The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-01-08

THE winter season is considerably
shortened.
THE poor mans coal bin is not as low
as 1t might have been.
THE Reardsboro Enterprise SAYS: IN.
H. Saunders of Bennington, was in towI
this week and secured room for har
ness shop, which will be opened Febru
airy 1st."
A VERMONT woman has devised q
lamp that can be lighted merely by pick
ing the wick. In Pickwickian sense il
should be matchless affair.-PhilddeL
phiG Ledger.
Hon. j. S. SMART of Cambridge, N.
Y, was in town Wednesday and made us
a call. We note that he contributes t.
the columns of the POSt-it is not pos.
sible for veteran to wholly retire from
journalism.
l.. p. NORTON's mice Little Offer" in
another column will attract attention
As names, numbers, dates, etc., are
given it will be an easy matter to verify
the statements, and Mr.. Norton is re.
sponsible.
THE County Post of Cambridge, n. Y,
came to us last week and contained fiji.
teen notices of weddings to ten of deaths.
The large number of the former led lis
to count them. 1t was not much of a
week for weddings either.
LAST week our edition of the BANNER
was exhausted before the list had all
been mailed. This will explain to few
people in this village why one side of
their paper last week was blank. We
did the best we could for them.
REV. E. L. Scott, formerly paster in
Pownal, and we'll known in connection
with the Vermont Baptist State conven-
ton, is canvassing Western Vermont for
the Lincoln History" a work of ten
volumes. In this complete work there
are 05 chapters that are new and which
did not appear In the Century Mdgdzine.
1t is published in three styles: $50, $40,
$50 per set, and the general agents are
Balch Bros, a firm the writer knows to
be reliable gentlemen. Mr.. Scott has
sold several sets of this work here and
will canvass the territory named above.
In another place we reprint from the
| COngregdtiOndiSt a review of this re-
markable and valuable work.
THE appointment of Mr.. Henry L.
StillsOn, for many years editor of the
Bennington Banner as historian for the
Centennial celebration of 1891 at Ben.
nington, will meet with general approval.
Mr.. Stillson has had very long ex-
perience not only as a journalistic writer
but in many other departments of litera-
ture. His History of Freemasonary and
| Concordant Orders, published during
the past year, gave convincing evidence
of his ability in the careful PREPARATION
and publication of matters of historical
interest, and leave no question of his
qualification for the preparation of a
most interesting and authentic history
| of the Centennial.-St. Adams MESSENGER.
For the benefit of those interested we
would say that the Centennial history is
in the way of as rapid preparation as
careful work will admit. We appreciate
he good opinion of orr friends and shall
hope to continue to deserve them.
On Tuesday our en- terprising neighbor
the Rutland Herald was burned out.
The fire caught in the boiler-room about
II o'clock and spread through tho build
ing by way OF the elevator shaft with
great rapidity. The inmates of the
building with difficulty escaped through
the suffocating smoke. Miss May Graves,
a telephone operator, and Clarence Dye,
a composition, who were on the top floor
of the building, were rescued by an ex-
tension ladder. The principal damage
to the building was by water. The loss
is covered by insurance. The building
was occupied by the Herald and Globe
association, F. W. SwiningtOn, law office;
NJ. j. Francisco. insurance, and the New
England telephone exchange and coal
office of s. nj. Wilson. Verv little was
saved from the building The cOmpos-
ing room of the Herald and the press
room were destroyed, but the paper came
out as usual Wednesday, stroke of en-
terprise that proved our late words as to
that daily. Ina weeks time no ne will
k ow there has been fire.
SEVERAL state papers have just
caught on to the surprising intelligence
that Congressman Lucius Miller, of Osh
koSh, Wis, was former resident of
Montpelier, and are publishing the Incl
dents of his early career with aguStO
which impartS interest to even ancient
history. At the time of his election the
Argus and Patriot published his history,
which was at that time widely copied
and commented on. Our esteemed CON
tempOrarieS are not much more than
year behind the procession" The above
from our Montpelier exchange reminds
us that the week previous the BANNER
printed an account OF the boy picked up
on Greek battle field at the time Con-
gresham Miller was elected. We stated
it rs told to us by gentleman in our
Office at the time and who was cognizant
of the events. The argus d Patriot
version was much fuller than ours, loclt-
ing the lads benefactOr at Montpelier,
etc, constituting nice biography of the
two. With our Bro. Atkins we think
the plate press are quite a little to the
rear OF the procession.
LAST week we mentioned that E. G..
Bly,, Boston General Agent of the Mer-
chants Retail Commercial Agency was in
town and that branch was to be estab-
lished here. We learn that in other |
places where the agency has been ex-
tended, worthless bills have returned |
cash equivalents all over the country; |
for so extensive is the scope of the As |
ISOLATION that a debtor can hardly lie
beyond its reach if on American soil.
The history of this agency as told by the
Me-, Standard, is as follows:
1T was conceived i'll Illinois during the
period of panics and business depression
Of 1884, and was Incorporated, with
paid up capital of $4,000, in 1885 and all
It's blanks circulars, etc, copyrighted in
1886. The organization aims to secure
more effective legislation in regard to
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