Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-10
The LARGEST Barn in America.

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Here are only kent fine horses in actual
usn when Dr Wehh is in residence and
tho chiIdran,s rnnies and thnir goofs fnr,
ali nj DR. Web6s children are as keen
Ioyors If borsnfosL no he i himself His
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selves with a foam of coats
The coachmon and Troom,s houses are
= short distance fIom ibis s, abie and \
littIe yov hevnnd are the dock and hoat.
honsa There is steam Yacht on the
iaLn
The Gardens lie about one mile from
tbh hoTse and the class is of large ex.
toni COMPRISING a LARGO Creamery n very
LARGE naIm house. filled with maGnificent
naims. \ IonU rose house in which roses
can he nicI,ed all the winter and an OK.
tensive violet and chrysanthemum house
and several others ponaIIv interestinr
T;yerv bmiIding of importance on the
estate Is connected nv telenhone with
tho bood office which is situated in oun
corne,, of the immnnsa farm harm The
teIanbona is also connected with thn eta,
tion with RmrIinGton and with New
Work A toIegranh wire rms into fine
farr, offica EInct,ic Iigbt ie evervvvbarn
nSed on the nronertv a LARGE and hover
mi olant hayinI been eracfed
Tha farm harm is the FIRST nlace Won
roarh on vonr wav from tbn station If
;s an inmensa structure huIlt IN tbren
sides of a s0narp fine fonrth side or
front beinG a massive stone wall with a
vida cate in fine center This incloses n
yard ohout 400 feet lone Inv about 2GO
feet wide The main norton of fine
buildinU is about 4lO feet long has a
depth Of about 40 feet and is five stories
hiGb beinp surmoun,ed Inv a large tower
in which is a clock THE foundation and
first story are of red limestone. The rest
is of wood, singled and the slanring
roof is of slate. 1t is said to be the big
gest barn in AmeeiCa.
The ground floor of the center build
ing is used as a stable for the mules
working on the estate, with 30 or 60 stalls
placed down the center. AS all of the
stalls are open in 'front.' the animals are
easily fed from a hand cart, which is
pushed down the line.
Above the mule stable are two long
rooms, which are used for storing wag-
ons. In the center is pathway, up
which hay is carried by machinery into
the huge lofts above, which have space
for about 800 tons. There are 10 large
corn bins, each of which holds about a
carload ana hail' Everything Is run Oy
machinery, Uie corn 10 DelhG ralSeu 10 lhG
olIS oy elevators: Inc pms are llueu
WIN Tin, ana various contrlVahceS are IN
Croouceu Oy Whlch IL Is Impossible Ior
Vcrlnih 10 get INTO them ,,,.
On elUher SIDE OF the center OulIalhS
are Cne wings, each OF "hich Is ABOUT zoO
ieeC III leh8th' ana terminates IN PIC
CureSque ronhu tower ne ellecC ol inc
whoIe aC Instance Is that OF castle on
Che hhlhe'
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noes OF Ihe estate. one OF the CLERKS al
ways sleeps III lhlS once IN whlch are
the telephones, SO mat IN case or nre he
can arouse nearly everybody on the es-
tate' IN the dormltory near by, where
the men Sleep Is a huge gong whlch
SUMMONS all hands IN case OF tre to the
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