The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-07
DEFERRED STATE NEWS.

"A VII ludyg IL " SOl =
gers ice lifting engine went down in 20
feet of water.
J.F. Gilbert Of Ridgefield has the con
tract for carrying the mail betW cen
Brattleboro and Wilmington,
A watch, ancient and curious coir 6
and other articles we're stolen from Rev.
Horace Fowler's residence in West Hall
fax the other day.
Two shoats, one COW, and 10 hens ap-
pear in the list of dlning-room furniture
in the town farm inventory in the
BraLtleboro auditors report.
Hon. Gee. w. Tikeman Of Hubbard
ton, has presented the Congregational
church society of that town $4,000. This
is only one of many of his generous acts.
By invitation of Erastus Buck Post.
Capt. Geo. ii Blake, editor of the Orleans
County Monitor, will deliver the Memoir
ial address at Island Pond DECORATE, n
Day.
A young man by The name of Thomas
White, in the employ of Frank Hall, of
Guildhall, one day last week got his leg
badly jlmmed between two logs, but L
doing well.
The Connecticut River Valley farmers,
say: There will be great scarcity OF
seed corn the coming spring, and lucky
Is the farmer who succeeded last year IN
getting supply for his own use. 1t is
probably safe to say that not more than
half the farmers did So,
Walliugford's Baptist church, found
ed in 1880, is conceded to be the oil lest IN
the state. Several others follow it close
ly, the church at Manchester being con-
stituted in 1881: SALISBURY and Ira,
1888; Middletown Springs, 1884; Bran
don 1885; Hubbardton, 1887.
1t is stated that the base of Ascutney
mountain furnishes an opportunity toI
the opening up of an immense granite
quarry, and is practically inexhaustible,
Some three of four different kinds OF
granite are found there. among which
are the pink, green and gray.
Rev. John P. Humphrey died al
Mortified, Mass, Feb. 10, at the age OF
about 20 wears. He was native oi
Derry, N. H Mr., Humphrey was known
as pastor of the Congregational churoh
at st. Johnsbury East, where he war
set led for a number of year previous tC
1889.
O.S. Bliss of georgia has just shipped
sample box of Vermont corn to Wash
ington, which is to be put on exhibition
at the Paris Exposition, The box con
tains four kinds of corn-two samples OF
eight rowed and two samples of twelve
rowed, including one sample of the fa'
nous Hyde farm "Dutton" corn.
The prohibition organ, the Voice, says
that "every proof that prohibition
doesn't prohibit is an additional proof
OF the necessity Of Prohibition party.
The Voice should have added that pro
hibition will )t prohibit under a polli'
ical party of one name more than an
other. 1t will prohibit when the sentl'
ment of the people say 80.
George S. Youngs of Windsor, who il
taking much pains in the care Of his
dairy stock, says that he made an aver
age of 300 pounds of butter to each COW
IN his dairy for the year 1888, notwith'
standing two were heifers with their
first calves and two of the COWS and one
of said heifers came in in Aug. 1887, 50
they had been MIXED four months be-
fore commencing the year of 1888.
F. w. Baxter OF Highgate has an in
teresting relic in the shape of pass
given by Benedict Arnold which reads
"Mr. Joseph BakIey is permitted to pass
from this place to Albany with one bat
teau loaded with bale goods. Montreal
May sh, 1776. B, Arnold, B. Gen.
He also has copy of the laws of Yer
mont printed by Joseph Fay Of Rutland,
in 1898; copy of THE cpistles of Pliny u
printed at Edinburgh in 1862 and a
number of others printed from 1905 tc
1880,
James NJ. Mum, a West Fairlee boy
who was in the battle of Fort Donelson
was wounded 10y rebel bullet striking
him squarely between the eyes where
the nose intersects the forehsad. He lay
on the field AZ hours after the battle, be-
log overlooked by those looking for th'
living, they supposing him to be dead
His recovery seemed almost miraculous
At the time he was wounded the sur
geon thought the ball must be lodged in
the back OF his head, but after carrying
rebel bullet in his head 25 years, it re
Gently fell from the roof Of his mouth
He is still living and doing well.