Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-18
DAYS and nights of equal length.

the per cent. discount, is september
10Th.
JAMES LEE, aged IA, died Saturday
and his remains were taken to Dorset for
burial.
MRS. H. M. BABBITT of Hazardville,
Conn.,, is visiting her niece, Mrs. Asa F.
Loomis.
Mrs. EBEN WINsLow went to New
York for short visit, when Mrs. W. j.
Blair returned home last week.
CHARLES WINsLow and wife are sadly
afflicted by the death yesterday of their
little child, Dora, aged about IA months.
The disease was cholera infantum.
IT will do no harm and may save costs
if our people clean up around their prem
Uses. The job cannot be commenced
any too soon for health.
LITTLE Lou FROST was ten years old
last Saturday, and she is to give birth
day party to her Sunday school class lin
Guiding its teacher), tomorrow after
noon.
THERE was quite good attendance at
the fair given at the parsonage Friday
evening given by the ladies of the Bap-
fist church. The lawn was illuminated
with Chinese lanterns and was quite at
tractive.
THE Rev. Geo. A. wilkins, once our
correspondent at Salisbury, formerly
rector of Christ church, Bethel, but late
ly stationed in Decatur, ILL.,, has returned
to this State and will probably be located
at Swanton.
THE Prohibition and Populist votes
fall below the one per cent. required by
law and neither of these tickets will be
represented on the ballot in 1896 unless
certified by the signatures of the requi-
site number of voters.
BEGINNING this week the flyers North
and South changed time, slightly, al
though the only change of any account
from Bennington is the afternoon train
that leaves at 3.15. Coming north the up
train leaves Troy at 1.30 and arrives here
at 1903. This should be noted, especially
the Troy end of the route. The flyer
north leaves five minutes earlier, 2.35.
FRFD. O. GRAVES has nearly COM
pleted a new and substantial walk from
the corner of Elm street to his tenements
on Washington street. His new house
is to be completed during the coming
spring. The residence not occupied by
him is leased to r. 5. Drysdale, who is
to take possession the first of the coming
month.
Col. G. G. KINsMAN commanding the
first regiment, Vermont National Guard,
and his wife, were the guests of Super
intendant Coffey at the Soldiers Home,
over Sunday. The Colonel will be can
didate for the position of assistant adju-
tant general of the State, before the COM
ing legislature and it is already under
stood that quite number of the Sena-
tors and representatives elect, have al
ready declared for him.
THERE are over 100000 persons in
Paris who ride bicycles-old and young,
fat and lean, men and wonderland the
French Academy of Medicine has been
seriously discussing the bearing of this
habit upon the health of those who are
addicted to it. A prominent physician
of that city calls attention the fact that
three persons recently died from heart
disease while riding bicycles, and argues
that no one should use the bicycle with
out submitting to medical tests.
A PENNSYLVANIA exchange tells this
tale, which carries its own moral: A
man went into store in a neighboring
town, and asked if he could rest four or
llNC uOuID. lhO plOpllIbOly VIM httu
Just found a nest of newborn mice in
the coffee grinder. told him he could,
and then asked him why he didn't go to
the hotel. The man replied: 81 am
suffering from nervous prostration, and
the doctor said to get a quiet place to
rest, and l see you don't advertise. 1
knew that l couldn't find quieter place."
And with that he settled back in his
chair and watched the swallows build
nest in the cheese case.
A MOVEMENT has been started in New
York State for adding to public school
instruction the teaching of military tao
tics. The law now allows the detailing
of 100 army officers to teach this branch
in colleges and academies, and now
there is call for it in schools of lower
grade, not only for the reason that men
would thereby be better fitted for ser
vice in case of war, but because it gives
boys good physical culture and gymnas-
tic training, the 'soldierly set-up, the
erect, manly carriage, and the steady
elastic march," The late Governor An
drew, and Rev. James Freeman Clarke
of Massachusetts, were both earnest ad-
vocates of this plan.
THE employees of the Bennington foun-
dry and machine works are on the tiptoe
of expectancy in anticipation of large
order that may reach the establishment
in few days. Colonel Scott, the pro-
prietor, is the sole manufacturer of the
celebrated Roberts wood pulp grinder,
which turns out in given time twice as
much pulp, with the same power and la
Dor, as the old style grinder. A Cana
dian company is about to erect on the
st. Lawrence river pulp mill having ten
sets of grinders. Colonel Scott expects
to receive an order for the complete
equipment of the mill, and that involves
large outlay of labor and capital, and
would keep the Bennington concern run
ming on full time and with a full force
of help for seven months, and part of
the works for ayear.
THE HartlaEd correspondent of the
Vermont Journal, says: while there
may be some poor crops of potatoes in
town this fall, the almost universal reply
of farmers on being questioned in rela-
ton to the matter is that an average yield
has been produced. Some few report
very large yield; for instance, Albert H.
Spear has just dug 1921 bushels on 80
rods of land, of large size and splendid
quality. We saw one in the lot that
weighed two pounds. A. J. Hoisington
has remarkably large yield, and on the
Weed farm Is bushels were dug from one
bushel of seed planted. These are Da-
kota reds. These reports come from
different sections of the town and indi-