The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-12

, Sags's city, now North Remington, ]
Business Men and Its BGslne,s AS You
correspondent Found II More than sixty
Yeas Ago
Among the leading business of the
place, was the yellow factory standing on
the site of the Vermont Mills. Asa
Doty and Daniel LOomis were running il
by the firm name of Doty & LOomis,
The chatter of some twenty-fOur looms
making cotton cloth attracted the atten-
ton of strangers. Richardson d Jones
had wooden factory on the privilege
where the Colvin grist mill now stands,
running one or two looms, and tulling
mill making what was then called fulled
cloth. The next power below was owned
by E. NJ. Yelling. who run n grist and
saw mill, now occupied by the Stark
Paper Company. David Estey and Tru-
man his son, run e cotton mill on the
site of the present Stone factory. From
the village to this mill there was mar
row driveway for teams, and only foot
path from this mill to Hinsdilville. The
only public road from the village to
+ Hinsdillville was by what is now called
the upper road leading by the Gen. Me
Cullough mansion.
I Daniel Loomis was the only merchant
of the place, whose store stood on the
corner where the Boot & Shoe building
stood when destroyed by fire few years
ago. The customers of the store repre-
scented a large territory embracing Ben
nington, East HoOSick, White Creek,
SALISBURY and Arlington. At this time
there was no store in SALISBURY or East
Arlington and nearly all the trade in that
section conferred in Sage's City.
The nearest most offipp was at Town
Hill as it was then called, now Benning-
ton Centre. Soon however Government |
established the North Bennington Office, |
with Daniel Loomis its postmaster, with |
a mail from the old hill once q week.
The writer has in his possession the first
postotfice case, it being about is inches
square with six pigeon holes for the
mail matter.
The literary instruction of Sage's CITY
was Il district school, the house standing
nearly opposite the residence of Col. j.
II. Walbridge. To run the school cost
from Sl.25 to $3.50 per week for the sum
mer term, and from 50 to 81 per week
for the winter term, and that was raised
by tax on the scholar.
For many years church privileges were
largely borrowed from SALISBURY. On
one hand was the old First Church at
Bennington, three and one-half miles
away, and the First Baptist Church in
mile north, known as the
Elder Madison church, who was its pas
tor for forty years. The Westinghouse
stood few rods north of the old GENE.
terry, Like most of the meeting-houses
of that day, there was no bell to denote
the hour of service, but the people of
Sage's City had an undertaking time
piece for church purposes in the person
Of Deacon Nathaniel Hall father of the ,
late ex-Gov. Inland HalD. who never for
got the appointments OF the church; so
when we saw "Uncle Natty,n as he was
called by all, coming with his wife in ,,
their two horse wagon with extra seats,
We knew that it was church time. He
always went to meeting in double !
wagon with extra seats to carry the aged
md feeble that could not walk Another
important appendage to the wagon was
I small ladder some three and one-half
eet long which was used as steps to |
assist the aged and inhrm in getting into
lie wagon. This may seem queer and !
new to those who have been accustomed
o marble carriage blocks. 1t was how {
'ver very convenient and inexpensive
manner of doing good to others.
W. T., II, J.