The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-12-22

THE Rev. w. w. Ranney will preach
for the Rev. Mr.. TOzer in the Baptist
church, North Bennington, on Sunday
morning next.
THE alarm of fire Saturday night, was
caused by large lamp in the Y. NJ. G.
A. rooms, dropping and the oil igniting.
The department was on hand, but its
services were not needed.
WE should judge from appearances
that ~. G. Morgan" the matrimonally
inclined patron of our neighboT, had had
his hands full replying to letters if the
suspected" identity is correct
ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR
joan G. CLARK inspected the Sixth
Corps Post at its last meeting. He re-
ports the Post in good condition, with
thirty-six members, and the officers fully
conversant with their duties.
Miss MARY E. SNOW of our Graded
school, will pass the Holiday vacation
with her mother in Albany. Miss Snow
has charge of the little ones, in number
one, and her work shows her to be the
right person in the right place.
THE January number of The Forum
(which by its reduction in price has won
great success), will have notable article
on the Wilson Tariff Bill, by Mr.. Wilson
himself. to be followed in a later num-
Der by a ejoiner from writer hostile to
the bill,
THE directors of the Green Mountain
Summer Home company. which owns
Camp Comfort, Little Pond aud several
hundred acres of forest land in Wood
ford, near Bennington, met Monday, to
arrange for the transfer of the property
to the Green Mountain club
1.-THE annual ball of the Bennington
Rifles, December Goth, promises to be
quite society event. An effort is being
made to get ali the uniformed organiza-
tions in town out to participate in the
grand march at least This would be
fire thing to do and we hope the propos-
al may be successful. The Rifles de-
serve your patronage, reader.
THE members of the Young Women's
Club are preparing to give a Christmas
party to about fifty children of the vii
lage, next Tuesday afternoon in Free
Library Hall. The class work has begun
at the club room. A large gymnastic
class is drilling, which will meet here
after, every Monday and Thursday even
ing. After January first, arrangements
will be made for those who wish to take
either writing or dressmaking.
THE Columbia Desk Calendar which
is issued annually by the Pope Manu-
featuring Company, of Columbian BIZ
cycle fame, is out for 1884, much inn
proved in appearance. 1t is a pad calen-
dar of the same size and shape as those
of previous years, having leaf for each
day, but its attractiveness has been
heightened by the work of q clever ar
tist who mas scattered a series of bright
pen-drawings through its pages. 1t al
so contains, as usual, many appropriate
and interesting contributions from peo-
pie both bright and wise.
VERY few people in this State own
any better bred horses than G. f. Leon
ard of this town. Three of these were
bred and raised in California, one in
Kentucky and the others near by.
Among some Of the best ones is his
young Wilkes stallion, Sableson. He
has nice color, size and action, and if
trained will show a fast mile next sum
mer. His bay mare Alecca, by the great
Aloyone, is worth the attention of any
lover of good horse, kind, gentle and
a great road horse, and can show some
speed. Another fast one is the bay
gelding by son of old Electioneer. He
came from PleasantOn, CAL, but a short
time ago, and showed great speed as a
four-year-old. He will be put in shape
and started in races this coming spring
and summer. While it is very hard to
sell horses just now, owing to the hard
times, Mr., Leonard sold the past week,
one to go to New York and one to go to
Boston, and will ship more from time to
time. There never was time when
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this part of the country than to-day, and
for all we can see, Mr.. Leonard has that
one. He being grand individual.
THE hard times do rot appear to de-
press the movement from the West to-
wards Vermont, by those who own and
till the soil. The ex Commissioner of
immigration lately received letter of
inquiry regarding the cheap lands of our
state with view of permanently invest
ing and locating there if the conditions
are favorable" The writer is Mr.. S.
Olmstead of Albion, N. Y. We can as
sure him that land here is higher than it
was in 1889 when the immigration
bureau first began its labors of calling
attention to Vermont as a desirable
place of residence, and yet there are
many fine farms that can be purchased
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"Have you no circulars or maps, ETC., to
send so one can get satisfactory infOr-
nation? Individual parties have been
written to with no satisfactory results.
We want to know where those farms
are, the prices, how far from villages,
schools and railroad. What kind of
soil and surface, whether in the noun
tains or in marshes, ETC.. etc. Whether
all stones, or all sand, and what the land
if properly cultivated will raise. The
taxes of the place, etc., etc. We want
something for starter" By this and
similar other queries received since the
! Commission was abolished in 1890, our
people can see how advantageous to the
State a bureau would now be that should
be capable of making an intelligent reply
to such questions.
BY our usual advertising columns it
will be seen that VIM. II. Frear has
again given our people the illustrations
predicted by us last week, for he opened
Monday morning at the old stand. We
find the story as told by tue Telegram to
be: The condition of the Cannon Place
property on Thursday morning of last
week seemed, to the ordinary observer,
to preclude the possibility of business
being resumed there before Christmas
But Mr.. Frear is no ordinary man and
while the water from the firemen's hose
was still dripping all over the building,
he was directing the work of several
hundred men and 10 and behold what is
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