The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-08
STATE NEWS.

w. ]. Var Patten has resigned as
ProsidOrt nf thn Young Mems Christian
Association at Burlington.
"A $4,000 monument of Barre granite
will be one of the exhibits from Yer
mont at the Worlds Fair.
The mother of E. c. Crane, editor of
the Tribune of Ludlow, died last week
at Hyde Park, after lingering illness.
Sadie Morrison, of Sharon, recently
fell while carrying a dish of boiling
water and was terribly scalded about
the head and neck.
"A vein of copper ore, of which sur
face groupings assay 10 per cent. has
been discovered on the farm of L. A.
Irish in Westford, only One-half mile
from the of the Burlington and Lamoille
railroad. Mr.. Irish is to commence de-
veloping the mine at once.
The postoffice at Bradford has been
re-arranged and fitted up during the past
two weeks so that it stands second to
none in the State so far as utility and
convenience both to the postmaster and
public are concerned.
Dr. w. S. Webb has leased his St.
Lawrence and Adirondack railroad, now
being operated from Malone, n. Y, to
Valleyfeld, p. O., to the Central Yer
mont railroad company, and possession
will be taken at once. The road was
completed and has been operated since
last January. The earnings are reported
large.
e. K. Scanlan, for some time en-
ployed in the Office of the general car
agent, Central Vermont railroad COM
pany, at St. Albans, has resigned that
position for another at some place in
Newfoundland, his former home. Before
his departure he was the recipient of a
beautiful pair of opera glasses from his
associates in the office.
"A year or two since, c. S. Skinner of
Barton Landing had a watch taken from
his vest pocket which he left through
the day hanging in his mill in West
Newport, and he found no trace of it or
the thief until within few days, when
the watch was left with jeweler at
North Troy for repairs. At the time of
the loss of the watch Mr.. Skinner took
the precautiOn to leave with each jewell
er in his section, description and num-
Der of his watch. This led to the identi-
fication of the watch and the capture of
the supposed thief.
j. Henry Kidder, of Wilmington. has
writ drawn by Noah Sabin, jr., Justice
of the Peace in Putney, March u. 1892,
100 years ago last month. 1t was to
summons David Wilson We I'd, of Put
ney in sd. county, to appear before me
at my dwelling house in Putney in sd. .
county, on ye 25th day of March instant
at O'Clock, afternoon, then and there
to answer unto James Fitch, of Putney,
aforesaid in action on note and book ac-
count, to the damage of forty shillings
lawful money" On the back Of the
writ was this memorandum: Writ 1-6,
off. fees 20, Plf. attd. 20, trav'l -O-3,
court fees -1-6, Costs, 90 3. The deft.
default, damage e0-9-S. Total eO-16-11.
A church subscription paper Ill years
old was found in Wilmin gton recently
1t reads: Whereas, we, ye subscribers,
being desirous to have ye gospel propa-
gated among us, and our posterity
trained upon ways of Christianity, have
hereuntO set our names with We labor,
ETC., that we will give toward building a
house of worship as near ye four corners
of Halifax, Marlborough, Wilmington,
and Halifax as may be convenient spot
for to set said meeting house, viz: June
ye oath 1881, " and is signed by 10 per-
sons. Most of the subscriptions were in
work, some were boards and shingles,
and one was gallon of rum. None
were in money. The remains of the
foundation of this old church can still
be seen.