The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-01-29
VERMONT NOTES.


Exchanges.
Vermont is famoue for the great num-
Der of its military men, especially
colonies, and these are all now inter-
ested in the proposition to establish a
military post at Essex Junction. The
question of location is not much con-
| sidered. SwantOn is nearer the frontier,
but Essex Junction would have an adj
vantage from the fact that hostile fleet
could not come so near it as one could
SwantOn. Either points have excellent
connections by rail and troops could be
concentrated or sent out to different
points with ease. The Vermont frontier
is peculiarly open to incursions of hostil.
forces. The boundary is an invisible but
somewhat crooked line, and as the
Grand Trunk and Canadian p ,cific both
| have important connections here, Cana
dian troops could be landed at Yer
monts very doors. This consideration
recalls the fact that Vermont was
the seat of small part of the war of the
rebellion.
The executive committee of the Yer
mont Horse Breeders Association met
in this city Wednesday to arrange for the
next exhibition. The act of incOrpor-
alton passed by the last Legislature was
adopted and the question of location
was taken up. A stormy debate ensued.
Rutl nd offered the association free use
of grounds and gift of $1,000 to hold
the next exhibition at that place, while
the Connecticut River Association offered
Billings Park as it is, the two asso-
Citations to make necessary improvements
and share the expense of profit, if any.
A number favored Rutland, but Colonel
Hooker said that White River Junction
people had built kite track on his
express purpose that they should have
the next horse show as talked of by the
directors of the association, and he won.
1t was finally voted to go to White
River Junction provided the grounds
and buildings be put in shape for the
horse show. The old officers were prac-
tically reelected. 1t was the intention
at the outset not to localize the breeders
meeting, but the investment of $1,000 OF
$1,000 in the grounds at Rutland served
as an al cior. 7 lIss of "a 400 'ast year
however, helped the association to break
away, and other towns will now have a
chance at the show.
Rnsin is used TO adulterate soap
= Brussels Soap contains mo rosin' anG
| is sold by A. c. Lamarre & Co,
The Hon. A. n. Swain has a bound
volume of the autograph and Repndrker
, a four-page paper, 6x4 inches to the
: page, written entirely with the pen
, The publisher was an eccentric individ
, ual who lived in the Southern part OIL
Windham county and began the publ
cation of the paper in 1880 and finished
IN 1873. He sent copy to the State
, papers and demanded a cOpyin exchange
! Ii none was sent in return piece of tn,
! autograph EDITORS mind came next anC
the same was true If two copies wer,
! sent, 1t was bright and spicy and dis
! cIssed the news with remarkable witdl
of vision, The volume is very valuable
! A single copy was sold for $40 not lonj
= since. Mr.. Swain, who was the fOunde
of the BellOrS Falls Times and its edito
for thirty years, has valuable collection
? of curios in the newspaper line.
! In Perkinsville is copy of Benjamin
Franklin's old NeU England Courant
l. dated February %, l723. 1t is bona i'd
n copy, and descended to the presen
3 owner from an ancestor who was a sub
scriber. 1t is well preserved and ha
q been placed between panes of glass Il
n escape damage of handling. The owner
y Mrs. Philena ChilsOn, is over 80 year
l. old, and has a remarkably clever memor,
a of things of by-gOne days, both of thosl
/. which have come within her own obser
I walton and those she has heard from
8 parents and grandparents. The memor,
of her grandfather carries one back Il
before revolutionary times, even befor
the colonies ever thought of fighting
for liberty,
! The winter season is the harvest tim
y OF the Masons as well as of the othe
mystic brothcrhoods, and the COMM
few months will see active rk in Vel
}. mont, District conventions have alread
been assigned as follows: Orange an
Essex counties, n. L. BOyden, distric
II deputy grand master at Bradford, Jar
> uary 2Sth; Grand Isle county, DR.. F.
}. Ladue, d. d. G. NJ, Isle La Motto. jar
: uary 2Sth; Caledonia county, c. {
3 Colderwood, d. d. G.. NJ, LyndonvillG
January goth; Orleans county, F. I
d Hammond, d. d. G. NJ, Barton, jar
ID uary 30th; Windham county, DIR. Z.
u Weston, d. d. G. NJ, Bellows Falls
u February 18th; Chittenden county, DI
ie w. S. Nay, d. d. G. NJ, at Richmond
q February 18th.
4 The project of building a single ra
:, line between Whitehall or Fair Have
n and Vergennes is being considered. d
n j. B. Mahana of Oregon, who is visitin
n his brother at Benson, is president {
|, the Single Rail & Saddle Car Co., {
r Union, Oregon, and he has the project
hand, At recent meeting in Benso
IN the model was exhibited. The trac
~ runs through V shaped trusses inverte
n with ballast rails on each side an
I costs less than one-half the expense
the common.