The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-26
VICINITY AND LOCAL ITEMS.

IN operation IN lne hlonllihOhV P"ih'
Martin Cone knows how to care for
lawn.
THE Readsboro Enterprise says DIR.
S. B. Pike of Bennington was IN town
Wednesday and will be here again Sat
urday, June 3.
DIR. +. S. PRATT was one of the guests
of the Press Excursion party to chicago,
MAY 6-I3 and his name was accidental
ly omitted by us last week. He reports
the trip one of the most enjoyable he
ever took.
THE rarest stamp in the world is said
to be an American one-Brattleboro,
1876. Unused specimens are very rare
but there is supposed to be only one
used specimen in existence. 1t is worth
$3.50.
ALMOST any kind of man that can do
farm work is in demand this year.
Farmers are behind with their Work; a
report comes from one farmer that 1t
would take two weeks to repair the
fences, the wind blew them galley
west"
THE weather for a week has been like
spring or summer. Until tins Tune III
has been March weather all through
April and May. The season has been
the most backward one in years and veg
citation is about as forward as Is usuaiIy
the case early in the month.
LETTERS advertised in the post office
at Bennington, for the week ending May
20, 1898: Joe Brasky, Sam Dunn, Azlze
Turgow, Kate Baker, Mrs. Thomas
WoOdworth. These letters will be sent
to the dead letter office June 3, II not
delivered before. In calling please say
of of Ct
A NUMBER of Hartwellville men are
talking of taking the Ensor liquor cure
at Bennington. God speed them ali VINO
do.as this and similar institutes are do
ing more for the temperance cause than
all the speakers combined. everyone
who cannot stop drinking should 90 to
Bennington or to some other lnstltuLe'-
Readsboro Enterprise.
HERE'S cooler for wOodchucks:
Take cookies that are about two inches
in diameter and smear them over on one
side with molasses, sprinkle on GOOD
coating of arsenic, and putting two to-
gether, arsenic sides in, drop into their
holes, one of these pairs in each, being
sure to get them down beyond the reach
of dogs or cats, etc, and you will never
see that woodchuck more unless you
take the trouble to dig its dead body
out.
THE Florida, Mass, correspondent of
an exchange, perpetrates the following,
at the expense of our brethren OF the
du.ll at North Adams: "A little item APP
peared in the Adams Freeman a week
ago stating hog was seen i'll the river
going toward North Adams and seemed
to be concerned about its destination.
We don't wonder. Probably it had
doubts of its welcome as the liberal
people of North Adams do not generous
patronize that kind of an animal"
THE Wilmington Times had a ''fish
story" recently, to the effect that al
though the water was very roily and
quite high the Deerfeld was forced to
give up few of the finny tribe. Five
trout varying in weight from half a
R4gqgd IT, ta4itatlaD dgi2aas tR88ut nRaqlI n9
bushel OF suckers. Nice fresh fish were
served at several breakfast tables the
next morning." The North Adams Val
lev News rises to explain that Flood,
the printer" is at work in Wilmington,
hence this yarn. We thought so.
A STORY was told of st. Adams
lady, whose earnings were swept away
DIV Ile recent w bSlelu ldlluIGS' CliC 10
now well advanced in years, which have
been prolific with industry and saving
until she had the modest sum of several
hundred dollars Not content with the
rate of interest here she wanted to in
vest in a Western scheme for rich re-
turns. She entrusted the putting of the
money out to friend, who upon writing
to the President of Western company
received an answer back that the money
had better remain in Vermont, if it was
drawing five per cent. interest. She was
appraised of the fact, but insisted that
eight per cent. would be better. The
money was invested and the company
failed last week.
THE Bennington correspondent of the
Boston Herald says: THE most impor-
tant civil case to be tried at the coming
session of the county court is that OF
Rose Murray VS.. Frank Mattison ct al
1t has been before the court twice, once
before the supreme court and has gained
much prominence in the county. IL is a
suit for damages brought for eviction.
The plaintiff leased house in Shafts
bury. No lease was made, but it is
claimed that it was understood she was
to have the house the full year. During
that time it was sold and the new owner
demanded possession. This was refused
and eviction papers were placed in the
hands of Deputy Sheriff Mattison. No
opportunity was given him to serve them
and the night before the the time of SER
vice expired he entered the house and
taking Mrs. Murray carried her out, af-
terward moving out the furniture, etc.
The case was first brought in the name
of Rose and John Murray rs. Frank Mat
tisOn and others and was entered for
trial at the June term in 1890, when the
plaintiff S counsel moved to amend by
striking out the name of John Murray
as co-plalntiff. This the defendant
agreed to, aud the motion was granted.
The case then went to the supreme
court, when, at the February term of
1891 the case wasremanded for trial. II
was continued at the June and Deem
Der terms OF the county court although
the plaintiff was ready. At the june
term of 1892, held at Manchester, the
case occupied nine days; the jury failed
to agree, and it again came before the
court last December. Ten days were
occupied this time and the jury were GU
30 hours. They were unable to agree
and were discharged There is hardly
family in one part of SALISBURY o
which some member is not witness ant
the number of witnesses to be heard a
the coming trial will be larger than eve
before. A small fortune has been spen
by both parties on the suit, and there j
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