The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-01-20

preach next Sunday evening on the sub
ject: "Ongen, the Teacher"
OVID Ii. CLARK, an inmate of the Sol
diers' Home, died in the hospital attach
ed to the Home Monday evening. He
came from Middlebury and was admitted
to the Home October LIST, 1892. His
death is the twenty-eighth that has oc-
CURED at the Home since it was opened.
The prOtracted spell of cold weather
has seriously affected the water supply
of several neighboring villages that have
water systems. Ours has proved SO far
to be open, free from frost and of full
supply. We speak of course in com.
paratiye sense.
HoosICK FALLS is jubilant over the
notice posted at the gate of the Walter
A. Wood COmpany's works. 1t reads as
follows: Arrangements have been made
to start these works February LIST, either
with water or S cam power" and is sign
ed by George II. Bartlett, the superin-
tendent. An officer of the company has
said that the works might possibly start
before February LIST. If the water power
in the HoOsac river was not sufficient,
auxiliary steam power would be used
He also said that the company had fully
decided to put in a steam plant of sufti-
cient capacity to run the wol ks indie
pendent of the water power afforded by
the Hoosac river.
On our first side in to-day'S BANNER
we print Col, U. A. Woodburv's aeeount
, Of his personal experience at the First
Battle of Bull Run, in which the Secop,,
Vermont was engaged, inc!uuing Com
pauy A, of whom many were from Ben
nington. We tried to induce Col. Wal
bridge to supplement this with his recol-
lections, and he may do so later, for the
Colonel well remembers Gen. Towards
speech, to which Col Woodbury. refers.
Murat Halstead of the BIZ oklyn Stand
ard Union has also written recollections
of Gen. Butler, which we shall make
room for next week, and which will be
of much interest to Vermont Veterans,
Do not fail to read these articles.
BURGLARS entered the postOflice at
Williamstown, Mass, Saturday night,
and got away with 5000 worth of stamps
and money. Two thousand of the stolen
stamps were the new Columbian three.
cent denomination. Entrance was eff
fected by forcing open window, which
the burglars carefully closed and fastened
after finishing the robbery. Postmaster
Ell ridge. Who left the building later thar
usual, thinks the robbery occurred short
ly after midnight. A package of letters
was found scattered over the pOstOfficC
floor. Local authorities think the burg
larry was the work of tramps. A penny
weighing machine in front of Halls store
near the pustOffice was broken into anc
the money taken, presumably by thu
same persons.
VERMONTs oldest inhabitant, Mrs
Lucy Whitney Wood, celebrated her 1871
birthday anniversary at Barre Januai,
10th. Mrs. Wood was born on Jan. 9th
1856, but she has added ten days graCI
to her age since the second century o
her life began, and her friends and neigh
bors humOr her in the harmless delusiOl
respecting her birthday. She is natlv
of New Hampshire. When but seven
= teen years of age she married a younl
: man named Wood and the happy cOupl
began married life with the opening o
the nineteenth century. Ten childreI
blessed their union, six SOS and fou
7 daughters, of whom are living three son
t and one daughter. She has had thirty
S two grandchildren and as many great
e grandchildren. Her husband died abou
thirty years ago. Mrs. Wood was thrO
; years old when George Washington wa
inauguraled President of the Unite
=. States and was thirteen years of age whe
4, the Father of His Country" was laid i
: his final resting place.
THE Albany Argus of the 9th, says
y "The death of Mrs. Emma Read Wicoa
i wife OF Fred p. Wilcox, which occurre
e at her late residence, on Second stree
e Albany, Wednesday night, caused to he
k many friends the deepest feeling of sac
: She had been a patient sufferer for
e number of months, but the end cam
= suddenly and was great shock to a wild
q circle of acquaintances. Mrs. WilcO
Il was graduate of the High School, an
J. was possessed of sunny, loving natul
: and beautiful Christian character. ST.
e was sister of Mr.. Charles E. Read, 70
" merly well known Albanian, now
lumber dealer at Ottawa, Canada. In tn
;. city her death is mOurned by all wi
" knew her. The deepest sympathy wi
IS be extended 70 the sorrowing husbar
o who, with babe few months old, SUI
!. wives" Fred p. Wilcox is son
!. Charles F. Wilcox of Chatham, N. Y
% and nephew of Alanson Wilcox Of tn
d village.
:. THE lecture on Sunny SpaiR delivert
y by DR.. Macarthur of New York at Il
s. Opera House on Tuesday evening WI
Is exceptionally fine. The audience Apr
4 ciated both the superb pictures and Il
IS genial and interesting lecturer. II
q views of the Escurial and the Alhamb
Is were the finest specimens of stereoptict