The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-11-13
DEFERRED EDITORIAL NOTES.

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The frequent Haunting of the old flag
of misery is breach of good faith anC
shows that they still have little respect
for the Stars and Stripes, the emblem OF
our supposed nationality. What other
reason was there for parading the re be
| flag in the procession and about the
town of Atlanta ? There was not even
the poor excuse that Grady was a rebel
soldier or had marched in the days oil
his manhood under the rag. If the dead
! journalist was honest in his expressed
idea of a ''New South" as to what ii
should do and what attain to, then the
citizens of Georgia, in resurrecting the
hated rival to our National flag, were
guilty Of exhibiting great disrespect to
his memory At best, there is a fault in
the sentiments of people who delight
in paralleling our flag with another of
the character of the stars and bars, the
emblem of slave pens, p ison pens, star
walton and misery, unsurpassed by
modern savagery. Why there should
have been any Grand Army boys, IN
good standing in the fraternity, who
could have been willing to march in a
column desecrated with rebel flags, is a
mystery. Or just why the government
of the United States, after all its eX-
periences, should permit the object les
son to be Haunted in the faces of chill
drcn on holidays or other occasions as
an educational obie lessons, to its own
injury, is still further mystery. Such
an exhibition would not be tolerated in
any other civilized country on the face
of the earth,-MeSSeRger
At the late meeting of the Vermont
Bar Association one important action
has been little commented upon, and
that was this: "Resoved, That COM
miUtee of five members be appointed to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of refOrma-
ton of the practice and procedure of the
courts of Vermont relative to the ser
vice and return of process and time of
trial of causes in County court, and that
they draft such proposed Legislation and
such amendment to the rules of practice
as may be necessary to bring about such
reform, and that the result of their la
bors be embodied in report to be pub
lished and mailed to each member of the
association at least 30 days before the
next annual meeting. John II. Senter of
Montpelier, c. NJ. Wilds of Middlebury,
o. NJ. Barber of Arlington, George E..
lawrence of Rutland and O. b. Boyce of
Barre were appointed by the president as
such committee" The object of this is
to place Vermont in the line of judicial
progress with other commonwealth.
Southwestern Vermont has ''granite
BOOM" A concern is at work quarrylng
granite at Bird Mountain, Rutland
county, from whence tits hauled by teams
to East Poultney, where a shop has been
erected for finishing it into monuments,
etc. John f. Morse, who recently pur-
chased large tract of land there, is at
the head of the enterprise. The quality
of the granite is pronounced by judges
to equal anything yet quarried in this
country 1t is very heavy and solid and
takes most superb finish. The only
drawback to doing a large business is
the distance of the quarry from ship
ping point, it being eight miles from
East Poultney, which is the most con
venient and easiest of access. Should
capitalists take hold of the business, as
is anticipated, in all probability u rail
road would be constructed from the
quarry, which is pronounced inexhausti-
BILE in supply, to Poultney, it being more
convenient in regard to shipping facili-
ties.
The HerdLd, the home organ of Sena-
tor Proctor, says; "Mr. Proctor will take
his seat with much more than ordinary
advantages. Apart from the matter of
personal ability he has had about the