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

lHE alarm OF hre this noon was caused
oy small blszs in the Chandler house
on Adams street. It was put out before
the hrs alarm sounded.
ALL mushrooms are toadstools and all
toadstools are mushrooms. See article
on our outside, and get mushrooms in
side the first chance you have.
A PATENT tree litter has been devised
ny which trees from two to fourteen
inches in diameter can be trdnsplanted,
1t removes from one to four tons OF
Fart b with each tree and the operation
is thus completed with little or no dis
turbance OF the roots and little danger
OF killing the tree.
This evening, says the Rutland Her.
aid, 'Grand Master D. II. Henderson OF
Sc. JOhnsbury, assisted by members OF
Miriam Lodge Of Bennington, composed
Of about ten gentlemen aud twenty la
dies, will institute a Rebekah Lodge in
Odd Fellows Hall In Rutland. The gen.
tlemen and ladies from Bennington will
arrive on the New York express due In
Rutland at 8 o'clock and return home on
the sleeping train"
WE would call the attention of our
readers to an article On our outside on
Mushrooms" II we have so delicious
an edible right at hand, il behooves us
all TO know more about 1t. Mushrooms
are also raised for the table and WHY
should not every one who has. the facili-
ties know how to raise them? Why not
raise them for market too. Toe mush-
room that is not OF q poisonous variety
is always saleable in market. Besides
the article lie delicious reading, whether
mushrooms are delicious eating or not.
THERE are 1877 deserted farms in
New Hampshire, and Vermont IS afiic:-
ed in similar way. 1t is saddening to
think of farmers deserving the hills Of
New England because the soil will not
yield them livelihood. The New Eng
landers are discovering that the star Of
empire is in truth moving Westward
The Troy Press, which says this, should
peer through its spectacles and read its
own State assessors late report Of
abandoned" lands in New York. Is
the Empire States farms deserted be-
cause of sterility Of soil also P e..
ANTONIO MEZANETTI, an Italian, pro-
prietor Of the fruit stand, corner OF
North and Main streets was called Tues
day morning to answer for the throwing
Of stone through the window Of the
cigar store (above his place. the evening
before. The Rev. Chas. r. Seymour saw
the act and was the States witness. Mr..
Mezsnetti was fined $40 and costs,
amounting to $3.50, and after he told
his story considerable sympathy was ex.
pressed, because it appeared he had
some provocatIon. The stone hit A. F.
Alden, who was reading near the win
dow, on the right side Of the head, near
the temple, inhicting painful bruise.
DIR. 81. F. BRADBURY, the notorious
dispenser OF bogus medical diplomas,
whose career was exposed last week. was
arrested IN Norway, Me-, last Friday
he had been hiding in that vicinity since
the Tuesday before. just how he got
wind OF the fact that the police were af-
ter him Is not known but he disappeared
from Nashua, N. a., just in time to es-
cape capture. He went to Boston, and
stayed there until Monday night. Then
he came to one Of bis old headquarters.
His "annual announcements" were tiled
with the Town Clerk Of this remote ham
let, and in his annual pilgrimage to per-
form that duty he saw that the town
would be good place Of refuge in case
of exposure. Bradbury was stopping at
the hotel and had just returned from q
visit to neiRhborinR town when the
police arrested him. He was dumfound
ed but made no resistance and consented
to return to New Hampshire without a
requisition,. He was taken to Ports
mouth and lodged in the Jail there. At
ter being placed in Jail he asserted his
lnnocense and claimed that he had been
misrepresented IN the newspapers. His
case will be presented To the grand jury
at the session OF the United States Cir
cult court, to be held this week.
THIS item appeared in the Troy Press
of Tuesday, written from Bennington ::
Yesterday about 4 a. m. Mr.. Ganter,
of Park street, Bennington, was awak-
ened by loud knocking at his door, and
upon opening the same found live fe-
male child, apparently with but few
hours experience, wrapped in a sheet
and snugly tucked away in the corner Of
his stoOp. Mr.. Ganter took the little
waif in and cared for it until morning,
when he gave it in charge of Mrs. Thos.
Gabbett, who still has the little stranger.
The police have clue to the identity of
the child" The story told on the streets
is that narrated in the above, but is not
strictly according to facts. The child,
bright girl-babe. was born Monday
morning, but, being disowned by its
mother, the nurse took the infant home,
washed and dressed it, and going to Mr..
Ganter's engaged Mrs. Ganter to take
care of it. The authorities have the
matter in charge, and the mother is
known to them now as we'll as the cir
cumstances of the strange proceedings.
During the past two days more than 900
people have called to ascertain about
the babe left on the doorstep" as was
supposed, and numerous offers have
been made of people anxious to adopt
the little waif, so curiously disowned by
her mother.
TUESDAY morning, or some time after
Dwight Gates and wife re- ired Monday
evening, sneak thieves crept up the side
stairs to the family residence over his
store, and stole the money in Mr.. Gates
pants pockets. These were on q chair,
with other garments. near the door,
which opened into their bedroom near
the hall. There was $50 in bills in a
pocket book and some $40 in silver coin
loose in his pockets. These were taken,
and the pocket book, which also con-
tanned several checks, drafts, etc., was
found on the stairs with nothing but the
bills taken out. There are evidences of
an attempt to chloroform Mr.. and Mrs.
Gates, but no injurious effects ensued.
The thieves, however, succeeded in get
ting away. This reminds US to remark
that we seem TO be blessed with strau.
gers oftimes who. under pretext of can
wasting for pictures or books or what
not, gain access TO private dwellings,
and who do not appear to have any par.
ticular business. These stay awhile,
cheat few by p4lming off something
our merchants sell for one half what is
asked, and a few days after they 60
away we hear of some such performance
as this Of Mr.. Gates robbery. II would
pay our village to employ our police
part Of the time shadowing suspects.