The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-05

VIZ ANOl AOo1 NOAupdhJ BANO hoblhSO
Ten Nights in a Bar-room." Miss
Florence Walbridge. daughter of j. Ed.
Walbridge, will act the part of the
drunkard's child.
SUGGESTIONS for the amelioratiun of
Vermont's real or supposed woes come
from all sources and are of all kinds A
writer in the Nation New York; proves,
to his own satisfaction at least, in long
communication, that the personal prop
erty tax ia the cause of all the trouble
from which he assumes the State suffers.
He would have land and buildings bear
all the burdens of taxation.
THE Advent services of St. Peters
Church will consist of Evening Prayer
with sermon on Wednesday and Friday
at 1880 o clock; Morning Prayer at 10 a.
IN. Wednesdays and at $3.50 q. m. Fridays.
The last week in this lesser revival
season" will be marked by the suitable
observance of the Ember Days The
Friday evening lectures will be on The
Lords Prayer, and Bible topics Wednes-
day evenings.
AT the late examination of teachers,
held in Arlington, out of fifty-eight APP
pllcants for teachers certificates eighteen
ioAiOb W petoo Iu6 requirements vi luO
new school law. In this connection we
refer our readers to our issue of Nov.
18th, 1889, wherein is printed the action
of our board of Graded school trustees,
and the proposed establishment of a
training class for teachers in connection
with our schools here.
ORA Z. GIBSON has gone to Bingham
ton. N. Y, and enters for a year the
office of W. S Huntington of that place.
DR.. Huntington is the leading dentist of
Binghamton. Mr.. Gibson has conclud-
ed to study and practice a year under
the direction of an experienced practi-
toner before he again enters and COM
pletes his course at the New York Dem
tai College, from which he came home
on account of illness a few months
since.
A WRITER says :: 81 have never known
a sea captain to make failure of farm
ing, while lawyer seldom succeeds at
the business. The reason for this l be-
lieve to be because the captain learns
the value of discipline and the economy
of time. He has 70 keep his wits and
his men constantly active on ship-board
to secure the best results This be-
comes a fixed habit with him, and ap-
piled to farming it amounts to assured
prosperity"
The Boston Journal prospectus for
1890 is to be found in another column
to-day. This reliable family paper has
been welcome visitor to the homes oil
many of our subscribers for several
years, and by reference to our club rates
the privilege of obtaining your favorite
New England weekly is extended to this
year also. Forward your subscriptions
now, either to this Office at club rates
or to the home Office at the rates they
advertise to-day.
60 away from home to learn the
news" is applicable to the varied and
various items last week on our Battle
Monument. The most mixed of all We
notice in the Granville, N. Y, RepubIi
can 1.-The cap-stone of the Bennington
Battle Monument was hoisted to it:
place last Monday amid the booming o.
cannon and the shouting of $4,000 people
who had assembled to witness the scene
The shaft is 30l high The corner stone
was laid Aug. l6, 1889, and the whole
will be dedicated Aug. 10. 1851"
THE Eastern Star Chapter of this vii
lage elected the following officers las
evening Maj. r. j. Coffey, w. p.
Mrs: j. II. Lorlng, W. NJ. Mrs. VIM
E. Murphy, A. M. Mrs. f. G. White
treasurer /; Mrs. Frank Bradford, sec
rotary Mrs. J A. N. Williams, con
ductress; Mrs. VIM. II. Cady, associat,
conductress, The installation will tax;
place Jan. sth, 1890, and will be publ,
to invited guests. Hereafter semi
monthly meetings will be held following
the regular communications of Mt. An
thony Lodge, F. Il A. M.
In our issue of Nov. 2lst we called at
tention to the rich vein of rare cloudet
and brecciated marble recently discoy
cred on the properties of Messrs. Purd,
and Dyer at Manchester. The find ha
been attracting good deal of attention
among those interested in marble, no
only in Vermont, but elsewhere, and ex
perts pronounce the vein TO present tn
richest and finest showing in cloude,
marble yet developed in the State. Fo
some time past preliminary eXamina
ton has been going on at the Dyer quar-
ry, and the results have exc -eded all ex
pectations. For richness of color
beauty of finish admissible, and finenes
ofgrain, it is said the GUIDED specimen
outrank the finest grades from the Rut
land and Georgia quarries, while tn
brecciated or oonglomerate rivals il
beauty the celebrated marbles of Europe
We are pleased to learn that steps hav,
lately been taken looking to the devel
opment of the Purdy quarry. The com
pany that secured control of this mag
nificent property is to be congratulated
ADELE FROST and her very fine com
pany has been giving good satisfaction
TO fair audiences during the week. TIL
company deserves crowded houses, TO
in this company are some very excellen
comedians, and Miss Frost is supporte,
by two as good actresses as come befor
a Bennington audience-this is a fact
Miss Frost is herself beautiful, graceful
has a sympathetic voice and delights il
treating her auditors with that respec
which calls for sincere portrayals OF tn
characters the artist has in hand. Thu
far Mr.. Matlack has had no opportunity
except in Ingomar Monday evening, Il
show what he really can do. He mad,
an excellent lDgomar, however, and h,
seems to have many qualities of a TO
mantle actor. Parthenia, by the LADY
star, was all we could ask for, and w
Alexander as Polydor, did fine work anC
ably supported the cast, and in fact, the
company is an even one and worthy
large houses. Tuesday night "The Gel
ebrated Case" was played, when little
Florence Walbridge of this place, acted
her part with surprising ease and looked
very pretty,
The special village meeting Monday
was attended by ten persons, and two
others entered just as the vote on the
following resolution was taken ION
motion of II. w. Martin it was voted
that the trustees be authorized and di.
rected to make such arrangements for
lettering, naming and numbering the
streets and buildings as is required by
the United States laws for the establish.
ing of free delivery systems. and the
same be completed before January LIST,
1890" This was unanimously adopted,
The reason for the small attendance,
probably. did not arise so much from
apathy as from the general idea that all
would unite in voting for this measure.
In this connection we are pleased to
state that. through the public-spirited
liberality of Col. DIN Scott, the signs
will be donated to the village by him,
and also placed in their proper position
without expense to the corporation.
These signs are to.be Of cast-iron, with
raised letters, waxed, and the whole
painted in tive eolors. This insures a
plain and ornamental street name-plate
that time will not deface and which will
be legible in any light. Col. Scott, from
what we know of him, it is safe to say
will spare neither labor, time nor ex-
pense, and the village will receive a sub
stantial gift as well as permanent re-
minder of the generosity of one Of her
foremost citizens.
HOSEA MANN, JR., of Wilmington, was