Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1896-01-07
STATE NOTES.

No one ever thought of introducing so
expensive feature as photographic color
work in the days when the leading mag
azInes sold for $500 year and 35 cents
a copy. But times change, and the mag
azines change with them. 1t has re-
manned for The Cosmopolitan, sold at
one dollar year, to put in au extensive
Autograph plant capable of printing 800,
0O0 per day Tone COLOR. The January
issue presents as frOntispiece a water
color drawing by Eric Pape, illustrating
the last story by Robert Louis Steven
son, which has probably never Aeen ex-
celled even in the pages of the finest dol
lar French periodicals. The cover of
the Cosmopolitan is also changed, a
drawing of page length by the famous
Paris artist Rossi, in photographic cOlors
on white paper takes the place of the
MANILA back with it's red stripe. Here.
after the cover is to be fresh surprise
each month,
st. Johnsbury is to have another three
days poultry show the second week in
February. Burlington was to have had
this winters exhibition, but, owing to
several circumstances, did not feel able
to carry the project through and so
turned it over to the st. Johnsbury
members of the Vermont Poultry aud
Pet Stock association.
Barnet, McIndoes Falls and vicinity
were the scene of we'll worked fraud a
few weeks ago. A young man canvassed
the locality, claiming to have found
pair of gold bowed spectacles whose
Jalue he said the jewelers. estimated
from s. to $40, but which he would sell
for 81 as he could not find the owner.
Several citizens bit. The spectacles
were worth about 10 cents.
j. f. Walsh of Barre, who races under
the eolors of the Vermont Wheel Club of
BrattebOro, will go to the Waltham track
eraly in the spring TO train for the racing
season of 1896. Walsh is already a
worlds record holder, and with such
training as many racers have he stands a
good chance of becoming the fastest
class A man in the country.
Congressman w. w. Grout has intro
duced bill in the House 10 provide for
the representation of Alaska in Con.
gress. His bill authorizes the secretary
OF the interior to detail the governor or
the secretary of Alaska for attendance
upon any regular or special session of
Congress as a delegate in the House of
Representatives Alaska is rapidly be.
coming one of our most important Ter
ritoTiUs and it is fitting That it should
share with other Territories the privil-
eye of representation in the National
Congress-
The committee of the Boston Cham
Der of Commerce appointed in the mat
ter of the proposed making of Richford,
this state.an entry port for cattle started
for Woc,inntnu Eri1oy, 81,
hearing by the Secretary of Agriculture
Saturday. Collector Smalley, of Yer
mont, will accompany the committee.
The Chamber of Commerce favors the
project.
The building records of Bellows Falls
and suburbs show 81 dwellings erected
the past year, costing 1888 600, and fur
nishing tenements for "a families The
capital expended in improvements of
manufacturing interests aggregates
about S65,00
The money order business for 1895 at
the BratClebOTo post office. shows an in
crease of S40,632 over that of 1894 The
total amount of business represented by
1891 transactions was 1892, 4O2, of which
amount Sl3O,S94 represents the orders is.
sued and $l3l ,507 the sum paid.
Thomas &. OrndOrtf, with Col. Arson
Mills of the Sd United States cavalry,
was guest of the Vermont National
Guard during their encampment at Fair
lee last summer. Mr.. OrndOrff is the
sole manufacturer of the Mills woven
cartridge belt, which is used by the
United States army, and also by the Ma
tiOnal Guard of this State. While at the
encampment Mr.. Orndorff observed that
the belts did not have the eyelets to
which the bayonet scabbards are at
tached, and informed Quartermaster
General Gilmore that if the equipments
could be gathered in from the different
companies and sent to his factory at
Worcester, he would be very glad to add
this improvement without cost to the
State, save freight. The work has been
carefully done and the belts returned to
the several different companies in good
condition.