The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-02-06

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this dinner if they wish. Mr.. II o.
Houghton. Park street, il President,
and the secretary is a, E. Howard, 81
Milk street.
Mr.. Gladstone said to us the other day:
Don't buy a navy, but if you do buy it,
buy it from England" and the Senate
Naval Affairs Committee Immediately
report in favor of the recommendation
of the Naval Policy Board tospend $780,
515, 900 on battle ships and monitors f1l
harbor defense, including the $67 965 900
already spent. The second half of Mr.,
Gladstone's well meant advice will
doubtless be put to rest as respectfully as
the first. We can build those battle
ships ourselves.
"Short settlements make long friends"
is an old established business principle.
1t applies aptly to the movement for
weekly pay ment of employees.
The Vermont Horsebreeders' associa
ton met at Rutland last week and decid
to hold the annual exhibition there
August 26, 81 and %, The purses will
aggregate $1,000, an increase of 81 400
over last year. There will be three races
each day, including 1924 class, 2:29 class,
2:45 class, for guaranteed purse, amount
ing in all probability to 50, 900. and stakes
for one, two, three, four and five-year-
olds and stations. A special fea' ure
will be yearling geldiugs premiums,
amounting to 800. Wayne Bally OF
Rutland, was elected general superln
tendent in place of NJ. E Bowman,
At a recent meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Nebraska regula
ton was adopted which prohibits a
saloon keeper from becoming a Mason
or remaining in the order if he contin-
ues in the business.
Congressman Morse introduced llst
week the following bill "Whereas, a
national monument to Miles StandIsh
the Pilgrim, is in process OF construc-
ton, and is well nigh completed, at
Duxbury, Mass, consisting of a granite
monumental tower, surmounted by a
colossal statue of Miles Standish, with
four figures of associate Pilgrims 10
stand at the base, the monument having
now reached the height of 70 feet, and
some $50 900 being required for it COM
pletion; and, Whereas, said monument,
besides perpesuating the valor, patriot
ism and sacrifices of the Pilgrim soldier,
will be of a great value to navigation,
as 1t is the first object seen by navige-
tors entering the harbor of Cape Cod I;
therefore, be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, that the sum of 1000 be,
and the same is hereby. appropriated
out of money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, for the purpose of
completing said monument under the
direction OF Secretary of State"
The Rev. William B. Buckingham,
late Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church,
at Rutland. died on Monday of last week
in his native town. Barnwell, s. G.
He was born July 2. 1S43, and was at the
State Military Academy in Charleston
when the war broke out. He entered
the Confederate service in the defense
of Charleston. After the Rebellion he
graduated at Trinity College I'm 1869,
and was ordained to the priesthood IN
1872. After holding rectorships at
Cheshire, Conn New Loudon, Conn.,,
he became rector of Trinity chur CHI Rut.
land, in November, 1886 On Sunday
May 80. 1887, he delivered the memorial
serman before Post R Iberts, g. A. r. of
Rutland, his topic being The Moral
Quality of Soldier Fame" The event
was notable becaus of his being the first
ex Confederate to address the Grand
Army veterans in Vermont. MIR. Buck
ingham was a clerical delegate to the
general convention of the Episcopal
Church in New York in 1889
1t is all very well to throw in a joke
or even tell short story to make the
farmers institute enjoyable; but he
who is simply amused, when he needs o
be instructed, is not practically much
the better off, unless it be in health.
Drove well are pronounced superior to
dug ones, as the solid pipe keeps all sur
surface and the bottom, from getting
into the little reservoir made by pump
ing whence water is derived.
The Chicago board of trade estimates
the visible supply of grain in the United
States and Canada on the 18th of Janu-
ary, 1890, to be 33,17S,02S bushels OF
wheat. 1888 66S of corn, 4 .97S 304 of
oats, 1,2f9940 of rye, and 2,2S3,070 of
barley.
Prof Afmsby's experience with ensil.
age at the Pennsylvania State COLLEGE
Station. does not differ
much from that of Prof. Sanborn.
Hence he saws, the experiments else
where are conflicting, aud further in
vestigation is necessary"
A ton of ashes costing ten to fifteen
dollars contains eight to nine dollars
worth of phosphoric acid IN the form of
muriate of potash and superphosphate
of lime, But they also contain potash
in abundance. Their practical value
depends on the needs of the soil.
As far as possible grow on the farm
what you want to consume on it. This
you are sure Of, whether prices be high
or low, and you save two transporta-
one to market with your pro.
duce, whatever 1t may be, and the one
to bring home your purchases.
Out in Ohio they are selling new
maple sugar. The season of the year
does not appear to have much to do
with it. The dairy and food inspector
finds it composed of two-thirds glucose,
the other third, we suppose, maple sugar
melted to give flavor.
1t is nonsense to suppose that the
farmer does not need to know anything
more than other farmers can tell him at
The institutes. He needs much that pro-
fessional men and scientists can tell him.
They are the ones that have thrown
light on the farming interest; but none
Of them can tell all he knows or much Of
any value in fifteen minutes.