The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-23


manage it another year.
THE vacant scholarship in the Yer
mont University, which is at the dis
posal of our county senator's, as noted
last week, is worth $50 per year. Some
enterprising young man, who is fitted
for college, viii quickly pick this oppor-
tunity up.
THE new streets running south
through Judge Sibley's and Ex-Shenff
McCalrs lands, connect with Main
street on the south as will be seen by the
first plan we published, by passing
through Judge Darlings recent pur-
chase, giving him some fine lots.
SoIEBODY has devised a vehicle re-
sembling sulky, with convenient box
in place of a seat and step behind for
the rider, for the use of letter carriers.
Such thing would be handy in Rut-
land.-HerdH. Thomas Halloran, car
rier here, could have given the Marble
City people points on this subject for
the year past.
JOHN S. HOLDEN & COMPANY are re-
moving the tagging from the sidewalk
Oh their West Main street frontage, and
will doubtless replace it with something
better. They are improving their
property constantly at different points,
and in time they will have a model mill
property, as it appears to us. This vii
lage is fortunate in having such firm of
live men.
OUR notice last week of specimens of
apples from Warner Rice has called out
a competitor for the honors of fine fruit.
Daniel McEowen hands us specimen of
"Baldwius, "grown by Phillip 7. Hubbell,
which are equal in quality, but Mr.. Rice
continues to lead all, thus far, as to
size. With the apple crop good in this
section great deal of handsome fruit
has been marketed and there is more to
come.
JOHN CHARLES CLARK of this village
has pleasant home to the northwest of
our village, and on it he has laid the
foundation for abundance of fruit some
years hence. He encloses us a pressed
apple blossom in letter, under date of
the 10Th, inst, and says 1.-THE apple
blossoms l enclose picked yesterday.
There are great possibilities in this
weather, but as the tree is young | am
afraid to risk the ripening of the fruit,
so 'plucked it and sent it to you"
The Rutland Herald of Wednesday
says: "AIiss Eva NJ, daughter of II. W..
Spafford, was married at o'clock last
evening to George NJ. Rowell of Benning-
ton, at Mr.. Spafford's residence on
Royce street. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. DR.. Phillips in the
presence of the immediate relatives
only. The rooms were tastefully decor
ated with evergrecns and flowers. Mr..
and Mrs. Rowell left on the sleeping
train for their newly furnished home in
Bennington, followed by the good wishes
| of host of friends"
THE new process for the manufacture
of sorghum sugar may not commend
itself to prohibition States, says an en-
change. The sorghum syrup is mixed
with alcohol, and in the treatment of
the mixture the latter is recovered by
redistribution. Experiments, however,
have shown that about 200 pounds of
sugar can be obtained from a ton of
sorghum cane. This is about twice as
much as can be obtained by the present
process, and the success of the new
method will render sorghum an i'm
portant industry for farmers.
TIE Amsterdam, N. Y, correspond
ent of the Troy Times,in Tuesdays issue
of that paper, says: Emerson Wilcox
was buried this morning. He was sixty
four years old and a member of Mt. An
thony Lodge, F. and A. NJ, Bennington,
Vt. He is survived by one daughter.
He died the 18th and was buried in Am
sterdam. Mr.. Wilcox was we'll known
here and was one of our best mechanics.
He has been nearly incapacitated for la.
Dor since the death of his wife several
years ago,-his last days were those OF
severe suffering, all of which he bore
with patience. He was tenderly cared
for by his daughter and her husband
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Parker, with whom
he lived. He has two brothers living
Geo. H. Wilcox of this village, and F.
B. Wilcox of Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
THE programmes for the State Con-
vention of the Non Partisan W. C. T. u.
to be held in Waterbury next Wednes
day and Thursday, have been issued
Miss Anna c. Park is president. We arr
glad to note that the State press are edi
torially commencing this movement as &
return to the original plan of the Union
and the plan of work by which it gained
its prestige in Vermont. The partisan
plan is mistake. The Vermont Unior
was nurtured in its earlier years, during
its struggling period, by well-kuowl
ladies and under the presidency of Mis-
Park. To the movement in this STATE
she gave many of the best years of he
life, being to the Vermont Union wha
Miss Willard was to the National Organi
cation. When the Third Party heres,
carried the union away from its origina
plan of work Miss Park and associates
whose names we find connected with tn,
State w. c. 7. o., that is to meet mex
week (such as Mrs. Gov. Dillingham;
: Mrs. C. j. Houghton of Middlebury