The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-09-30

henninst0a occupies . aniqas posi,
Iioa smoas Ihs iss places nsds fsm'
Que b, The Mar Of Nc ilsyolailoA. Tils
bsiiis ~ Remington sas foashl here.
tsas lhs laFnias polni 90 shat mishi
ssll bs lsrulad lhs oeaiy sbarE II Nc
ilsFolaIioa. iiarsoyne's aImy ~ss -
~saksned By ne defeat of bic too %
sAehalenls, seal 10 espiaFe ihs sloFes
al hsHnlAgi0n, ihsi be tell sn easy
prep a. schuyler 81 saTsiosa, ne
meHamsai 90 liss sils u Ihs Old Store
hoass. The lalissi bAllis H.onan,sai and
lAosl artistic sne,h0Fisi shan In lhs
soFld, lssliass 70 Ihs Vsior u Geo
John starr, his Ns~ ilanpshirs msn
the Massachusetts eonsinssni aad ihs
oresa Molalala boys,
nsre stood Inc faHsoas calAmoanl
Taysra. headquarters u lss ''Coaheil
~ SAFETY" ~hirh ooassiiasri lhs az.
gsalssd soVsraassai u Vsrmoni a. ll.F
sine,
Here ssill slahds The old First lcon.
gFsgalioaall church. Ne hrsi house u
porship erected 10 Nc oresa Noun.
lslH state.
HsFe siill siseds No wailoonsac iah
sFecied In iiod aad famous Ia tho old
stage coach era,
Where lhs calAmosni Tassra stood
has beoa erected = Franiis pedestal
sarmoanlad BY . broass osIsinoaai u
heroic slss aad hlghesi Artisiic deslga.
Here 10 located Tho Nermoni Sol
dlsrs' iion,e. q ''hoaie" iadeed ioF No
ssaFy And broksa Vsssrans Of no civil
uAr. Ga lhese grounds ls loosioi he
nosi Po-erial slagis 20 ioaHiaia ia
The uorld = iosalala whose SPARKLING
-AiSrs to~gr nsarly tso hahdrud iesi
high bsiore ,hsy bFvak and fall 10
shosors.
As = soaVeair mos, aiiing " com
memorAlo the old historic touh u Bcn.
niagton Msssrs oainAn a Wood have
caused " 10 designed ADD ekccaied a.
The hands Of Josiah wedgsood a
Bons oi Bsraria, slaIordshirv, Eag.
land, q uork Of grnulbs art In tho
shape of . plate Of Tho rarv aud highly
priscd old blue and whiir slarordshirv
china Of our great grandfaihers' days
Although this plate l. made by the
abclrni ADD famous house Of wedg
sood IL is not shat IL known as NO
"wedg~ood" of today. but q perfect
replica Of The old bloc and white china
made by The wedguoods 10 The eight
ccnth century.
This souvenir plAie IL ton inches
across. Ia The border are sin CON.
mcmoratlve yignet,es inbrvovsn vith
Americas Beauty roses aud leaves.
Those vlgne,,cs shou respectively the
old walloomsac Inn, built In i1c5: the
old Catamouni Tavern built In 1907;
the Ethan Allen house, the court house
aud tho old First church these three
10 one Ne they stood side by sidel; the
old State Arms house; the Vermont
Soldiers Home and the bronze csta-
mount monument The center OF the |
plate 10 occupied by the Bennlng,on |
battle monument. Two medallious-
on the right and leit side of the monu-
ment respcctively-give striking life
like portraits OF Gen John Stark who |
fought and WOO the battle OF Benning-
ton, and Col Ethan Allen who, at the ,
head OF the Green Mountain Logs, de-
manded aud received the surrender OF
Font TIconderoga ''in the name Of the
Great Jehovah and Continental Con
gress." /
On the back of the plate is stamped
the following: -.
Bennington Battle Monument,
erected Ia los1-ls9i, ~ |
&" There are the redcoats; they are
ours, or Molly Stark sleeps O widow
tonight Gen John Stark at Battle of
Bennington, Aug. Ia, l777."
"Made in England for Oatman *
Wood, Bennington, VT"
This beautiful plate, commemorative
as II does so many thlngs that nave
made Bennington as we'll as the state
famous, should be priced by every
vermonter and especially those who
have ever lived in Bennington.
The price OF these plates is $3.50
each, securely packed in padded boxes
and will be sent to any part Of the
country.
Oatman Il Wood.