The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-17

Miss DRYsDALE of Rhode Island, lie
visiting relatives and friends in town.
HENRY W. PUTNAM is erecting two
more cottage teuements on Gage street
above Park.
GEORGE p. SQUIREs of Brooklyn, N.
Y. was in town last week visiting his
brother, David F. Squires.
Mrs. E L. NICHOLS is in New York
city this week purchasing a large stock
Of goods, due notice of the arrival Of
which will be made in the BANNER.
w. E. HARRINGTON of North Benning-
ton presents the BANNER with mann
moth turnip weighing 16 pounds, of the
white Swedis b variety. He raised about
1000 bushels this year.
THE coming boon" of Bennington,
is to make itself manifest in houses |
built towards Bennington Center rather |
than any further entertainments on the |
rocks to the east of this village.
THE Band concerts of the past two
evenings were not as well attended as
they deserved to be, yet something was
realized nevertheless. The gold headed
cane was awarded to Charles Wall, book
keeper for Tiffany Bros., and the silver
headed walking stick" to E. D. Moore,
with II. E. Bradford & Co. The contest
rose to nearly one thousand votes.
FRANCIS GUILTINAN, collector of taxes,
has received the list of delinquents from
the town treasurer and will receive from
said tax payers the amounts due, If paid
within few days, without extra cost, at
bis store on River street. There is a lit
tie more in amount than last year, the
whole aggregating about $4,000. As a
whole, however, the new system works
well. This notice lasts only for short
time, and to save costs "walk up to the
Captains office" and settle.
The Troy Press says: "Juhn w.
Griswold and other capitalists of Troy,
N. Y, with g. r. Sanford Of Benning-
ton Center, are interested in a project
for the erection of fine summer hotel
on the grounds of the old Mount An
thony seminary at Bennington Center.
A large amount # money has already
been subscribed for the enterprise, and
plans and specifications have been sub
United by a Boston architect. The
structure will be four stories in height
with double piazza, and the estimated
cost is 100000 for the building and
| pAOOiNoV III anu Lut
grounds,
The third annual concert and ball of
the Il. W. Putnam Hose company, is
announced for Friday evening, Oct, %,
at Library Hall. The committees are
determined that this event shall eclipse
all former ones OF theirs in this line, and
to that end have made arrangement &C.
cordingly. The handsome "orders of
dances" will be issued in a few days.
The concert will take place from 5 to
o'clock. AT the latter hour the Grand
March will occur, and supper will
be served at midnight at the Putnam
House. The spread will be something
grand Moons Orchestra will furnieh
the music. From the large number of
tickets spoken for and now taken in ad-
vance Of the date, grand success is al.
ready assured.
The funeral of John J. McDsrmott,
whose death is noted elsewhere to-day,
was attended this morning, by large
concourse:of people. He was a promi
nent member Of the F. NJ. T. A. B. So
ciety of Hoosick Falls, N. Y, and del.
egation of As came up. The funeral was
in their charge, The local society, John
| L Out Ill re-
gala, and performed escort duty to the
Hooslck Falls society and also to the
whole procession. Mr.. McDermott wat
born in New York City and was car.
pent by trade. His wife was Mary N
Whitney. a lady well known here, who
survives him and also four children
: Mr.. McDermott was an excellent citizen
and his untimely death is much regret
, ted. The burial was from ST. Franci;
, de Sales Church.
: THE BANNER has on exhibition a COPY
of the KiOlCd County Times, published
5 at Greensburg, Kansas, which has three
of its pages covered with notices of "De
' liDquent tax Sales" one nonpareil line OF
3 halt line to each piece of property. 1t il
3 paper nearly the size of the BANNER
7 and it prints 80 columns of these sales
= counting half columns measure in wi
lage lots as columns. Our type woulC
: allow of 300 entries to each of these col
r umns, or 10000 in all. By this our read
a ers can judge Of the enormous volum,
I of said sales in one county in Kansas.
+. is safe to say that no Eastern State eve
e furnished such an example of retrogra
. ton. This copy of the Times is datet
e Aug. Both, 1889, and September ssu
is equally as significant in the humble
: Of Sheritf's sales advertised. Vernon
4 is prosperous and good place to live il
/. by comparison.
n A CORRESPONDENT who has recent,
/ visited the wheat fields of Minnesota
:, writes the following in regard to tn
Q method OF threshing grain in that sec
= ton. Nearly all grain is Gown with tn
drill and cut with the reaper and binder
1t is put into hattocks immedi tely afte
q cutting, and as soon as sufficiently DIR,
is stacked for the convenience of thresh
ing, which IS almost entirely done b,
n steam power. 1t requires from fifteel
to twenty men to thrash TO advantage
one at the engine as engineer, one fire
man, one to supply water 10 the engine
I. two feeders, two to pitch grain from tn
stacks to the feeder, two band cutters
one grain measurer, one bag tender, tw,
more to take care Of the straw, and tw,
Z more to empty the bags, The fuel uset
: for the supply OF the engine is usual,
straw, continually fed in small quaint
ties, requiring under favorable clrcum
stances about one ton for threshing on
thousand bushels of grain.
q THE revival services were continue,
with increasing interest through las
week. On Sunday morning at 9.45 AM
again at 1890 the Second Congrega
tional church was crowded. In tn
afternoon at o'clock a mems meeting
= was held at the Methodist church sub
: ject, The Reasons Why Should be
Christian" A large number of person
}; arose asking for prayers. In the even
ing the services were again held at tn
: Second Congregational church, whicI
was crowded from pulpit TO door; 90
p people were present, 1865 being in tn
o chairs, in the aisles and at the sides o
q the church. After the preaching Ser
! vices a meeting of those who had latel
e become Christians was held in the sam
4. church, which was filed. The farewell
8 sermon was preached Monday morning
at 10 o'clock, Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Green
I wood leaving at 1l30 a. m. About 90
. congregated at the depot TO bid them al
: atfectIonate farewell, leaving nearly 40
converts to rejoice in the pleasure of I
e new life. The union efforts have beer
continued since, and will culm nate IN
e Praise and Thanksgiving service" to
/ borrow evening In the Second Congre
). gational church.
A Sunday Dinners.
The Putnam House menu" last Sun
day was partsken of by several beside
/ tie guests of the house. We give it il
full