The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-14


one who has been prominently in the
public eye for many years. He was a
well-known lawyer and at the time of his
death was stopping with his brother-in-
law, John Denison of New Bedford,
Mass. He was the last surviving son of
John Porter of Hartford.
The Sunday Budget remarks: "We fail
to see how President Harrison is going
to get to Bennington without going
through Troy, and yet the itinerary of
his trip makes no mention of this city.
The people here would like to see him,
and would give him hearty welcome.
So we hope he will not be taken by some
roundabout route that will leave us out.
Troy is good show town."
France has passed law limiting the
hours of continuous service of railroad
men to twelve daily. This is good
move, as all will agree who have wit
messed a recent case where the Oldest en-
gineer on a certain prominent Eastern
road was worked forty-eight consecutive
hours, and then discharged because,
weary with his labors, he refused to work
longer without rest.
Everybody is going to Bennington. 1t
will be kind of family reunion. The
children of Vermont will come home for
day, glad thanksgiving day, and the
dear old mother will open the door, heap
the table, bring out the best the old
home affords and, putting on her bright
new dress of emerald and pearl, she will
receive Mr.. Harrison and the rest of the
boys with becoming dignity on her CEN
tennial anniversary. Vermont at home,
at Bennington, Aug, 10th, 1S91.-Fdrmers'
Aduocdte.
Brigham Young's church has conde-
scended to inform its newly-made v0ta-
ries in foreign countries that although
the church held polygamy as a sacred
right, yet the United States thought diff
ferently, consequently if they practiced
it they must take the risk. Consistent
church, that And a pretty idea these for
eigners must catch as a first impression
of our Government which will even al
low such an institution within its Dor
ders. If they only will pack up and go
to Mexico or further off, very few means
will be made over their departure.
Major F. o. Minis of Keene has issued
orders in relation to the New Hampshire
Battalion of Infantry that will partici-
pate in the Bennington celebration. A
special train will leave Concord on the
18th, at $50 a. m, and will go via Fitch
burg, Mass, and Hoosac Tunnel. Quar-
termaster Arthur NJ. Dodge, with detail
of men from Company G, Third Regi-
ment, will proceed to Bennington in adj
vance of the battalion, to establish the
camp. Governor futile and staff, the
members of the Executive Council and
the Third Regiment Band will be in
cluded in the delegation.
Two fearful railroad accidents are re-
ported as occurring this week, one at
Champlain, n. Y, on Wednesday, the
other near Syracuse, N. Y, on Thursday.
The former was heavily-loaded excur-
sion train returning from Providence
Island. Four were killed and dozen
more or less injured. In the latter case
a freight train on the West Shore Road
broke in two, and before the fast passen-
ger train coming in the rear could be
warned, it crashed into the freight. Ten
Italians in the smoking car on the way to
Niagara were killed, and about forty in
jured.
The latest prison horror is the revela-
tions of New York reporter who OBJ
tanned his information of Clinton Prison,
while keeper therein. This institution
is situated in Dannemora, n. Y, back
from civilization, and has of late en-
joyed (?) an unenviable notoriety because
of its competition with the shirt and col
lar industry of Troy, n. Y. The cruel
ties-nay, barbarities -practiced accord
ing to this correspondent, are shame
and disgrace to the Empire State. Not
only should there be a wholesale house
cleaning of keepers responsible, but the
convicts should be released from the
greed and avarice at the bottom of this
treatment-the profits on shirts and col
lars. We are opposed to prison labor
that throws honest mechanics out of
work. Turn on the lights! If one-half
is true that this reporter says he saw, not
even the barbarism of Russia can COM
pete with Dannemora Prison.
The more the details of the new treaty
with Spain are examined, the more it
will appear that that instrument will be
of great benefit to the American farmer
and manufacturer. The manufacturers
will be more benefited by the provisions
which will go into effect after July l.,
1892, than they will be by what is called
the 'Transitory Schedule" which is to
be in effect from September 1, next, un-
til July 1, 1892. The advantages will in
ure to the farmer from the date on which
the Transitory Schedule will go into op-
Grafton. The first schedule of the treaty,
which takes effect Sept. /, 1891, gives
American farmers free market in Cuba
for their bacon and ham, lard, tallow,
oats, barley, hay, rye, straw, fruits, veg
etables, and all kinds of farm products,
and on the first of January, 1892, -four
goes in at 81 per barrel duty, which re-
stores the flour trade of Cuba to the
United States and which will certainly
amount, at the low rate of duty which
will then be exacted, to not less than
100000 barrels per annum. American
manufacturers will also derive benefit
from the second part of the treaty, which
takes effect on July 1, 1892.
The short note of last week announc-
ling the not unexpected death of General
..Perley P. Pitkin of Montpelier, and one
of the best-known men in the State,
hardly does him justice. Speaking of
him as Quartermaster of the Second Reg
iment the late Hon. e. p. Walton wrote
that he well remembered the astonish-
.ment Of the red-tape gentlemen of the
War Department at the promptitude of
Quartermaster General Pitl1in in the dis
charge of his duties, and the vim with
which he demanded supplies. His con-
trolling idea was that Che Vermont boys
must be taken care Of, and they were as
well as an efficient officer could do It."
Such was his ability and efficiency that
February 81, 1862, he was promoted to
the rank of Captain and A. Q. NJ, and
for two years he was the Chief Depot
Ouartermaster of the Army of the Po-