The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-05
DEFERRED STATE NEWS AND NOTES

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DEFERRED STATE NEWS AND NOTES
Canton Montpelier was presented a
drum on Saturday evening by ladies In
terested in the organization,
In Indiana school books are supplied
free, and saving of six per cent, Is ef-
fected, The state can buy in large
quantities, while individual pupils have
to pay several profits. 1t is believed the
free school book system will soon be.
come universal in this country.
The Hon, James H. Phelps has given
to the Brooks library, Brattleboro, a
large collection of books, including his
torical documents in manuscript and In
print. bound newspaper files. pamphlets,
etc. The collection is connected with
the early history of Windham county.
A Wisconsin Judge has decided that
man has lawful right to open his wife {
letters. Now if we could get binding
judicial opinion which would compel
husband to post his wifes letters within
week after she gives them to him, but
that would be requiring moral lmpos'
sibility.
There can be no doubt but that the
Herald was in dead earnest when they
presented Rutland's claims for the
worlds fair in 1892. They have so long
presented Rutland as the mecca OF Yer
mont that they honestly think il is the
Garden of Eden of the world.-PoultneJ
Journal.
The fact is worth bearing in mind thai
1t is pointed out that there has not been
temperance revival in this country
since the organization of the prohibition
party. That is to say, the prohibition
ists have succeed only in prohibiting the
very thing which they claim to be mosI
anxious to promote.
| The w. G. T. u, not content with un
dertaking to establish woman suffrage
and get prohibitory amendments putlntt
the constitution, has now declared wal
against tobacco. 1t is understood thai
all its members will hereafter be requlr
I'd to take.a solmn vow never to smoke
cigarettes or chew anything stronger
than gum,-Mdil and EGpreSS.
Rev. DIR. Talmage has an eye to bust
ness. The sermons he is delivering al
Athens and other foreign cities were
written before his departure, each label
ed with the city in which it was to b'
delivered and with the corresponding
date, and then given to the printers, who
set them up in stereotype plates that arr
shipped to papers in Vermont and otheI
states for publication on the day follow
ing their delivery.
The passage by republican leglsla
ture Of stringent liquor and Sunday law'
was what gave the Democrats the VIC
tory in Ohio. according to Murat Hal
stead. The liquor men of all parlle,
wanted less restriction in that line anc
he Germans didn't want to be "harnes
led" TO a Puritan Sunday" Wha
hall be said of the third party prohibi'
tionists who stand aloof in such an emer
gency,. or lend their aid in breaking
down our most commendable Amer car
institutions
Mr.. Wanamaker evidently does no
have the most exalted opinion OF civi
service examinations as means OF sup
plying the department with efticlen
| gents. He is practical rather thar
theoretical, and says: Il would sooner
nave postal clerk who knows every
nook and corner in his district thar
some theorist who could tell about zone
and geographical centers remote from
his own country Mr.. WanamakeT
will find that the great mass of peopl'
agree with him.
"AnseI w, Hawkins Of ST. Johnsbury
says the CdledOnidn, "sold last Saturday
his Fitzgerald farm in Danvile to Macl
Wood for S400. There are 100 acres o.
land in the farm and set of building
on it. IL will be noticed that here Is al
illustration of cheaT farms which MaJn
Valentine claimed could be obtained IL
various places in Vermont from 81 to S
an acre. There are plenty more farm
IN Caledonia county at same prices. MIR
Hawkins has also sold 90 acre tlm6e
tDt In Walden to Mitchell Grosselin TO
$412. Mr.. Grosselin has a sawmill ant
10 bought the lot for the timber which
ne proposes to cut off.
1t would appear that some OF Yer
lnont's bogus medical colleges are still
ioing thriving business, "Dr." Georg
Dutton, president of the so-called Yer
mont Medical college, has returned from
4 foreign tour and was in Rutland las
week. 1t Is reported that he has larg'
lass of medical students in Boston wht
will go to Rutland to be graduated. DIR
Dutton talks very frankly about th'
business, and says that he takes student
Rutland to graduate because the law
of Massachusetts do not allow the con
ferring of diplomas upon his school o
practice. The Free Press suggests tina
he gentlemen who expect To represen
their towns or districts in the next legis
ature should make note OF thes'
hlngs.
A district meeting of the Order OF tn
Eastern Star for Caledonia county wa
held with Esther chapter, No. 20, of Lyn
lonville, recently under the direction
District Deputy Edgerton. The officer
Of the Grand Chapter were represente'
by the grand patron, James E. Curral
II Montpelier, and Ihe grand matron
Mrs. S. j, Fairman of Windsor, and b.
number of past officers. There was
large attendance from the chapters
Newport, Danville, Morrisville and Wes
Burke, with representatives from Mont
pelier, Windsor and other places. Visit
inR brethren and sisters were warml
welcomed and most Hospitality enIeI
aimed by the officers and members
Esther chapter, whose officers also eX
; -mplified the work of the order with
: degree of accuracy, precision and In
, pressiveness rarely attained in any u
risdiction, 1t is hoped that dlstriC
meeting may be held with Ascutne
chapter Of Windsor before the winte
: closes, If the hope is fulfilled, Estht
! chapter will be invited to repeat the ex
, emplification of the work-JOurndl.
THE examinations OF teachers, i
Chittenden county, recently" Gays "a
t Burlington Independent "by supervise
: Cilley drew quite full house, notwlth
! standing some feared the number
! teachers qualified, in fact, to teach woul
E be considerable less than the number re-
e duired to furnish one for each school !
/ the county. The two examination
I heretofore held in this county under II
new law have given the teachers to vi
- derstand it would be credit rather tha
z otherwise to pass this examination
' hence the number that presented then
e selves has been larger than was expect
e ed, and the average qualification consit
9 erably in advance OF what they haV
g heretofore been, and the examination
G there this week go to show that the rel
/, education OF Vermont teacherr is not {
q low as many had supposed. To compel
b for positions is pleasure, and the rau
e Of teachers obtainable will rise, rathe
a than fall, II the supervisor hold up Ii
requirements as they have now begun
I On this subject the Cdledonidn edito
. tally remarks "1he fact that persu
t must pass examination in every brano
e specified. would seem to be unnecessar
t IL the applicant is not required to teac
= IN all those branches, IL is well know
9 that some of the best and most success
e ful teachers cannot get certificate
r the first class, A person in one OF th
( fret towns in the county was unable
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