The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-19
Rutland.

While John Provost was driving down
| Newton mountain last week, with a
load of logs, the load tipped and two logs
fell across his chest, pinning him to the
ground, where lie remained from one
O'Clock in the afternoon until o, when he
was found unconscious and taken to his
home.
Frank II. WEIGH, who went to South
America in charge of horses year ago
| last May, has returned. lie left the
| Vermont people at Buenus Ayrts, in good
health, and some of them are pruspcring
in business, which is mostly confined to
horses and sheep.
There were PIC births and l52 deaths
in the village of Rutland in 1S00--in a
population of about 10000
The Rutland trotting stallion "Mack,"
will start in fast company this season.
Seven new members have recently been
admitted to the Rutland Board of Trade.
Edward L. Temple, President of the
Rutland Board of Education, has been
Vermont Academy at SaXtOn's River.
The influence of the Farmers League
and Knights of Labor will be felt at the
coming town meeting.
Col Fred. A. Field has an interesting
lecture on 1.-THE History of the Vermont
Colonial and United States Postal Ser
vice.
Rev. Albert HOpson Bailey, d. d., a
widely known clergyman of the Protest
ant Episcopal church in Vermont, died
of paralysis at Grace Church Rectorv,
Sheldon, VT, Saturday night last. He
was n son Of Col. Anon Bailey, and was
born in Poultney i'll 1921. He graduated
at the University of Vermont in 1910.
and at the General Theological Seminary,
New York, in 1913, and was ordained to
the priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
John Henry Hopkins i'm 1915. lie re-
ceived the honorary degree of ID. from
his alma mater. He spent most Of his
ministerial life in the diocese of Yer
mont He was man of scholarly and
historic tastes, and published history
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
Vermont His burial was made in ST.
Johns church yard at East Poultney On
Wednesday morning.
Hon. Merritt Clark of PoultnGy, en-.
tered upon the S0th year Of his age on
Tuesday, February 18th. in the enjoy
ment of health, with few of the usual in
firmities of age. His mental faculties
are well preserved and he occupies his
declining years in literary persuts.
Some of his articles have found their
way into the public press. He had sew
eral calls and letters of congratulation
on his birthday with several souvenirs
Of kindly remembrance. Three genera
tons, natives of the town of his BIRTH
MiddletOwn, were present. Mr.. Clark
and his two sons, and Hon. Burnes Fris-
bic, Rev. Isaac Newton Sprague, ID. d.,
one of his college associates, is his neigh
Dor, who will be 90 years of age April |.
Dr. Sprague is the only living represent
tative of the class of 1922, and the emf
nent divine and scholar, Rev. DR.. Thomas
J. COnant of Brooklyn, n. Y, native
Of Brandon, and Mr.. Clark, are the only
representatives of the class Of 1923 OF
Middlebury college.
The docket for the March term of the
Rutland County Court is quite large.
Hon. Henry r. Start will be the presid-
ing Judge. Several sensational divorce
cases are TO be tried. Among them is
scandalous case of County Clerk Henry
II. Smith and the cross bill of his wife.
This case causes much comment in So
cial, church and Masonic circles, arous-
ing great feeling and severity of discus
sion, and which seems destined
to be the raciest and most
famous scandal in the State courts since
the Gen. George b. Kellogg case in Wind
ham county Another noted case will
be that of Rev Thomas L. Drury and
wife. If Judge Start pursues the same
course in liquor appeal cases as in Addi-
son county, there will be futtering
among the rum sellers, and scarcity
among the population.-A score or two,
at least
The Sheldon Marble Company is ex-
pcrimenting with crude petroleum as
fuel in place Of coal. with apparent sue
cess. Steam is generated with 1t in %
minutes, while two and One-half hours
is required in using coal. The expense
of the fuel is said to be lesscncd one
half. The experiment is in charge, Of an
expert.