The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-08

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the children, are to follow, after few
days in New York City. 81
JUDGE WHITE has pear tree loaded
with fruit. He thinks 1t may be lively
work to pick these pears as wasp,s nest
as large as peck measure rests serenely
in the midst of the foliage.
THE Town Treasurer Informs MS that
the taxes in his hands for collection
come in slowly. As the time for saving
the discount on them expires the 10Th
day of September the taxpayers must
govern themselves accordingly.
VERMONT has not had a single failure
of National or Savings bank since the
present depression began, and the pri-
vate banking firm, S. M. DORIS Sons of
Rutland, who owned the Bristol bank,
the only State institution that sue
cumbed, is about to resume business.
PEOPLE are making preparations to
return to their city homes, but why
should they? September and October
are beautiful months among the noun
tains just the season when nature is
handsomest aud although the fishing
season has closed the hunting season
soon opens. We should think more city
people would spend September
IN the country.
THE following is list of letters re-
naming in the Postoffice at Bennington,
for the week ending September End, 1893:
George A. Brigham, Edw. Casey,
FrederecksOn Esq, Thos. Leonard, Eddie
O'Hern, Grant Rice, Mrs. Fred Boham,
Mrs. Edgar Fiffield, Mrs. j. w. Kelley
Grace Walker. These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office Sept. 10th,
1893, if not delivered before. In calling
please say advertised" giving date of
list.
AMONG the associations that meet this
week in indianapolis, in connection with
the National Encampment, G. A. R., is
that of the Minute Men of 49," Every
veteran who responded to the first call
of President Lincoln, April 15 1861, and
! was enrolled in the service of the United
States and honorably discharged there
from, is eligible for membership. We
presume that this Association will be-
come large and Influential body, al
though the lapse of time will have de-
pleted the ranks of the survivors of that
period.
THE cases of diphtheria at Bennington
Falls, have been kept confined to the
two families in one house where the dis
ease origip ally broke out. In the family
of Frank Rice there have been three
cases: Mrs. Rice and two children, The
youngest child died, the other is recover
ing. The eldest girl of Geo. Walkers is
sick with the disease, but it is hoped
that with the precautions taken no
Others will have it. The school in that
district, that was to have opened the 4th,
was postponed week to see what deVel-
oped in these cases of diphtheria.
THE Granville, N. Y, Sentinel recent
| ly entered upon its nineteenth year, and
Editor Mac celebrated the event with a
double number. We would just like to
compare this issue with one of Moses
Strongs Messengers of we olden time that
gladdened our youthful eyes. The con-
trast would show the great strides for
ward that country journalism has made
in the last forty years. Brer. MacAr
| thur is a live newspaper man and seems
to be deservedly backed by an enterpris-
ing community. We wish both all pos
lsible success.
THE County Post of Cambridge, N. Y,
/ came out this week Wednesday with an
| extra edition of 5000 copies, to give the
people attending the fair an idea of the
excellence of this standard journal. 1t
was an issue creditable to Brer. Smart,
llwho says, among other things, that we
endorse: sour editorial columns of
reading are kept free from advertise
ments and from the sensational, the vul-
| gar, and the shocking items that poison
many of the papers of the day. Our
space is not wasted in extravagant head
lines, the pretentions analysis of the
news which follows; our columns are
solid"
THE large number of silver dollars in
circulation bearing the date of 1878 and
having the appearance of just coming
! from the mint has caused comment.
Frank Howe, assistant cashier of the
Manufacturers bank. says that there was
little demand for silver dollars in 1873,
and that they were stored in the vaults
in Washington, where they became
covered with silver coined in later years
and remained untouched except when
| counted at the time of changes in the
head of the Treasury Department.
Lately there has been such an unpreced-
ented demand for money that the
coinage of 1878 was reached as the vaults
were required to give up their contents.
Troy Press.
IT was source of great disappoint-
ment that Mary Howe-Lavin did not
come to Bennington this week. No one
has taken Vermonters- and others by
storm as much as she has since Jenny
Lind, the Swedish Nightingale arose
to fame. In some respects Mrs. LAWNS
career reminds us of the famous singer
as we recall her so many years ago. An
exchange has this item, that we copy:
"Mr. LAWN, the tenor, and his wife,
Mary Howe Lavin, who have been spend
ing the summer at Brattleboro, which
was Mrs. LAWNS former home, will sail
for Italy September 9th. They will
make their debut this winter, and al
present it is hoped that Faust will be
the opera chosen. 1t will probably take
place in Genoa instead of Milan, as was
first expected"
THE water system this year has been
extended in several directions, and il
soon to be carried to Bennington Centre
On Elm street the water pipes are laid
and completed to Putnam street
and the workmen are now going
south on that street. To the
west of the railroad on Main street
the water system has been extended this
year to Dewey Avenue land through thai
street to the railroad), to Harrison Ave
nue. land to dwellings on that street,, anC
will soon go up Main to the Centre
The Water Company are somewhat pub
lic-spirited in way. They seem to b'
ready to give our people the advantage
of the city water wherever asked anC
whenever number of our people viii