York General Term, aud tina
court has just reversed the decision o.
the New York Supreme Court. Tn,
General Term holds that Martins wagei
could not be lawfully attached in Yer
mont, and that no Vermont statute cal
constitutionally deprive citizen of an
other State of his property without reg
ular service Of process upon him. Thi
will stop this skipping over into thi
State to take advantage of that ''ancien
relic" the trustee process.