The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-04-17
THIS note of solemn warning is sound

viii never reach that happy land
Where milk and honey flows.
THE Rutland Herald appreciatively re-
marks: "The Bennington BANNER has
donned very neat and handsome new
dress, in which its own inherent worth
shines more conspicuously than ever. 1t
is excellently printed, and in the quail
ties essential to good local newspaper
stands with the best"
GEO. H. MOORE has sold his milk route
to Hiland Fay, who will continue the
route. He has dairy of about 40 cows,
and this purchase will greatly increase
his business. Mr.. Moore will devote his
whole attention hereafter to his farm,
one of the best in the town. The atten-
ton of our readers is called to an auction
sale advertised in another column.
JOSEPH I. FooTE, cook at the Yer
mont Soldiers Home, was married to
Miss Luella E. Bush, the daughter of an
inmate of the same institution, last Tues
day morning. The happy couple went to
Norwich, Conn.,, and will visit in that
part of Connecticut during their two
weeks tour. They are highly spoken of
at the Home and the BANNER wishes
them much joy.
r. H. WINNIE, received sudden orders
Monday to report to National Express
headquarters, for promotion. He has
for more than year been the messenger
on the Branch between Hoosac Junction
and Bennington. In common with the
universal experience of messengers pro-
NOTED from this office his salary will be
nearly double. Good enough, but we are
sorry to lose Mr.. Winnie nevertheless.
THE reception given by the Stark Hose
Company last evening was brilliant af-
fair and was attended by about one hun
bred persons. Their elegant parlors were
nicely lighted with electricity and fine
collation. was served. 1t will be remem-
bered that this reception was given in
honor of the ladies who assisted the COM
pany in their festival of 80, and the full
musical and other programme was fully
carried out.
THE River Street Dry Goods Emporium
will repay visit now that Drysdale's
new stock of seasonable goods has ar
rived and is displayed. There is alto
gether too much diversity in this large
city store of goods set down in Benning-
ton village, to go into particulars. No
use going to Troy or elsewhere for guam
tity as well as quality-anyone not
pleased at Drysdale's will be hard indeed
to suit.
THE temperance lecture by Miss Phelps
at the Baptist church last evening was
well attended. Miss Phelps is ready
and pleasant speaker and held the close
attention of her appreciative cOngrega-
ton for more than an hour. She made
several good points and among them
this: No man sells liquor for any other
purpose than the money that is made in
the traffic. The selfish, money idea is at
the bottom of the liquor business-hence
the folly of treating the question in a
sentimental way. She is impregnable in
this position. Her references to popular
fallacies in the discussion of the temper
ance question were at once serious and
interesting. 1t is needless to add that
Miss Phelps does not believe in license
whether high or low.
THE Troy Press of last evening, says:
Justice Putnam of Saratoga has decided
the case which was tried before him in
special term growing out of the failure
of the Bennington Wooden Mills. twas
know as TT. Hamilton, receiver, against
Whitman. 1t was shown on the trial
that parties who had been interested in a
mill in Massachusetts were DESTROYS of
starting the mill at Bennington with the
debris of the Massachusetts, venture, but
$50, 600 in cash was required to complete
the new organization under Vermont
laws. This was advanced by Mr.. Whit
man, New York capitalist, in a check,
and after the organization had been per-
fected the check was returned to Mr..
Whitman, the assets of the Massachusetts,
lillll buluClCHb lOI lllN
working capital. After the failure of
the mill at Bennington the attempt was
made to make Mr.. Whitman responsible
to the amount of the $50, 600 check to the
creditors of the mill. Judge Putnam has
decided that as the suit was brought Mr..
Whitman cannot be held responsible.
THE maple sugar season seems to have
dropped off and ended all of sudden
hereabouts, and the other day, speaking
of prices, a maker of sugar remarked that
there was nothing in the season to cal
for any great drop in prices. This would
appear to be true according to the Bos
ton JOurndrs review of this industry in
Vermont, which says: "The maple
sugar season is practically over in Yer
mont, the warm and dry weather of thu
past few days having started the buds
on the maple trees and stopped the flow
of sap in the woods. In some favored 10
calities limited quantity of sugar will
be made during the next few days, bu
the bulk of the sugar crop for this seasOl
has been secured. The yield of suga
has been smaller than for many years
and it is estimated that not more thai
half of an average crop has been pro
duced. The total annual production ha
been about 1000, 900 pounds during til
past ten years, but is doubtful if til
yield of 1890 will exceede 100000
pounds. One of the largest sugar max
ers in Franklin county, who has an oil
chard of 1900 trees, reports making bu
1000 pounds this year, against 800
pounds last year. Many farmers repol
the yield to be less than two pounds to
tree thus far, which is a small yiel
per tree. The scarcity of the product
D already felt in the market by the hig
| prices at which the article is quoteC
Good tub or can sugar is selling i'll man
places at 10 cents, and fine cake sugf
l from IL to ID cents a pound. Map
strip sells from 80 cents to 81 gallOl
e Large orders have been taken by We
+, mont merchants for sugar for shipmer
West, and many tons have have alread
been consigned to Western parties !
t good figures. The Vermont Map
e Sugar exchange at BrattlebOrO' has sci
A.. several lots of sugar to parties outside
= the State and realized good figures fC
y the production"
|. The New Loan and Building Association
l. The result of visit here of repr
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