The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-26

Mrs. DANIEL E. PURDY and daughte
Louise of Manchester,are visiting friends
: in Bennington this week.
JUDGE C. II. DAZZLING has been absen
this week in attendance upon the United
States District Court at Burlington
before whom he had several important
causes.
THE Tories of Canada have issued Maj
Valentines fred map of Vermont In
black, as a reason why reciprocity should
fail. In staring headlines the Canadian
farmers are told to see what "recipro-
city, has done for Vermont; her farms
are abandoned, etc. They are expected
to rally under the old flag of their good
Queen Victoria and escape this peril of
deserted farms. viii they do it9
WE lately spoke of the free use Messrs.
Cole & Burt made of printers ink. The
result has come sooner, however, than
we expected, but we are pleased never
theless. Next month this firm will en-
large their. borders occupying both
stores, the one they are now in and the
adjoining one in the same block, just
east. This will give room to show their
fine stock of goods to advantage. We
are glad to note this evidence of
prosperity.
THE cruiser Bennington" was ready
and probably had her trial trip yester-
day. Speaking of this test despatch
says, it will be four hours continuous
run under full steam power, and the en-
gines must develop at least 2S0O-horse
power, or she will not be accepted by the
Government. The maximum horse power
-art,fro1 h,r NIn = ic RIM and
for each unit of horse power above the
requirement the builders will receive a
premium of 500 above the contract
price. Should she not make 3400, how
ever, a penalty of 500 will be charged
against the builders for each unit she is
deficient. As the Concord earned pre-
MUM for an excess of horse power, the
Bennington will probably. earn a pre-
MUM also. We hope this prediction
was verified. The trial commenced at
City Point, Long Island. ......
In another place we copy what the
Troy Times prints from its Bennington
correspondent concerning the Centennial
Celebration of 1877, and some specula-
tiOns about that of 1891. We understand
that meeting will be held Saturday
evening in the Board of Trade rooms,
Park block, to effect an organization,
locally, to assist the State Commission.
This is an important matter and should
receive the hearty support of our people.
The bulk of the arrangement of details
will fall on us here of course, and now
that so full an outline of the proposed
celebration was published last week, we
expect that our citizens, generally, will
from now until August 10th, pull
lahaptnu nat.ff -, fnr thn
event. Come out to the meeting and
come prepared to assist in the work.
FRED. A. KENT of West Me1ford,
Mass, is in town this week, taking or
ders from the fraternity for "The His
tory of Freemasonry and Concordant
ORDERS" published by The Fraternity
Company of New York and
Boston. This work has been written by
a Board of Editors comprising nineteen
leading Masons of the world, assisted by
seventy-four additional contributors"
eminent members of the Order from
every civilized country on the globe. II.
l.. Stillson of this village is the editOr-in-
chief, and the labor of preparation has
extended over period of the past three
years. The history is in one super royal,
octave volume of nearly 1000 pages, and
is pronounced by competent critics to be
"The Masonic Work of the Nineteenth
Century" The book is illustrated by
Dore and others, with over fifty full
toned engravings, and the success of the
work is already assured. The best
mind in the organization is contained
within these pages, and the whole is in
valuable to all. Many not members of
the Fraternity are subscribing for the
work, which will probably be out of
press next month.
OUR readers will recall that we stated
the fact several times within the past
three years that the Vermont school law
of 1888 was modelled after that of New
York, where the system of county super.
visors has been in successful operation
for more than thirty years, with results
well known in the very efficient schools
of the Empire State. Vermont tried the
system portion of two years and then
went back 'to old times" 1t is signifi-
cant that just as this backward tendency
begins anew in Vermont New York
draws the lines" even more taut than
has heretofore been the custom. Wit
ness the following, copy of notices is
sued last week by the New York Com
missiOners Supervisory of Public in
struction: "a more stringent rule has
been adopted by the department of pub
lie instruction relative to the issuance of
temporary certificates, and hereby give
notice that after this date | shall not
issue any temporary certificates for the
purpose of extending or anticipating a
certificate. There is at present an
abundant supply of qualified teachers,
and the late emergency that called for
issuing them does not now exist. Teach
ers must attend some examination before
their certificates expire, if they wish to
be continued in their positions. Exam
nations are held so equently that this
can be easily done. This regulation will
be strictly enforced" According to our
new Legislaturc-Supreme. Court-Popu-
lar-enactment, three temporary certii-
Gates may be granted in each town. And
yet Vermont paws as much for education
as New York. The scarcity of teachers
(qualifed), was only temporary matter
here last year.