The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-07-24
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

We doubt if there has ever been more
marked example of brass-plated, oak
ribbed, copper-fastened gall exhibited
than is shown by the claim Of Boodler
McLacy against the city of New York
for aldermanic salary accruing while he
was in Canada fugitive from justice for
robbing the city.-Nelcs and Citizen.
"vermont," says a citizen of that
State, sis the richest State in the Union
in slate, marble and soapstone quarries,
and many millions are invested in these
industries. We have mIllionaires who
are in the marble and slate business.
Vermont in maple sugar stands first in
the Union, making nearly 1000, 600 lbs.
annually. More butter per COW is made
in Vermont than in any other State
more pounds of wool per sheep are clip
ped than in any other State. Besides,
Vermont is noted for raising men and
people in fifty years has sent twenty men
to college and furnished half score of
Senators, judges, members of congress
and college presidents And this little
Green Mountain town is not the only one
doing as well and even better than that.
We have furnished brainy men for the
United States Senate in this and other
states for more than fifty years, and can
fill orders for the same for years to
come.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Burlington Free Press predicts
that within five years it will be difficult
to find an unOccupied mill, factory or
farm in Vermont. 1t certainly is begin
ming TO look that way, and if true of
Vermont it will be equally true of Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut Those who
believe such state of things is coming
are already quietly buying real estate in
the farming towns, 10 our knowledge,
and just now are buying very cheap.
Thousands of people viii wake up some
fine morning not many years hence TO
find the price of farms in New England
have advanced from 100 to 800 per cent
and wish they had caught on while real
estate was within their means.--ETtclt-
burg (Mdss.) Mail.
The efforts to keep the details of an
electrooutiOn out Of the newspapers has
not turned out just as the authorities in
tended. That part of New Yorks new
law might as well be repealed 1t is a
"dead letter. ."-CdledOnidn.
There is a man in Jail in California for
stealing locomotives. = Boston Herald.
If he'd only stolen the whole railroad, he
might have been president of 1T.
The peculiar enervating effect of sum,
mer weather is driven off by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which makes the weak
strong"
The Argus calls it ''ramrod raid"
and says that sit is an undisputed fact
that public sentiment at Montpelier con-
demns this raid" All of which is a trifle
rough ON public sentiment at the cap
ital.
Up to the time Of going to press moth
ing has been heard of the board of rail
road commissioners, but as soon as any in
dicstion Of their existence is discovered
we will communicate it TO the public.
By the way, one of the board is said TO
hold that teams should not occupy grade
crossings when trains are passing. Hard
ioick Gazette.
-Twenty-eight immigrants, mostly
Russian Hebrews, were not allowed TO
land from the steamship Michigan at
Boston Thursday, on the ground that
they might become public charges.
They win be returned by the Michigan
next week.