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


Mrs. c. c. KINBALL has been quite i'll
for some weeks from the effects of Ia
Grippe supplemented with rheumatism.
JOHN some has been sick for some
time and his case has developed into
dropsy, which, considering his advanced
age, makes his recovery a matter OF
solicitude.
THE local D. of R. Lodge have elect
ed as delegates to the State Convention
in Burlington next month, Mesdames 1.
E. Gibson and NJ. W. Stewart. The con-
vention meets the Sth of October.
G. A. NIMMo of the Fitchburg railroad
was bitten by dog one day last week.
The dog was killed and we hope Mr..
Nimmo will suffer no further i'll effects
from the wound which is doing well.
SECRETARY FLINDT, at the Y. M. G. A.
meeting next Sunday afternoon, will
illustrate the International Sunday school
lesson for the 9th, in an exercise "Con-
sensational Bible study" All are well
come. .. .r-. .
Mr.. AND MRS. JAMES Hicks MER-
CHANT of New York, are visiting their
brother Charles C. Merchant of Benning-
ton Centre. Mr.. Merchant is now revis-
iting scenes familiar to him in the days
of his boyhood, when he attended the
Academy and afterward the Seminary of
which Mr.. Ballard was then principal.
TONIGHT, after respite of short
time, the Good Templars resume their
contest called the "credit system" the
losing side to pay the expense of sup
per for the winners and themselves. The
quarter closed was prolific of boom in
membership and the good time enjoyed
by the order using this system of friend
ly competition.
The Lake George excursion next
Wednesday promises to be larger than
previous years. Each season these an
nual outings of one day to and through
Lake George become more and more
popular. The time of departure and ar
rival is placed at convenient time of the
day and the fare is low-within the
means of everybody. Be sure and take
in this excursion.
THE good fortune of a Bennington
lady, as shown in the following item
from the Troy Telegram, is the subject
of congratulation these days. The Tele-
gram says: Mrs. Jerome B. Parmenter,
widow of the late Col. Parmenter, for
many years proprietor and editor of the
Troy Press, is destined to become a very
rich woman, If report be true. In about
a month she will receive $500 from the
State of New York for legislative print
ing done by her husband in 1S76-'77. She
also will receive share in the proceeds
of the Knibb's patent relief valve suit in
which several millions are involved.
From this latter suit it is said she will
receive about 100000"
THE business of Hart & Company has
so increased on their hands that a second
wagon has been placed on the road to
solicit and deliver orders. 1t got so that
each clerk had about seventy-five custo.
mers daily and no man could do the
work. Low prices and first quality
goods are doing the work-people are be-
ginning to realize the fact, and the firm
are reaping the results of their persistent
and consistent endeavors to do better by
their customers than others. Look at
the elegant new delivery wagon, give a
trial order, and, our word for it, you will
become a regular patron of this enter
prising establishment.
BENZ. G. ARNOLD, living just over the
line in Pownal, south of this village, has
a number of relics of early times in Yer
mont. Among these is carpenter S
square and bevel, farmers pitch
fork, etc. The two former are of wood
and have, evidently, seen service. The
latter is heavy, there being iron enough
in it to make two or three modern hay
forks. The tools were the property,
originally of Josiah Mobiles, senior, who
was probably the first or among the first
settlers in that town. He was a brother
Of Capt. MOBILES of Bennington battle
fame. The carpenters kit was after
words owned and used by Josiah Mobiles,
Jr., and from him came into the posses
sion of Mr.. Arnold. Some time since
Mr.. Arnold plowed up the antlers of a
deer, and part of his farm was called
the deer lick'' years ago. Josiah No
bles, senior, settled on the place and
built his cabin to the east and across the
interval meadow in front of the present
farm house. The valley was dense
swamp, traces of which are plainly visi-
BILE in the picturesque little stream that
courses crookedly through the meadows.
One morning as Josiah was preparing to
go deer hunting with neighbor deer
came into the enclosure and began eating
the cabbages growing in his garden. He
shot the deer from his door and the ami
NAL ran down into the swamp where the
carcass was afterwards found. From
that time the locality was called the
'deer lick 1t is barely possible that
the deer's horn plowed up might have
belonged to this trophy of the chase, but
of course that is only conjecture. Mr..
Arnold annually celebrates his birthday,
August 10th, but was sick this year and
could not visit the battle ground as in
tended nor participate in the Centennial
observances. He has an almanac of the
year of his birth, 1910, one of the Henry
Beers Almanacks," which was to the