The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-12-23


MIRIAM D. OF r. LODGE, No. s, 1. o.
o. F., elected officers Monday evening as
follows: Mrs. J. II. LIVINGSTON, N. g.;
Mrs. C. d. Gibson, V. g.; Miss Bertha
Griswold, Secretary; Mrs. I. 5. Hatha-
way, Permanent Secretary; Mrs. M. w.
Stewart, Treasurer.
LUCIUs G. EVANS on Saturday night
was taken by surprise by party OF rela-
tives, it being his fifty-ninth birthday.
Until their arrival Mr.. Evans had almost
forgotten that it was his birthday. He
was presented with a handsome easy
chair, and the occasion was very enJoya-
BILE.
OFFICIAL figures show that the num-
Der of deaths from cholera in Russia in
the last epidemic was over quarter OF
a million. To permit unrestricted imml-
grafton from that country 10 this next
summer would be a clear case of looking
down the muzzle of loaded gun with
one toe on the trigger.
A MONUMENT has been erected this
week in the Jennings cemetery lot at
Bennington Centre. 1t is solid block of
granite, boulder shape, and weighs nine
tons. The Rev. Isaac Jennings was pastor
of the Old First Church nearly thirty five
years, and this monument is provided by
his sens,
THE Masonic Lodge meets next Tues
day evening, st. Johns Day. This is one
of the two days of the year that is reg
ular communication of every Masonic
Lodge on the 81 be. The local lodge
will exemplify the new tloOr-wOrk and
all members are requested to attend.
Visiting brethren are always welcome.
SNORING is the ground on which Mrs.
Amanda Gring is suing for divorce in the
Reading, Pa, courts, after living with
her husband thirty-four years. The re-
suit will be watched for breathlessly by
an army of married snorers. If this
purely masculine privilege is to be es-
tablished as cause for disruption of
marital relations the divorce court busl-
ness of the country will get boom that
will make even South Dakota wonder
HOLIDAY excursion tickets will be sold
at fare one way for the round trip, and
good between all stations on the Central
Vermont railroad in Vermont and New
York. Tickets will be good going De-
cember oath, 25th and 10Th inclusive, 1892,
and December 3lst, 1892, January Island
I'd, 1898, inclusive, and good to return
until January 3rd, inclusive. No stop
over privileges will be allowed in either
direction.
THE State Board of Agriculture has set
a good example in taking up for discus
sion the subject of road improvements.
Farmers and others interested should at
once begin to discuss the best methods OF
road improvement as well as the subject
of the most available men for Commits
sioners, to be elected at the next town
meetings. The greatest care should be
exercised in the selection of the officials
and politics should be kept to the rear
Us much as possible.
LIST of letters, remaining uncalled for
in the Bennington Post Office, f # the
week ending Dec. 18th: Anderson Bar
Der, Mr.. Bulgnore, o. E. Bryant, o. Eu-
gene Bryant, DSlbert Bump, q. r. Elrick,
VIM. GunRason, Edward B. Ross, Tom
Silk, Roscoe Smith, Charles Whitney,
Mrs. Dean J. Brown, Mrs. Libbie Culling
Marie Shirley. These letters will be Sent
to the Dead Letter Office Dec. 3lst, 1892
if not delivered before. In calling please
say advertised"
THE Worlds Fair souvenir csins are
going like hot cakes," and those who
want to get one or more of them will have
to bestir themselves or they will be toe
late. The desire for one of these me
mentos of the exposition seems to be al
most as universal as is the interest in the
exposition itself, and orders for them
have been sent in from all parts of the
United States, and also from foreign
countries. Be ningtOn people desiring
to obtain these coins should leave theil
orders at once with Cashier Cone, at the
County National bank.
THE Troy Times, speaking of the Kir.
mes held at HoOsick Falls this week
says: The Russian Military" was grand
and the waltz song Happy Birds" by
Miss Mary l.. Hutchins, received well.
deserved recognition, which was respond
ed to by the rendition of Long Ago"
The Venetian Dance" was beautiful
and the kate Greenway" was pretty
The Sailors Dance was loudly applaud
ed, and the Gypsy Dance" with Mrs
Frank Sibley as Queen, was enthusiastic
ally received. The Maids was con
sidered one of the finest SO or
through the entire list.
UNDER the sugar bounty system this
country had started to produce all the
sugar it consumes. In 1891 we produced
1864, S3S pounds of beet sugar and in
1892, SO far AS has been heard 25,2S2, 00C
pounds, doubling production in one year
AT this rate we would soon have relieved
agriculture from the treadmill of pro
ducing only cotton and corr, and sc
raised the price of staples by the raising
of beets which would in tdrn create a
a new industry. But like Jeshurun the
American people have waxed fat-headed
and kicked over the production of sugar
in America. The sugar bounty will bC
one of the first to go down to the ruin
which will soon whelm wOrkmen, indus
tries and everything but Democratic of
fice-holders, all to- ether.
Mr.. III. X. HAswELL of White Creek
N. T., who is a grandson of Anthony
Haswell, who was the PostmasteT-Gen
eral of Vermont during the period when
Vermont was an Independent Sovereign
ty, with its own postal service and post.
master-general, wishes to find the Origi
nal commission which was issued to his
grandfather as POstmastoT-Ge
March 10th, 1884, by Governor Thomas
Chittonden. This, in 1859, was in the
possession of the late William IIaswel
| of Bennington; but now appears to have
been lost sight of. 1t is sought after by
the PostOffice Department at Washing
ton, to form part of its exhibit at the
Chicago exposition, as a relic of an eK.
ceedingly interesting episode in posta
| history. The Postmaster General states
that il furnished for the purpose, the
| Commission will be carefully preserved
| and duly returned. If any of our read
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