The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-01-01
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"A copper mine has been discovered at e.
-Delos NJ. Bacon of St Johnsbnry grand Mas.
ter Of the Grand Lodge of F. and A. NJ. of Yer.
mont, has received an Invitation to dedicate the
new Masonic lodge room at Bridport January Il,
and has accepted the same.
The executive committee of the directors Of
Black River railroad have been instructed 70 go
over the prospected line and get estimates Of the
land damage as near as may be, so as to be able
to get at the entire cost Of the road.
According to the annual report of the super
intendent of the railway mail service for the last
fiscal year the St. Johnsbury postofice leads all
offices in the State in perfect service Only 13
errors were made during the year, notwithstand-
ing some 1900 pouches were sent out from the
office in that time.
The worlds fair commi ssion Of Vermont offer
to all architects in the State and to all out of the
to submit designs for Vermont building for the
fair An outline OF what is want ed can be obtained
from ii Nj Mcintyre executive commissioner,
West Randolph.
The conductor on the local train from Bel
lows Falls TO Rutland had rather amusing tx
periAnce on his trip the other iSht. BartOnsvile
is flag station, and as the train approached it it
was signaled to stop. As the conductor stepped
on to the station platform in the pouring rain the
only neTson in sight was an old farmer, Who came
up and handed him ticket to Ludlow, saying.
Here's the ticket bought, but it's raining so
hard guess won't go up tonight"
The United States Fish Commissioners start d
a special f,h car from Washington loaded with
trout, which arrived at North Adams Friday.
where a qunty of trout were turned over to the
Forest and Stream Club of Wilmington.
r. NJ. Spaulding has taken a contract TO fur
nish the Fall Mountain Pal er Company OF Bel.
lows Falls with 1000 cords of pulp God, bit ex-
poets to cut 90 cords. and will take it from
tiuns all along the line of the railroad to Lud-
low.
Ira. A Collamer, who died at his residence on
Shelburne Point on Friday. De ;ember II. in the
Dist year of his age. was the son of Samuel and
Elizabeth Colamer and was born in Burlington,
March 81, 1871, and was settled on NhAlburne
Point in 1926, where he has since resided He
tile last surviN er but one of a family OF IL
children. among whom were the late George Col
lamer, of Montpelier, and the late Hon Jacob Col
lamer, for many years United States senator from
Vermont. Mr.. Cullamer has been honored
Freemason 67years.
One near The threshold other seventeen year,
says the Williamstown correspondent of the
Waterman gives US this glimpse ofVermont life
fifty years ago A school teacher in those days,
her first terms work was done for one dollar
week and board, aud she taught every other Sat.
urday After that she had one dollar and quar-
ter week, in village school of fifty scholars,
aud that was the limit OF the pr,ce paid during
her teaching of few years. She "boarded
around" the district. The personfcation Of
thrift. she put the income of her first ~ weeks
rk-twelve dollsrs-at Interest, and when, five
Yeas later, she was married the money was
drawing interest, her wardrobe having previously
been made full" by the addition of two calico
dresses, costing then twelve and one-hali to six
teen aud two third cents per yard. When about
to be married she had saved by teaching, some
one hundred dolla's, with which to furnish her
home. which proved very happy one. A re
cent editorial writer in leading Chicago paper
says that when one speaks ''of one of the bet
communities in Central Vermont, some fifty
years ago, it is nearly equivalent to saying nne
the best communiriesin all the world at the time
Does not this reminiscence throw a little side.
light on the making Of the Vermont Of those
days?