The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-09-19

North Adams fair this week. II was by
all odds the best exhibit among large
show of choice stock.
CHAs. II. DEWEY has been enjoying
his vacation of two weeks. Meantime
Cashier Clement II. Cone has run the
County National Bank alone. Mr..
Dewey is at his desk, as usual, this
week.
LOUIS w. AUSTIN has written to his
grandfather, Dea. 2. l.. Taft of his safe
arrival in Germany landing at Antwerp,
August 18th. We shall condense his de-
scriptIon of his voyage for the benefit OF
many friends Of the family next week.
THE editor of the Malone, N. Y, Pal
lGdium Gays he had been feasting on
''meal" of venison. This stirs up Bro.
Grant of the Plattsburgh Republican to
say: "Put i'm out. What right has
country journalist to such luxuries
High living will be the death of us all
yet" This may be true of our new York
brethren, but here the fiat of the land"
is regulation diet.
SATURDAY evening quite a for. innate
collision occurred near BURGESS on
Main street, considering the amount of
sms shing up done. Edward Baker and
John Scully in one rig and John Fraden-
burgh in another met, locked wheels
and capsized generally, but no one was
hurt. One had wheel taken off by the
collision and all were thrown out, Great
ing considerable excitement for few
minutes.
JOSEPH GUINARD, employed in Gas.
tenbury, received severe injuries Sstur-
day. One shoulder and two ibis were
broken, and his condition ia precarious.
He was on truck loaded with logs, com
ing down a steep grade Of the tramway,
at the bottom of which descent was a
curve. The load did not turn, but went
over, truck, logs, horses, man, and all.
Mr.. GuInard was brought here Sunday
and is attended by DR.. Bennett.
In the municipal court, Monday, Roy
al W.-B ,ker plead guilty to intoxication
and was taxed $ll.0l. He mad the one
cent in his pocket and that was all that
was left OF over $50 in cash and a pen.
sion check of $72, which he had cashed
here, with which he came to town on
Wednesday of last week. He is an OPP
tlcian and hailed from Michigan. His
money was spent just across the New
York State line at the notorious Farmer
Inn.
THE st. Adams Messenger says "The
st, Adams room at the Soldiers Home
will be ornanented in few days by pic.
lures furnished by the st. Adams Relief
Corps. There are six nicely framed pic.
lures which the ladies of the corps have
been some time in getting in readiness.
Two of them were donated by Mr.. and
Mrs. Switzer. To better designate the
room there is a handsome black ebou.
lied panel with st. Adams Relief Corps
in gilt letters"
THE electric lights have been placed
in Bradford & Co.'s mill; in Cooper's
mills and residence; in Tiffany Bros
mill and in Masonic Hall. Several 9TH
ers are negotiating with the company
for these lights. The boilers for The new
engine have arrived and the work oil
strengthening the power of the plant &c
as to avoid some annoyance will soon bt
complete. Then, with a new dynamo
there can be little delay in starting M
steam power should water give out oil
breakages occur.
LAST evening, at the home of the
brides parents in Rutland, Mr.. l.. @
Holton of the B. & R. railway was mar
ried to one of the fair daughters of thu
Marble City, Miss Lille j. Bowen. Mrs
Holon is known to some OF our peopl'
and is an accomplished lady who will bt
welcome to Bennington society. Mr.
Holton has been long time in the EN-
al Nf ha ailrnaH af this Lfafinn a
after short tour will be home to receive
in person the congratulations OF many
friends. The happy couple will reside
in Bennington. The BANNER extend
cordial and good wishes.
THE Vermont Journal OF last week
says "a little boy was asked the othe
day if bis parents had named the littl,
twins. Yes. said the lad, papa nance
them the first time he saw Them 'Wha
are their names ? queried the lady
Papa called them Thunder and Light
ming, said the boy and then skipped.
Twins appear likely to become com MOI
TO the guild editorial. The Rutland Tel
egrdnL explains 1--WE learn that early
Tuesday morning, the 10th, there ar
rived at the residence of Hon. Marsh y
Perkins of the Vermont Journal, Wind.
sor, two young ladies of prepossessinI
appearance, without any personal bag
gage although they have evidently
come TO stay No doubt they will b,
well cared for, as Mrs. Perkins has then
in charge, and the little omission OF neg
Letting to bring their wardrobe will
them we opine will not cause them to b'
less welcome Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins arr
receiving the congratulations of thei
friends upon the acquisition Of these dis
| tinguished strangers to their household.
WE learn that quite large party o
veterans will attend the Gettysburg
exercises October 9th, from Bennington
and the county. The rate of fare from
all stations between Burlington and Sun
derland, via Troy and the Hudson Rive
railroad, will be $l2.55; from Sunder
land and stations south, $l2.05. Tit
Committee Of Arrangements advise al
excursionists to leave by trains to arriv,
in New York on Tuesday morning, Oct
8, 80 as to reach Gettysburg at 8 p. m. o.
that day. 1t fell to the lot of the Yer
mont troops that fought at Gettysburg
to render service of remarkable promi
hence and importance in that grea
pivotal battle of the war. The monu
ment erected in their honor by The State
occupies a position of especial promi-
hence on the field. 1t stands near thu
site of the Hancock Monument on tn,
left centre, where the shock of the grea
crisis of the battle took place, in the fore
front of the field because the Yer
monters stood there in the forefront OIL
the battle. 1t is in itself very remarka
Bile object among the hundreds of i'm
posing memorials with which the field
is studded. The dedication address will
be made at the State monument by Sen
ator George F. Edmunds. Governor
Dillingham; will present the monument
to the Gettysburg Battlefield Association
and Judge W. G. Veazey, who is a mem
Der of the Battlefield Association, it il
expected will accept the monument or
the part of the Association. 1t is ex
pected that Vermonl's gifted poetess
Mrs. Julia q. r. Dorr. will contribute ar
ode for the occasion; brief exercises
will also be held at the other Vermont
monuments on the battlefield.
THE Hon. A. E. Touzalin of Chicago
president of the Chicago, Burlington and
Northern railroad, died at his summer
residence here (Which for the season has
been the handsome dwelling Of II. s.
Bingham's) Thursday night last of hem
orrhage of the lungs, He has been out
of health for some time, but improved
under the Green Mountain air, and al
supper time remarked that he felt better
than for many months, but hemorrhage
of the lungs set in, and he died in few
minutes. Mr.. TouzalIn was born 10
England. In 1865 he entered the rail
way service in this country, and the
next ear was clerk in the freight office
of the Lake Shore road. Ultimately be
became connected with the Atchison as
General Passenger Agent and Land
Commissioner from 1874 to 1873, and
Vice President from 1888 to 1885. Be-
tween 1873 and 1883 he was Land Com.