The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-09-18

IT is expected that there be changes in
the timetables on some of the Vermont
railroads next week. The summer travel
has continued much later this season
than usual.
THE date OF limitation for the pay
ment of taxes to the town treasurer ex-
pires Sept. 2Sth. Our local readers will
do well to recollect this fact. This ap-
plies to all of the taxes, town, village,
highway and school.
FRANK CRAWFORD and Hon. John V.
Carney have laid the foundation and are
rapidly rebuilding their shoddy mill, I'M
dermined, upset and burned during the
high water of the night of August 9th.
The new mill will be ready for occupancy
in about six weeks.
THE Bennington Rifles excursion last
Saturday was grand success and the
"boys" will reap deserved financial
benefit, The day was fine, the appoint
ments as advertised and the whole crowd
came home pleased with their excursion
and sail on the North River.
The Rev. VIM. Bogert Walker and
wife are expected home the last of this
week. They have passed two weeks in
Lynn, Mass, and about the coast, visit
ing Plymouth and other points of inter
est Mr.. Walker will officiate as usual
in st. Peters church next Sunday.
inc A hoe hnAY, I'll for
a week with erysipelas. Mr.. Ayres has
been repairing the damages to his build
ing caused by the gasoline stove explo-
sion few weeks since. The insurance
companies, Chester Parmenter of Rut-
land, adjuster, promptly settled the dam
ages, which were slight. A fortunate
escape.
THE work of repairing the damage
done to the Lebanon Springs Railroad by
the recent flood is progressing rapidly.
At the present rate it is estimated that
trains will run through in a few days;
meantime, trains proceed north from
Chatham to Berlin, and from the north
to point about two miles south of the
Petersburgh depot, staging the remain
der of the way. Later.-The road is now
open from Chatham to Petersburgh.
Miss GRACE l. BURRALL's sister left
letter in Smith & Murray's store, Spring
field, Mass, the other day, having just
taken it out of the postoffice and had
hurriedly read the same. Shortly after
ward she received it endorsed as follows:
"Found in Smith & Murray's, Saturday, Sept. IL:
Thus your letter did remind us
We could do one thing sublime,
And If ace should leave behind us
You might serve another time"
"Lottie, account of Smith Murray"
THE funeral of John Barron, who died,
as stated last week, after brief illness,
was held Sunday afternoon. The de-
ceased, who was born in Scotland sixty
years ago, was Of fine physique and the
news of his death was surprise to
many. He was for many years the wool
sorter and wool-buyer for the Benning-
ton Wooden Mills, when operated by the
Fisher Brothers He had recently been
employed in wooden mill in Concord,
Mass. He is survived by widow and
five children.
SELECTMAN EMORY S. HARRIS and
Chief F. NJ. Tiffany of the fire depart
ment accompanied by their wives, re-
turned last week from carriage drive in
the Green Mountains. They stopped at
Paradise's hotel in Stamford and at the
Raponda in Wilmington--two of as fine
houses as are kept in New England.
They report the roads as terrible after
the freshet of August 9th. A part of
the way-from Hartwellville to Sears
burgh-the highway is just like the
rocky bed of river.
WE are in receipt of letter in re-
gard to the French parochial school. We
think our article of last week has been
mis-read. Matters of news that happen to
be favorable to our Graded schools are in
no sense a malicious disparagement of
any other school or the scholars connect
ed Herewith. Let our correspondent I'M
derstand once for all that the BANNER
wishes the French Catholic school and
all schools the heartiest success. No
fault can be found with Catholic schools,
or Episcopal schools, or Baptist schools,
or any other schools, so long as they are
supported by the organizations whose
special purposes they serre. In the mean
time we believe in the public schools
whose doors are open to all-schools
which give the best education in the
world for intelligent American citizen
ship, whose non-sectarian character is the
strongest safeguard Of American liberty
the cornerstone of our Republic.
'MY people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge" was the keynote to re-
freshing and instructive temperance talk
by the pastor of the Second Congrega-
tional church last Sabbath. This is tho
true reason of the apathy on the subject
of temperance-lack of knowledge. 1t is
true that statistics show that nine-tenths
of all the crime, insanity and poverty, is
caused by the use of alcoholic liquors.
We are used to reading and hearing such
reports and sometimes we wonder what
we should do with jails, almshouses and
asylums, if there were no drunkards;
but zoe do not believe these facts. II we
did, should we permit men to indulge in
getting drunk with impunity? Which
evil in our land is greater, thieving or
drinking? And yet no one defends the
thief. Whatpar would not choose